完形填空Game of Light and Shade It was a sunny day. I had gone up and down the tower when, outside th

完形填空（共20小题；每小1.75分，满分35分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡将该项涂黑。
 Game of Light and Shade   
It was a sunny day. I had gone up and down the tower when, outside the door at the foot, a blind man came toward me. In a moment, he disappeared up the stairs. I looked at the sign that said “To the Tower”, and decided to     21     him.
I caught up with him in the ticket office. There I was     22     to see the attendant (工作人员) selling him a ticket as if he were any other visitor. Then, with the ticket in one hand and     23     the wall with the fingers of the other, the blind man reached the stairs     24     to the hallway.
“That man is blind. What would a blind man climb up the tower for?” I said to the attendant, expecting him to show some     25     , but he didn’t answer.
“Not the     26     certainly,” I said. “Perhaps he wants to     27     .
I bought a ticket and    28     up the stairs. The man hadn’t gone as far as I     29     .A third of the way up the tower, I heard his     30     .I slowed down and followed him at a little     31     .He stopped from time to time. When he got to the balcony (阳台), I was a dozen steps     32     . As I reached it, I saw him at the corner of the tower.
At last, after ten minutes, I     33     him. “Excuse me,” I said as politely as I could, “but I am curious to know     34     you came up.”
He smiled. “Coming up the stairs, you will notice how not just light but sun     35     into the tower through the narrow windows here and there, so that you can feel the     36     the cool stairs suddenly become quite warm—and how up here behind the wall there is     37     but as soon as going opposite a window you can find the sun. There is no     38     so good as this for feeling the difference between light and shade. It is not the first time I’ve come up.”
The blind man seemed quite     39     ,just like a child who was enjoying his favorite games. He told me the truth that blind men can also find the beauty in life     40     they cannot enjoy the sights of the world.
21.A. accept         B. follow           C. control           D. visit
22.A. frightened      B. disappointed        C. surprised          D. embarrassed
23.A. touching       B. climbing          C. hitting            D. covering
24.A. pointing       B. attaching          C. contributing        D. leading
25.A. respect         B. doubt            C. concern           D. sympathy
26.A. view          B. test             C. prize              D. trick
27.A. kick           B. jump             C. relax              D. escape
28.A. struggled       B. explored          C. wandered          D. hurried
29.A. promised      B. examined         C. imagined           D. confirmed
30.A. steps           B. words           C. secrets             D. cheers
31.A. standard        B. distance          C. expense           D. intention
32.A. ahead          B. around           C. outside            D. behind