There was a king who loved art very much.

题目内容：

There was a king who loved art very much. One day a(n) 36came and said, "Please let me 37a picture on a wall." The king happened to have a big new hall 38. So he 39the artist to work on one of the walls.

At the same time, another artist came and asked to work on the 40wall. He promised he would make the same picture as the first artist’s 41looking at the first artist’s work. The second artist asked to have a thick curtain 42between the two walls 43neither of them could see each other.

The following day they began to work. The first artist brought in a(n) 44supply of paint, oil, water and so on. The second one came with a 45and a bucket (桶).

A month later, the first artist’s work was completed, and the second artist said, "My wall is 46too!"

The king went to 47the first artist’s wall. He was pleased with it and gave the artist a large 48of money. He then asked people to open the curtain.

49! Each line was 50the same as that on the opposite wall.

The king was quite satisfied and gave him double money. However, he 51 how the second man had made it.

"I just 52the wall with the cloth," the man said 53.The wall was made of white marble (大理石). He made it shine like a mirror. The reflection (倒影) of the first painting 54up on it!

The 55is a reflection of you too. If you are sad, the world will be sad. If you are happy, the world will be happy.

小题1:

A．editor

B．artist

C．server

D．actress

最佳答案：

小题1:B

小题2:C

小题3:D

小题4:A

小题5:C

小题6:D

小题7:A

小题8:B

小题9:D

小题10:B

小题11:C

小题12:A

小题13:C

小题14:A

小题15:B

小题16:D

小题17:D

小题18:A

小题19:C

小题20:B

答案解析：

文章讲述了一个聪明的画家通过用布檫墙使墙象镜子一样可以反映对面墙的图画，联系到这个世界，如果你笑，世界就笑，你哭，世界就哭。

小题1:考查上下文衔接：前面是：There was a king who loved art very much.所以后面选artist，艺术家。下文也有提到。选B

小题2:考查动词;paint a picture画个画，选C

小题3:考查过去分词做宾语补足语，have sth done，填built表示让人建筑一座墙。选D

小题4:考查动词搭配;allow sb to do 允许某人做什么，选A

小题5:考查形容词;从后面的句子：neither of them could see each other.说明是对面的墙，选C。

小题6:考查介词的用法;without doing sth没有做…，句意是：另一个艺术家答应不看第一个艺术家的作品画出和他一样的画。选D

小题7:考查词组：A. put up悬挂，挂起B. put back放回，C. put away收好D. put on穿上，句意是：找人在两堵墙之间挂起帘子。选A

小题8:考查连词，这里表示目的，为了两个人彼此看不见。选B

小题9:考查形容词：regular常规的，表示第一个艺术家用的是人们常用的油漆。选D

小题10:考查上下文串联，从后面的句子;with the cloth,可知选B

小题11:考查形容词：从前面的completed可知是选 C，ready准备好了。

小题12:考查动词，表示国王去看他们画的画，选A

小题13:考查词组;a large amount of money大笔钱，选C。

小题14:考查形容:从下面的句子：每条线都和第一个画家的一样，可知是amazing，令人惊讶的，选A

小题15:考查副词：表示每条线都和对面的墙一模一样。选B

小题16:考查动词：表示他想知道第二个画家是怎么做的。选D

小题17:考查动词：句意是:用布檫墙。选D

小题18:考查副词，表示第二个画家简要地说。选A

小题19:考查词组搭配：show up出现，选C

小题20:考查上下文串联：从后面的the world will be sad.可知是the world 选B

考点：

点评：文章层次分明结构严谨，立足语篇，侧重通过上下文信息考查考生的综合运用英语的能力，注重语篇的理解，学生平时要培养自己驾驭语篇的能力，培养自己根据语篇综合运用英语的能力。

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。