完形填空。
Not long before, my daughter's shoes were scratched (划破) with a knife. She burst into tears. I took
them to the shoemaker's.
The young apprentice(学徒) glanced at the
1 and said, "Nothing I can do except
2 the upper."
His master looked at them and said, "If you
3 me, I will add more scratches on both the shoes."
I was
4 and asked why.
He explained,"As if the opening were made
5 for a special style."
I didn't fully understand him,
6 I decided to leave the shoes.
Two days later I dropped by from work to
7 the shoes. I found more scratches on each shoe; all the
openings were patched (缝补)by soft red leather; the stitches (针脚) were twisted with the appearance
looking more
8 and interesting than ever. I couldn't help praising the master's
9 .
Another time, my sister's blouse was torn, leaving a large opening. My wife checked it
10 , and then said,
"Let me take it home and
11 it."
Three days later, seeing it again, I was greatly
12 : all the torn parts took on a look of ice crystal (水晶);
attached to it was a snowman made of flowery rags. I sighed with
13 ,"It's amazing!"
"I was
14 by that shoemaker. Patches are supposed to be
15 , but a skillful craftsman (工匠) can make
it take on a kind of
16 ." replied my wife.
Her words inspired me more: perfection is impossible to achieve in
17 ; patches appear in the
18 of
injury, disability or disease. Since you can't change the existence of wound, you should not
19 people's
sympathy by disclosing the wound, which is meaningless. Just sew the
20 by patches and produce a most
beautiful flower on it, and that is the significance of life.
( )1. A.scar
( )2. A.replace
( )3. A.tell
( )4. A.delighted
( )5. A.on purpose
( )6. A.so
( )7. A.bring
( )8. A.ugly
( )9. A.skill
( )10. A.anxiously
( )11. A.wash
( )12. A.puzzled
( )13. A.anger
( )14. A.encourage
( )15. A.common
( )16. A.difference
( )17. A.future
( )18. A.form
( )19. A.treat
( )20. A.wound |
B. opening
B. remove
B. show
B. confused
B. by chance
B. and
B. collect
B. strange
B. drill
B. suddenly
B. iron
B. disappointed
B. regretd
B.inspired
B. beautiful
B. perfection
B. mind
B. name
B. accept
B. pain |
C. hole
C. throw
C. agree
C. excited
C. in particular
C. as
C. see
C. lovely
C. performance
C. carefully
C. save
C. surprised
C. praise
C. moved
C. ugly
C. newness
C. life
C. shape
C. ignore
C. injury |
D. mark
D. tear
D. trust
D. astonished
D. in turn
D. but
D. return
D. familiar
D. strength
D. delightedly
D. mend
D. touched
D. care
D. attracted
D. rare
D. change
D. place
D. need
D. expect
D. disability |