一、完形填空（10分）
On a sunny day, I was resting near the tower when a blind man came towards me. Soon he disappeared up the stairs. I looked at the sign that said “To the Tower”, and decided to
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him.
I was
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to see the worker selling him a ticket at the ticket office as if he were normal. With a ticket in one hand, the blind man held the wall and walked to the stairs.
“That man can’t see. Why would he climb up the tower? Not the
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certainly.” I thought, feeling quite worried. “Oh, my God! Perhaps he wants to jump from the tower.”
The man hadn’t gone as far as I imagined. A third of the way up the tower, I heard his steps. I slowed down and came after him at a little distance. He
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from time to time. When he got to the balcony, I was many steps
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. As I reached it, I saw him at the corner of the tower.
After ten minutes, I got closer to him. “Excuse me, but I am wondering
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you came up.” He smiled, “As you come up the stairs, light and sun pour into the tower through the narrow stairs here and there, allowing you to sense the
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—how the cool stairs suddenly become quite warm and how there is shade behind the walls. You can feel the
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upon stepping right in front of a window. There is no other place as wonderful as this.”
The blind man seemed quite
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, just like a child who lost himself in his favourite game. He showed me that blind men can also find
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in life though they can’t see with their eyes.
(
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) 1. A. save B. follow C. help D. visit
(
C
) 2. A. scared B. excited C. surprised D. glad
(
A
) 3. A. view B. test C. prize D. competition
(
D
) 4. A. laughed B. moved C. shouted D. stopped
(
A
) 5. A. behind B. beside C. around D. outside
(
D
) 6. A. when B. how C. where D. why
(
B
) 7. A. challenges B. changes C. opposites D. lines
(
A
) 8. A. sun B. shade C. tower D. wall
(
C
) 9. A. bored B. tired C. pleased D. patient
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)10. A. truth B. difficulties C. lessons D. beauty
