Question

【题目】SECTION C （共8小题；每小题 1分，满分8分）

Directions: plete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

Jimmy started painting when he was three years old, and when he was five, he was already very good at it. He painted many beautiful and interesting pictures, and people paid【1】lot of money for them. They said, “This boy’s going to be famous when he’s a little older, and then we’re going to sell these pictures for a lot 【2】money. ”

Jimmy’s pictures were different 【3】other people’s because he never painted on all of the paper. He painted on half of it, and the 【4】half was always empty.

“That’s very clever, ”everyone said, “【5】else does that! ”

【6】day somebody bought one of Jimmy’s pictures and then said to him, “Please tell me this, Jimmy. Why do you paint on the bottom half of your pictures, but【7】on the top half? ”

“【8】I’m small, ”Jimmy said, “and my brushes don’t reach very high. ”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】a

【2】more

【3】from

【4】other

【5】Nobody

【6】One

【7】not

【8】Because

【解析】

【1】人们为他的画付了很多钱。A lot of“很多”。

【2】这个男孩以后会出名，我们可以卖更多的钱。A lot后面接形容词比较级。

【3】吉米的画和别人不同。Be different from“和…不同”。

【4】他在纸的一半上画画，另外一半是空的。表示“另外的”other。

【5】其他没有人这么做了。这里使用不定代词nobody，后面用else修饰。

【6】一天，有人买了吉米的一幅画。One day“有一天”。

【7】你为什么在下面的一半画画，而不在下面的一半画画呢？表示否定意义，用not。

【8】因为我还小，够不到那么高。表示原因状语从句，用because。