Question

Once there is a boy in London. His name is Jimmy. He starts painting when he is three years old, and when he is five years old, he is already very good at it. He paints many beautiful and interesting pictures, and a lot of people buy his pictures. They say, “This boy is going to be famous when he’s a little older, and then we’re going to sell these pictures for a lot of money.”

Jimmy’s pictures are different from others’ because he never paints on the whole of the paper. He only paints on half of it, and the other half is always empty.

“That’s very clever,” people say. “No other painters have ever done that!”

One day someone asks Jimmy, “Please tell me, Jimmy, why do you only paint on the bottom (底) half of the paper, but not on the top half?”

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

1.From the passage, we know Jimmy lives in ___________.

A. China.       B. England.     C. America.    D. Canada.

2.How are Jimmy’s pictures?

A. Beautiful.    B. Interesting.

C. Bad          D. Beautiful and interesting.

3.Which part of paper did Jimmy paint?

A. The whole of the paper   B. The top half.

C. The bottom half.         D. The middle part.

4.Jimmy only paints half of the paper because ____________.

A. he was very clever.      B. he was very short.

C. he was very tall.        D. he was very big.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：纽约有一个小男孩叫吉米。他四岁开始画画，五岁擅长画画。他的画非常漂亮，许多人买他的画。他的画与众不同之处在于他从不画满整张画纸，只是一半。大家都说这个做法很聪明，没有画家这么做过。有人问他为什么这么做，他说是因为不够高。

1.B细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“Once there is a boy in London. His name is Jimmy.” 可以判断他住在伦敦，所以是英国。答案为B。

2.D 细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“He paints many beautiful and interesting pictures,”可知，他的画即漂亮又有趣。答案为D。

3.C细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“He only paints on half of it, and the other half is always empty.”可知，他的画只画一部分，从下文可以了解到由于他的个子不够高，因此只画下面的部分。答案为C。

4.B细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“Because I’m small,” Jimmy says, “and my brushes can’t reach very high.”可知，由于他的个子不够高，因此只画下面的部分。答案为B。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。