完形填空,阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Years ago, a very rich man and his young son shared an interest in collecting art. They traveled around the world, collecting works of art by famous artists like Picasso, Van Gogh and Monet.

When war broke out, the son left to for his country. After a few weeks, the old man received a saying his son had died. The man became very lonely and sad.

One day, a soldier visited the old man and gave him a painting – it was by his son. The painting was important to the man the world would never think it a great work. He told his neighbors it was the gift he had ever received.

The following spring, the old man died. All of the old man’s paintings would be at an auction(拍卖). The auction began with a painting that was not on any of the buyers’ ... it was the painting of the old man’s son. “Who will open the price at $100?” the auctioneer asked. Moments passed and no one spoke or their hand. Someone said: “Who cares about that painting? Let’s get on to the good ones.” More voices followed in . “No, we must sell this one first,” replied the auctioneer. “Now, who will take the picture of the son?”

, a good friend of the old man spoke: “Will you take $10 for the painting? That’s all I have.” “Will go higher?” called the auctioneer. After more he said: “Going once ... going twice ... sold!” The auctioneer looked at the crowd and said that the whole auction was . “According to the father’s will, takes the son’s picture gets the whole collection, ” the auctioneer said.

In the eyes of a father, nothing is more valuable than his son – not even paintings of the famous artists are as important as his son’s.

1.A. priceless B. useless C. helpless D. careless

2.A. train B. fight C. cheer D. practise

3.A. letter B. book C. diary D. bag

4.A. decorated B. drawn C. bought D. repaired

5.A. before B. when C. until D. though

6.A. cheapest B. oldest C. greatest D. biggest

7.A. donated B. counted C. sold D. named

8.A. lists B. desks C. pockets D. notebooks

9.A. shook B. showed C. raised D. touched

10.A. agreement B. public C. trouble D. need

11.A. Slowly B. Suddenly C. Finally D. Luckily

12.A. somebody B. anybody C. everybody D. nobody

13.A. noise B. action C. choice D. silence

14.A. out B. off C. on D. over

15.A. Whatever B. Whenever C. Wherever D. Whoever

阅读与回答问题

An American named Crum invented potato chips in 1853, although that was not his intention (意图). He was a cook at a beautiful restaurant in Saratoga Springs, New York. A regular dish on the menu was fried (油炸的) potatoes, which was an ides that had started in France. At that time, French fried potatoes were cut into thick slices (片).

One day, a dinner guest at the restaurant sent back his fried potatoes to the chef because he did not like them so thick. So Mr. Crum cut the potatoes a little thinner and fried them. The guest did not like those either. That made Mr. Crum angry, so he thought he would just show the man. He sliced the potatoes paper-thin and fried them, thinking that the man would say nothing about it. However, to his surprise, the man loved the thin potatoes very much. Other guests tried them and liked them. So, Mr. Crum's potato chips were added to the menu. They were called Saratoga Chips.

Finally, Mr. Crum opened his own restaurant to sell his famous chips. Now potato chips are packaged (包装) and sold in stores.

根据短文内容,回答问题

1.Who invented photo chips?

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2.What was his job?

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3.Why did the dinner guest send back the fried photos to the cook?

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4.Did the dinner guest love the thin potatoes?

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5.What did Mr. Crum do at last?

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