先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
A young man was intereeted in jade (玉) stones. So he went to Mr Smith, a gemologist (玉石家), to
learn from him.Mr Smith refused because he feared that the young man not have  1  to learn.The young
man asked for a chance again and again.  2  Mr Smith agreed and told him "Be here tomorrow".
The nest morning the young man came. Mr Smith put jade stone in the young man's hand and told him
to  3  it. He then went about his work. The young man sat quietly and waited.
The following morning, Mr Smith again  4  a jade stone in the yong man's hand and told him to hold it.
On the thied, fourh, and  5  day, Mr Smith did the same thing and repeated his  6  . On the sixth day, the
young man held the jade stone,  7  he could no longer stand the silence. "When am I going to learn something?" asked the young man.
"You will learn," said Mr Smith and went about his work.
Severalmore days went by and young man felt very  8  . One morning he was asked to do it once
more. As soon as he held it, the young man shouted  9  looking at his hand, "This is not the same jade
stone!"
"You have begun to  10 ," said Mr Smith.

(     )  1. A. chance       (     )  2. A. Slowly       (     )  3. A. cut           (     )  4. A. placed       (     )  5. A. third         (     )  6. A. instrustions (     )  7. A. and           (     )  8. A. unhappy       (     )  9. A. at           (     ) 10. A. refuse

B. ability     B. Sliently   B. hold       B. took       B. fourth     B. suggestions B. but         B. excited     B. on         B. follow

C. patience   C. Quickly   C. touch     C. gave       C. fifth     C. promise   C. or         C. surprised C. without   C. accept

D. time       D. Finally   D. watch     D. sent       D. sixth     D. decisions D. so         D. pleased   D. by         D. learn

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