I met Kumkum at a children’s home in Delhi. It is a home where children 【小题1】are sick are provided treatment and care before 【小题2】(send) to some other orphanage. Kumkum was 7 years old, and 【小题3】 very brave soul. 【小题4】 suffering from tuberculosis (肺结核), I never saw her crying. She 【小题5】(lose) her parents already and was struggling herself through this terrible disease.

Upon meeting, we took an instant liking to each other. Every Saturday I would visit Kumkum and play with her. She would love to sit on my lap. It was one such moment that the child felt like kissing me…and I suddenly remembered that she 【小题6】(suffer) from tuberculosis which is a communicable (传染性的) disease. I tried to stop her but she really wanted to show her affection 【小题7】me, so I overcame my fear and let her place the most gentle and sweet kiss on my cheek that I ever had.

【小题8】I overcame my fear at that moment, I 【小题9】(not forgive) myself ever since for refusing her initially. Although the child kissed me, I think she sensed my hesitation because she has never kissed me again. I will never forget that 【小题10】(beautiful) thing in this world is a child’s kiss…so full of love and innocence.

In ancient China lived an artist 【小题1】 paintings were almost lifelike, which made him proud of 【小题2】(he). One day the king wanted to get his portrait (画像) done so he called all talented artists to come and present their finest work. The artist was sure his work 【小题3】(prove) the best, but when he presented his work to the king’s official, the old man laughed and told him the king was not likely 【小题4】(choose) it. The wise old man told him to travel to the Li River where he could learn a little from the 【小题5】(great) artist in the world.

Out of curiosity (好奇), the artist packed his bags and went there 【小题6】 person, When he asked the villagers on the banks of the river 【小题7】 he could find the legendary (传奇的) artist, they smiled and pointed down the river. The next morning he set out to find the well-known 【小题8】(paint). He was impressed by the mountains being silently reflected in the water as the small boat moved 【小题9】(gentle) along the river. When he eventually passed the milky white waterfalls and blue mountains which 【小题10】(surround) by soft clouds, his breath was taken away by the greatest artist on earth—Mother Nature.