D(2023·江苏盐城景山中学三模)
In the Song dynasty, there was a painter called Wen Tong. He was not only admired for his great learning, but also well k 1 for his bamboo paintings. Every day many people v 2 him to learn his painting skills. What was the s 3 of his paintings? Actually, Wen Tong loved bamboos so much that he g 4 different kinds of bamboos around his house. No matter what season it was and no matter whether it was sunny o 5 rainy, he often went to watch how they were growing. He thought over the length and width of the bamboo poles(竹竿) as well as the shapes and c 6 of the leaves. Whenever he had a new understanding, he drew w 7 was in his mind on the paper. Over a long period of time, different images of bamboos were deep in his mind. So every time he painted bamboos, he seemed confident, and all the bamboos he painted were very l 8 and true to life.
A poet who knew him very w 9 wrote, "When Wen Tong was painting bamboos, he had their images ready in his mind."
The story tells us that we should have ready plans or designs in our mind before d 10 a certain job so that success will naturally come.
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1. known 2. visited 3. secret 4. grew 5. or
6. colours 7. what 8. lively 9. well 10. doing

E(2023·江苏盐城亭湖新区初级中学一模)
One night the stationmaster heard a noise in the yard. He went outside and looked around. It was dark, b 1 he could see a small boy on a pile of coal. The boy had a bag and he was p 2 coal into it. The stationmaster went n 3 and waited. When the boy jumped down, the stationmaster caught him. Peter couldn't run away because the stationmaster was holding his arm.
"A t 4!" said the stationmaster looking at the bag of coal in Peter's hand.
"I'm not," replied Peter quickly. "I'm a coal miner."
"A coal miner? Come on! I'm taking you to the police station."
"Oh, no!" a little voice said from b 5 a truck.
"Not the police station!" said another.
Bobbie and Phyllis were afraid and came out. The stationmaster lit a candle and looked at all three children c 6. "Well, well, well!" His voice was kind now, not angry. "Aren't you the three children from the white house on the hill over there? Don't you know that it's wrong to s 7, young man?"
"But there's a lot of coal here," replied Peter. "It's very cold in our house and Mother said we were too p 8 to have a fire."
The stationmaster looked at the children for a minute and then said, "Well, go back home now. It's late. Your mother is probably worried about you. But r 9! My coal is my coal. It isn't y 10! Stealing is stealing! Now go home!"
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1. but 2. putting 3. near/nearer 4. thief 5. behind
6. carefully 7. steal 8. poor 9. remember 10. yours