6. A. water　　　　　　 B. basket　　　　 C. well　　　　　 D. work

5. A. picked up　　　 B. put away　　 C. took away　 D. threw away

4. A. anything 　　　 B. something　 C. nothing 　　 D. everything

3. A. The other　　　 B. Another　　　 C. One　　　　　 D. A second

2. A. ever　　　　　　　　　　 B. never　　　　 C. easily　　　　 D. no

1. A. finished　　　　 B. did　　　　　　 C. began　　　　 D. had

10．C。达•芬奇的名作━━Mona Lisa以画中人物面部神秘的微笑而名扬天下，故选smiling。

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Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they __1__ their work, he left them, saying, “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.”

At last one of them said, “What’s the use of doing this foolish work? We can __2__ fill the basket.” __3__ man answered, “That is none of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like, but I am not going to work at __4__ so foolish.” He __5__ his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying __6__. At last the well was almost __7__.

As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. __8__ he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You __9__ so well in this little thing,” he said, “ __10__ now I know I can believe you with many things.”

9．B。达•芬奇的画今天依然保存在世，为本文作者以及读者所共享，所以应选us。

8．A。为了使自己的画达到最高境界，应在画这幅画之前去尝试不同的画法，所以应选before。

7．C。less和no不合文章，very不能用来修饰比较级，而even常用来修饰比较级，意为“甚至更……”，故为正确选项。