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 1 archery in the field. He hit the target eight or nine times out of ten and he became very 2 of his skills. But he noticed that among the crowd there was an old man who sold 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 4 then?”
“It's OK, but 5 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 6 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 7 the hole of the coin. Everybody watched in 8.
When the old man finished, he 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.”
10, people use the idiom “Practice makes perfect” to express someone who is skilled in doing something after plenty of practice.
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During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a skilled archer(弓箭手) called Chen Yaozi.
One day, he was 1 archery in the field. He hit the target eight or nine times out of ten and he became very 2 of his skills. But he noticed that among the crowd there was an old man who sold 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 4 then?”
“It's OK, but 5 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 6 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 7 the hole of the coin. Everybody watched in 8.
When the old man finished, he 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.”
10, people use the idiom “Practice makes perfect” to express someone who is skilled in doing something after plenty of practice.
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B
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A
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C
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C
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A
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B
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D
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B
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A
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C
答案：1. B 【点拨】根据语境可知，他在练习射箭。故选 B。2. A 【点拨】根据“This hurt Chen Yaozi's pride.”可知，他为自己的射箭技术感到自豪。故选 A。3. C 【点拨】根据“He then scooped out（舀出）some oil with a gourd”可知，老人卖的是油。故选 C。4. C 【点拨】根据语境可知，此处是在询问老人，认为他的射箭技术怎么样。故选 C。5. A 【点拨】根据“You've gained your accuracy from a lot of practice. That's all.”可知，老人认为他的射箭技术没什么特别的。故选 A。6. B 【点拨】根据“held it high and began to fill the bottle”可知，此处指盖住瓶口。故选 B。7. D 【点拨】根据“the hole of the coin”可知，此处指从内部穿过用 through。故选 D。8. B 【点拨】根据“The crowd could not help giving him a big cheer, but the old man stopped them.”可知，其他人都对此感到惊讶。故选 B。9. A 【点拨】根据语境可知，此处指展示给人们看。故选 A。10. C 【点拨】此处表示那件事之后，人们开始使用“熟能生巧”这个成语。故选 C。