Question

【題目】 There was a young painter ________ made money by painting portraits (肖像). His dream was to ________ famous. One day, a rich man asked him to paint a portrait for him and promised to pay him 10,000 dollars.

After a week, the rich man came to ________ the painting. Although the painting was wonderful, he was not ________ with it. He told the young painter, “I will only buy this painting for 3,000 dollars.” The young painter was ________. He argued with the rich man, ________ the rich man would keep his promise.

The rich man ________, “The man in the painting is me. If I don’t buy this painting, ________ else will buy it.” So he said, “I will ask you one last time, ‘Will you sell it for 3,000 dollars?’”

The young painter said firmly, No. I ________ not to sell it, rather than be humiliated (侮辱) by you. Someday, you will pay 20 times the cost ________ breaking your promise.”

After that, the painter worked hard day and night. ________, he achieved his dream in the art world.

The rich man forgot about the artist and ________ he had told him. But one day, some friends told him, “There is a painting to sell for 200,000 dollars and the man in the painting looks ________ like you. The painting is titled ‘Thief’.”

Then, the rich man remembered the ________ that he had fooled. He quickly went to say sorry to him and paid 200,000 dollars to buy the portrait. The young painter ________ the rich man hang his head in the end.

【1】A. whoB. whichC. whom

【2】A. growB. becomeC. turn

【3】A. takeB. bringC. carry

【4】A. pleasantB. pleasureC. pleased

【5】A. sadB. angryC. worried

【6】A. hopedB. hopingC. to hope

【7】A. thoughtB. askedC. said

【8】A. nobodyB. somebodyC. anybody

【9】A. would ratherB. preferC. had better

【10】A. onB. inC. for

【11】A. LuckilyB. FinallyC. Recently

【12】A. whyB. howC. what

【13】A. exactlyB. mostlyC. nearly

【14】A. thiefB. friendC. painter

【15】A. askedB. madeC. allowed

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【6】B

【7】A

【8】A

【9】B

【10】C

【11】B

【12】C

【13】A

【14】C

【15】B

【解析】

這篇短文主要講述了一個(gè)富人讓一個(gè)年輕的畫(huà)家給他畫(huà)一幅花，承諾給畫(huà)家1萬(wàn)美金，但是最后他反悔了。愚弄了那位畫(huà)家，多年之后，那位畫(huà)家讓他付出好幾倍的錢(qián)，最后他得到了懲罰。

【1】句意：有一個(gè)通過(guò)畫(huà)肖像掙錢(qián)的一個(gè)年輕的畫(huà)家。A. who定語(yǔ)從句中，先行詞是人，做主語(yǔ)；B. which先行詞是物；C. whom先行詞是人，在定語(yǔ)從句中做賓格。這里是定語(yǔ)從句，先行詞是a young painter關(guān)系詞用who引導(dǎo)。根據(jù)題意，故選A。

【2】句意：他的夢(mèng)想就是變得出名。A. grow長(zhǎng)大；B. become變成；C. turn變得，顏色變化。這里說(shuō)變得出名，用連系動(dòng)詞become。根據(jù)題意，故選B。

【3】句意：過(guò)來(lái)一周，一周后，那個(gè)有錢(qián)人來(lái)拿這幅畫(huà)。A. take帶去；拿B. bring帶來(lái)；C. carry攜帶，搬。根據(jù)上文After a week, the rich man came可知這里是來(lái)拿那幅畫(huà)。根據(jù)題意，故選A。

【4】句意：雖然這幅畫(huà)很好，但他不滿意。A. pleasant愉快的；B. pleasure樂(lè)趣；C. pleased高興的。根據(jù)上文Although the painting was wonderful,可知下文是說(shuō)他對(duì)那幅畫(huà)不滿意。根據(jù)題意，故選C。

【5】句意：那個(gè)年輕的畫(huà)家非常生氣。A. sad悲傷的；B. angry生氣的；C. worried擔(dān)心的。根據(jù)下文He argued with the rich man, ____6____ the rich man would keep his promise.可知上文是說(shuō)那位年輕的畫(huà)家非常生氣。根據(jù)題意，故選B。

