题目内容
There was a famous church 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(梯子)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,who was mixing paints.The artist stepped back so that he could see how his work was progressing.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?” 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 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.”
根据短文内容,选择正确答案。
1.The story happened in _______.
A.America B.France C.Germany D.England
2.Why did the artist step back again?
A.To see how his work was progressing.
B.To have a better look at his painting.
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 painted a famous painting himself.
B.He ran forwards to stop him.
C.He shouted to the artist and painted his painting.
D.He stopped mixing the paints.
4.Which picture shows the same situation as the underlined sentences in Paragraph 2?
Note:a:artist;b:assistant;c:painting;4.←:the direction of the movement
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 punish(惩罚)the assistant for having destroyed his painting.
C.He would be thankful to the assistant for having saved his life.
D.He wouldn’t allow the assistant to work with him any more.
DBCAC
Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood(洪水) ,and quite a few houses were washed away, but Elizabeth’s house was high enough to escape it.
Elizabeth helped one of the families which had lost everything. She shared her home until the family could build a new house. Elizabeth’s friends could not understand her since she already had so many children to take care.
"Well," Elizabeth explained to her friends, at the end of World War II, there was a poor woman in a town in England .Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now .The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, “We won’t be able to have much for Christmas. I’m going to get just one present for us all .Now I’ll go and get it. She came back with a little girl who had no parents .Here’s our present, she said to her own children. The children were more than excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grow up as their sister. I was that Christmas present."
【小题1】 How many children did Elizabeth have?, 【小题2】 What did Elizabeth do after the flood? 【小题3】The Christmas present was Elizabeth herself, wasn’t it? 【小题4】 What do you learn from the story? |