Question

Kerry and Alice were both artists in Britain．They taught drawing and painting at Cambridge University．Although they were friends，each thought oneself to be the better painter．

One day，Kerry promised marriage to Alice．Surprised and pleased by the offer，the girl was not sure whether she would spend her future as a wife or a painter．After a moment she replied as follows,“Each of us must paint a picture．If yours is superior to mine．you can make me your wife．If not，please drop the question．”Then it was decided to give it the following day．

The next morning，Alice hung her picture on the gate．It showed a bunch of flowers and won high praise(贊揚)from everyone who passed by．In fact，a crowd collected in front of her masterpiece and fixed their eyes on it．

Several hours passed．Then Kerry was seen coming along to the gate with what appeared to be a beautiful leather suitcase in his hand．When he finally stopped before Alice, the girl artist blushed like a rose and agreed to marry him without any hesitation(猶豫)．Why?

Answer the questions：

1.What are Kerry and Alice?

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2.What’s the meaning of the underlined part“superior to”?

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3.Did Kerry agree to Alice’s suggestion?

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4.Why did Alice’s picture win high praise?

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5.What do you think the“l(fā)eather suitcase’’ really was?

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Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.They were teachers of Art at Cambridge University.

2.It means “better than”.

3.Yes，he did.

4.It was true to nature

5.It was a painting drawn by Kerry.

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述Kerry and Alice兩人都是英國的藝術(shù)家，同在劍橋大學(xué)教繪畫，繪畫造詣上有得一拼，但沒想到Kerry他向Alice她求婚。Alice提出比拼畫藝來決定答應(yīng)與否，結(jié)果Kerry的畫比Alice更逼真，從而贏得了美人歸的故事。

1.根據(jù)文章第一段第一句Kerry and Alice were both artists in Britain．及第二句They taught drawing and painting at Cambridge University進行信息加工即可得答案。

2.根據(jù)上下文意思，Kerry向Alice求婚，Alice要求各自畫幅畫，“如果你的超過我，就嫁給你，如果沒有超過的話，就放棄。”從而可以推斷出superior to是better than 之意。

3.根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段最后一行Then it was decided to give it the following day可推斷出Kerry同意Alice的看法。

4.從倒數(shù)第二段a crowd collected in front of her masterpiece and fixed their eyes on it可以得知Alice畫的花活靈活現(xiàn)，很逼真。

5. the “l(fā)eather suitcase”實際上是Kerry 畫的畫。從下文內(nèi)容可知，Alice看到Kerry 的畫后立刻同意嫁給他，由此可見Kerry的這幅畫一定更為逼真。

考點：人物故事類閱讀簡答。