【6】句意：他和富人爭(zhēng)論，希望富人能信守諾言。A. hoped希望；原形；B. hoping希望；現(xiàn)在分詞；C. to hope希望，動(dòng)詞不定式。這里是現(xiàn)在分詞做伴隨狀語(yǔ)。根據(jù)題意，故選B。

【7】句意：富人想：“畫(huà)中的人是我”。A. thought認(rèn)為；B. asked問(wèn)；C. said說(shuō)。根據(jù)下文“The man in the painting is me. If I don’t buy this painting, ____8____ else will buy it.”可知上文是說(shuō)那位夫人想到。根據(jù)題意，故選A。

【8】句意：畫(huà)中的人是我。如果我不買(mǎi)這幅畫(huà)，別人就不會(huì)買(mǎi)了。A. nobody沒(méi)人；B. somebody某人；C. anybody任何人。根據(jù)上文The man in the painting is me. If I don’t buy this painting,可知下文是說(shuō)沒(méi)有人買(mǎi)這幅畫(huà)。根據(jù)題意，故選A。

【9】句意：年輕的畫(huà)家堅(jiān)定地說(shuō)：“不，我寧愿不賣它，也不愿被你羞辱�！�A. would rather寧肯；B. prefer 更喜歡；C. had better最好。根據(jù)下文rather than be humiliated (侮辱) by you可知上文是我寧肯不買(mǎi)。根據(jù)題意，故選B。

【10】句意：總有一天，你會(huì)為違背諾言而付出20倍的代價(jià)。A. on在……上；B. in在……里面；C. for為了。根據(jù)下文breaking your promise可知這里是說(shuō)為了。根據(jù)題意，故選C。

【11】句意：最后他在藝術(shù)界實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己的夢(mèng)想。A. Luckily幸運(yùn)地；B. Finally最后地；C. Recently最近。根據(jù)上文After that, the painter worked hard day and night.可知下文是最后。根據(jù)題意，故選B。

【12】句意：那個(gè)有錢(qián)人忘記了藝術(shù)家和他告訴他的事。A. why為什么；B. how怎么樣；C. what什么。根據(jù)下文But one day, some friends told him, “There is a painting to sell for 200,000 dollars and the man in the painting looks ____13____ like you.可知上文是告訴她的事情，這里用what引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句。根據(jù)題意，故選C。

【13】句意：在畫(huà)上的那個(gè)人確實(shí)看起來(lái)想你。A. exactly確切地；B. mostly大多數(shù)；C. nearly幾乎。根據(jù)上文There is a painting to sell for 200,000 dollars and the man in the painting looks可知這里是看起來(lái)確實(shí)像你。根據(jù)題意，故選A。

【14】句意：然后，那個(gè)有錢(qián)人想起了他愚弄過(guò)的畫(huà)家。A. thief小偷；B. friend 朋友；C. painter畫(huà)家；根據(jù)下文He quickly went to say sorry to him and paid 200,000 dollars to buy the portrait.可知上文是說(shuō)他愚弄過(guò)得那位畫(huà)家。根據(jù)題意，故選C。

【15】句意：這位年輕的畫(huà)家最后使那個(gè)富人垂頭喪氣。A. asked問(wèn)；B. made使，制作；C. allowed允許；短語(yǔ)make sb. do sth.表示使某人做某事。根據(jù)the rich man hang his head in the end.可知這里是使那個(gè)富人垂頭喪氣。根據(jù)題意，故選B。

完形填空題與單項(xiàng)選擇題不同，它給出的是一篇意思較為完整的短文。做該題型試題時(shí)，首先應(yīng)跳過(guò)空格通讀全文，以全文為背景，聯(lián)系句子的上下文進(jìn)行推理和判斷，從4個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一項(xiàng)進(jìn)行試填。考生可以從詞義用法、固定搭配、邏輯推理和上下文的聯(lián)系等方面去考慮。最后應(yīng)再把全文通覽一遍，細(xì)心檢查所選答案能否使短文上下連貫，前后呼應(yīng)，詞句通順，使短文意思完整。檢查時(shí)還應(yīng)從語(yǔ)法、慣用法、邏輯推理和事情發(fā)生的情節(jié)等方面進(jìn)行考慮，以達(dá)到準(zhǔn)確無(wú)誤之目的。第14小題是名詞辨析。