问题补充：
An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his 1all the time, watering and fertilizing(施肥)them.
One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining how happy he could be 2he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was 3. He was very surprised about this and asked, “You can’t see these flowers. 4are you busy taking care of them every day?”
The old man smiled and said “I can tell you four reasons. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, 5I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them. 6, I can smell the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s you.”
“Me? But you don’t know me,” said the young man.
“Yeah, it’s 7that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels(天使) that everybody 8. We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
The blind man’s work opened our eyes and 9our hearts, which also made his life 10. It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldn’t 11his wonderful music, but his music has 12millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?
【小题1】A．flowersB．treesC．vegetablesD．grass【小题2】A．after B．asC．before D．if【小题3】A．deafB．blindC．smartD．strange【小题4】A．WhatB．WhoC．WhyD．Which【小题5】A．althoughB．sinceC．becauseD．unless【小题6】A．FirstB．SecondC．ThirdD．Fourth【小题7】A．true B．hardC．coolD．fair【小题8】A．greetsB．knowsC．meetsD．doubts【小题9】A．broke B．hurtC．pleasedD．treated【小题10】A．emptier B．busierC．luckierD．happier【小题11】A．write B．hearC．play D．believe【小题12】A．changed B．directedC．discoveredD．encouragedA
答案：
(答案→)A
解析：本文是一篇情感性记叙文，作者借助一个盲人精心护理花朵原因的叙述，揭示出残疾人通过自己的努力既可以让自己享受到工作的乐趣，又可以给周围的人带来快乐。
【小题1】由第2空后面的the beautiful flowers可以推出该空应填flowers。 所以本题选A。
【小题2】根据题干，该空表示如果，因此应填if。 本句的意思是“想象一下，如果他住在这么漂亮的地方，会多么高兴”所以本题选D。
【小题3】根据“You can’t see these flowers可知，老人是一位盲人。所以本题选B。
【小题4】根据You can see these flowers.和后句的关系可以推出该空表示为什么，因此应填Why。所以本题选C。
【小题5】根据前后句的关系可知该空表示尽管，因此应用although引导让步状语从句。 本句的意思是“尽管我看不到这些花，但是我能摸到它们。”。所以本题选A。
【小题6】由上文的First, Second可以推出该空表示第三，因此应填Third。 所以本题选C。
【小题7】由语境逻辑可知，老人不认识年轻人是一个事实，因此该空应填true。 所以本题选A。
【小题8】根据常识可知花是天使是人人都知道的事实，因此该空应填knows。 太所以本题选B。
【小题9】老人精心护理花的工作开阔了我们的眼界，愉悦了我们的心。 Please表示“使高兴”。所以本题选C。
【小题10】根据文意，老人喜欢这项工作。老人的工作也使自己的生活更愉快。 故用happier。所以本题选D。
【小题11】由第13空后面的deaf可以推出该空表示听，因此应填hear。 所以本题选B。
【小题12】根据题干，本句的意思是“但是他的音乐已经鼓励了数百万人勇敢地面对困难”。“鼓励”是encourage。 所以本题选D。
