用动词的适当形式填空。 Today,roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago,it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750,the idea
of1 (skate) didn't exist. That changed because of a man 2(name) Joseph Merlin.
One day Merlin received an invitation 3 (attend) a fancy dress ball. He was very pleased and a little
excited. As the day of the party came near,Merlin began to think how4(make) a grand entrance at the
party. He had an idea. He thought he5 (get ) a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.
Merlin 6(try) different ways to make himself roll. Finally,he decided to put two wheels under each
shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at
the party on wheels while playing the violin.
On the night of the party,Merlin rolled into the room 7 (play) the violin. Everyone was astonished to
see him. There8 (be) just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on.
Suddenly,he ran into a huge mirror that 9(hang) on the wall. Down fell the mirror,breaking to pieces.
Nobody10(forget) Merlin′s grand entrance for a long time.
1.________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________ 5.________
6.________ 7.________ 8.________ 9.________ 10.________
1. skating 2. named 3. to attend 4. to make 5. would get
6. tried 7. playing 8. was 9. was hung (was being hung) 10. forgot
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人物传记类阅读：本类型选材主要是名人轶事。人物传记的叙述线索也常常以时间为序。内容一般不是一个人的生活流水账，而是选取主人公一些重要的人生阶段或生活片段来展开叙述。阅读时要把握主人公在此阶段发生的事对他本身或他人有什么重要的意义和影响。
