1 . A couple often went shopping together. They both liked teacups. One day they saw a beautiful teacup in a store. As they picked it up, it suddenly spoke.

"I haven't always been a teacup. Once I was red clay. My master rolled(揉、搓) me over and over and I shouted, but he only smiled."

"Then I was placed on a rolling wheel and suddenly I went around and around. 'Stop!' I cried, but the master only nodded."

"Then he put me in the oven. I had never felt so hot. I could see him through the opening and I could read his words, 'Not yet.' "

"Finally the door opened, and he took me out and put me on a shelf. Then he brushed me and put me back into the oven. This time it was twice as hot. I begged. I cried. I could see him through the opening nodding his head, saying, 'Not yet.' "

"Then I knew there wasn't any hope. I was ready to give up, but the door opened and I was taken out and placed on a shelf. Later he handed me a mirror and said, 'Look at yourself.' I said, 'That can't be me. It's becautiful!' "

" 'I want you to remember,' he said, 'if I had just left you without rolling, you'd have dried up. If I had stopped rolling you around on the wheel, you would have been out of shape. If I hadn't put you in the oven, you would have broken. If I hadn't brushed you all over, you would not have any color in your life. If I hadn't put you back in that oven for the second time, you wouldn't be kept for very long because the hardness would not have held. Now you are a finished product. You are what I had in mind when I first started with you."

1. On the rolling wheel, when the red clay asked him to stop, the master ________.

A．stopped rolling it at once	B．only smiled
C．shouted at it angrily	D．only nodded

2. Which of the following shows the right process of making the teacup?
a. It was put into the oven for the first time.
b. It was put on a rolling wheel and went around.
c. The master took it out and brushed it all over.
d. It was put back into the oven again.
e. The master rolled the red clay over and over.

A．e, c, a, b, d

B．e, b, c, a, d

C．e, b, a, c, d

D．e, c, b, a, d

3. The master brushed the teacup all over to make it become ________.

A．hot

B．hard

C．colorful

D．soft

4. From the last paragraph, we can infer that ________.

A．the master knew how to make the teacup	B．the master disliked the teacup
C．the teacup will dry up if it is rolled	D．the teacup will be on sale

5. What lesson does the passage mainly teach us?

A．Beautiful look won't be refused by people.

B．Don't give up any chance in front of you.

C．Caring about others makes the world wonderful.

D．Going through hard time can make you better.