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When Sir Winston Churchill, the great British Prime Minister, reached his eightieth birthday in November, 1954 , he was presented with his portrait by a well-known modern artist, Graham Sutherland. The painting had been ordered and paid for to 1 the Grand Old Man of World War.
Sir Winston and Lady Churchill were deeply moved by this 2 of respect and affection. 3 of them, of course, allowed the others to see how much they both disliked the portrait. “It makes me look 4 , which I am not! ” protested Churchill in private (私下) . 5 , he only remarked that it was “a fine example of modern art” . His friends smiled. It was well known that Churchill didn't 6 modern art.
Churchill was so unhappy about the portrait that finally his wife had it 7 . Churchill died at ninety in 1965. Lady Churchill 8 him in 1977. Shortly after her death, the public learned what had happened to the 9 , and a heated art broke out. The painter was 10 sad. The artist community, shocked and 11, said that the destruction of the picture had been a crime(罪行) . Historians said that they regretted the disappearance of a ( n ) 12 document . All agreed that the Churchills didn't have the 13 to do what they had done.
Graham Sutherland had told Churchill that he would 14 him “as he saw him” . Churchill never had a chance to see the work in 15 since the painter 16 to show it to him. He found out only 17 he received his present that Sutherland had seen him 18 a heavy, sick, tired old man. Since he hated old age, he was naturally 19 .
Who has the right to a work of art, the owner, the donor, or the artist who created it? Was the portrait a good one, as many (including the painter) said? Or was it bad as others thought? None of these questions have been answered yet to everybody's 20 .
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A British woman is bored with the men in her own country．She 'd very much like to change her life．Will she find a perfect husband and live a more perfect life?
Nicolette Morganti's friends can't understand why she joined a dating agency (婚姻介绍所), She has a good 1 as a personal assistant with a television news agency, her own house, and a full social life．But the 29-year-old 2 , who has a degree in English Literature (文学), is so bored with British men 3 she joined the English Rose dating agency to get in touch with single American males．
“English men are usually materialistic and have 4 imagination,” she says．“I have 5 years being bored by men who never do anything 6 I'm almost 30 now and I would really love to 7 a husband and have 8 ．I'd like to live in London for six months of the year and in the States for 9 six months．”
In her search for the perfect man, Nicolette once 10 an advertisement in a magazine for 11 people and had 400 replies．But she says, “I only met one or two of them． 12 of the others sounded very 13 ”
Nicolette joined English Rose about 18 months 14 and has met five men 15 then．She says, “I 16 that American men are more romantic and thoughtful than British men．I rang 17 in the States, and afterwards he sent me 200 dollars to 18 the call．I've met five so far but I'm looking for someone very 19 ．I'd like to find a caring, well-educated, non-smoking, animal-lover with a professional job and a 20 of adventure．”
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完成对话。
Conversation One：
A： 1 you ever 2 (read)The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
B：Sure．It 3 (write)by Mark Twain．
A：What 4 you 5 (think)of it?
B：It is perhaps 6 (famous)American novel ever written．
A：OK．I will buy one and read it as soon as possible．
Conversation Two：
A： 1 you 2 (say)something about The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
B：Yeah! Huck is a 3 boy who 4 away from home．
A：What is Jim?
B：Jim is his 5 , a black 6 who has also run away．
A：What are they doing?
B：They 7 the Mississippi River on a 8 when they see something in the water before them．
A：Thank you．I do want to read the novel as soon as possible．
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