Question

A rich American went to Paris and bought a picture painted by a French artist. The American thought the picture to be very fine because he 1       a lot of money for it. When he came to his hotel he wanted to hang the 2        up on the wall. He 3       it for a long time,but couldn't 4        which was the top and which was the bottom (底部) .The American 5        the picture this way and 6       ,but still couldn't 7      .

So he had 8       . He 9       the picture in the dining room and invited the painter of the picture to 10       . When the painter came,the American said 11        to him about the picture. 12       they went into the dining room to have dinner. He looked 13        at the picture several times. Then he put on his 14        and looked at the picture again and again. At last he 15        that the picture was up side down.

(   ) 1. A. cost   B. spent   C. paid   D. took

(   ) 2. A. map   B. cap   C. picture   D. kite

(   ) 3. A. looked after   B. looked at   C. looked for   D. looked up

(   ) 4. A. tell   B. say   C. talk   D. speak

(   ) 5. A. painted   B. turned   C. used   D. wrote

(   ) 6. A. that   B. it   C. one   D. another

(   ) 7. A. see   B. read   C. decide   D. look

(   ) 8. A. a way   B. a pen   C. a road   D. an idea

(   ) 9. A. put   B. hung   C. stopped   D. lent

(   ) 10. A. tea   B. rice   C. bread   D. dinner

(   ) 11. A. nothing   B. something   C. hello   D. sorry

(   ) 12. A. At first   B. At last   C. At once   D. At all

(   ) 13. A. heavily   B. loudly   C. straight   D. carefully

(   ) 14. A. glasses   B. coat   C. trousers   D. hat

(   ) 15. A. watched   B. understood   C. sat   D. opened

Answer 1

一位美國(guó)人在巴黎買了幅畫，回去掛上又怕上下顛倒，最后只好請(qǐng)來(lái)畫家本人。全文通俗易懂，選詞時(shí)要根據(jù)事情的發(fā)展過(guò)程。

1. C上文說(shuō)：他認(rèn)為這畫很好。推斷下文：因?yàn)樗�買這畫付了許多錢。句中的介詞for是個(gè)重要提示。

2. C上文說(shuō)：那美國(guó)人買了畫。推斷下文：回到旅館，當(dāng)然要把畫掛起來(lái)欣賞。

3. B意思說(shuō)"他看了好長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，還是分不清上下"。

4. A短文最后一句說(shuō)：畫被掛倒了。推斷此句： .因此,那美國(guó)人辨別不出哪邊是畫的頂部，哪邊是畫的底部。

5. B由于上下不分，所以那美國(guó)人就把畫反復(fù)顛倒看。

6. A句中的this是個(gè)重要提示。

7. C盡管顛來(lái)倒去，還是不能斷定上下。

8. D他最后想出了辦法。

9. B他先在餐廳掛上畫。

10. D接上文(他在餐廳中掛了那幅畫) 可推斷下文:美國(guó)人邀請(qǐng)畫家來(lái)進(jìn)餐。

11. A美國(guó)人邀請(qǐng)畫家的目的是：看畫家本人有什么反應(yīng)。因此，對(duì)那幅畫他一言不發(fā)。

12. A首先他們進(jìn)人餐廳吃晚飯。下文中的短語(yǔ)At last是個(gè)重要提示。

13. C look straight at表示"盯著... 看"。

14. A畫家也被搞糊涂了，他戴上眼鏡并將畫看了又看。

15. B他終于明白了那畫被掛到了。