Jimmy started painting when he was four years old. When he was six, he was already very good at it. He   1   many beautiful and interesting pictures, and people   2   a lot of money for them. They said, “This boy’s going to be   3   when he’s a little older, and then we’re going to   4   these pictures for a lot more money. Then we will get rich.”

       Jimmy’s pictures were   5   from other people’s because he never painted on the whole piece of   6   . He painted on half of it, and the other half was always   7  .

       “That’s very clever,” everyone said, “  8   else does that!”

One day somebody bought one of Jimmy’s   9   and then said to him, “Please tell me this, Jimmy. Why do you paint on the   10   half of your paper, but not on the top half?”

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

1. A. took                     B. borrowed          C. lent                   D. painted

2. A. paid               B. bought                     C. wanted              D. needed

3. A. young            B. famous              C. short                 D. cool

4. A. fill                 B. buy                   C. sell                   D. draw

5. A. different        B. similar               C. away                D. good

6. A. glass             B. wood                C. paper                D. table

7. A. empty            B. full                    C. dirty                 D. blue

8. A. Anybody        B. Somebody         C. Everybody         D. Nobody

9. A. brushes         B. books                C. pictures             D. pens

10. A. middle         B. bottom              C. right                 D. left

Once my father and I went to see a circus (马戏团). A family was standing in front of us   1   for tickets.

The family had eight children. Their clothes were not   2   but they were clean. They were talking about the clowns (小丑)and elephants excitedly.

“I want   3   tickets, eight for children and two for adults(成人).” said the father to the ticket lady.

The ticket lady told him the   4  . When he heard that, the man couldn’t believe his   5  . He asked again, “How much?”

The ticket lady spoke again. The father looked sad. Clearly, he didn’t have   6   money.

My dad took a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground. Then he   7   the bill, and said to the man, “Sir, this fell out of your pocket.”

The man knew what was   8   on. He looked into my dad’s eyes and took the   9  . “Thank you, thank you, sir. This   10   means a lot to me and my family.”

We didn’t go to the circus that night, but we didn’t feel sorry for it at all.

1. A. waiting          B. looking              C. working            D. preparing

2. A. common        B. cheap                C. old                    D. expensive

3. A. ticket             B. ten                    C. two                  D. five

4. A. ticket             B. number             C. price                 D. time

5. A. eyes                     B. ears                  C. nose                 D. head

6. A. spare             B. any                   C. little                  D. enough

7. A. picked up       B. took away         C. put down          D. looked up

8. A. walking         B. going                C. looking              D. holding

9. A. book             B. pocket               C. bill                    D. bag

10. A. hardly          B. nearly                C. only                  D. really

       I am Steve. I was born and grew up in South Wales. My favorite place to play was out on the hills where my imagination had plenty of space to expand(拓展).

       My family moved out of Wales when I was thirteen. I went to a new school. One of my subjects was French. Because I had never learned any French, my teacher told me to sit in the corner and write anything I was interested in. That’s the time I started writing, just for myself, and I’ve been writing ever since.

       I have always loved BIG IDEAS, and so I enjoy writing fantastic stories. And I also write horror(恐怖的)stories. I think they are like the old fairytales(童话故事),and can teach you important things.

       I am in my forties on the outside, twelve on the inside. I like rock music, Indian and Chinese food, and I enjoy drinking. I live in a small village with my wife Mary, ducks, cats, goats, hens and lots of rabbits. If you’d like to find out more about me and hope to buy my books, go to www. sbowkett. freeserve. co. uk.

1. When he was 13, the writer ______.

       A. wrote lots of poems                    B. moved out of Wales

C. sold many story books                    D. became a famous singer

2. He liked playing out on the hills because he could ______.

       A. expand his imagination                 B. learn French

C. listen to stories                               D. buy some books

3. Maybe the writer is ______ years old now.

       A. 12                    B. 22                     C. 32                    D. 42

4. According to the passage, the writer keeps ______.

       A. cats, hens and pigs                         B. ducks, goats and rabbits

C. hens, rabbits and dogs                    D. rabbits, pigs and cats

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

A. lives in a big city with his son          B. likes eating Japanese sand

C. lives in the countryside with his wife      

D. introduces a nice book to us

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