Born to Be a Fashion Designer Who started the world-famous fashion house Gucci？This may be a difficult question for you to answer.Most kids know little about Guccio Gucci（古馳奧?古馳），but seven-year-old Max Alexander has dreamed of becoming as great a designer as he was.
Max was only four when he said he wanted to be a fashion designer.His parents were confused.They had never seen him make a dress before.The boy said that was because he didn't have a model—if they got him one，he'd make a dress.
Max's mother，Madison，is an artist.She make her son a cardboard model of the human body.Max then pinned various materials to it to make his first dress.He asked his mom to teach him how to sew（縫紉）.And in just a few weeks，the boy could sew better and faster than his mom.Max has learned almost everything else about dressmaking on his own.One of his dresses can now sell for ＄1，200.With the money he makes，he buys more material for dressmaking.
It takes Max about a week to design and make a dress.He knows it's finished when it"looked good."The boy wants women of all sizes to feel beautiful and happy.He never makes menswear.Hundreds of people around the world have asked Max to make dresses for them. The boy decides for himself which task to take on.Sometimes，someone like his friend Sydney wins out over a famous person.Max's dream is to be the head of Gucci or start his own fashion house.And if you want to get into dressmaking like him，he has a tip：Don't be afraid to try.Remember that ________.
（1）Did Max want to be a great designer like Guccio Gucci？
Yes，he did.
Yes，he did.
（2）Why were Max's parents confused when he said he wanted to be a fashion designer？
Because they had never seen him make a dress before.
Because they had never seen him make a dress before.
（3）How old was Max when he made his first dress？
He was four years old when he made his first dress.
He was four years old when he made his first dress.
（4）Who taught Max to sew？
His mother taught him to sew.
His mother taught him to sew.
（5）What does the underlined sentence "The boy decides for himself which task to take on."mean？
Max will decide whose dress to make by himself if too many people ask him to make dresses for them.
Max will decide whose dress to make by himself if too many people ask him to make dresses for them.
（6）What can be filled in the blanks in the last paragraph？
Remember that practice makes perfect
practice makes perfect
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