Question

There was a famous church(教堂) in London. It was 110 meters high. The center of the church was like a bell. The ceiling of the church was painted by a famous artist. A platform (平台) was built so that the artist could put up a ladder on it and paint the ceiling. The platform was about 70 meters over the ground.

One day the artist was working hard and had nearly finished one popular corner of the ceiling. Also on the platform was his assistant（助手）, who was mixing paints. The artist stepped back so that he could see how his work was doing. To have a better look at his painting, he stepped back again. Suddenly, his assistant shouted, picked up a small bowl of paint and started to paint the artist's work on the top. The artist was very angry and rushed forwards to stop him.

“What do you think you are doing?” he shouted angrily. “Are you mad(疯的)?” His assistant replied, “I saw you walking backwards to have a better look at your painting. But you didn't notice that you had reached the very edge(边缘) of the platform. You were in great danger. I wanted to make you move forwards. If I had not made you run forwards, you would have fallen backwards off the edge of the platform.”

1.The story happened in _______.

A. America     B. England    C. Germany    D. France

2.Why did the artist step back again?

A. To have a better look at his painting.

B. To see how his work was doing.

C. To paint a bowl in his painting.

D. To pour some paint on his painting.

3.What did the assistant do to stop the artist falling off the platform?

A. He ran forwards to stop him.

B. He stopped mixing the paints.

C. He painted a famous painting himself.

D. He shouted to the artist and painted his painting.

4.Which picture shows the same situation as the underlined sentences in Paragraph 2?

Note: a: artist; b: assistant; c: painting; ←: the direction of the movement

        A.                  B.               C.               D.

5.After reading the passage, what do you think the artist would probably do?

A. He would be angry with what the assistant had done.

B. He would be thankful to the assistant for having saved his life.

C. He would punish the assistant for having destroyed (毁坏) his painting.

D. He wouldn't allow the assistant to work with him any more.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲述了一个画家站在一个70米高的平台上给一个教堂的顶绘画，他想看看画的进展，就一直朝后退，见状，他的助理赶紧自己在顶部画画，气得画家往前跑来阻止他，这样才使得画家没有掉下去。

1.B细节理解题。根据文章“There was a famous church in London.”的描述可知，这个故事发生在伦敦，伦敦属于英国。故应选B。

2.A细节理解题。根据文章“To have a better look at his painting, he stepped back again.”的描述可知，这个艺术家又朝后退，是想更好的看看的他的绘画。结合选项可知应选C。

3.D细节理解题。根据文章“Suddenly, his assistant shouted, picked up a small bowl of paint and started to paint the artist’s work on the top.”的描述可知，助理对这个艺术家大喊，并且自己开始在顶部绘画，才使得艺术家没有掉下平台。结合选项可知应选D。

4.A细节理解题。第二段划线句子的意思是：在平台上，艺术家的助理在混合颜料，艺术家后退想看看他的画进展的怎么样了，为了更好的看清楚，他又向后退了。结合选项可知应选A。

5.选B。

考点：故事类短文阅读。