An artist 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 and painted from morning to evening, and then 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 is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will still be here.”

The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered, “It’s not that. I have a son 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.__________ people are mentioned (提到) in the article.

A．Two              B．Three             C．One              D．Many

2.The artist lived with the farmer __________.

A．for about a month                       B．for a year

C．for a holiday                           D．for the farmer’s son

3.The farmer asked the artist to give him a picture because __________.

A．he liked his picture

B．he didn’t want his money

C．he wanted to sell his pictures for some money

D．he wanted to show it to his son

4.The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer because __________.

A．the farmer didn’t want him to pay him

B．the farmer decided to let his son learn from him

C．the farmer’s son would be an artist like him

D．he thought the farmer praised (表揚) him for his pictures

 

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要描述了一個畫家和農(nóng)民的故事，農(nóng)民想以這位畫家的作品來打消自己兒子學畫的積極性，卻被畫家誤以為是農(nóng)民欣賞他的畫作，鬧出了一個最后令畫家尷尬不已的笑話。

1.短文提到一個畫家，農(nóng)民和農(nóng)民的兒子。故選B。

2.根據(jù)第一段An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer.描述，可知選C。

3.根據(jù)最后一段描述，可知這個農(nóng)民主要想給自己的兒子看這個畫家的畫。故選D。

4.根據(jù)短文第二段農(nóng)民的話，可知畫家認為農(nóng)民是在表揚他。故選D。

考點：關于一個畫家和農(nóng)民的記述文

點評：對于文章中的細節(jié)題，要注意文章中的細節(jié)的理解。推斷題測試考生在閱讀基礎上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關系，對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論，對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋�？忌紫纫屑氶喿x短文，完整了解信息，準確把握作者觀點。

 

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