五、完形填空。（2024·江苏南京鼓楼区期中）
During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a skilled archer(弓箭手) called Chen Yaozi.
One day, he was
practising
1
archery in the field. He hit the target eight or nine times out of ten and he became very
proud
2
of his skills. But he noticed that among the crowd there was an old man who sold
oil
3
. He only nodded his head indifferently(冷淡地). This hurt Chen Yaozi's pride. He asked the old man, “Can you do archery?”
“No, I can't,” the man said.
“What do you think of my archery
skills
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then?”
“It's OK, but
nothing
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special. You've gained your accuracy from a lot of practice. That's all.”
Then the old man put a bottle on the ground and covered its
mouth
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with a coin that had a small square hole in the middle. He then scooped out(舀出) some oil with a gourd, held it high and began to fill the bottle. A thread of oil came down into the bottle just
through
7
the hole of the coin. Everybody watched in
surprise
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.
When the old man finished, he
showed
9
the crowd the coin. “Can you see any oil marks on it?” The crowd could not help giving him a big cheer, but the old man stopped them.
“This is nothing special, either. I can do this because I have practised it a lot. Practice makes perfect. Nothing is to be especially proud of. ”
Later
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, people use the idiom “Practice makes perfect” to express someone who is skilled in doing something after plenty of practice.
(
B
)1. A. watching B. practising C. making D. seeing
(
A
)2. A. proud B. full C. interested D. fond
(
C
)3. A. arrows B. coins C. oil D. thread
(
C
)4. A. power B. energy C. skills D. practice
(
A
)5. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything
(
B
)6. A. face B. mouth C. nose D. leg
(
D
)7. A. onto B. along C. across D. through
(
B
)8. A. joy B. surprise C. anger D. fear
(
A
)9. A. showed B. watched C. offered D. gave
(
C
)10. A. Besides B. However C. Later D. Soon
