请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后用下列单词中所给词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写到答题卡的相应位置。每个词限用一次。

sound,   because,   imagine,   finally,   idea,   popular,   one,   love,   month,   great,   get

Mr. Li is a university teacher. He has helped bring back the sound of the ruan, an ancient Chinese musical instrument.

One day he saw a beautiful painting — three people playing the ruan in a bamboo forest. The painting was so vivid (逼真的) that he could ____1____ the beautiful sound of the ruan. Then he had a brave ____2____: to create an ancient ruan himself.

Li had to do research online ____3____ the ancient ruan could only be seen in museums. He learnt that finding the right ____4____ of the ancient ruan was the most difficult. An ancient ruan sounded more like the pipa, while a modern ____5____ sounded more like the guitar. It took him six ____5____ to perfect that sound. A year later, he ____6____ made his first ancient ruan.

Li shared his story online, but he never expected to ____7____ so much attention. He became even more ____8____ after a musician played his ruan on a CCTV program in 2022.

Li did a ____9____ job in bringing our ancient culture back. He wants more people ____10____ the beautiful Chinese sound.

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解析：选imagine。could + 动词原形。画非常逼真，他能够想象阮的声音。imagine 想象。

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解析：选idea。have a brave idea 有一个大胆的想法。不定冠词 a，用单数名词 idea。

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解析：选because。前半句：李先生只能上网研究；后半句：古阮只在博物馆能看到。后半句表原因，用 because。

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解析：选sound。the right sound 纯正的音色。后文多次提到 sounded，对应 sound（声音、音色）。

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解析：选one。one 此处用来指代前面提到的 ruan，避免重复。a modern one 一把现代阮。

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解析：选months。six 后接可数名词复数；month → months。six months 六个月。

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解析：选finally。finally 终于，修饰动词 made。一年后，他终于做成第一把古阮。

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解析：选get。expect to do sth. 预料 / 期待做某事，to 后面用动词原形 get。get attention 获得关注。

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解析：选popular。even 修饰比较级 more popular，更受欢迎。popular 受欢迎的。

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解析：选great。do a great job 做得很棒，固定搭配。

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解析：选to love。want sb. to do sth. 想要某人做某事。所以 love 变为 to love。