Question

There was once a young man in a town. He liked puppets (木偶) so much that he became an apprentice (學(xué)徒) to a great puppet-maker. Sadly, the young man was not so clever, and people around him always said he had no ______ for making puppets.

However, he enjoyed it so much that he worked day after day to _______his skills. Though he was hard-working, they would always find something wrong with his puppets. The young man was ______ but he wasn’t going to give up. After thinking for a few days, he ______ to spend all his time making just one kind of puppet. As long as he found a fault (缺陷) in his puppet, he would throw it away and start again. Years passed, he was much ______ at making puppets than any other apprentice, but he kept making improvements. Living ______ that, the man wasn’t making any money. Many people laughed at how poor he was.

By the time he was an old man, his puppet was ______ wonderful. Finally, after so many years of work, he finished his puppet, and said, “______ wrong with it this time. It’s perfect (完美的)”. And for the first time in all those years, he didn’t throw his puppet and felt so happy.

The man’s name was Geppetto. ______ he made the perfect puppet, he got more happiness than any other famous puppet-maker. His ______ tells us how important it is to keep on something.

So never give up the things you really enjoy.

1.A. mistake B. talent C. ticket

2.A. improve B. appear C. cover

3.A. excited B. upset C. careless

4.A. decided B. refused C. replied

5.A. bigger B. better C. worse

6.A. before B. than C. like

7.A. truly B. hardly C. quietly

8.A. Everything B. Nothing C. Something

9.A. So B. Though C. Because

10.A. future B. advice C. experience

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