Question

Not long ago my daughter’s favorite shoes were cut with a knife. She cried. I took them to the shoemaker to get them     . The young apprentice (学徒)     at the cuts quickly and said, “I can do     except replace the uppers. ” The master looked at them and said, “    you trust me, I will add more cuts to both of the shoes.” I was     and asked why. He     , “As if the cuts were made on purpose for special style.” I didn’t fully understand him,     I decided to leave the shoes.

Two days later, I went to collect the shoes. At first     I found there were indeed more cuts on each shoe, but all of them were     with red thread around. The shoes looked more unique and interesting than ever. I couldn’t help but praise his     .

Another time, my wife’s white skirt had an opening. My wife checked it     and said,  “I’ll mend it myself.” Three days later, seeing the skirt again, I was shocked: the     had been repaired by thin and white thread and it looked like a flower. I     with praise, “It’s just as beautiful as a piece of art!”

“I got the     from that shoemaker. Patches (补丁) are supposed to be ugly, but a skillful person can make it look perfect.” replied my wife.

      she said set me thinking: perfection is     to achieve in everything; patches are unavoidable（不可避免的）, so is human’s life, which will appear     the form of injury, disability or disease.     you can’t change the existence of them, all you     do and have to do is to deal with the wound by patches and try your best to bloom（盛开）a most beautiful flower on the wound, and that is the meaning of     .

1.A. repaired      B. cleaned       C. sold            D. painted

2.A. glared    B. glanced      C. laughed   D. stared

3.A. something   B. anything   C. nothing   D. everything

4.A. Even if   B. If    C. Though   D. While

5.A. delighted   B. convinced   C. confused   D. embarrassed

6.A. declared    B. explained      C. announced      D. interrupted

7.A. and    B. but    C. or    D. so

8.A. sight    B. attempt   C. hand    D. light

9.A. occupied   B. filled    C. mixed    D. decorated

10.A. status    B. strength    C. skill    D. sweat

11.A. carefully   B. frequently   C. gradually   D. curiously

12.A. cut     B. wound   C. injury    D. opening

13.A. sighed   B. breathed   C. jumped   D. complained

14.A. plan    B. truth    C. idea    D. desire

15.A. What   B. That    C. When    D. Where

16.A. necessary  B. unnecessary   C. impossible   D. possible

17.A. on     B. by    C. at        D. in

18.A. Now that   B. In that    C. So that    D. In order that

19.A. must   B. can    C. may    D. need

20.A. life    B. study    C. work    D. Education

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章通过讲述给女儿补鞋子以及妻子自己用绣花来修补坏掉的短裙的两个故事来说明人生总是会有不如意，我们要让这些不如意磨练自己，让我们的生活更美好。

1.A考查动词。A. Repaired修；B. Cleaned清理；C. Sold卖出；D. Painted画；根据my daughter’s favorite shoes were cut with a knife可知鞋子坏了，是要拿去修的，故选A。

2.B考查动词。A. Glared怒目而视；B. Glanced匆匆一瞥；C. Laughed笑；D. Stared盯着；学徒瞥了一样鞋子，看鞋子的情况就是看一眼，故选B。

3.C考查代词。A. Something有些事；B. Anything任何事；C. Nothing没事；D. Everything每件事；根据except replace the uppers可知学徒只能帮忙修复上面坏掉的部分，故选C。

4.B考查短语。 A. Even if即使这样；B. If如果；C. Though虽然；D. While但是；如果你相信我，是一个假设情况，选B。

5.C考查形容词。A. Delighted高兴；B. Convinced确信；C. Confused迷惑；D. Embarrassed尴尬；I will add more cuts to both of the shoes.我对于修鞋子的话感到很困惑，修鞋子应该是修好它，但是店主却说要在鞋子上划更多刀痕，选C。

6.B 考查动词。 A. Declared宣称；B. Explained解释；C. Announced公布；D. Interrupted翻译；前面我很困惑，此处是他向我解释，用以解除我的困惑，故选B。

7.B考查连词。A. And和；B. But但是；C. Or或者；D. So所以； I didn’t fully understand him, 与 I decided to leave the shoes.之间是转折关系。虽然我没懂他的话，但我还是决定把鞋子留下来，可知选B。

8.A考查动词。A. Sight视力；B. Attempt试图；C. Hand手；D. Light灯光；第一眼看到鞋子的时候，at first sight，第一眼，故选A。

9.D考查动词。A. Occupied被占用；B. Filled填；C. Mixed混在一起；D. Decorated装饰；所有的刀痕都被红线装饰着，decorate with被...装饰着，选D。

10.C考查名词。A. Status地位；B. Strength力量；C. Skill能力；D. Sweat汗；The shoes looked more unique and interesting than ever鞋子看起来比从前的很好看了，我很赞赏店主修鞋子的技能，选C。

11.A考查副词。A. Carefully仔细；B. frequently 经常；C. gradually 渐渐；D. Curiously好奇；我的妻子仔仔细细的查看了自己的短裙，短裙坏了之后要仔细的查看一下，选A。

12.D考查名词。A. Cut剪；B. Wound伤口；C. Injury受伤；D. Opening开始；此处的opening是指短裙坏掉的那个口，开口处被绣上了花朵，选D。

13.A考查动词。A. Sighed叹气；B. Breathed呼吸；C. Jumped跳起来；D. Complained抱怨；我赞赏了叹了口气，此处作者是感到赞赏、惊讶的那种叹气，故选A。

14.C考查名词。A. Plan计划；B. Truth真理；C. Idea观点；D. Desire渴望；我从修鞋子的那里得到了这个灵感，get the idea，得到这个想法，故选C。

15.A考查关系词。A. What什么；B. That那个；C. When何时；D. Where哪里；主语从句，缺少宾语，what做said的宾语，故选A。

16.C考查形容词。A. Necessary必要；B. Unnecessary不必要；C. Impossible不可能；D. Possible可能；不可能每件事都是完美的，不是不必要的，而是不可能的，故选C。

17.D考查介词。A. On上面；B. By通过；C. At在；D. In在里面；in the form of sth以...的形式，人们的生活也不可能总是完美的，总会有受伤、疾病的不如意的事情，故选D。

18.A考查短语。A. Now that既然；B. In that在于；C. So that目的是；D. In order that为了；既然你不能改变他们的存在，因为不如意的事情总是会发生，但是人是不能改变他们的存在的，故选A。

19.B考查情态动词。A. Must必须；B. Can能够；C. May可能；D. Need需要；你能做的事情，是指在你能力范围之内的事情，故选B。

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