Not long before, my daughter's shoes were scratched with a knife．She burst into
36 ．I took them to the shoemaker to get them
37 ．
The young apprentice （学徒） glanced at the opening and said, "
38 I can do except replace the upper．" His master looked at them and said to me, "If you
39 me, I will add more scratches on both of the shoes．"
I was
40 and asked why．
He explained, "As if the openings were made
41 for the sake of special style and reuse．"
Two days later I found there were indeed more scratches on
42 shoe, but all the openings were patched （打补丁） by soft red leather with edges sewed by thick thread,
43 more unique and interesting than ever．I couldn't help but
44 the master's skill．
Another time, my wife's sister's white blouse had been torn, leaving a large opening on the back．My wife
45 the blouse carefully, and then said, "Let me take it
46 _ and mend it．"
Seeing the blouse again, I was shocked: all the torn parts had been sewed up by thin and
47 thread and they
48 a look of ice crystal （冰晶） hanging from a winter's branch．
49 , she had attached a snowman and a cabin made of flowery cotton rags onto the shirt．I
50 with praise, "It's just as beautiful as a piece of
51 !"
"I was inspired by that craftsman．Patches are supposed to be
52 , but a skillful craftsman can make it take on a kind of perfection," replied my wife．
Her words inspired me even more: Perfection is
53 to achieve in everything; Patches are unavoidable, so is human's life．Since you can't
54 the existence of wound, you should not expect people's
55 by exposing the wound, which reveals nothing meaningful．
| 小题1: | | A．laughter | B．cheers | C．tears | D．speech |
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| 小题2: | | A．made | B．repaired | C．decorated | D．preserved |
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| 小题3: | | A．Anything | B．Something | C．Everything | D．Nothing |
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| 小题4: | | A．trust | B．inform | C．appoint | D．convince |
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| 小题5: | | A．annoyed | B．confused | C．disappointed | D．discouraged |
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| 小题6: | | A．on purpose | B．by accident | C．in vain | D．beyond control |
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| 小题7: | | A．neither | B．any | C．every | D．each |
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| 小题8: | | A．remaining | B．growing | C．looking | D．feeling |
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| 小题9: | | A．appreciate | B．witness | C．praise | D．describe |
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| 小题10: | | A．delivered | B．checked | C．washed | D．ironed |
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| 小题11: | | A．outside | B．downtown | C．home | D．abroad |
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| 小题12: | | A．red | B．white | C．pink | D．purple |
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| 小题13: | | A．took on | B．put on | C．decided on | D．focused on |
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| 小题14: | | A．Therefore | B．Otherwise | C．Anyway | D．Besides |
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| 小题15: | | A．sighed | B．signed | C．greeted | D．paused |
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| 小题16: | | A．cake | B．art | C．furniture | D．jewellery |
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| 小题17: | | A．pretty | B．attractive | C．tough | D．ugly |
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| 小题18: | | A．easy | B．improper | C．likely | D．impossible |
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| 小题19: | | A．change | B．imagine | C．stand | D．prove |
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| 小题20: | | A．respect | B．friendship | C．sympathy | D．apology |
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