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  Not long before, my daughter's shoes were scratched with a knife.She burst into 26 .I took them to the shoemaker to get them 27

    The young apprentice (学徒) glanced at the opening and said, " 28  I can do except replace the upper." His master looked at them and said to me, "If you 29  me, I will add more scratches on both of the shoes."

    I was 30  and asked why.

    He explained, "As if the openings were made  31  for the sake of special style and reuse."

    Two days later I found there were indeed more scratches on 32  shoe, but all the openings were patched (打补丁) by soft red leather with edges sewed by thick thread, 33 more unique and interesting than ever.I couldn't help but 34 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  35 the blouse carefully, and then said, "Let me take it 36 and mend it."

    Seeing the blouse again, I was shocked: all the torn parts had been sewed up by thin and 37 thread and they 38 a look of ice crystal (冰晶 ) hanging from a winter's branch. 39 , she had attached a snowman and a cabin made of flowery cotton rags onto the shirt.I 40  with praise, "It's just as beautiful as a piece of  41 !"

    "I was inspired by that craftsman.Patches are supposed to be 42, but a skillful craftsman can make it take on a kind of perfection," replied my wife.

    Her words inspired me even more: Perfection is  43  to achieve in everything; Patches are unavoidable, so is human's life.Since you can't  44  the existence o f wound, you should not expect people's  45  by exposing the wound, which reveals nothing meaningful.

26.A.laughter  B.cheers   C.tears D.speech

27.A.made B.repaired  C.decorated D.preserved

28.A.Anything  B.Something C.Everything    D.Nothing

29.A.trust B.inform   C.appoint   D.convince

30.A.annoyed  B.confused  C.disappointed   D.discouraged

31.A.on purpose    B.by accident   C.in vain   D.beyond control

32.A.neither   B.any  C.every D.each

33.A.remaining B.growing  C.looking   D.feeling

34.A.appreciate B.witness   C.praise    D.describe

35.A.delivered  B.checked  C.washed   D.ironed

36.A.outside   B.downtown    C.home D.abroad

37.A.red  B.white C.pink D.purple

38.A.took on   B.put on    C.decided on    D.focused on

39.A.Therefore B.Otherwise C.Anyway  D.Besides

40.A.sighed   B.signed    C.greeted   D.paused

41.A.cake B.art   C.furniture  D.jewellery

42.A.pretty    B.attractive  C.tough    D.ugly

43.A.easy B.improper  C.likely D.impossible

44.A.change   B.imagine   C.stand D.prove

45.A.respect   B.friendship C.sympathy D.apology

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One day.Miss Ellis gave her pupils a new kind of homework:homework on happiness. Her pupils would be“happiness 36 ”,and were to see what would happen when they tried to bring happiness to 37 around them.As part of their homework,all the students did really delightful things,   38  what Carla Chalmers did left everyone surprised.Several days after the homework had been handed out,Carla turned up carrying a big  39 

  40  in this bag I have all the happiness I've collected so far,”she said  41 .On seeing this,everyone was filled with  42  ,but Carla didn’t want to show anyone what was in the bag.  43  ,she pulled out a small box and gave it to her teacher.When Miss Ellis had taken the box,Carla took an instant  44  out of her own pocket and stood with it at the ready.

“Open it,Miss Ellis.”

The teacher slowly opened the box and looked inside.A big  45  .shone on her face,and at that moment Carla took a photo,which came out of the camera  46  ,and she gave it to Miss Ellis along with a sheet of paper.The teacher read the paper  47  ,and when she had finished,she  48  at the bag.

“Oh,so it's…”

“Yes!”  49  .Carla,opening the bag.“It's a great big pile of smiles!”

She opened the bag and  50  of different smiles fell out.

The rest of the class tried to  51  how Carla had managed to create such a great chain of happiness.All there in the  52  Was a photo of a big smile.But everyone who had seen it felt happiness being transmitted(传送)to them,and  53  ,without hesitation every person  54  with a smile of their own.

She managed to spread understanding of the 55  about smile:every time you smile you are sending a sift to the world.

36.A.explorers       B.instructors         C.players       D.collectors

37.A.children        B.relatives        C.people       D.teachers

38.A.for           B.but           C.since        D.as

39.A.bag           B.box           C.photo        D.toy

40.A.Where         B.Here          C.While        D.Why

41.A.disappointedly  B.sadly          C.anxiously     D.smilingly

42.A.astonishment    B.kindness       C.expectation    D.pride

43.A.Instead        B.However       C.Again        D.Quickly

44.A.calculator       B.mobile phone     C.camera      D.pen

45.A.wonder        B.smile          C.surprise      D.look

46.A.carefully       B.immediately     C.awkwardly    D.casually

47.A.in time         B.in tears         C.in vain       D.in silence

48.A.gestured       B.shouted        C.1aughed      D.arrived

49.A.added         B.questioned      C.interrupted    D.thought

50.A.drawings       B.photos         C.ideas        D.millions

51.A.set out         B.watch out      C.hand out     D.figure out

52.A.bag           B.way           C.box         D.room

53.A.in return       B.at last         C.above all     D.by the way

54.A.returned        B.responded      C.recovered     D.remained

55.A.feeling         B.expression      C.form        D.truth

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