Question

An artist（画家）went to a beautiful place of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out and painted from morning to evening. When it got back, he came back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.

At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will be here.”

The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind words. The farmer smiled and said, “I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. What he comes here next month, I will show him your picture, and then he will not want to be an artist any more, I believe.”

1.The artist liked to ________ near a nice place.

A. sing songs B. dance

C. paint pictures D. write something

2. He liked painting ________.

A. in a house

B. because he would do well in painting

C. in the open air

D. with the most important artist

3.The famer thought that the artist ________.

A. was not good at painting

B. was really a great man

C. did well in painting

D. was the most important artist

4.The farmer’s son wanted to ________ some day.

A. be an artist B. become a popular singer

C. write twenty novels D. dance around the world

5.The farmer _________.

A. was a foolish man

B. didn’t want his son to be a painter

C. liked the artist’s picture very much

D. couldn’t pay for his son about his paintings

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了一个画家和农民的故事。文章讲述，农民想以这位画家的作品来打消自己儿子学画的积极性，却被画家误以为是农民欣赏他的画作，闹出了一个最后令画家尴尬不已的笑话。

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考点：故事类短文阅读。