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　　A magician (魔術(shù)師) was working on a ship. The audience (觀眾) would be (16) _______ (difference) every week, (17) _______ the magician did the same tricks over and over again. There was only one problem: (18) ______ parrot saw the shows each week and began to (19) _______ (understand) how the magician did every trick. Once he understood, he started shouting, “Look, it’s not the same hat”, “Look, he is (20) ______ (put) the flowers under the table.” The magician was (21) _____ (anger) but couldn’t do anything. It was, after all, the captain’s parrot. One day the ship had (22) ______ accident and sank. The magician found (23) _______ (he) on a piece of wood in the ocean (24) ______ the parrot. They stared at each other with hate, but did not say a word. This went on for some (25) ______ (day). After a week the parrot said, “OK, I give up. Where’s the boat?”

　　參考答案：

　　16. different 17. so 18. a 19. understand 20. putting 21. angry 22. an 23. himself 24. with 25. Days