Question

One day a young man said that he had the most beautiful heart in the world. Many people came and they all 1. (say) his heart was perfect. The young man was very 2. (pride). Suddenly, an old man appeared and said: “Why is your heart not as beautiful as mine?”

The crowd and the young man looked at the old 3. (man) heart. It was beating strongly, but full of scars (伤疤). In some places there were even holes. The young man laughed. “You must be 4. (joke),” he said. “Mine is perfect and 5. (you) is a mess.”

“Yes,” said the old man, “Yours is perfect looking, but I would never trade with you. You see, every scar represents(代表) a person to 6. I gave my love.

“Sometimes I gave pieces of my heart away and the other person didn’t reply a piece to me. But I don’t care. These are the empty holes. Although these holes are painful, they remind me 7. the love I have for these people. So now do you see what true beauty is?”

The young man stood 8.(silent). He reached to his perfect heart, and ripped (撕) a piece out. He gave it to the old man. The old man placed it in his heart. Then he took a piece from his

old heart 9. placed it in the young man’s heart. The young man’s heart is 10. perfect anymore, but it is more beautiful than ever – love from the old man’s heart flowed (流).

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