题型：阅读选择 题类：真题 难易度：普通
湖南省湘潭市2019年中考英语试卷
A man once visited a temple that was still being built. He saw a sculptor making a sculpture(雕塑).As he watched the man work on the sculpture, he noticed that there was a similar sculpture lying nearby.
He felt very strange and asked the sculptor, "Why are you making two same sculptures? Do you need two to put in different places?"
"No, "the man said without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one became damaged before I could finish it, so I'm making a new one."
The visitor picked up the damaged sculpture and examined it. But he couldn't find anything wrong with it.
"Where is the damage?" he asked.
"There is a scratch(擦痕)on the sculpture's nose." the sculptor said while continuing his work.
The man then asked, "Where are you going to place the sculpture?"
The sculptor replied that it would be placed on a 20﹣foot﹣high platform(平台)."If the sculpture is up that high, who is going to notice that there is a scratch on the nose?" the man asked.
The sculptor stopped his work, looked up at the man and said, "I will know it".
The sculptor chose to stick to a high standard of excellence in his work. Even if other people didn't notice it, it mattered to him that his work should be of the best quality. This is an attitude we should all work hard to keep.
An American named Crum invented potato chips in 1853, although that was not his intention (意图). He was a chef(厨师长) at a beautiful restaurant in Saratoga Springs, New York. A regular dish on the menu was fried (油炸的) potatoes, which was an idea that had started in France. At that time, French fried potatoes were cut into thick slices (片).
One day, a dinner guest at the restaurant sent back his fried potatoes to the chef because he did not like them so thick. So Mr. Crum cut the potatoes a little thinner and fried them. The guest did not like those either. That made Mr. Crum angry, so he thought he would just show the man. He sliced the potatoes paper-thin and fried them, thinking that the man would say nothing about it. However, to his surprise, the man loved the thin potatoes very much. Other guests tried them and also liked them. So, Mr. Crum's potato chips were added to the menu. They were called Saratoga Chips.
Finally, Mr. Crum opened his own restaurant to sell his famous chips. Now potato chips are packaged (包装) and sold in stores.
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