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 farmer 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：画家去了一个美丽的地方度假，住在一个农民的家中。他每天都出去，画画从早晨到晚上。最后他离开的时候，农民却没有要钱，而是从他要了几幅画。这位画家很高兴，其实是农民的儿子想成为画家，他想用画家的画来告诉他不要成为画家。

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2.

3.位农民认为这位画家的画怎么样？通过短文中介绍，农民从他要画，而是让他的儿子放弃想学画的想法。因此他认为这位画家不擅长画画。第一项符合。故选A

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考点：故事类短文阅读。