题目内容：

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

At a dark night，a man on a long journey was walking in  1. small village. In the dark road，people came and went in silence.

2. the man turned to a lane(小巷)，he saw a yellow light coming from the far end of the lane  3.(quiet)．“Blind Sun is coming，” said one of the  4.(villager)nearby.

“Blind？” the man felt really puzzled and asked. “Is he really blind？”  “Yes.”

A blind man can't tell day from night，doesn't see the blue sky or the white cloud，and even doesn't know what the light is. Wasn't he funny  5.(carry)a lantern?

The lantern was drawing near. The man asked Blind Sun，“Excuse me，are you really a blind man？”  “Yes，I 6.(be)blind since I came to this world.”

The man continued asking，“Since you can't see 7.(something)，why are you still holding a lantern？” The blind man said，“I hear that if there is no light at night，all others in the world are also blind just like me. So I lit up a lantern.”  “So you lit up the lantern for others？” asked the man. “No，I do it for  8.(I)．I hold a lantern in the dark  9. others can see me and they won't knock me.”

10. a smart man he is!