Question

Sam is a 9-year-old dog. He has a : painting. The hobby not only makes him famous, but also makes him   .

Sam has drawn 22 paintings.    of them are abstract (抽象派的). He likes to start with darker colors    moving on to lighter ones.

Sam’s paintings are    in the US. Some of them sell for   $1,700. A woman even bought one   a birthday gift for her dog.

“He loves painting and always paints for hours,” said Sam’s owner, Mary.

Sam was once a rescue (搜救) dog. One day, Mary wanted to teach him     .

“I    dolphins paint and elephants paint , so I thought that maybe my dog could paint, too,” said Mary.

She is right. Now Sam is one of the world’s    animal artists. People call him “Da Vinci in the dog world”.

1.A. job         B. habit      C. plan          D. hobby

2.A. fat       B. ugly      C. rich          D. healthy

3.A. All        B. Both       C. Enough       D. Everyone

4.A. after      B. before     C. since       D. then

5.A. lucky      B. new        C. popular       D. open

6.A. as soon as  B. as early as   C. as much as   D. as many as

7.A. with      B. as         C. at            D. in

8.A. nothing    B. everything   C. anything      D. something

9.A. saw       B. made       C. tried         D. loved

10.A. greater    B. greatest      C. well         D. better

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：Sam 是一条9岁大的狗，他有一最大的爱好，那就是画画，他喜欢画抽象派的画，他的画在美国是很著名的，他们其中的一些的售价高达1700美元。一个女人甚至买了一份作为生日礼物给她的狗。Mary是看到海豚的画和大象的画，就想教他的，现在他是全世界最有名的动物之一。人们叫他“达文西狗的世界”。

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