Question

Once there was a boy in New York. His name is Sam. He started painting at the age of four, and when he was five, he was already very good at it. He painted many beautiful pictures, and a lot of people bought his pictures .Sam’s pictures were different from other people’s because he never painted on all of paper. He painted on half of it, and the other half was always empty.
“ That’s very clever,” everybody said, “ No other painters have ever done that !” One day somebody asked him ,” Please tell me this, Sam .Why do you paint on the bottom（底部） half of your pictures , but not on the top half ?”
“ Because I’m short,” Sam said, “ and my brushes can’t reach very high.”
小題1:Which country did Sam live in ?_____________
小題2:Was Sam good at painting when he was five?_________
小題3:What did Sam do with his pictures?_________________
小題4:Were Sam’s pictures the same as others’?______________
小題5:Why didn’t Sam paint on all of the paper?_____________

Answer 1

小題1:In the US
小題2:Yes, he was.
小題3:He sold them to people.
小題4:No,they won’t
小題5:Because he wasn’t tall enough.

試題分析：曾經紐約有一個小男孩叫山姆。他四歲開始畫畫，五歲擅長畫畫。他的畫非常漂亮，許多人買他的畫。他的畫與眾不同之處在于他從不畫滿整張畫紙，只是一半。大家都說這個做法很聰明，沒有畫家這么做過。有人問他為什么這么做，他說是因為不夠高。
小題1:根據Once there was a boy in New York. 可以判斷他住在紐約，所以是美國。
小題2:根據and when he was five, he was already very good at it.可以判斷他五歲擅長畫畫。
小題3:根據He painted many beautiful pictures, and a lot of people bought his pictures .可以判斷他畫的畫都賣出去了。
小題4:根據Sam’s pictures were different from other people’s because he never painted on all of paper. He painted on half of it, and the other half was always empty.可以判斷他的畫與眾不同。
小題5:根據“ Because I’m short,” Sam said, “ and my brushes can’t reach very high.”可知是因為它不夠高。