三、完形填空。(15 分)
Ben loves painting. He started painting
1 the age of 3. He became very good at it and was already famous by the age of 5. He painted many beautiful and interesting pictures, so
2 people bought his paintings at high prices.
They said, “This boy will be more famous when he is a little older and then we are going to sell these pictures for more
3.”
Ben's paintings are quite
4 from those of other artists. He never paints on the
5 canvas(画布). He paints on half of it and there is always
6 on the other half of the canvas. “That's very clever and creative(有创意的),” everybody said. “No other painters have done that before!”
One day, somebody asked him, “Please tell me this, Ben.
7 do you paint on the bottom(底部的) half of your pictures, but not on the
8 half?”
“Well, the reason is very
9,” Ben answered with a smile. “Because I'm
10. My brushes(画笔) can't reach very high.”
(
C
)1. A. in B. on C. at D. among
(
D
)2. A. no B. little C. much D. many
(
C
)3. A. love B. life C. money D. prices
(
D
)4. A. same B. important C. difficult D. different
(
B
)5. A. all B. whole C. dirty D. beautiful
(
B
)6. A. nobody B. nothing C. something D. everything
(
A
)7. A. Why B. How C. What D. Where
(
B
)8. A. up B. top C. before D. second
(
A
)9. A. simple B. hard C. afraid D. popular
(
B
)10. A. tall B. short C. clever D. healthy
