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【題目】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

【答案】

【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】試題分析：曾經(jīng)紐約有一個小男孩叫山姆。他四歲開始畫畫，五歲擅長畫畫。他的畫非常漂亮，許多人買他的畫。他的畫與眾不同之處在于他從不畫滿整張畫紙，只是一半。大家都說這個做法很聰明，沒有畫家這么做過。有人問他為什么這么做，他說是因為不夠高。

【1】根據(jù)Once there was a boy in New York. 可以判斷他住在紐約，所以是美國。所以答案是In the U.S

【2】根據(jù)and when he was five, he was already very good at it.可以判斷他五歲擅長畫畫。所以答案是Yes he was.

【3】根據(jù)He painted many beautiful pictures, and a lot of people bought his pictures .可以判斷他畫的畫都賣出去了。所以答案是He sold them to people.\A lot of people bought his pictures.

【4】根據(jù)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.可以判斷他的畫與眾不同。所以答案是No，they weren’t.

【5】根據(jù)“ Because I’m short,” Sam said, “ and my brushes can’t reach very high.”可知是因為它不夠高。所以答案是Because he wasn’t tall enough.\Because he was short.