A water bearer in India had two large pots; each hung on the ends of a pole. The water bearer often carried the pole __36__ his neck. One of the pots had a crack(裂缝) in it, __37__ the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot __38__ only half full. For a full two years, this went on __39__, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his house.
Of course, the perfect pot was __40__ of its advantages. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and __41__ that it was able to __42__ only half of what it had been made to do. __43__ two years of what sensed to be a bitter __44__, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. “I am ashamed of myself, and I want to __45__ to you. I have been able to __46__ only half my load because this crack in my side __47__ water to leak out all the way back to your house. Because of my __48__, you have to do a lot of this work, and you don't get full value from your __49__,” the pot said.
The bearer said to the pot, “Did you __50__ that there were flowers only on your side of the path, __51__ not on the other pot's side? That's because I have always __52__ your fault, and I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you've __53__ them.
For two years I have been able to __54__ these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the __55__ you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.”
36.A.above B.over C.across D.through
37.A.as B.while C.when D.so
38.A.arrived B.realized C. made D.concluded
39.A.weekly B.daily C.monthly D.yearly
40.A.ashamed B.proud C.happy D.disappointed
41.A.sad B.pleased C.comfortable D.safe
42.A.admit B.achieve C.reduce D.attract
43.A.Before B. Since C.After D.By
44.A.failure B.success C.excitement D.satisfaction
45.A.apologize B. talk C.admit D.apply
46.A.develop B.permit C.depend D.deliver
47.A.takes B.causes C.makes D.reminds
48.A.fault B.success C.kindness D.sorrow
49.A.effects B.efforts C.operation D.attempt
50.A.look B.pay C.notice D.watch
51.A.but B.and C.since D.after
52. A.known about B.told about C.worried about D.come about
53.A.cared B.watered C.planted D.pulled
54.A.pick B.buy C.sell D.borrow
55.A.attitude B.way C.measure D.appearance