王麗萍

What do you do after you fail？ Are you likely to _1_ back or keep trying？ Two cats who have been _2_ to enter an art museum in Japan for the past two years have been _3_ ? ?prevented from entering it， but their persistence has earned them the _4_ of millions of people.

This adorable cat-and-guard game _5_ in 2016， when the Onomichi City Museum of Art in Hiroshima hosted a cat _6_ exhibition. Among those human visitors who came to admire this collection of photos of street cats， there was an _7_ visitor. Just like everyone else， it tried to ? ? ?_8_ the museum through the front door. The guard on duty _9_ it and turned it away. However， the black cat didn't _10_. For some reason it has been coming back to the museum and trying to get _11_ every week for the past two years. And at one point it _12_ brought a friend.

According to the guards at Onomichi City Museum of Art， about a year after the black cats first _13_ to enter the museum， another orange cat _14_ the same routine. Since then， they have been taking turns _15_ the front door at least two or three times one _16_.

The two cats' continuous “war” with the museum guards is well _17_ on Twitter， where fans constantly post photos and videos of their _18_ visits. So far， the two cats still haven't made their _19_ inside. But their persistence has made them so _20_. Now they have become the museum's mascots （吉祥物）.

1. A. look B. shrink C. call D. pay

2. A. arranging B. learning C. trying D. planning

3. A. rarely B. probably C. occasionally D. consistently

4. A. adoration B. envy C. satisfaction D. trust

5. A. failed B. stopped C. continued D. started

6. A. painting B. souvenir C. photography D. poster

7. A. important B. ordinary C. unlucky D. unusual

8. A. access B. enjoy C. escape D. search

9. A. sought B. spotted C. persuaded D. knew

10. A. turn down B. show off C. give up D. turn up

11. A. outside B. away C. around D. inside

12. A. even B. yet C. still D. again

13. A. success B. attempt C. adventure D. permission

14. A. analyzed B. needed C. adopted D. abandoned

15. A. settling down B. showing up C. breaking away D. watching out

16. A. week B. day C. month D. morning

17. A. filed B. documented C. typed D. copied

18. A. necessary B. final C. frequent D. polite

19. A. choice B. change C. break D. way

20. A. upset B. busy C. popular D. strange

（Key ?p. 37）