Sometimes I have thought it would be excellent to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize _________ the values of life.
Those who have never_________ the loss of sight or hearing seldom make the fullest use of these capabilities. Their eyes and ears_________ all sights and sounds hazily(模糊地), without concentration and with little_________ . I have often thought it would be a good thing if each human being were stricken _________ and deaf for a few days at some time. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; _________ would teach him the joys of sound.
Recently I was visited by a good friend who had just _________ from a long walk in the woods, and I asked her what she had _________ .“Nothing in particular,” she replied. How was it possible-walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing___________ of notice? I who cannot see find hundreds of things to ____________ me through mere touch. I feel the delicate symmetry (对称) of a leaf and I touch the ____________ of trees hopefully in search of a bud(芽), the first sign of____________ Nature after her winter’s sleep. The miracle of Nature is ____________ to me and the changing seasons are an exciting and unending drama, the action of which streams through my____________ .
If I can get so much pleasure from mere ____________ , how much more beauty must be revealed by sight?
1.A.constantly | B.sharply | C.deadly | D.merely |
2.A.treated | B.restored | C.suffered | D.prevented |
3.A.take in | B.allow for | C.smooth out | D.brighten up |
4.A.tension | B.appreciation | C.adaptation | D.possession |
5.A.disabled | B.injured | C.speechless | D.blind |
6.A.silence | B.anxiety | C.music | D.voice |
7.A.worked | B.escaped | C.struggled | D.returned |
8.A.predicted | B.targeted | C.observed | D.left |
9.A.full | B.afraid | C.free | D.worthy |
10.A.protect | B.challenge | C.interest | D.tolerate |
11.A.leaves | B.branches | C.fruits | D.barks |
12.A.exploring | B.awakening | C.drawing | D.loving |
13.A.revealed | B.expanded | C.created | D.described |
14.A.hair | B.blood | C.toes | D.fingertips |
15.A.touch | B.smell | C.taste | D.hearing |