Not long before,my daughter's shoes were scratched(劃破) with a knife. She burst into tears. I took them to the shoemaker's.

The young apprentice(學(xué)徒) glanced at the1   and said, "Nothing I can do except2    the upper." His master looked at them and said，"If you3   me，I will add more scratches on both the shoes." I was4   and asked why. He explained, "As if the openings were made5   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 to7   the shoes. I found more scratches on each shoe;all the openings were patched(縫補(bǔ)) by soft red leather;the stitches(針腳) were twisted with the appearance looking more8   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 it10   ， and then said，"Let me take it home and11    it."

Three days later,seeing it again, I was greatly12    ：all the torn parts took on a look of ice crystal(水晶) ;attached to it was a snowman made of flowery rags.1 sighed with13    , "It's amazing！”

"I was14    by that shoemaker. Patches are supposed to be15    ，but a skillful craftsman (工匠) can make it take on a kind of16    ， ”replied my wife.

Her words inspired me more：perfection is impossible to achieve in17   ;patches appear in the18   of injury,disability or disease. Since you can't change the existence of wound,you should not19   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    B. opening    C. hole    D. mark

(   ) 2. A. replace    B. remove    C. throw    D. tear

(   ) 3. A. tell    B. show    C. agree    D. trust

(   ) 4. A. delighted    B. confUsed    C. excited    D. astonished

(   ) 5. A. on purpose    B. by chance    C. in particular    D. in turn

(   ) 6. A. so    B. and    C. as    D. but

(   ) 7. A. bring    B. collect    C. see    D. return

(   ) 8. A. ugly    B. strange    C. lovely    D. familiar

(   ) 9. A. skill    B. drill   C. performance    D. technique

(   ) 10. A. anxiously    B. suddenly    C. carefully    D. delightedly

(   ) 11. A. wash    B. iron    C. save    D. mend

(   ) 12. A. puzzled    B. disappointed    C. surprised    D. touched

(   ) 13. A. anger    B. regret    C. praise    D. care

(   ) 14. A. encouraged    B. inspired    C. moved    D. attracted

(   ) 15. A. common    B. beautiful    C. ugly    D. rare

(   ) 16. A. difference    B. perfection    C. newness    D. change

(   ) 17. A. future    B. mind    C. life    D. place

(   ) 18. A. form    B. name    C. shape    D. need

(   ) 19. A. treat    B. accept    C. ignore    D. expect

(   ) 20. A. wound    B. pain    C. injury    D. disability

10. All flights        because of the storm，they had to wait nervously in the hall.(put)

所有的航班已經(jīng)被延遲，因?yàn)楸╋L(fēng)雨，他們不得不在大廳里等著。

9. The Thinker，head in hand，resting his right arm on his left knee，gained its current title when          in1890. (exhibit)

手撐著頭，右臂放在左膝上的思想者(雕塑) 于1890年在巴黎展出時(shí)獲得了其目前的名稱。

8. The reason why the man was condemned to death was              the chairman and caused a great loss.(pass)

那人被判死刑是因?yàn)樗�冒充主席，并且造成了巨大的損失。

7. Stop complaining about it.             ，we might not even have had the spot on the rooftop.(hesitate)

別再抱怨了。再猶豫得更久一些的話，我們恐怕連房頂上的這個(gè)位置都占不到了。

 6. Some people skip meals or eat only tiny amounts of food and may have conditions         it needs to grow and stay healthy.(rob)

有些人不吃飯或只吃少量的食物，這些情況會(huì)使身體成長和保持健康所需要的營養(yǎng)素喪失。

5. Don't refer to the dictionary               as sometimes its meaning may be brought out clearly in a given context, (come)

不要每次遇到新的單詞就查詞典，有時(shí)它的意義可能在特定的上下文中明確反映出來。

4.             It is not always easy for the public to see to human life.(use)

對于公眾來說，看到一項(xiàng)新發(fā)明對人們的生活有什么用途并不總是很容易的。

3.                out of the financial crisis,people are optimistic about the future of the country.(convince)

相信政府能夠帶領(lǐng)他們度過經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)，人們對國家的未來很樂觀。

2.                 at the conference that left me wondering about the real purpose of his visit.(remark)

正是他在會(huì)上發(fā)表的這番言論使我對他來訪的真正目的產(chǎn)生了疑惑。