Question

  When Liu Kaiqu was young,he  was  poor  in  Shanghai.  One  day he  36     a  picture  of  a tiger and  tried  to  sell  it on the street. It caught  the 37      of an  American,who  asked, “How much does it cost?”  He  said,    “500  dollars.    ” The foreigner thought it was too 38     and asked again, “Can you make it cheaper?” He answered, “No. ” Then he tore(撕）it to pieces. In great 39        ，the foreigner said, “Young man，are you angry?” “No,sir. I’m not angry. I

sold it 40      500 dollars because I thought it was worth the 41     But you wanted a lower price. It means 42     didn’t think so and it is not good enough. I’ll go on working 43     until my customers are satisfied. ” At that time,44     Liu Kaiqu was not famous at all，he never 45     his dream. Now he is well - known all over the world as a great artist.

(   ) 36. A. stole     B. picked  C. drew     D. saw

(   ) 37. A. attention     B. instruction  C. decision     D. discussion

(   ) 38. A.  terrible  B. big     C. old  D. expensive

(   ) 39. A.  fear  B. difficulty     C. surprise  D. discovery

(   ) 40. A.  over  B. for     C. about  D. among

(   ) 41. A.  size  B. price     C. weight  D. position

(   ) 42. A.  we  B. he     C. you  D. it

(   ) 43. A. faster and faster     B. better and  better  C. slower and     slower  D. harder and     harder

(   ) 44. A. though     B. because  C. whether     D. until

(   ) 45. A. broke down     B. cut up  C. gave up     D. turned off

Answer 1

 36.C通過(guò)后文可知是畫了一張畫到街上去賣。

37. A   catch one's attention = catch the attention of sb.是固定詞組，"吸引某人的注意"。

38. D    根據(jù)后面的一句Can you make it cheaper? 說(shuō)明美國(guó)人嫌那幅畫貴。

39. C   Liu Kaiqu把美國(guó)人嫌貴的畫撕了，使美國(guó)人大吃二個(gè)多。in surprise"吃驚，驚訝"，相當(dāng)于一個(gè)副詞。in great surprise"大吃一驚"。

40. B   sell sth. for表示"以……價(jià)錢賣掉某物"。

41. B  句意為"我要價(jià)500美元，是因?yàn)槲艺J(rèn)為它值那個(gè)價(jià)。"worth the price"值那個(gè)價(jià)"。

42. C   句意為"既然你嫌它貴了，說(shuō)明你認(rèn)為這幅畫沒有那么好。"

43. D   work hard"努力工作"。整個(gè)句意為"我將更加努力地去畫，直到顧客滿意為止。"

44. A   "不出名"，"不放棄夢(mèng)想"形成轉(zhuǎn)折。

45. C   break down"損壞，分解"，cut up"切碎， give up  "放棄",tum off"關(guān)閉"。