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　　Darby, Pennsylvania－A Pennsylvania woman spent the better part of an hour shopping at a neighbourhood grocery store without realizing that a passer-by had stuck a knife into her neck．

　　Darlane Jones, 62, set out from home on foot when a running passer-by slapped her on the back of the neck．She kept on going, as if nothing had happened．

　　Jones walked to the Acme supermarket in the nearby community of Yeadon, just outside Philadelphia．She bought a package of Oreocookies and a newspaper before making the half-mile return journey to her house．

　　Only after she got home did her daughter notice the handle of a kitchen knife sticking out of her mother’s neck．The daughter yanked(猛拉)out the blade, releasing a gush(涌出)of blood．She then rushed her mother to the hospital．She was in fair condition last Saturday．

　　“Five or six people walked right past her without even noticing,” said Darby Police Chief Robert Smythe．

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　　Not long before, my daughter's shoes were scratched with a knife．She burst into 　　1　　．I took them to the shoemaker to get them 　　2　　．

　　The young apprentice(学徒)glanced at the opening and said,“　　3　　 I can do except replace the upper．”His master looked at them and said to me,“If you 　　4　　 me, I will add more scratches on both of the shoes．”

　　I was 　　5　　 and asked why．

　　He explained,“As if the openings were made 　　6　　 for the sake of special style and reuse．”

　　Two days later I found there were indeed more scratches on 　　7　　 shoe, but all the openings were patched(打补丁)by soft red leather with edges sewed by thick thread, 　　8　　 more unique and interesting than ever．I couldn't help but 　　9　　 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 　　10　　 the blouse carefully, and then said,“Let me take it 　　11　　 and mend it．”

　　Seeing the blouse again, I was shocked：all the torn parts had been sewed up by thin and 　　12　　 thread and they 　　13　　 a look of ice crystal(冰晶)hanging from a winter's branch．　　14　　, she had attached a snowman and a cabin made of flowery cotton rags onto the shirt．I 　　15　　 with praise,“It's just as beautiful as a piece of 　　16　　!”

　　“I was inspired by that craftsman．Patches are supposed to be 　　17　　, but a skillful craftsman can make it take on a kind of perfection,”replied my wife．

　　Her words inspired me even more：Perfection is 　　18　　 to achieve in everything; Patches are unavoidable, so is human's life．Since you can't 　　19　　 the existence of wound, you should not expect people's 　　20　　 by exposing the wound, which reveals nothing meaningful．

阅读理解

　　Darby, Pennsylvania－A Pennsylvania woman spent the better part of an hour shopping at a neighbourhood grocery store without realizing that a passer-by had stuck a knife into her neck．

　　Darlane Jones,62,set out from home on foot when a running passer-by slapped her on the back of the neck－or so she thought．She kept on going, as if nothing had happened．

　　Jones walked to the Acme supermarket in the nearby community of Yeadon, just outside Philadelphia．She bought a package of Oreocookies and a newspaper before making the half-mile return journey to her house．

　　Only after she got home did her daughter notice the handle of a kitchen knife sticking out of her mother’s neck．The daughter yanked(猛拉)out the blade, releasing a gush(涌出)of blood．She then rushed her mother to the hospital．She was in fair condition last Saturday．

　　“Five or six people walked right past her without even noticing,” said Darby Police Chief Robert Smythe．

完形填空

　　Not long before, my daughter's shoes were scratched with a knife．She burst into 　　1　　．I took them to the shoemaker to get them 　　2　　．

　　The young apprentice(学徒)glanced at the opening and said, "　　3　　 I can do except replace the upper．" His master looked at them and said to me, "If you 　　4　　 me, I will add more scratches on both of the shoes．"

　　I was 　　5　　 and asked why．

　　He explained, "As if the openings were made 　　6　　 for the sake of special style and reuse．"

　　Two days later I found there were indeed more scratches on 　　7　　 shoe, but all the openings were patched(打补丁)by soft red leather with edges sewed by thick thread, 　　8　　 more unique and interesting than ever．I couldn't help but 　　9　　 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 　　10　　 the blouse carefully, and then said, "Let me take it 　　11　　 and mend it．"

　　Seeing the blouse again, I was shocked：all the torn parts had been sewed up by thin and 　　12　　 thread and they 　　13　　 a look of ice crystal(冰晶 )hanging from a winter's branch．　　14　　, she had attached a snowman and a cabin made of flowery cotton rags onto the shirt．I 　　15　　 with praise, "It's just as beautiful as a piece of 　　16　　!"

　　"I was inspired by that craftsman．Patches are supposed to be 　　17　　, but a skillful craftsman can make it take on a kind of perfection," replied my wife．

　　Her words inspired me even more：Perfection is 　　18　　 to achieve in everything; Patches are unavoidable, so is human's life．Since you can't 　　19　　 the existence of wound, you should not expect people's 　　20　　 by exposing the wound, which reveals nothing meaningful．

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　　When Johnny Cash sings, people listen．His big, deep voice rumbles out of radios and jukeboxes across North America．His records sell by the million．Country music fans everywhere know his big hits．They love songs like “Hey Porter” “Ring of Fire” and “Folsom Prison Blue”．

　　Johnny Cash sings about a hundred concerts a year．People like what they hear－and what they see, too．Rugged and big-shouldered, the singer stands six-two without his black boots on．He has a two-hundred-pound package of muscle and talent．And that scar(疤痕)on his cheek? It’s a bullet hole, of course!

　　In the minds of most people, Johnny Cash is “Mr．Tough(violent)Guy”．He’s an ex-drug addict(上瘾者)who was once put in prison．His grandmother was an Indian．To keep from starving, he once had to live on wild rabbits killed from forty feet away with a knife．Some people say he even killed a man．

　　In fact, most of the Johnny Cash story is just that－a story．True, years ago he had a “drug habit” for a short time．He “popped” pills．But he never used heroin or other “hard” drugs．Sometimes he’d go wild and get locked up for a few hours．But he never served a prison sentence．There’s no Indian blood in his veins．He’s been a killer only in song．As for the“ bullet hole”, it’s an old scar left by a doctor who opened a cyst(囊肿)．

　　People who know Johnny Cash well say he’s a“ gentle guy”, a “generous guy”－anything but a “tough guy”．How did the stories get started? Some of them, like the story about the “Indian grandmother”, he made up long ago to add excitement to his career．Others, like the“ bullet hole”, simply got started．Now there’s little the singer can do to change people’s minds．“They just want to believe it, ” he says．