30. -It rained cats and dogs this morning. I'm glad we took an umbrella.

-Yeah, we would have got wet all over if we ________ .

A. didn't B. hadn't C. haven't D. don't

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)

　　The park bench was deserted as I sat down beneath an old tree. I was feeling 31__ for the world was trying to drag me down. And if that weren't enough to ruin my day, a young boy out of breath 32 me, all tired from play. He stood right before me and said with great 33 , "Look what I found!"

　　In his hand was a flower, and what a 34 sight, with its petals(花瓣) all worn. 35 him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I forced a 36 smile and then turned away. But instead of leaving, he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his 37 and declared with overacted(夸张的) surprise, " It sure smells pretty and it's 38 , too. That's why I picked it; here, it's for you."

　　The flower before me was dying or dead. But I knew I 39 take it, or he might never leave. So I 40 for the flower, and replied, "Just what I need." But 41 placing the flower in my hand, he held it mid-air without reason or plan. It was then that I 42 for the very first time that the boy could not 43 .

　　At that moment I heard my voice 44 ; tears shone in the sun 45 I thanked him for picking a very best one. "You're welcome," he smiled, and then ran off to play, unaware of the 46 he'd had on my day.

　　I sat there and wondered 47 he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old tree. Perhaps he'd been blessed with true 48 from his heart. Through the eyes of a blind child, I 49 could see the problem was not with the world; it was me. And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I 50 to see the beauty in life and appreciate every second that's mine.

31. A. shocked B. comfortable C. curious D. disappointed

32. A. visited B. approached C. passed D. left