6．Years ago，a very rich man and his young son shared an interest in collecting art．They traveled around the world，collecting priceless works of art by famous artists like Picasso，Van Gogh and Monet．
The man became very lonely and sad．When war broke out，the son left to serve his country．After a few weeks，the old man received a letter saying his son had died while taking another soldier to a hospital．One day，a soldier visited the old man and gave him a painting-it was a portrait of his son．Though the world would never consider it a great work，the painting was important to the man．
The painting of his son became the old man's most valuable item．He told his neighbors it was the greatest gift he had ever received．The following spring，the old man became ill and passed away．
All of the old man's paintings would be sold at an auction．The auction began with a painting that was not on any of the buyers'lists…it was the painting of the old man's son．"Who will open the price at 100 dollars？"the auctioneer asked．Moments passed and no one spoke or raised their hand．Someone said："Who cares about that painting？Let's get on to the good ones．"More voices followed in agreement．"No，we must sell this one first，"repliedthe auctioneer．"Now，who will take the portrait of the son？
Finally，a good friend of the old man spoke："Will you take 10dollars for the painting？That's all I have．""Will anyone go higher？"called the auctioneer．After more silence he said："Going once…going twice…sold!"The auctioneer looked at the crowd and announced that the whole auction was over．"According to the father's will，whoever takes the son's portrait gets the whole collection，"the auctioneer said．
Because of the father's love，whoever took the son got it all．
72．Both the man and his son were interested inA．
A．collecting artwork
B．selling paintings
C．drawing famous artists
D．reading stories about famous artists
73．What did the letter say？D
A．War broke out．
B．The son was safe．
C．The son was sent to a hospital．
D．The son had died．
74．At the auction，the painting of the man's sonC．
A．was popular
B．was sold for 100
C．wassoldfor10
D．wasn't sold
75．What did the story want to tell us？B
A．Artwork is valuable．
B．A father's love is priceless．
C．Don't look down at small works of art．
D．Nobody knows what will happen next．
分析 本文講述了一位父親與兒子的故事．一位富翁和兒子都愛收藏美術(shù)作品，戰(zhàn)爭爆發(fā)后，兒子上了戰(zhàn)場，幾周后，父親收到了兒子犧牲的消息．一天，兒子的一位戰(zhàn)友送來了兒子的一幅畫，這成了老人最尊貴的禮物．第二年的春天，老人去世了，所有的畫將會被拍賣．拍賣的第一幅畫就是兒子的作品，現(xiàn)場沒有人愿意出價．最后一位愿意出10美元的人拿走了這幅畫和并得到了贈送的老人所有的畫．故事告訴我們，在父親的眼中，兒子比其它任何東西都要重要．
解答 答案：72．A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)Years ago，a very rich man and his young son shared an interest in collecting art．多年前，一個非常富有的人和他年輕的兒子共同對藝術(shù)品收藏感興趣．可知這個人和他的兒子都喜歡收藏藝術(shù)品．故選A．
73．D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)After a few weeks，the old man received a letter saying his son had died while taking another soldier to a hospital．幾周后，老人收到一封信說他的兒子死了當(dāng)送另一個士兵去醫(yī)院的時候．故選D．
74．C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)Finally，a good friend of the old man spoke："Will you take 10dollars for the painting？That's all I have．""Will anyone go higher？"called the auctioneer．After more silence he said："Going once…going twice…sold!"最后老人的一位朋友說"你會賣10美元嗎？這是我的全部了．"拍賣師說還有人更高嗎？沉默一會他說"一次…兩次…成交．"所以說這幅作品賣了10美元．故選C．
75．B 根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容可知，在父親眼中兒子比其他任何東西都重要．According to the father's will，whoever takes the son's portrait gets the whole collection，"the auctioneer said．按照父親的意愿，誰買走兒子畫像誰就得到全部的收藏．故選B．
點評 主要考查考生閱讀所給材料，理解其中詞語、句子或片段含義的能力．有時涉及對全文意思和篇章結(jié)構(gòu)的理解，對一些問題作出推理和判斷．
