Question

A young painter completed a nice picture. To get people’s t1. about his skills, he put it at a crossing on a busy street. And below it a board read, “Gentlemen, I have painted this piece. S2. I’m new, I might make some mistakes in it. Please put a cross (叉号) wherever you see a mistake.”

When he came back in the evening to c3. his picture, he was shocked to see that the whole picture was filled with crosses. And some people e4. wrote something on his picture. Sadly, he ran to his master and said, “I failed. And if this is what I have learned, I’m not w5. teaching. ”

The master smiled and suggested, “I’ll let you know that you’re a great artist. Now go to paint the same picture again and give it to me. ”

Then they went to the same street the next morning and put the new picture exactly at the same place. Now the master took out another board w6. said, “Gentlemen, I painted this piece. There might be some mistakes in it. I have put a box with colors and brushes just below. Please give me a h7.. If you see a mistake, pick up the brush and correct it.”

Two days later, they came back to the place. The young painter was s8. to see that actually there was not a single correction done!

It’s easy to say but difficult to do. If you want to help people i9. their behavior, you’d better learn how to help people change their attitudes (态度) or skills. Also, always remember not to judge (评判) y10. by someone else’s words and feel bad.

Answer

1.thoughts

2.Since

3.collect

4.even

5.worth

6.which

7.hand

8.surprised

9.improve

10.yourself

【解析】本文叙述了一个年轻的画家画了一张画，为了得到其他人的评价，于是他把画放在了繁华街道的十字路口，在画的下面写着，指出画的错误，在错误的地方画上叉号，结果到了晚上他去取画的时候看到画上画满了叉号。第二天他的老师也带来一张画放在了同一条街上，画的下面写着，在错误地方请拿起画笔重新画画改正，结果到了晚上画上没有一处改正的地方。告诉人们一个道理：说起来容易做起来难。

1.句意：为了得到人们对他的技能的想法，他把画放在了一个繁华的街道的路口。根据I might make some mistakes in it. Please put a cross (叉号) wherever you see a mistake.可知，画家想知道人们对这幅画的评论。因为许多人的想法，所以这里应该用复数形式。故答案为：thoughts.

2.句意：既然我是新人，我可能在画的画上有一些错误。这里逗号前后是句子，所以这里应该用连词根据句意故答案为：Since.

3.句意：当他晚上来收他的画的时候，他看见整幅画上有许多叉号，他感到很吃惊。因为上文提到作家把画放在了十字路口，晚上来收画。故答案为：collect.

4.句意：一些人甚至在画上写了一些东西。动词前应该用副词，画家本来想让在有错的地方画一个叉号，没有想到有人还写了一些东西，所以这里用even来加强语气。故答案为：even.

5.句意：我不值得教。短语be worth doing sth值得做某事。故答案为：worth.

6.句意：现在这位老师拿来另外一个木板，板上写着：先生们，我画了这个作品。这里board是先行词，关系词作定语从句的主语，先行词是物，所以这里应该用which，故答案为：which.

7.句意：请给我帮助。短语give sb a hand给某人以帮助。故答案为：hand.

8.句意：年轻的画家很吃惊看见实际上没有一个被改正的错误。短语be surprised to do sth吃惊做某事。故答案为：surprised.

9.句意：如果你想帮助人们提高他们的行为，你最好学会帮助人们改变他们的态度或技能。Help sb do sth帮助某人做某事。根据To get people’s t___1___ about his skills, he put it at a crossing on a busy street.他把画放在街上的目的就是来得到大家的看点，以便于提高自己的技能。故答案为：improve.

10.句意：并且，总是记住不要评判你自己仅仅凭借其他人的话而感到伤心。因为这句话的主语是you,所以这里用与you相对应的反身代词yourself，故答案为：yourself.

点睛：首字母填空题主要考察学生正确理解和书写英语单词。解答这种题需要平时扎实地打好基础，单词拼写要过关，善于分析句子结构，熟练各种词形首的变化，动词时态形式的变化，非谓语动词的运用等，另外，掌握必要的阅读技巧，也很重要。