完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分 20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
Once upon a time there lived an old man in a nice cottage with a large garden. The old man was seen   33   his flowers all the time. They were so well-tended that every passer-by could not but   34   for a glance.
One day a young man went by the garden. He gazed at the splendid garden,   35   in admiration at the beauty of these sceneries. Then, suddenly he   36   the old gardener was blind.   37   , the young man asked, “Why are you busy tending these flowers every day which you can’t  38  in fact?” The old man smiled and answered that “ I can tell you 39   reasons. First I was a   40  when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, yet I can   41  them. Third，I can smell sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s   42  .
“Me? But you don’t know me,” responded the young man   43   .
“Yeah, it’s   44  that I don’t know you. But I know everyone knows flowers and would never   45   them down. I know the beauty of my garden will get many people into a good   46   . In the meantime, it also   47  a chance to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
The old man’s  48  astonished me. The blind man grows flowers and  49  them as a link of minds so as to make   50   enjoy the sunshine in spring. Isn’t it one kind of happiness？
I believe every flower has   51 with which they can see the kindness of the man’s heart. The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Though   52  to see the beauty of blossoming, he surely can hear the voice of it, I suppose.
33. A. loving        B. watering        C. tending      D. planting
34. A. stop    　　 B. stay            C. live         D. run
35. A. kept          B. dropped        C. fallen        D. lost
36. A. realized      B. noticed         C. felt          D. thought
37. A. Excited       B. Frightened      C. Shocked      D. Satisfied
38. A. feel          B. see            C. hear          D. eat
39. A. one          B. two            C. three         D. four
40. A. gardener      B. teacher         C. farmer        D. painter
41. A. taste          B. plant          C. touch         D. appreciate
42. A. it            B. me            C. them          D. you
43. A. with pleasure   B. in surprise      C. with hope     D. in anger
44. A. true           B. possible       C. a pity         D. a shame
45. A. put            B. turn          C. get           D. knock
46. A. mind          B. life           C. future         D. mood
47. A. introduces      B. offers         C. stands        D. leaves
48. A. words         B. behavior       C. story         D. attitudes
49. A. treats          B. acts          C. works         D. serves
50. A. anybody       B. somebody      C. everybody     D. nobody
51. A. ears           B. soul          C. eyes          D. heart
52. A. refusing       B. trying         C. pretending     D. failing