In ancient times, there was a painter. He was good at painting flowers and birds. But he never stopped practicing until he became very famous.
An emperor(皇帝）of China also loved paintings,especially roosters(公雞）. So he asked the famous painter to paint a rooster for him. He wanted the rooster to be the best among all his collections.
The painter promised to do so. The emperor waited and waited for one year.,but he didn’t get the picture. He couldn’t waited to see the painter. He became angry and wanted to kill him. So the painter hurried into the palace with paper,paint and a brush. In five minutes, a perfect rooster was on the paper.
After seeing this,the emperor became much angrier. “Since you can paint a rooster in five minutes, why did you keep me waiting for over a year?”he asked.
“Your Majesty(陛下），”said the artist. “I will let you know why.But you’ll have to come with me. “ he invited the emperor to his house. There, there were piles and piles of paper. On every piece of paper was a painting of a rooster.
“Your Majesty(陛下），”said the painter. “It took me more than one year to improve my painting skill in order to paint a perfect rooster for you.
小題1:According to the writer, the emperor_____.
A．loved beautiful paintingsB．did very well in painting
C．was good at painting roostersD．Was very kind to the painter.
小題2:The painter spent ______practicing painting roosters for the emperor.
A．only a few monthsB．only five minutes
C．more than a yearD．five minutes every day
小題3:The emperor wanted to kill the painter because______.
A．the painter refused to draw rooster
B．the painter couldn’t draw rooster well
C．he couldn’t find the painter anywhere
D．he couldn’t wait to see his painting
小題4:In fact, during the whole year the painter______
A．escaped from the emperor to live quietly
B．worked hard at practice drawing roosters
C．was invited to other places to draw roosters
D．drew piles and piles of paper to make a living
小題5:From the passage we can learn that_______.
A．it’s hard for painter to successB．it’s easy to paint in a short time.
C．hard work causes perfect resultD．emperor was hard to deal with

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:C

試題分析：短文大意：在遠(yuǎn)古時(shí)期，有個(gè)畫家。他擅長畫花鳥。但他從未停止過練習(xí)直到他變得非常有名。
有位皇帝也愛畫，尤其是公雞。所以他讓這位著名的畫家為他畫一只公雞。作者旨在通過該故事告訴人們：只有努力工作才會有完美的結(jié)果。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段開頭An emperor(皇帝）of China also loved paintings,especially roosters(公雞）.可知該選A。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文最后一句It took me more than one year to improve my painting skill in order to paint a perfect rooster for you.可知該選C。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中The emperor waited and waited for one year.,but he didn’t get the picture. He couldn’t waited to see the painter. He became angry and wanted to kill him.可知該選D。
小題4:推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文最后一句It took me more than one year to improve my painting skill in order to paint a perfect rooster for you.可知該選B。
小題5:推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容可推知只有努力工作才會有完美的結(jié)果，所以選C。
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