One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town claiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered, and they all his heart for it was perfect.
Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, "Why, your heart is not as beautiful as mine!" The crowd and the young man looked at the old man's heart. It was full of . It had places where pieces had been and other pieces put in, but they didn't quite right. In fact, in some places whole pieces were .
The young man laughed, "Compared with your heart, mine is perfect and yours is a ." "Yes," said the old man, "Yours looks perfect but I would never swap with you. You see, every scar(伤疤) represents a person to whom I have given my . I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, often they give me a piece of their heart that fits into the place in my heart. So the scars have me remember the love we . Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn't a piece of his or her heart to me. These are the empty — giving love is taking a chance. Although , they stay open. So now do you see what true is?"
The young man walked up to the old man, his perfect heart, and tore a piece out. He it to the old man. The old man placed it in his , then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the young man's heart. The young man looked at his heart, not perfect but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man's heart into his.
How sad it must be to go through life with a whole untouched heart!
1.A. appreciated B. dislikedC. hatedD. broke
2.A. nearly B. hardlyC. honestlyD. widely
3.A. items B. scarsC. detailsD. tips
4.A. formed B. addedC. designedD. removed
5.A. feel B.fitC. sinkD. calm
6.A. amazing B. willingC. missingD. boiling
7.A. joke B. trapC. successD. goal
8.A. opinion B. powerC. voteD. love
9.A. so B. butC. orD. and
10.A. perfect B. emptyC. entireD. equal
11.A. wanted B. spentC. sharedD. ignored
12.A. lent B. returnedC. expressedD. left
13.A. holes B. boxesC. roomsD. seats
14.A. hopeful B. gratefulC. painfulD. peaceful
15.A. beauty B. angerC. mercyD. surprise
16.A. went through B. reached into C. gave upD. watched over
17.A. employed B. packedC. rewardedD. offered
18.A. pocket B. heartC. bagD. mind
19.A. over B. onceC. anymoreD. apart
20.A. flowed B. bentC. escapedD. burst
Although Diane survived the car crash, her arms and legs were badly injured and ______, her car was destroyed.
A.in all B. in return C.in relief D. in addition
A good friend is like a mirror. Don’t let a little agreement_____ a great friendship.
A.add up B.blow up C.take up D.break up
In our life, one question that ____ comes up is:“to be or not to be?”
A.briefly B.entirely C.fluently D.frequently
The Chinese river dolphin is one of the First-Grade State Protection animals, a (an) mammal with its name – water panda.
A. rareB. officialC. extremeD. universal
People often want their life to go perfectly, but accept the that nothing on the earth is flawless.
A. realityB. qualityC. identityD. responsibility
