第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One day a famous painter painted a picture. He put it on exhibition with the title, “Not for____21____”.
However, it was so beautiful a painting that whoever____22____that exhibition asked the painter to sell that painting for whatever amount he would____23____it. But he said，“I’m extremely sorry but I can’t sell this for any amount. I will sell it to only that person who will understand its____24____.” Then, an old man____25____and said, “I want to buy this painting and here is the____26____in this small box for it.” The painter took that box and____27____it. There was a paint brush and colors in it. Then, he gave that painting to the old man.
All the other people asked the painter with____28____, “Why did you sell it for a paint brush and a few colors to this old man? We were____29____you a huge amount for this painting. Are you crazy?” The painter said, “If you____30____the painting, there is a man who is teaching a kid to paint with so much____31____. So, the man in the____32____is this old man and that kid is me. He is my teacher who taught me to paint and made me become what I am today just thanks to his devotion and____33____. And, the real value of this painting is just a paint brush which is____34____by my teacher as this paint brush is more____35____than your wealth. With this paint brush I can paint many more paintings.” All people understood and____36____the bonding of a teacher and his student. They all took off their hats to show their____37____.
A teacher always gives his best wealth to his student in the____38____of knowledge, wisdom and art with a（n）____39____that his student will____40____make use of it.
21. A. show B. sale C. play D. rest
22. A. attended B. held C. organized D. appreciated
23. A. check for B. pay for C. leave for D. charge for
24. A. money B. use C. value D. time
25. A. came out B. came in C. came over D. came about
26. A. service B. ticket C. passport D. price
27. A. opened B. broke C. lifted D. closed
28. A. regret B. surprise C. embarrassment D. anger
29. A. repaying B. offering C. rewarding D. lending
30. A. realized B. caught C. confirmed D. noticed
31. A. determination B. devotion C. attraction D. participation
32. A. exhibition B. room C. picture D. show
33. A. desire B. relief C. blessings D. pities
34. A. given B. paid C. lost D. borrowed
35. A. sensitive B. original C. useful D. precious
36. A. respected B. inspected C. reported D. shared
37. A. preference B. admiration C. loyalty D. courage
38. A. case B. size C. form D. amount
39. A. expectation B. destination C. creation D. position
40. A. essentially B. desperately C. necessarily D. properly
【答案】21. B 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. C 26. D 27. A 28. B 29. B 30. D 31. B 32. C 33. C 34. A 35. D 36. A 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. D
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One day a famous painter painted a picture. He put it on exhibition with the title, “Not for____21____”.
However, it was so beautiful a painting that whoever____22____that exhibition asked the painter to sell that painting for whatever amount he would____23____it. But he said，“I’m extremely sorry but I can’t sell this for any amount. I will sell it to only that person who will understand its____24____.” Then, an old man____25____and said, “I want to buy this painting and here is the____26____in this small box for it.” The painter took that box and____27____it. There was a paint brush and colors in it. Then, he gave that painting to the old man.
All the other people asked the painter with____28____, “Why did you sell it for a paint brush and a few colors to this old man? We were____29____you a huge amount for this painting. Are you crazy?” The painter said, “If you____30____the painting, there is a man who is teaching a kid to paint with so much____31____. So, the man in the____32____is this old man and that kid is me. He is my teacher who taught me to paint and made me become what I am today just thanks to his devotion and____33____. And, the real value of this painting is just a paint brush which is____34____by my teacher as this paint brush is more____35____than your wealth. With this paint brush I can paint many more paintings.” All people understood and____36____the bonding of a teacher and his student. They all took off their hats to show their____37____.
A teacher always gives his best wealth to his student in the____38____of knowledge, wisdom and art with a（n）____39____that his student will____40____make use of it.
21. A. show B. sale C. play D. rest
22. A. attended B. held C. organized D. appreciated
23. A. check for B. pay for C. leave for D. charge for
24. A. money B. use C. value D. time
25. A. came out B. came in C. came over D. came about
26. A. service B. ticket C. passport D. price
27. A. opened B. broke C. lifted D. closed
28. A. regret B. surprise C. embarrassment D. anger
29. A. repaying B. offering C. rewarding D. lending
30. A. realized B. caught C. confirmed D. noticed
31. A. determination B. devotion C. attraction D. participation
32. A. exhibition B. room C. picture D. show
33. A. desire B. relief C. blessings D. pities
34. A. given B. paid C. lost D. borrowed
35. A. sensitive B. original C. useful D. precious
36. A. respected B. inspected C. reported D. shared
37. A. preference B. admiration C. loyalty D. courage
38. A. case B. size C. form D. amount
39. A. expectation B. destination C. creation D. position
40. A. essentially B. desperately C. necessarily D. properly
【答案】21. B 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. C 26. D 27. A 28. B 29. B 30. D 31. B 32. C 33. C 34. A 35. D 36. A 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. D
