Question

An artist (畫家) went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and brushes (顏料和畫筆) and painted till evening. When it got dark he went 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’s money? In a week, it will all be finished, but your picture will still be here.”

The artists was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered, “It’s not that. My son is a student in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes home next month, I’ll show him your picture, and he will not want to be an artist any more, I think.”

1.Where did the artist spend his holiday?

A. On the beach. B. In the countryside. C. In the mountains. D. In a foreign country.

2.The underlined word “it” refer to (指的是) ______.

A. money B. the picture C. the holiday D. time

3.What does the farmer’s son do?

A. A teacher. B. An artist. C. A worker. D. A student.

4.After hearing the farmer’s words, perhaps the artist would be ______.

A. very worried B. very happy C. very thankful D. very disappointed (失望的)

5.From the passage, we can learn that ______.

A. the artist got up late every day during the holiday

B. the artist went outside for a walk after having dinner

C. the farmer’s son wanted to be a farmer like his father

D. the farmer thought the artist’s pictures were not good

1.B 2.A 3.D 4.D 5.D 【解析】試題分析：這是一篇幽默小故事。一個藝術(shù)家去了一個美麗的鄉(xiāng)村度假，住在一個農(nóng)民家。他每天帶著畫筆出去，從早上畫到晚上。他在假期結(jié)束，他想給農(nóng)民錢，但農(nóng)民嫌他的畫不好說不想要錢而想要一張他的畫，并告訴他，想做畫家的兒子看到他的畫后將不再想做畫家。 1.題意：藝術(shù)家在哪里度假？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一句An artist...

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