Question

Jimmy started painting when he was four years old when he was six.he was already very good at it.He_____many beautiful and interesting pictures,and people__a lot of money for them .They said, “This boy’s going to be____when he’s a little older, and then we’re going to ____these pictures for a lot more money. Then we will get rich.”

Jimmy’s pictures were ___from other people’s because he never painted on the whole piece of ___.He painted on half of it ,and the other half was always ___.

“That ’s very clever,”everyone said,“___else does that!”

One day somebody bought one of Jimmy＇s____and then said to him ,＂Please tell me this ,Jimmy.Why do you paint on the__half of your paper,but not on the top half?”

“Because I’m small,”Jimmy said,“and my brushes  don’t reach very high.”

1.A.took          B.borrowed         C.lent            D.painted

2.A.paid          B.bought           C.wanted         D.needed

3.A.young        B.famous           C.short           D.cool

4.A.fill           B.buy             C.sell             D.draw

5.A.different      B.similar           C.away           D.good

6.A.glass         B.wood            C.paper           D.table

7.A.empty        B.full             C.dirty            D.blue

8.A.Anyboby      B.Somebody       C.Everybody       D.Nobody

9.A.brushes       B.books           C.pictures          D.pens

10.A.middle       B.bottom          C.right            D.left

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：Jimmy在五岁的时候开始画画，并且在六岁的时候，他很擅长画画了，有一些人买了他的画，他们想等到他再大一点，会更著名，那是将他的画卖掉，会换来很多钱。Jimmy的画很特别，每一张画只画一半。一天，有一个人问他，为何只画画纸的下部分，而上部分不画呢？Jimmy回答，由于我的个子小，所以我的画笔到达不了上部分。从通读全文发现，描述的是过去的一件事。

1.动词及语境的理解。A.took 带走；B.borrowed 借；C.lent 借出；D.painted 画。句中体现他画画，故选D.

2.A.paid 付款；B.bought 买；C.wanted 想；D.needed 需要。People make lot of money for them .人们花了许多钱买这些画。固定短语pay……for.故选A。

3.形容词及语境的理解。A.young 年青的；B.famous 著名的；C.short 短的、小的；D.cool冷的。前一句中说人们买他的画，后一句提到他大一些就会更加著名。故选B。

4.A.fill （使）充满；B.buy 买；C.sell 卖；D.draw 画。Then we will get rich.句意：然后我们变的富有，为何能变的富有，只有卖掉这些画。故选C。

5.形容词及语境的理解。A.different 不同的；B.similar 相似的；C.away（副词）离开；D.good

好的。固定短语be different from,与……不同。故选A。

6.A.glass 玻璃；B.wood 木头；C.paper 纸；D.table桌子。he never painted on the whole piece of paper.他从不在整张纸上画画。故选C。

7.形容词及语境的理解。A.empty 空的；B.full 满的；C.dirty 脏的；D.blue 蓝色的。He painted on half of it ,and the other half was always empty. 只画了一半的画，那么另一半当然是空的。故选A。

8.代词及语境的理解。A.Anyboby任何人；B.Somebody 某人；C.Everybody 每个人； D.Nobody 没有人。That ’s very clever,多么聪明呀。可见就是没有人能做这么好了。故选D。

9.名词及语境的理解。A.brushes 刷子；B.books 书；C.pictures 画；D.pens 钢笔。One day somebody bought one of Jimmy＇s pictures.一天某人买了他的一幅画。One of +可数名词复数。故选C。

10.形容词及语境的理解A.middle 中间的；B.bottom 底部的；C.right 右侧的；D.left左侧的。my brushes don’t reach very high. 我的画笔不能达到很高的。也就是说，他画画只是在底部。故选B。

考点：故事类短文。