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close to you卡朋特After Mark Bertram lost the tips of two fingers in a construction accident, Eric Catalano tattooed fingernails onto his hand. “It’s life-changing but it’s not life-ending,” Bertram said. “Doing work is ____1____ now. Everything is just a little different.”
He can’t tie his shoes with ____2____, type on a keyboard or hold food the same way anymore. But after two surgeries and occupational treatment, he decided to make light of his new ____3____ by asking Catalano to create the fingernail tattoo. The idea made everyone in the studio laugh until they saw the final result. “The mood changed in here,” Catalano ____4____ as he stood in his Eternal Ink Tattoo Studio. “Everything turned from ____5____ to wow.”
When Catalano ____6____ a photo of the inked fingernails online last January, he thought maybe 300 people would like the realistic tattoo. He had no idea the ____7____ would be viewed by millions of people around the world. Even “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” tracked him down to feature the viral tattoo: a pair of fingernails that looked so ____8____ that no o
ne could believe their eyes.
The widely spread photo ____9____ Catalano, 39, further into the world of paramedical tattooing (医疗纹身). Now people with life-altering scars come from as far as Ireland to visit Catalano’s tattoo shop in this rural village. With flesh -toned ink and a needle, Catalano makes his clients feel whole again with an art form and industry that picks up where doctors _____10_____.
Paramedical tattoo is a _____11_____ new field, but it is growing, thanks to cosmetic and plastic surgery technology. Catalano, while _____12_____ $ 100 for a regular tattoo, provides free paramedical tattoos supported with only tiny public _____13_____.
“Financially, it doesn’t _____14_____,” Catalano says. “But every time I see that emotion from my customers, I am 100 percent sure that my work is _____15_____.”
1．A．rougher    B．heavier    C．tougher    D．busier
2．A．ease    B．interest    C．joy    D．power
3．A．permission    B．claim    C．remark    D．condition
4．A．realized    B．recognized    C．recalled    D．remembered
5．A．curious    B．funny    C．hopeless    D．awkward
6．A．received    B．took    C．posted    D．searched
7．A．finger    B．image    C．studio    D．video
8．A．real    B．essential    C．abnormal    D．formal
9．A．pushed    B．forced    C．required    D．handled
10．A．set off    B．leave off    C．cut off    D．put off
11．A．constantly    B．generally    C．relatively    D．gradually
12．A．costing    B．paying    C．consuming    D．charging
13．A．reputation    B．recognition    C．motivations    D．donations
14．A．come up    B．make sense    C．hold back    D．come true
15．A．worthwhile    B．pioneering    C．demanding    D．outstanding
It was two days before Christmas and I still felt numb. My husband Steve had passed away in late September but I was doing the best I could to____16____ the season. My two adult sons wanted to carry on some of our family traditions like our Christmas Eve Open House, but I knew others would____17____美丽心灵下载.
Steve and I used to put a special gift for each other under the tree. I made sure he had something ____18____, and he made sure I had something from Saffees, my favorite women’s clothing store. Although Steve was no longer here to celebrate, I stubbornly asked my sons, “What should I buy for your dad?”
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I sa特优生的主题曲____19____ decided to name a star after Steve. I knew it was the perfect gift for a ____20____ enthusiast like him. I didn’t mind not having a ____21____ from him, except that it was just another ____22____ that he was no longer with us.
Later, Bonnie, the manager of Saffees, ____23____, saying she would stop by and give me something. I couldn’t____24____飞得更高汪峰 what she might have for me because I knew Steve was too____25____ to have prearranged something three months in advance. After Bonnie arrived, I was____26____ to see her holding a beautifully wrapped present to place under the tree.
She explained that she____27____ our tradition and thus had selected something she knew I would like. She wanted to____28____ that Steve’s traditional gift for me continued on what would be a very____29____ Christmas Day.
For one last time, our____30____ was honored – I gave Steve a gift of fun, and my package from Saffees was under the tree.
16．A．remember    B．celebrate    C．survive    D．skip
17．A．agree    B．hesitate    C．end    D．continue
18．A．fun    B．new    C．unique    D．valuable
19．A．normally    B．eventually    C．unexpectedly    D．unwillingly
到死都要18岁20．A．technology    B．nature    C．travel    D．space
21．A．reward    B．hug    C．comment    D．gift
22．A．reason    B．warning    C．sign    D．thought
23．A．arrived    B．smiled    C．called    D．knocked
24．A．accept    B．understand    C．afford    D．imagine
25．A．forgetful    B．poor    C．ill    D．busy
26．A．shocked    B．content    C．eager    D．embarrassed
27．A．challenged    B．established    C．respected    D．knew
28．A．guarantee    B．believe    C．pretend    D．deny