Question

In ancient times, there was a painter. He was good at painting flowers and birds. But he never stopped practicing until he became very famous.

An emperor(皇帝）of China also loved paintings, especially roosters(公鸡）. So he asked the famous painter to paint a rooster for him. He wanted the rooster to be the best among all his collections.

  The painter promised to do so. The emperor waited and waited for one year., but he didn’t get the picture. He couldn’t waited to see the painter. He became angry and wanted to kill him. So the painter hurried into the palace with paper, paint and a brush. In five minutes, a perfect rooster was on the paper.

  After seeing this, the emperor became much angrier. “Since you can paint a rooster in five minutes, why did you keep me waiting for over a year?” he asked.

“Your Majesty(陛下），”said the artist. “I will let you know why. But you’ll have to come with me. “ he invited the emperor to his house. There, there were piles and piles of paper. On every piece of paper was a painting of a rooster.

  “Your Majesty(陛下），”said the painter. “It took me more than one year to improve my painting skill in order to paint a perfect rooster for you.

1.According to the writer, the emperor_____.

A. loved beautiful paintings       

B. did very well in painting

C. was good at painting roosters   

D. Was very kind to the painter.

2.The painter spent ______practicing painting roosters for the emperor.

A. only a few months       

B. only five minutes 

C. more than a year         

D. five minutes every day

3.The emperor wanted to kill the painter because______.

A. the painter refused to draw rooster 

B. the painter couldn’t draw rooster well

C. he couldn’t find the painter anywhere 

D. he couldn’t wait to see his painting

4.In fact, during the whole year the painter______

A.escaped from the emperor to live quietly

B. worked hard at practice drawing roosters

C. was invited to other places to draw roosters

D. drew piles and piles of paper to make a living

5.From the passage we can learn that_______.

A. it’s hard for painter to success       

B. it’s easy to paint in a short time.

C. hard work causes perfect result      

D. emperor was hard to deal with

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这个故事讲述的是古时候一个画家为了给皇帝画一只完美的公鸡，为此练习了一年多的时间。从这个故事作者想要告诉们，只有通过艰苦的努力，不断的练习，最后才能有完美的结果。

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考点：故事类短文阅读。