C
The Marionette, as soon as his hunger was appeased, started to grumble and cry that he wanted a new pair of feet.

But Mastro Geppetto, in order to punish him for his mischief(淘气), let him stay alone the whole morning. After dinner, he said to him, “Why should I make your feet over again? To see you run away from home once more?”
“I promise you,” said the Marionette, sobbing, “that from now on I’ll be good...”
“Boys always promise that when they want something,” said Geppetto.
“I promise to go to school every day, to study, and to succeed.”
“Boys always sing that song when they want to do something.”
“But I am not like other boys! I am better than all of them and I always tell the truth. I promise you, Father, that I’ll learn a trade, and I’ll be the comfort and staff of your old age.”
Geppetto, though trying to look very stern, felt his eyes fill with tears and his heart soften when he saw Pinocchio so unhappy. He said no more, but taking out his tools and two pieces of wood, he set to work diligently.
In less than an hour, the feet were finished—two slender, nimble little feet. They were strong and quick, as if modelled by an artist’s hands.
“Close your eyes and sleep!” Geppetto then said to the Marionette.
Pinocchio closed his eyes and pretended(假装) to be asleep, while Geppetto stuck on the two feet with a bit of glue melted in an eggshell, doing his work so well that the joint could hardly be seen.
As soon as the Marionette felt his new feet, he gave one leap from the table and started to skip and jump around, as if he had lost his head with joy.
“To show you how grateful I am to you, Father, I’ll go to school now. But to go to school I need a suit of clothes.”
Geppetto did not have a penny in his pocket, so he made his son a little suit with flowered paper, a pair of shoes from the bark of a tree, and a tiny cap from a bit of dough.
Pinocchio ran to look at himself in a bowl of water, and he felt so happy that he said proudly, “Now I look like a gentleman.”
“Truly,” answered Geppetto. “But remember that fine clothes do not make the man unless he is neat and clean.”
“Very true,” answered Pinocchio, “but, in order to go to school, I still need something very important.”
“What is it?”
“An A-B-C book.”
Putting on his old coat, full of darns and patches(补丁), he ran out of the house without another word. After a while, he returned. In his hands, he had the A-B-C book for his son, but the old coat was gone. The poor fellow was in his shirtsleeves and it was cold that day.
“Where’s your coat, Father?”
“I have sold it.”
“Why did you sell it?”
“It’s too warm.”
Pinocchio understood the answer in a twinkling, and, unable to restrain his tears, he jumped on his father’s neck and kissed him over and over.
—Adapted from The Adventures of Pinocchio
()7. According to the story, which of the following character relationships is correct?
A. Geppetto is the Marionette’s son.
B. Pinocchio is Geppetto’s father.
C. Geppetto is Pinocchio’s father.
D. The Marionette and Pinocchio are friends.
()8. What does the underlined word “stern” probably mean in the story?
A. serious B. excited C. touched D. happy
()9. What is the correct order of what happened in the story?
a. Geppetto was deeply moved.
b. Geppetto made a suit out of paper.
c. The Marionette cried for a new pair of feet.
d. The Marionette made promises to be a good boy.
A. a-c-d-b B. c-b-d-a C. c-d-a-b D. a-d-b-c
()10. What can we know from the underlined sentence?
A. Geppetto played a trick on his son.
B. Geppetto felt hot because of the weather.
C. Geppetto loved his son more than himself.
D. Geppetto didn’t like the old coat any more.