An artist (画家) went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and brushes (颜料和画笔) and painted till evening. When it got dark he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.

At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money. But give me one of your pictures. What’s money? In a week, it will all be finished, but your picture will still be here.”

The artists was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered, “It’s not that. My son is a student in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes home next month, I’ll show him your picture, and he will not want to be an artist any more, I think.”

1.Where did the artist spend his holiday?

A. On the beach. B. In the countryside. C. In the mountains. D. In a foreign country.

2.The underlined word “it” refer to (指的是) ______.

A. money B. the picture C. the holiday D. time

3.What does the farmer’s son do?

A. A teacher. B. An artist. C. A worker. D. A student.

4.After hearing the farmer’s words, perhaps the artist would be ______.

A. very worried B. very happy C. very thankful D. very disappointed (失望的)

5.From the passage, we can learn that ______.

A. the artist got up late every day during the holiday

B. the artist went outside for a walk after having dinner

C. the farmer’s son wanted to be a farmer like his father

D. the farmer thought the artist’s pictures were not good

1.B 2.A 3.D 4.D 5.D 【解析】试题分析:这是一篇幽默小故事。一个艺术家去了一个美丽的乡村度假,住在一个农民家。他每天带着画笔出去,从早上画到晚上。他在假期结束,他想给农民钱,但农民嫌他的画不好说不想要钱而想要一张他的画,并告诉他,想做画家的儿子看到他的画后将不再想做画家。 1.题意:艺术家在哪里度假?考查细节理解题。根据第一句An artist...

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Nowadays, studying abroad is becoming more and more popular in China. Many parents send their children abroad instead of letting them receive e1. at home.

There are many advantages for people to attend school abroad. Firstly, he can use the foreign language in his everyday life so that his ability in the second language may be greatly i2.. While studying in a foreign country, he will meet many students from abroad and it is much easier to make f3. with them. Also, he can get familiar with the latest knowledge in different fields. In this w4.,

there is every chance that he is a5. to widen his horizon (眼界) and broaden his mind.

Of course, attending schools abroad may b6. a lot of problems. The most serious one is language barrier(障碍). Most of the students who go abroad don’t have e7. skills in the language spoken there. As a result, on arriving there, they will find it difficult to u8. what the teachers say. Moreover, they don’t know the customs(风俗) of local people very w9., and they may have trouble dealing with some situations.

Therefore, one must think of both sides carefully before m10. a decision. The place where you study is not very important, but the desire(渴望) to learn matters the most.

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