阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Not long before, my daughter's shoes were scratched with a knife．She burst into ________I took them to the shoemaker to get them ________．
The young apprentice （学徒） glanced at the ________and said, "Nothing I can do except replace the upper．" His master looked at them and said to me, "If you ________me, I will add more scratches on both of the shoes．"
I was ________ and asked why．
He explained, "As if the openings were made ________ for the sake of special style and reuse．"
I didn’t fully understand him ,but I decided to leave the shoes.
Two days later ,I dropped by from work to collect the shoes. I found there were indeed more scratches on ________shoe, all the openings were patched (打补丁）by soft red leather with edges sewed by thick thread,________ more unique and interesting than ever．I couldn't help but________ 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 checked the blouse ________ , and then said, "Let me take it home and ________t．"
Three days later, seeing the blouse again, I was shocked: all the torn parts had been sewed up by thin and _______ thread and they _______ a look of ice crystal （冰晶） hanging from a winter's branch．_______ , she had attached a snowman and a cabin made of flowery cotton rags onto the shirt．I _______with praise, "It's just as beautiful as a piece of _______ !"
"I was inspired by that craftsman．Patches are supposed to be _______, but a skillful craftsman can make it take on a kind of perfection," replied my wife．
Her words inspired me even more: Perfection is _______ to achieve in everything; Patches are unavoidable, so is human's life．Since you can't _______ the existence of wound, you should not expect people's sympathyby exposing the wound, which reveals nothing meaningful．Just sew the wound by patches and produce a most beautiful flower on it, and this is the _______ of life.
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The 28-year-old had spent six years working nights while she gained her university degree during the day. When she finally , she had her eye on a teaching at a nearby primary school. With the help of her friends, she had with the Head.
“I noticed a tiny in one of my stockings earlier.” she recalled. “I thought about them, but I knew I’d be if I did. And by the time I got to the interview，it was bigger. I walked in apologizing for not looking my best.” The would-be teacher didn’t the job. In fact her friends told her that the Head’s only comment was, “If someone doesn’t take the time to her best image at an interview, what kind of is she going to be?”
In job-hunting, personal is very important. After all, you’re selling a product— —to an employer. When going to a job interview, always brush your hair tidily, polish your shoes and above all, yourself properly. It will give you a competitive and a positive first . The above idea was also suggested in a best-seller for jobseekers named Dress for Success.
First impressions a
re ones. In other words, if you’re viewed positively within the critical first four , the person you’ve met will feel everything you do is positive. Leave the interviewer a bad impression, and often he will guess you have a lot of other characters. In a word, he may not take the time to give you a second . Most employers believe that those who look as if they care about will care about their jobs.
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My fiance (未婚夫) and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds were , and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory.
One agent a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was our range, so we declined. But she kept urging us to have a look .
We finally did and it was at first sight. It was Our Home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and of the marriage within that home. As perfect as it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day, we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of it would be like to live there.
Days later, we made a(n) —far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didn’t us. They renewed their offer . It was also much more than we could afford, but far than the original asking price.
The next day, we got a message that another buyer had offered a much higher price. Even so, we decided to talk with the directly. We made our final offer, which was thousands of dollars less than the other buyer’s bid. We knew it, we had to try.
“Sold!” said the owner. Then he : He’d seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and that we’d the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the in the price “an early wedding present.”
That’s how we found our home and how I learned that when people are they are not strangers, only friends we haven’t yet met.
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When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Zigler. I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler everyone’s spirits up to the ceiling. I left there feeling like I could do anything. When we got to the car，I my father and said, “Dad，I want to people feel like that.” My father asked me what I meant. I said to him, “I want to be a speaker just like Mr. Zigler,” I replied . A dream was born.
Recently, I began seeking my dream of motivating others. a four-year relationship with Fortune 100 Company as a sales-trainer and ending as a regional sales manager，I left the company at the height of my career. Many people were that I would leave after earning a six-figure income. And they asked I would risk everything for a dream.
I made my to start my own company and leave my secure position after a regional sales meeting. The vice-president of our company delivered a that changed my life. He asked us. “If a god would you three wishes，what would they be?”After giving us a moment to write down the three wishes，he then asked us，“Why do you need a ?”I would never forget the I felt at that moment. I realized that everything I had in the past had prepared me for this moment. I was and didn’t need a god’s help to become a motivational speaker. A motivational speaker was born.
Having made that decision, I was immediately . One week after I gave notice, my husband was laid off from his job, and now we had no . But I held fast to my dream. The wonder really began to happen. In a short time my husband found a better job. And I was able to book several engagements with new customers. I discovered the incredible power of dreams.
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I was born and raised in Minnesota, the USA, but as an adult I have mostly lived in Europe and Africa. I teach cross-cultural management at the International Business School near Paris. For the last 15 years, I’ve studied people in different parts of the world build trust, communicate and make decisions in the workplace.
While travelling in Tokyo recently with a Japanese , I gave a shorttalk to a group of 20 managers. , I asked whether there were any questions or comments. No went up, so I went to sit down. Mycolleague whispered to me, “I think there were some comments, Erin.Do you mind if I try?” I agreed, but I guessed it a waste of . He askedthe group again, “ Any comments or questions”.
Still, no one raised a hand, this time he looked very carefully at each person in the silent audience. Gesturing to one of them, he said, “ Do you have to add?” To my amazement, she “ Yes, thank you.” and asked me a very interesting question. My colleague repeated this several times the audience and asking for more questions or comments.
After the session, I asked my colleague, “ How did you that those people had questions?” He , not sure how to explain it, and then said, “ It has to do with how their eyes are.”
He continued, “In Japan, we don’t as much direct eye contact as you do in the west. So when you asked if there are any , most people were not looking directly at you. But a few people in the were looking right at you and their eyes were bright. That that they would be to have you call on them.
I thought to myself I would ever have learned from upbringing in Minnesota. Since then, I try to understanding behavior in other cultures I encounter, and keep finding the bright eyes in the room.
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Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker. He is not famous in sports or the arts, But people in the streets him, especially those who are .For those people, he is "Gloves" Greenberg. How did he get that ?He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文箱). But he's _. His briefcase always has some gloves. In winter, Mr. Greenberg does not like other New Yorkers, who look at the sidewalk and the street .He looks around at .He stops when he someone with no gloves. He gives them a pair and then he , looking for more people with cold .On winter days, Mr. Greenberg gloves. During the rest of the year, he gloves. People who have heard about him him gloves, and he has many in his apartment. Mr. Greenberg doing this 21 years ago. Now, many poor New Yorkers know him and his behavior. But people who don't know him are sometimes him. They don't realize that he just wants to make them .It runs in the .Michael's father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier. Michael Greenberg feels the .A pair of gloves may be a thing, but it can make a big difference in winter.
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