Question

Once there was a boy in New York. His name is Sam. He started painting at the age of four, and when he was five, he was already very good at it. He painted many beautiful pictures, and a lot of people bought his pictures.Sam’s pictures were different from other people’s ，because he never painted on all of paper. He painted on half of it, and the other half was always empty.

“That’s very clever,” everybody said, “No other painters have ever done that!” One day somebody asked him,” Please tell me this, Sam .Why do you paint on the bottom（底部） half of your pictures , but not on the top half ?”

“Because I’m short,” Sam said, “and my brushes can’t reach very high.”

1.Which country did Sam live in ?_____________

2.Was Sam good at painting when he was five?_________

3.What did Sam do with his pictures?_________________

4.Were Sam’s pictures the same as others’?______________

5.Why didn’t Sam paint on all of the paper?_____________

Answer

1.In the U.S

2.Yes he was.

3.He sold them to people.\A lot of people bought his pictures.

4.No， they weren’t.

5.Because he wasn’t tall enough.\Because he was short.

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：纽约曾经有一个小男孩叫山姆。他四岁开始画画，五岁擅长画画。他的画非常漂亮，许多人买他的画。他的画与众不同之处在于他从不画满整张画纸，只是一半。大家都说这个做法很聪明，没有画家这么做过。有人问他为什么这么做，他说是因为不够高。

1.根据Once there was a boy in New York. 可以判断他住在纽约，所以是美国。所以作答In the U.S 。

2.根据and when he was five, he was already very good at it.可以判断他五岁擅长画画。所以作答Yes he was.

3.根据He painted many beautiful pictures, and a lot of people bought his pictures .可以判断他画的画都卖出去了。所以作答He sold them to people.\A lot of people bought his pictures.

4.根据Sam’s pictures were different from other people’s because he never painted on all of paper. He painted on half of it, and the other half was always empty.可以判断他的画与众不同。所以作答No， they weren’t.

5.所以作答Because he wasn’t tall enough.\Because he was short.

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