完形填空。Longlongagotherewasasmallvillage.Thisvillagehada1tradition.Atthebeginningofeveryyearanyboywhohadreachedtheageofmajority(成年)wasgivenlandandmoneyto

　　完形填空。 Longlongago therewasasmallvillage.Thisvillagehada

　　1 tradition.Atthebeginningofeveryyearanyboywho

　　hadreachedtheageofmajority(成年)wasgivenlandand

　　moneytobuildahome.Theboyhadto 2 hishomebefore

　　winter.Ifhishomefailedtoendurethecoldweatherinwinterthe

　　villagerscouldnot 3 himinanyway.

　　One 4 PaulandMarereachedtheirmajority.They

　　5 theirlandandmoneyanddecidedtosearchnearby

　　villagesforideasonbuildingtheirhomes.Ineachvillage they

　　foundthenicest 6 andtalkedtotheowners.Eachowner

　　gladlyoffered 7 .

　　AfterMarcsawseveralhomeshe 8 thebestideas

　　andwentbacktohisownland.Paul 9 continued

　　collectingmoreideas.Soonhehadsomanygreatideasthathe

　　beganto 10 someofthem.Buthealwaysbelievedhecould

　　findevenbetterideasinthenextvillage.

　　Marcbeganbuildinghishome.Hehadseveralfalsestarts

　　11 hishomegraduallyrosefromhisland.ByfallMarc

　　hadfinishedhishome.Itwasn'tperfectbutitwasstrongand

　　hecould 12 itlater.Paulenjoyedallthebeautifulhomes

　　and 13 withhomeowners.ThefirstsnowcameandPaul

　　realizinghewasrunningoutoftime 14 backtohisland.

　　Hebuiltthebesthomehecouldinthetimehehadbutitwas

　　15.Thefirstwinterstormdestroyedhishomeandhefroze

　　to 16 .Thevillagersmournedforhim.

　　Marc 17 thewinter.EachyearMarcsearchedfor

　　othergoodideashecouldusetomakehisownhomelook

　　better