阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Not long before, my daughter's shoes were scratched with a knife．She burst into ________I took them to the shoemaker to get them ________．
The young apprentice （学徒） glanced at the ________and said, "Nothing I can do except replace the upper．" His master looked at them and said to me, "If you ________ me, I will add more scratches on both of the shoes．"
I was ________ and asked why．
He explained, "As if the openings were made ________ for the sake of special style and reuse．"
I didn’t fully understand him ,but I decided to leave the shoes.
Two days later ,I dropped by from work to collect the shoes. I found there were indeed more scratches on ________shoe, all the openings were patched (打补丁）by soft red leather with edges sewed by thick thread, ________ more unique and interesting than ever．I couldn't help but________ 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 checked the blouse ________ , and then said, "Let me take it home and ________t．"
Three days later, seeing the blouse again, I was shocked: all the torn parts had been sewed up by thin and _______ thread and they _______ a look of ice crystal （冰晶） hanging from a winter's branch．_______ , she had attached a snowman and a cabin made of flowery cotton rags onto the shirt．I _______with praise, "It's just as beautiful as a piece of _______ !"
"I was inspired by that craftsman．Patches are supposed to be _______, but a skillful craftsman can make it take on a kind of perfection," replied my wife．
Her words inspired me even more: Perfection is _______ to achieve in everything; Patches are unavoidable, so is human's life．Since you can't _______ the existence of wound, you should not expect people's sympathy by exposing the wound, which reveals nothing meaningful．Just sew the wound by patches and produce a most beautiful flower on it, and this is the _______ of life.
1.A．laughter B．cheers C．tears D．speech
2.A．made B．repaired C．decorated D．preserved
3.A．Anything B．Something C．Everything D．Nothing
4.A．trust B．inform C．appoint D．convince
5.A．annoyed B．confused C.disappointed D．discouraged
6.A．on purpose B．by accident C．in vain D．beyond control
7.A．neither B．any C．every D．each
8.A．remaining B．growing C．looking D．feeling
9.A．appreciate B．witness C．praise D．describe
10.A．delivered B．checked C．washed D．ironed
11.A．outside B．downtown C．home D．abroad
12.A．red B．white C．pink D．purple
13.A．took on B．put on C．decided on D．focused on
14.A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．Anyway D．Besides
15.A．sighed B．signed C．greeted D．paused
16.A．cake B．art C．furniture D．jewellery
17.A．pretty B．attractive C．tough D．ugly
18.A．easy B．improper C．likely D．impossible
19.A．change B．imagine C．stand D．prove
20.A．respect B．friendship C．sympathy D．apology
Finally he reached a lonely island__ was completely cut off from the outside world.
A. when B. where C. whom D. which
My father ____ for Beijing on business tonight.
A. is about to leave B. has been leaving
C. is leaving D. would leave
This is the first time that he your hometown.
A. visited B. visits
C. had visited D. has visited
The hero said he didn’t think twice ____ diving into the freezing river to rescue that child.
A. before B. after C. until D. when
—Have you some new ideas?
—Yeah. I’ll tell you later.
A. come about B. come up
C. come out with D. come up with
