根据短文内容及首字母提示,填写所缺单词,使其意思完整。During the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong asked the prime minister Feng Deyi to recommend talented people. Several months p【小题1】, but Feng didn’t recommend anyone.
“I tried my best, but there are not unusual and perfect people at all,” Feng said.
“People are like objects. W【小题2】 we need to do is to make good use of their strengths. You should be unhappy with yourself for not noticing talented people. How could you say that there are no talented people in our time?” said the emperor.
Indeed, each object or tool has its o【小题3】 use. A knife is made to cut things w【小题4】 chopsticks are made to pick up food. We can’t use a knife as a chopstick. Like an object, each person has a specific strength. Nobody is perfect. We can’t e 【小题5】 a person to be good at everything.
With this idea in mind, Emperor Taizong d【小题6】 many talented people of different backgrounds. He o【小题7】 them important positions, which helped them make the most of their talents. His talented people helped the society develop and c【小题8】 a “golden age”.
A good example is Ma Zhou, who grew up in a poor family. Ma gave a lot of useful a【小题9】, so Emperor Taizong offered him a position and promoted him many times. Ma helped the emperor d【小题10】 with difficult matters and became a well-known person in history.