Question

    There was a young painter who made money by painting portraits. His dream was to _______famous. One day, a rich man asked him to _______ a portrait for him and promised to pay him 10,000 dollars.

After a week, the rich man came to_______ the painting. Although the painting was wonderful, he was not _______ with it. He told the young painter, "I will only buy this painting for 3,000 dollars." The young painter was _______.He argued with the rich man, _______ the rich man would keep his promise.

The rich man _______ , "The man in the painting is me. If I don't buy this painting, _______ else will buy it."So he said, "I will ask you one last time, 'Will you sell it for 3,000 dollars?'”

The young painter said firmly, “No, I _______ not to sell it, rather than be humiliated by you. Someday, you will pay 20 times the cost ________ breaking your promise.”

After that, the painter worked hard day and night.________ , he achieved his dream in the art world.

The rich man forgot about the artist and ________ he had told him. But one day, some friends told him, “There is a painting to sell for 200,000 dollars and the man in the painting looks ________ like you. The painting is titled ‘Thief’.”

Then, the rich man remembered the ________ that he had fooled. He quickly went to say sorry to him and paid 200,000 dollars to buy the portrait.The young painter ________ the rich man hang his head in the end.

1.A.grow B.become C.turn D.change

2.A.paint B.borrow C.break D.read

3.A.take B.bring C.carry D.sell

4.A.patient B.popular C.pleased D.busy

5.A.sad B.angry C.worried D.excite

6.A.hoped B.hoping C.to hope D.hopes

7.A.thought B.asked C.said D.joked

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

9.A.decide B.prefer C.want D.need

10.A.on B.in C.for D.at

11.A.Luckily B.Finally C.Recently D.Sadly

12.A.why B.how C.what D.when

13.A.exactly B.mostly C.nearly D.quickly

14.A.worker B.friend C.painter D.singer

15.A.asked B.made C.allowed D.found

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.B

7.A

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.C

15.B

【解析】

文章主要讲述了一个富人让一个年轻的画家给他画一幅肖像画，承诺给画家一万美金，但是最后他反悔了。愚弄了那位画家，多年后，那位画家变得著名，让他付出了20倍的钱，最后他得到了惩罚。

1.句意：他的梦想是成名。

grow生长；become成为；turn转变；change改变；根据句意理解可知，这里表达的是“变得……”，英语是become，故选B。

2.句意：一天，一个有钱人让他给他画一幅肖像，并答应付给他一万美元。

paint 画；borrow借；break打破；read读；根据句意理解及空格后的a portrait可知，这里表达的是“画”，故选A。

3.句意：一周后，那个有钱人来拿画。

take拿走；bring带来；carry搬动；sell卖；根据句意理解及句子主语the rich man可知，这里表达的是“拿走”，所以应该用take，故选A。

4.句意：虽然画得很好，但他并不满意。

patient耐心的；popular受欢迎的；pleased高兴的；busy忙的；根据句意理解及前句Although the painting was wonderful可知，这里表达的是“不满意”，而空格前有not，所以这里应该是表达“满意的”，故选C。

5.句意：年轻的画家很生气。

sad伤心的；angry生气的；worried担心的；excite激动的；根据句意理解及后句He argued with the rich man可知，这里表达的是“生气的”，故选B。

6.句意：他和富人争论，希望富人信守诺言。

hoped希望，过去式或过去分词；hoping希望，现在分词或动名词；to hope希望，动词不定式；hopes希望，动词三单；根据句意理解可知，这里表达的是“希望”，而句子主语是He，与hope之间是主动关系，所以这里应该用现在分词，故选B。

7.句意：富人想：“画中的人就是我。”

thought想；asked问；said说；joked开玩笑；根据句意理解及后句The man in the painting is me. If I don’t buy this painting, ___8___ else will buy it.可知，这里表达的是“想”，故选A。

8.句意：如果我不买这幅画，就没有人会买了。

nobody没有人；somebody有人；anybody任何人；everybody每个人；根据句意理解及前句The man in the painting is me.可知，这里表达的是“没有人”，故选A。

9.句意：年轻的画家坚定地说：“不，我宁愿不卖，也不愿被你羞辱。”

decide决定；prefer宁愿；want想要；need需要；根据句意理解及后句rather than be humiliated by you可知，这里表达的是“宁愿……”，故选B。

10.句意：总有一天，你会为违背诺言付出20倍的代价。

on在……上；in在……里面；for为了；at在……点时；根据句意理解可知，这里表达的是“为了……”，英语是介词for，故选C。

11.句意：终于实现了自己在艺术界的梦想。

Luckily幸运地；Finally最终；Recently最近，近期；Sadly伤心地；根据句意理解及前文His dream was to ___1___famous.可知，这里表达的是“终于”，故选B。

12.句意：那个富人忘记了那个艺术家和他告诉他的事。

why为什么；how怎么样；what什么；when何时；根据句意理解及句中he had told him可知，英语中tell是接双宾语的动词，即tell sb sth，而句中只有sb没有sth，所以这里的宾语从句的引导词应该在句中做的宾语的成分，四个词中只有what可以做宾语，故选C。

13.句意：有一幅画要卖20万美元，画中的人和你一模一样。

exactly完全地，确切地；mostly大部分；nearly几乎；quickly快速地；根据句意理解及前文One day, a rich man asked him to ___2___ a portrait for him可知，这幅画本来就是给富人画的，所以这里表达的是“确实”，英语是exactly，故选A。

14.句意：那个富人想起了他愚弄过的画家。

worker工人；friend朋友；painter画家；singer歌手；根据句意理解及后句He quickly went to say sorry to him and paid 200,000 dollars to buy the portrait.可知，这里表达的是“画家”，故选C。

15.句意：年轻的画家让这个有钱人最后垂头丧气。

asked问；made让，使；allowed允许；found发现；根据句意理解及句中the rich man hang his head可知，这里表达的是“使某人垂头丧气”，所以这里用使役动词，所以用make，故选B。