Have you ever seen a perfect heart and do you have one? One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town declaring he had the most beautiful heart in the whole town. A large crowd gathered, and they all 11 his heart, for it was perfect.
12 , an old man appeared and said, “Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine.”
The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s heart. It was full of 13 . It had places where pieces had been 14 and other pieces put in, but they didn’t fit quite right, and there were several jagged（锯齿状的）edges (边缘). 15 , in some places there were deep gouges（孔）where whole pieces were missing.
The young man laughed. “ 16 your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars (疤痕).”
“Yes,” said the old man, “Yours looks perfect but I would never trade (交易) with you. You see, every scar 17 a person to whom I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart that 18 into the empty place in my heart.
“But because the pieces aren’t exact, I have some 19 edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we 20 .
“Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn’t 21 a piece of his or her heart to me. These are the 22 gouges — giving love is taking a chance.
“Although these gouges are painful, they stay 23 , reminding me of the love I have for those people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I’ve been 24 . So now do you see what true 25 is?”
The young man walked up to the old man, 26 into his perfect heart, and ripped a piece out. He offered 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 27 in the young man’s heart. It fit, but not perfectly, 28 there were some jagged edges.
The young man 29 his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man’s heart 30 into his.
They embraced (拥抱) and walked away side by side. How sad it must be to go through life with a whole untouched heart!
11. A. observed B. praised C. admired D. agreed
12. A. Suddenly B. finally C. Fortunately D. Eventually
13. A. marks B. points C. scars D. spots
14. A. shaped B. brought C. left D. removed
15. A. By the way B. As a result C. In fact D. On the contrary
16. A. Trading B. Comparing C. Putting D. Seeing
17. A. represents B. supplies C. provides D. offers
18. A. places B. fits C. gets D. falls
19. A. smooth B. beautiful C. different D. rough
20. A. shared B. showed C. owned D. experienced
21. A. passed B. lent C. sent D. returned
22. A. red B. blank C. big D. empty
23. A. open B. deep C. unclear D. allergic
24. A. missing B. needing C. remaining D. waiting
25. A. friendship B. love C. beauty D. heart
26. A. came B. looked C. reached D. broke
27. A. wound B. bottom C. top D. edge
28. A. where B. if C. as D. though
29. A. searched for B. tried out C. cared about D. looked at
30. A. blew B. flowed C. flew D. floated
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