Mi was born in Sichuan Province. He is a street ___1___ (art). He has been making clay figurines (泥塑) for 15 years.
In 2003, Mi ___2___ (lose) his hands in an accident. However, he didn’t lose hope for life and he learned to eat and get ___3___ (dress) on his own. He had to take care ___4___his family, so he thought that he must find a way to make money by ___5___ (him).
One day Mi saw ___6___ old man making clay figurines on the street. Mi was interested in it and decided to learn from him. “The old man didn’t want to teach me ___7___ I didn’t give up. Finally he agreed ___8___ (teach) me how to make clay figurines,” Mi said. Learning clay figurines was difficult. However, he never thought of giving up halfway.
Now Mi can make a living by making clay figurines. Whenever he sits on the ground to make clay figurines, many people will ___9___ (quick) come to watch him.
___10___ (price) are not set for his figurines. People can pay as they like. In this way, each figurine is sold for about 20 yuan.
Mi is full of hope for a better future because he knows his hard work is worth it.
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解析:选artist。根据句意“他是一个街头艺术家”,此处需要填入一个名词表示“艺术家”,而“art”的名词形式是“artist”,故填“artist”。
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解析:选lost。根据句中的时间状语“In 2003”可知,此处描述的是过去发生的事情,因此需要用一般过去时。而“lose”的过去式是“lost”,故填“lost”。
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解析:选dressed。根据句意“他学会了自己吃饭和穿衣”,此处需要填入一个过去分词与“get”构成被动语态,表示“被穿衣”。而“dress”的过去分词是“dressed”,故填“dressed”。
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解析:选of。根据句意“他不得不照顾他的家人”,此处需要填入一个介词表示“照顾某人或某物”。在英语中,“take care of”是一个固定短语,表示“照顾”,故填“of”。
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解析:选himself。根据句意“所以他觉得他必须自己想办法赚钱”,此处需要填入一个反身代词表示“他自己”。而“him”的反身代词是“himself”,故填“himself”。
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解析:选an。根据句意“有一天,米看到一个老人在街上做泥塑”,此处需要填入一个冠词修饰后面的名词“old man”。由于“old man”是以元音音素开头的单词,所以需要用不定冠词“an”,故填“an”。
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解析:选but。根据句意“老人不想教我,但我没有放弃”,此处需要填入一个连词表示转折关系。而“but”是一个表示转折的连词,故填“but”。
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解析:选to teach。根据句意“最后他同意教我如何制作泥塑”,此处需要填入一个不定式作宾语补足语,表示“同意做某事”。而“agree to do sth”是一个固定短语,表示“同意做某事”,故填“to teach”。
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解析:选quickly。根据句意“每当他坐在地上做泥塑时,很多人都会迅速来看他”,此处需要填入一个副词修饰动词“come”。而“quick”的副词形式是“quickly”,故填“quickly”。
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解析:选Prices。根据句意“他的泥塑没有定价”,此处需要填入一个名词复数形式表示“价格”。而“price”的复数形式是“prices”,且位于句首,首字母需要大写,故填“Prices”。