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One day, a train was approaching the small town of Cheekyville. On the train was a1 man with a big
suitcase, He was called William Warbler and he looked very2indeed. But what made him most unusual
was the fact that whenever he needed to3 , he did so by singing opera. Even if someone said 'good day'
to him, he would clear his throat and4:
'Goood dayyy to youuuuuu to00000!'…
Almost everyone considered William unusual, since no one could get a normal5word out of him. And,
as no one knew how he made his living-and he lived quite6 , always wearing his old second-hand suit-they
often had no7for him and sometimes even made fun of him.
William had been in Cheekyville for some years, when, one day, a rumor (谣言)8that William had9
a role in a very important opera in the nation's capital, that there had been posters everywhere10the ,
that nearly everyone in the capital had gone to see it, and that it had been a great11. And to everyone's
surprise, when William was being12by reporters, he answered their questions by speaking13singing.
And he did it with good14and with a clear and pleasant voice.
From that day on, William15singing at all hours. He sang only during his stage appearances. Some people
had an idea16he had changed, but others still had none, and continued believing him to be somewhat mad.
They wouldn't have thought so17they had seen what William kept in his big suitcase. It was a large stone,
with a hand-carved message on it.
The message said: 'Practice, my boy. Practice every second, for you never know when your18will
come.'
Little did people19that he only got the role in the opera because the20had heard William singing while
out buying a newspaper.

( )1. A. handsome
( )2. A. wealthy
( )3. A. debate
( )4. A. laugh
( )5. A. advised
( )6. A. naturally
( )7. A. patience
( )8. A. developed
( )9. A. refused
( )10. A. broadcasting
( )11. A. benefit
( )12. A. questioned
( )13. A. other than
( )14. A. movement
( )15. A. gave up
( )16. A. how
( )17. A. while
( )18. A. chance
( )19. A. appreciate
( )20. A. villager

B. strange
B. confident
B. practice
B. respond
B. spoken
B. luckily
B. sense
B. exploded
B. created
B. advertising
B. discovery
B. blamed
B. rather than
B. efforts
B. turned down
B. why
B. because
B. mind
B. ignore
B. teacher

C. famous
C. uncommon
C. appear
C. repeat
C. written
C. simply
C. concern
C. spread
C. performed
C. supporting
C. success
C. interviewed
C. apart from
C. signs
C. asked for
C. that
C. if
C. solution
C. expect.
C. neighborD. sensitive
D. anxious
D. communicate
D. whisper
D. printed
D. calmly
D. respect
D. gathered
D. received
D. celebrating
D. experience
D. welcomed
D. except for
D. pronunciation
D. went over
D. where
D. since
D. wisdom
D. realize
D. director