Kerry and Alice were both artists in Brita

题目内容：

Kerry and Alice were both artists in Britain．They taught drawing and painting at Cambridge University．Although they were friends，each thought oneself to be the better painter．

One day，Kerry promised marriage to Alice．Surprised and pleased by the offer，the girl was not sure whether she would spend her future as a wife or a painter．After a moment she replied as follows,“Each of us must paint a picture．If yours is superior to mine．you can make me your wife．If not，please drop the question．”Then it was decided to give it the following day．

The next morning，Alice hung her picture on the gate．It showed a bunch of flowers and won high praise(赞扬)from everyone who passed by．In fact，a crowd collected in front of her masterpiece and fixed their eyes on it．

Several hours passed．Then Kerry was seen coming along to the gate with what appeared to be a beautiful leather suitcase in his hand．When he finally stopped before Alice, the girl artist blushed like a rose and agreed to marry him without any hesitation(犹豫)．Why?

Answer the questions：

小题1:What are Kerry and Alice?

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小题2:What’s the meaning of the underlined part“superior to”?

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小题3:Did Kerry agree to Alice’s suggestion?

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小题4:Why did Alice’s picture win high praise?

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小题5:What do you think the“leather suitcase’’ really was?

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最佳答案：

小题1:They were teachers of Art at Cambridge University.

小题2:It means “better than”.

小题3:Yes，he did.

小题4:It was true to nature

小题5:It was a painting drawn by Kerry.

答案解析：

文章讲述Kerry and Alice两人都是英国的艺术家，同在剑桥大学教绘画，绘画造诣上有得一拼，但没想到Kerry他向Alice她求婚。Alice提出比拼画艺来决定答应与否，结果Kerry的画比Alice更逼真，从而赢得了美人归的故事。

小题1:根据文章第一段第一句Kerry and Alice were both artists in Britain．及第二句They taught drawing and painting at Cambridge University进行信息加工即可得答案。

小题2:根据上下文意思，Kerry向Alice求婚，Alice要求各自画幅画，“如果你的超过我，就嫁给你，如果没有超过的话，就放弃。”从而可以推断出superior to是better than 之意。

小题3:根据倒数第三段最后一行Then it was decided to give it the following day可推断出Kerry同意Alice的看法。

小题4:从倒数第二段a crowd collected in front of her masterpiece and fixed their eyes on it可以得知Alice画的花活灵活现，很逼真。

小题5: the “leather suitcase”实际上是Kerry 画的画。从下文内容可知，Alice看到Kerry 的画后立刻同意嫁给他，由此可见Kerry的这幅画一定更为逼真。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。