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!
| 小题1: | | A．appreciated | B．disliked | C．hated | D．broke |
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| 小题2: | | A．nearly | B．hardly | C．honestly | D．widely |
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| 小题3: | | A．items | B．scars | C．details | D．tips |
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| 小题4: | | A．formed | B．added | C．designed | D．removed |
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| 小题6: | | A．amazing | B．willing | C．missing | D．boiling |
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| 小题7: | | A．joke | B．trap | C．success | D．goal |
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| 小题8: | | A．opinion | B．power | C．vote | D．love |
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| 小题10: | | A．perfect | B．empty | C．entire | D．equal |
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| 小题11: | | A．wanted | B．spent | C．shared | D．ignored |
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| 小题12: | | A．lent | B．returned | C．expressed | D．left |
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| 小题13: | | A．holes | B．boxes | C．rooms | D．seats |
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| 小题14: | | A．hopeful | B．grateful | C．painful | D．peaceful |
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| 小题15: | | A．beauty | B．anger | C．mercy | D．surprise |
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| 小题16: | | A．went through | B．reached into | C．gave up | D．watched over |
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| 小题17: | | A．employed | B．packed | C．rewarded | D．offered |
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| 小题18: | | A．pocket | B．heart | C．bag | D．mind |
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| 小题19: | | A．over | B．once | C．anymore | D．apart |
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| 小题20: | | A．flowed | B．bent | C．escaped | D．burst |
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