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【題目】Benjamin West, the father of American painting, showed his talent for art when he was only six years of age. But he did not know about brushes before a visitor told him he needed one. In those days, a brush was made from camel’s hair. There were no camels nearby. Benjamin decided that cat hair would work instead. He cut some fur from the family cat to make a brush.

The brush did not last long. Soon Benjamin needed more fur. Before long, the catbegan to look ragged （蓬亂）. His father said that the cat must be sick. Benjamin was forced to admit what he had been doing.

The cat’s lot was about to improve. That year, one of Benjamin’s cousins, Mr.Pennington, came to visit. He was impressed with Benjamin’s drawings. When he went home, he sent Benjamin a box of paint and some brushes. He also sent six engravings （版畫(huà)）by an artist. These were the first pictures and first real paint and brushes Benjamin had ever seen. In 1747，when Benjamin was nine years old，Mr.Pennington returned for another visit .He was amazed at what Benjamin had done with his gift. He asked Benjamin’s parents if he might take the boy to Philadelphia for a visit.

In the city, Mr.Pennington gave Benjamin materials for creating oil paintings. The boy began a landscape (風(fēng)景) painting.Wiliams ,a well-known painter,came to see him work . Wiliams was impressed with Benjamin and gave him two classic books on painting to take home .The books were long and dull. Benjamin could read only a little,having been a poor student. But he later said,”Those two books were my companions by day, and under my pillow at night.”While it is likely that he understood very little of the books, they were his introduction to classical paintings. The nine-year-old boy decided then that he would be an artist.

【1】Whatisthetextmainlyabout?

A. Benjamin’svisittoPhiladelphia.

B. Williams’influenceonBenjamin.

C. ThebeginningofBenjamin’slifeasanartist.

D. ThefriendshipbetweenBenjaminandPennington.

【2】What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 suggest?

A. The cat would be closely watched.

B. The cat would get some medical care.

C. Benjamin would leave his home shortly.

D. Benjamin would have real brushes soon.

【3】What did Pennington do to help Benjamin develop his talent?

A. He took him to see painting exhibitions.

B. He provided him with painting materials.

C. He sent him to a school in Philadelphia.

D. He taught him how to make engravings.

【4】Williams’ two books helped Benjamin to ________.

A. master the use of paints

B. appreciate landscape paintings

C. get to know other painters

D. make up his mind to be a painter

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】試題分析：本文屬于記敘文，主要講了美國(guó)繪畫(huà)之父Benjamin在決定要成為一名

畫(huà)家之前的經(jīng)歷。

【1】C 中心思想題，文章主要介紹了美國(guó)繪畫(huà)之父Benjamin在決定成為一名畫(huà)家之前

的生活經(jīng)歷，故選C.

【2】推理判斷題，此句是第三段的首句，所以可根據(jù)第三段的大意來(lái)推斷這句話想要告

訴我們什么，這段主要講了Benjamin的一個(gè)表哥由于被Benjamin的繪畫(huà)才能所打

動(dòng)，所以就送給他一些顏料和一些真正的畫(huà)筆，所以劃線句“貓的境地將要得到改

善”是表明Benjamin很快有了真正的畫(huà)筆，所以不用剪貓的毛來(lái)做畫(huà)筆了，故選

D.

【3】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)最后一段“Mr. Pennington gave Benjamin materials for creating oil paintings”, 可知Pennington為了幫助Benjamin培養(yǎng)繪畫(huà)天賦，給他提供了一些繪畫(huà)材料，故選B.

【4】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)最后一段“While it is likely that he understood very little of the books, they were his introduction to classical paintings. The nine-year-old boy decided then that he would be an artist, 可知：這兩本書(shū)幫助Benjamin堅(jiān)定了自己成為一名畫(huà)家的決心，故選D.