第二节完形填空（20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Not long before, my daughter's shoes were scratched with a knife．She burst into   36 ．I took them to the shoemaker to get them   37 ．
The young apprentice （学徒） glanced at the opening and said, " 38   I can do except replace the upper．" His master looked at them and said to me, "If you   39   me, I will add more scratches on both of the shoes．"
I was   40   and asked why．
He explained, "As if the openings were made   41   for the sake of special style and reuse．"
Two days later I found there were indeed more scratches on   42   shoe, but all the openings were patched （打补丁） by soft red leather with edges sewed by thick thread,   43  more unique and interesting than ever．I couldn't help but   44   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   45   the blouse carefully, and then said, "Let me take it   46 _ and mend it．"
Seeing the blouse again, I was shocked: all the torn parts had been sewed up by thin and   47   thread and they   48   a look of ice crystal （冰晶） hanging from a winter's branch． 49   , she had attached a snowman and a cabin made of flowery cotton rags onto the shirt．I 50   with praise, "It's just as beautiful as a piece of   51   !"
"I was inspired by that craftsman．Patches are supposed to be   52 , but a skillful craftsman can make it take on a kind of perfection," replied my wife．
Her words inspired me even more: Perfection is   53   to achieve in everything; Patches are unavoidable, so is human's life．Since you can't   54   the existence of wound, you should not expect people's   55   by exposing the wound, which reveals nothing meaningful．
36．A．laughter    B．cheers       C．tears  D．speech
37．A．made B．repaired    C．decorated  D．preserved
38．A．Anything  B．Something       C．Everything       D．Nothing
39．A．trust  B．inform      C．appoint     D．convince
40．A．annoyed   B．confused   C．disappointed     D．discouraged
41．A．on purpose       B．by accident      C．in vain      D．beyond control
42．A．neither     B．any   C．every D．each
43．A．remaining B．growing    C．looking     D．feeling
44．A．appreciate B．witness     C．praise       D．describe
45．A．delivered  B．checked    C．washed     D．ironed
46．A．outside     B．downtown C．home D．abroad
47．A．red    B．white C．pink  D．purple
48．A．took on    B．put on      C．decided on       D．focused on
49．A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．Anyway    D．Besides
50．A．sighed      B．signed      C．greeted     D．paused
51．A．cake  B．art     C．furniture   D．jewellery
52．A．pretty       B．attractive  C．tough       D．ugly
53．A．easy  B．improper  C．likely       D．impossible
54．A．change     B．imagine    C．stand D．prove
55．A．respect     B．friendship C．sympathy  D．apology