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完形填空专练（一） 1 （ ） A rich man once opened a theater. He gave a(n) 1 that he would reward whoever [ :Z xx k.Com] invented a new amusement. 来源 § § Various public performers went for the 2 . Among them came a clown well known for his jokes. He said he had a kind of entertainment that had never been brought out on any stage before. His words 3 people around, and the theater was soon crowded. The clown appeared alone upon the stage, without any instrument or partner, and there was a complete 4 . He suddenly bent his h ead and imitated (模仿 ) the sound of a little pig so 5 that the audience declared he had a little pig under his coat, and demanded it should be shaken out. When that was done and nothing was 6 , they cheered the actor. A countr yman, observing all this, said, “He cannot7 me at that trick! ” He announced he would do the same thing the next day, in a much more 8 way. The next day, an even larger crowd gathered in the theater, but most of them came rather to 9 the countryman than to see his performance. The clown performed first, and obtained, as the day before, the 10 . Now it was the countryman ’s turn. He hid a little pig under his clothes, which was not found by the audience, and pulled its ear to cause it to scream. The crowd, 11 , agreed that the clown had given a far more exact imitation, and asked the countryman to be kicked out. On this, the countryman brought out the little pig from his coat and