Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist 【小题1】(instruct) by a well-known magazine to write 【小题2】 article on the president's palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refused 【小题3】(publish) it. The article began: "【小题4】(hundred) of steps lead to the high wall 【小题5】 surrounds the president's palace." The editor at once sent the journalist a fax to inform him that he should find out the exact number of steps and the 【小题6】(high) of the wall.

The journalist 【小题7】(immediate) set out to obtain these important facts, but it took him a longtime to send them. Meanwhile, the editor was getting 【小题8】(patience), for the magazine would soon go to press. He sent the journalist two more faxes, but received no reply. Why? Because the journalist had been arrested while 【小题9】(count) the steps. The poor editor had been sent 【小题10】 prison as well.

Tang Tianyuan from Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region was viewed 【小题1】 a lucky dog, for he succeeded in building a business based on a passion.

Tang,【小题2】 majored in ceramics(制陶艺术)and decorative sculpture design at college, set【小题3】 a workshop after his studies to make Nixing pottery, which is considered one of the top four 【小题4】 (variety) of pottery in China.

Initially, the pottery business was hard, as he had to make pottery himself while also 【小题5】(take) care of management and sales. But the past five years of efforts have earned him many more orders, compared to none at the very beginning.

Up to now, 【小题6】 28-year-old has been engaged in making Nixing pottery for five years, and so far the most【小题7】 (impress) thing for Tang is the happiness he 【小题8】 (achieve).

He said 【小题9】was worthwhile starting a business based on his own interest that could support himself as well as gain public【小题10】 (recognize).

The difference between a part-time bookseller and a professional one isn't a clear line in the sand. At one time, a professional bookseller might have been defined as someone 【小题1】primary occupation was selling books. Changes in both technology and the market【小题2】（influence) that a little, with the Internet allowing anyone to list books for sale.

A professional bookseller is an individual who has thoroughly studied how to identify books and 【小题3】（accurate)describe their condition.That knowledge can be gained by years of experience working for another bookseller or as 【小题4】 buyer and collector.

A professional bookseller 【小题5】 (value) their customers even more than the 【小题6】（sale) of individual books. The professional is in the business for the long term. Individual books in their list come and go, 【小题7】 the relationship with their customers gets closer.

A professional bookseller pairs their knowledge of books with salesmanship, 【小题8】(help) communicate the value of a book to potential customers. The ideal description of a book combines an accurate list of important features along with a 【小题9】 (detail) description of the condition of the individual copy. There's plenty of room in an online book description for a professional bookseller to stress on the 【小题10】 (important) of a particular work.