Question

When we talk about puppets, string puppets（牽線木偶）in Fujian are one the most famous of them. These puppets are usually about two and a half feet（英尺）long. There are sixteen strings for each puppet. Some even have more than thirty strings.

Huang Yique is a master（大師）of the Quanzhou puppet show. He becomes famous for his shows in more than 30 countries. Huang can make a puppet write.

Last Sunday, I watched a puppet show called Training the Monkey on the Internet. It is one of Huang Yique’s best shows. The monkey made me laugh a lot. It could play the guitar, dance and ride a bike.

Huang was born in a poor family in Fujian in 1928. He joined a puppet show troupe（劇團(tuán)）at the age of 13 to make money for his family.

Huang dreamed to make more people know string puppets. A museum for puppet art was Huang’s dream. It didn’t come true until January 5, 2007.

1.The string puppets in Fujian are usually about ______.

A. twenty and a half feet long B. two and a half meters long

C. two and a half feet long D. sixteen and a half meters long

2.He joined a puppet show troupe ______.

A. in 1928 B. when he was 30 C. in 1941 D. in 2007

3.According to the passage, Huang Yique joined a puppet show troupe because ______.

A. he likes playing with puppets

B. he needed to make money for his family

C. he was talented in making puppets

D. he wanted to become famous

4.The writer thinks Training the Monkey is ______.

A. successful B. boring C. serious D. expensive

Answer 1