Question

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

The young apprentice(学徒) glanced at the ______ and said, "Nothing I can do except ______ the upper.” His master looked at them and said, “If you ______ me, I will add more scratches on both the shoes."

I was ______ and asked why.

He explained, “As if the opening were made ______ for a special style."

I didn't fully understand him, ______ I decided to leave the shoes.

Two days later I dropped by from work to ______ the shoes. I found more scratches on each shoe; all the openings were patched (缝补)by soft red leather; the stitches (针脚) were twisted with the appearance looking more ______ and interesting than ever. I couldn't help praising the master's ______.

Another time, my sister's blouse was torn, leaving a large opening. My wife checked it  ____  , and then said, "Let me take it home and ______ it."

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

"I was ______ by that shoemaker. Patches are considered to be ______, but a skillful craftsman (工匠) can make it take on a kind of ______.”replied my wife.

Her words inspired(启发) me more: perfection is impossible to achieve in ______; patches appear in the ______ of injury, disability or disease. Since you can't change the existence of wound, you should not ______ people's sympathy(同情)by disclosing the wound, which is meaningless.  Just sew(缝)the ______ 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. successful B. skillful C. attractive D. positive

9.A. skill B. drill C. performance D. strength

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

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.C

13.C

14.B

15.C

16.B

17.C

18.A

19.D

20.A

【解析】

本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，作者由修鞋师傅给女儿修鞋和妻子补衬衫领悟到了生命的意义——生活中不应该通过揭露伤口来指望别人的同情，而应该用一块块补丁把伤口缝起来，然后在上面绣上一朵最美的花。

1.考查名词词义辨析。A. scar伤疤；B. opening缺口、开口；C. hole洞穴；D. mark标记。根据上文中的“Not long before, my daughter's shoes were scratched (划破) with a knife.”可知，我女儿的鞋被刀划破了，我去鞋匠铺修鞋的时候，学徒看着鞋上的开口，故B项正确，

2.考查动词词义辨析。A. replace替换；B. remove去除；C. throw扔；D. tear撕掉。根据本空前的“Nothing I can do except”可知，学徒说“除了换鞋我什么也做不了”，故A项正确。

3.考查动词词义辨析。A. tell告诉；B. show展示；C. agree同意；D. trust信任。根据本空后的“I will add more scratches on both the shoes."”可知，修鞋师傅说“如果你信得过我，我要在这双鞋上再加一些划痕”，故D项正确。

4.考查形容词词义辨析。A. delighted高兴的； B. confused困惑的；C. excited兴奋的；D. astonished吃惊的。根据本空后的“and asked why.”可知，我很困惑，问他为什么，故B项正确。

5.考查介词短语辨析。A. on purpose故意地；B. by chance意外地；C. in particular特别；D. in turn轮流。上文说修鞋师傅要在这双鞋上再加上一些划痕，他解释说这样做是为了让这双鞋看起来好像开口是特意为一种特殊的风格而做的，故A项正确。

6.考查连词词义辨析。A. so所以；B. and并且；C. as因为；D. but但是。根据本空后的“I decided to leave the shoes”可知，虽然我不是完全明白他的意思，但我仍决定把鞋留下让他修，故D项正确。

7.考查动词词义辨析。A. bring带来；B. collect收集、取；C. see看见；D. return返还。根据本空后的“I found more scratches on each shoe;”可知，两天后，我下班时顺道过来取鞋，故B项正确。

8.考查形容词词义辨析。A. successful成功的；B. skillful熟练的；C. attractive吸引人的；D. positive积极的。根据本空后的“and interesting than ever.”可知，修好的鞋比原来更有吸引力和有趣了，故C项正确。

9.考查名词词义辨析。A. skill技巧、技术；B. drill 训练；C. performance表演；D. strength力量。上文说修好后的鞋比原来更有吸引力和有趣了，所以我不禁称赞修鞋师傅的技术，故A项正确。

10.考查副词词义辨析。A. anxiously焦虑地；B. suddenly突然；C. carefully仔细地；D. delightedly高兴地。根据本空后的“and then said, "Let me take it home and ___11___ it."”可知，妻子仔细检查我姐姐衬衫上的大口子，然后说“让我拿家去修补吧”，故C项正确。

11.考查动词词义辨析。A. wash洗；B. iron熨；C. save节省；D. mend修补。根据上文可知，妻子要把我姐姐划破的衬衫拿回家修补，故D项正确。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。A. puzzled困惑的；B. disappointed失望的；C. surprised惊讶的；D. touched感动的。根据本空后的“all the torn parts took on a look of ice crystal (水晶); attached to it was a snowman made of flowery rags.”可知，妻子修补好的衬衫所有的碎片都变成了水晶，还有一个用破布做成的雪人，这让我感到很惊讶，故C项正确。

13.考查名词词义辨析。A. anger生气；B. regret后悔；C. praise表扬、称赞；D. care关心。根据本空后的“It's amazing!”可知，我称赞道“太神奇了”，故C项正确。

14.考查动词词义辨析。A. encouraged鼓励；B. inspired启发、使有灵感；C. moved使感动；D. attracted吸引。根据上文情节可知，妻子是受到了给女儿修鞋的那个修鞋师傅的启发，故B项正确。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。A. common常见的；B. beautiful美丽的；C. ugly丑陋的；D. rare稀有的。根据本空前的“Patches are considered to be”可知，补丁被认为是丑陋的，故C项正确。

16.考查名词词义辨析。A. difference差异；B. perfection完美；C. newness崭新；D. change变化。根据本空前的“but a skillful craftsman (工匠) can make it take on a kind of”可知，但是技术娴熟的工匠可以让它呈现出一种完美，故B项正确。

17.考查名词词义辨析。A. future未来； B. mind思维；C. life生活；D. place地方。根据本空前的“perfection is impossible to achieve in”可知，在生活中很难做到完美，故C项正确。

18.考查名词词义辨析。A. form形式；B. name名字；C. shape形状；D. need需要。根据本空后的“of injury, disability or disease.”可知，补丁以受伤、残疾或疾病的形式出现，in the form of表示“以……的形式”，故A项正确。

19.考查动词词义辨析。A. treat 对待；B. accept接受；C. ignore忽视；D. expect指望、期望。根据本空前的“Since you can't change the existence of wound,”可知，既然你不能改变伤口的存在，你就不应该通过揭露伤口来指望人们的同情，故D项正确。

20.考查名词词义辨析。A. wound伤口；B. pain痛苦；C. injury 伤害；D. disability残疾。上文说你应该用一块块补丁把伤口缝起来，然后在上面绣上一朵最美的花，这就是生命的意义，故A项正确。