第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered.and they all admired his heart for it was 31 . There was not a scar in it. Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, “Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as 32 .”
The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s 33 . It was full of scars, it had places 34 pieces had been removed and other pieces 35 in, but they didn’t fit quite right, and there were several 36 edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gaps where whole pieces were missing.
The young man laughed. “ 37 your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”
“Yes,” said the old man, “Yours 38 perfect but I would never trade with you. You see, every 39 represents a person 40 I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they 41 me a piece of their heart that fits into the 42 place in my heart. But because the pieces aren’t exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we 43 .
“Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart 44 , and the other person hasn’t returned a 45 of his or her heart to me. These are the empty gaps—giving love is 46 a chance. Although these gaps are painful, they 47 open, reminding me of the love I have for those people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have been waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?’’
The young man walked up to the old man, 48 his perfect heart, and tipped a piece out. He 49 it to the old man.
The old man placed it in his heart, then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man’s heart. It 50 , but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.
The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man’s heart flowed into his.
They embraced and walked away side by side.
31.A.ugly B.perfect C.beautiful D.hurt
32.A.mine B.his C.theirs D.ours
33.A.coat B.appearance C.face D.heart
34.A.that B.which C.where D.whose
35.A.cut B.set C.put D.brought
36.A.smooth B.rough C.broken D.pretty
37.A.Comparing B.Compared C.Compare D.Compares
38.A.looks B.seems C.is D.fits
39.A.one B.heart C.piece D.scar
40.A.on whom B.in whom C.with whom D.to whom
41.A.take B.give C.lend D.pass
42.A.empty B.full C.original D.first
43.A.had B.gave C.shared D.owned
44.A.in B.away C.off D.up
45.A.lot B.sheet C.piece D.pile
46.A.making B.taking C.keeping D.bringing
47.A.keep B.cut C.come D.stay
48.A.carried away B.reached into C.took out D.brought up
49.A.offered B.took C.passed D.served
50.A.fit B.hit C.beat D.set