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，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town, saying that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole world. A large crowd 36 and they all admired his heart, for it was 37 .There was not a mark or a flaw (瑕疵) in it. They all agreed it was 38 the most beautiful heart they had 39 seen. The young man was very 40 and boasted (自夸) more loudly about his beautiful heart.
Suddenly, an old man 41 at the front of the 42 and said, “Your heart is not as beautiful as mine.” The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s heart. It was beating 43 , but it was full of 44 . It had places where pieces had been 45 and other pieces put in, but they didn’t 46 quite right and there were several rough and pointed edges.
The people stared. “How can he say his heart is more beautiful?” they thought. The young man looked at the old man’s heart and laughed. “You must be 47 ,” he said. “Compare your heart with mine. Mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”
“Yes, yours 48 perfect, but I would never trade with you,” said the old man. “Every scar 49 a person to whom I have given my love. I 50 a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the 51 place in my heart, but because the pieces aren’t 52 in shape, I have some rough edges, which I 53 .They remind me of the love we shared. So now do you see what true 54 is?”
The young man was moved. He stood there silently with 55 running down his cheeks.
36. A. stopped B. came C. agreed D. gathered
37. A. clean B. exciting C. happy D. perfect
38. A. probably B. truly C. likely D. luckily
39. A. never B. seldom C. ever D. sometimes
40. A. proud B. regretful C. happy D. angry
41. A. appeared B. cried C. showed D. listened
42. A. man B. crowd C. street D. town
43. A. quickly B. strongly C. slowly D. heavily
44. A. tears B. water C. scars D. love
45. A. burnt B. changed C. removed D. cut
46. A. place B. fit C. jump D. see
47. A. joking B. tricking C. dreaming D. playing
48. A. looks B. smells C. sounds D. feels
49. A. explains B. helps C. presents D. represents
50. A. tear down B. turn down C. tear out D. throw out
51. A. clean B. scary C. empty D. painful
52. A. normal B. big C. fine D. exact
53. A. want B. dislike C. fear D. value
54. A. kindness B. happiness C. beauty D. love
55. A. water B. sweat C. tears D. Blood