One day an archer (弓箭手) drew a big crowd while practicing shooting. He was very

s1..He shot so accurately that the on-lookers cheered with 2.(兴奋). He became very proud of his skill，but among the crowd 3.old oil seller only nodded his head indifferently.

He went over to the old man and questioned him 74.he could do that. The old man shook his head. Then the archer asked, “What do you think of my skill?”

“Just okay, but nothing special. You’ve gained your accuracy from constant practice. That’s all.” The old oil seller r5.

“What can you do, then?” The archer asked.

The old man said 6..He just put a bottle on the ground and covered its mouth with a coin that had a little hole in the middle. 7.(拿，举) his oil jar high, he began to fill the bottle. A thread of oil came down from the jar i8.the bottle just through the hole of the coin. Everybody around watched with their eyes9.（大）. However, the old man said, “This is nothing special. I can do this because I have 10.for long.” And after he said these words, he left.

Later, people use this story to mean “practice makes perfect.”

假设你叫李华，你的外国朋友John想了解中国的春节，请根据以下提纲，给他写一封短信，字数在120个左右。首段已给出，字数不包括在内。

1、春节在中国人中的地位

2、春节前，人们……

3、春节期间，人们……

参考词汇：对联couplet 爆竹firecracker

How time flies! Four months have passed since we saw each other last time. I can’t help but miss

you. You asked me about Chinese Spring Festival. Now I’d like to tell you something about it.

Your sincerely

Liu Hua

The milkman ________ the spotted cow, from among a herd of two hundred.

A. selected B. held

C. elected D. separated

It has been raining for almost a week, so his visit to Beijing is ____ but funny.

A. nothing B. anything

C. something D. everything

It is ____ for me to go to school as it takes only a few minutes to get there.

A. comfortable B. suitable

C. convenient D. free

The world makes _____ for the man who knows where he is going.

A. method B. approach

C. way D. means

During the summer vacation, he just stayed at home, doing nothing at all, which _____ his failure in the first monthly examination.

A. appealed to B. accounted for

C. brought in D. allowed for

As a student, you’d better learn how to write down notes in class before you _____ them.

A. forget B. are forgetting

C. forgot D. will forget

Alex and Chris, volunteers from Australia, are said _____ our school as they have finished their teaching mission.

A. having left B. leaving

C. to leave D. to have left

Surely you shall not come into the study ________ I swore to devote myself to settling the problem, unless permitted.

A. for which B. in which

C. on which D. with which