四、完形填空
For centuries, children in North China wore tiger-head shoes to keep warm. It was not until about 30 years ago that the shoes began to 1. However, Hu Shuqing, 51, from Henan Province, has spent many years 2 more than 10,000 pairs of the shoes. She gave most of them to public museums. That's one 3 why the shoes can still be seen now.
Tiger-head shoes have many 4. Some people change the images(图像) of tiger heads into frogs or peacocks(孔雀), while more designs (设计) 5 spiders and snakes.
Hu was 6 into a family of paper cutting. Both her mother and grandmother could also make tiger-head shoes. “My daughter wore the shoes her grandma made when she was a child,” she said.
But her hobby for collecting the shoes did not begin until 2000, when she found a 7 pair at a Spring Festival market. “The images of tigers on the 8 were embroidered (刺绣) according to paper cutting patterns,” she said.
From that day on, she has collected tiger-head shoes. She 9 collected in her hometown, then in other provinces such as Hebei and Shandong.
Hu often goes collecting between September and December. “Kids wear tiger-head shoes in 10,” she said. “They are pretty and warm.”
( )1.A.die out B.come out C.look out D.take out
( )2.A.making B.designing C.collecting D.buying
( )3.A.form B.process C.way D.reason
( )4.A.prices B.sizes C.materials D.shapes
( )5.A.show B.include C.share D.copy
( )6.A.born B.invited C.brought D.pushed
( )7.A.terrible B.large C.beautiful D.funny
( )8.A.street B.paper C.shoes D.clothes
( )9.A.first B.always C.quickly D.hardly
( )10.A.spring B.winter C.autumn D.summer

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