二、完形填空。（每小题1分，共15分）
Jenny had loved drawing from a young age. One day, Jenny was taking her first art class at school. She was very 1. The art teacher, Mrs Minton, told the children to draw the 2 at the front of the class.
Jenny 3 herself in drawing. When she took a rest, she looked at the painting next to hers. “That’s really good,” she said to Carrie. Carrie’s flowers looked real.
“Thanks,” said Carrie. She looked over at Jenny’s. “Oh! What happened to yours?” Jenny looked at her own painting. It was very different from Carrie’s. It 4 the whole page and the colours were brighter than the real flowers.
“It looks like a big 5,” said Carrie. “Did you spill(洒) the paint?”
“No,” Jenny shouted 6. “I painted what I saw, just as Mrs Minton said.”
Mrs Minton heard what Carrie said. She came to 7 Jenny’s work. “Oh, my dear,” she said. “Don’t worry if your painting doesn’t look exactly like other students’ paintings. The important thing is to 8 what you see. I think it’s wonderful, Jenny. It’s full of colour and life.” Jenny was surprised. “But it doesn’t look like the real flowers,” Carrie said.
“Everyone sees 9 things when they look at the world,” Mrs Minton answered, showing Jenny and Carrie a picture in a book. “This is a picture an artist painted of his own face. This is how he 10 himself.”
Carrie said, “It doesn’t look like a real person but just a few 11.”
“You should read this book, Jenny. It’s all about famous artists and their paintings,” Mrs Minton 12 her eyes on Jenny. “There are different kinds of paintings and one isn’t 13 than the other.”
Jenny 14 the book from Mrs Minton. That evening, she read all about the famous artists. 15 some of their paintings were very strange, she liked to admire all of them. From then on, she was sure of herself and braver to draw freely without worrying that her paintings were different from others’.
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D
)1. A. nervous B. surprised C. bored D. excited
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B
)2. A. boxes B. flowers C. animals D. fish
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C
)3. A. looked B. helped C. lost D. introduced
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A
)4. A. covered B. hid C. polluted D. cleared
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C
)5. A. hole B. pool C. mess D. field
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D
)6. A. bravely B. confidently C. politely D. angrily
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D
)7. A. give away B. turn down C. think about D. look at
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B
)8. A. spell B. draw C. find D. teach
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C
)9. A. similar B. beautiful C. different D. unusual
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D
)10. A. treated B. behaved C. dressed D. saw
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A
)11. A. lines B. pages C. pieces D. forms
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B
)12. A. took B. laid C. held D. raised
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D
)13. A. fatter B. tidier C. bigger D. better
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B
)14. A. bought B. borrowed C. copied D. picked
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B
)15. A. If B. Though C. Because D. When
