For some time I've had a church member provide me with a rose to pin on my suit every Sunday. __1__ I always got a flower on Sunday morning, I really did not__2__ much of it. It was a nice gesture that became__3__. One Sunday, however, what I considered__4__ became very special.
As I was leaving the Sunday service, a little boy__5__ and said, "Sir, what are you going to do with your flower?" "Do you__6__ this?" I said, pointing to the rose pinned to my coat.
He said, "Yes sir. I would like it if you are__7__ going to throw it away." The little boy said, "Sir, I'm going to give it to my granny. My mother and father got_8__ last year. I was living with my mother, but I could not__9__, so she sent me to live with my grandmother. She has been so good to me that I want to give that pretty flower to her for__10__ me."
When the little boy finished I could hardly__11__. My eyes filled with tears and I knew I had been touched in the__12__ of my soul. I reached up and__13__ my flower. With the flower in my hand, I looked at the boy and said, "Son, that is the__14__ thing I have ever heard, but you can't have this flower because it's not__15__. If you'll look in front of the platform, you'll see a big__16__ of flowers. Different families buy them for the__17__ each week. Please take those flowers to your granny because she__18__ the very best."
If I hadn't been__19__ enough already, he made one last statement and I will always treasure it. He said, "What a__20__ day! I asked for one flower but got a beautiful bouquet."
【高考英语知识点+考点+题型+演练(12)】相关文章:
★ 重庆市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮(精品)训练题(3)附答案
★ 四川省广安市2014高考英语一轮基础训练题(11)及答案
最新
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-21
2017-04-21