Question

【题目】A young painter completed a nice picture. To get people’s t【1】 about his skills, he put it at a crossing on a busy street. And below it a board read, ＂Gentlemen, I have painted this piece. S【2】 I’m new, I might make some mistakes in it. Please put a cross (叉号) wherever you see a mistake.＂

When he came back in the evening to c【3】 his picture, he was shocked to see that the whole picture was filled with crosses. And some people e【4】 wrote something on his picture. Sadly, he ran to his master and said, ＂I failed. And if this is what I have learned, I’m not w【5】 teaching. ＂

The master smiled and suggested, ＂I’ll let you know that you’re a great artist. Now go to paint the same picture again and give it to me. ＂

Then they went to the same street the next morning and put the new picture exactly at the same place. Now the master took out another board w【6】 said, ＂Gentlemen, I painted this piece. There might be some mistakes in it. I have put a box with colors and brushes just below. Please give me a h【7】. If you see a mistake, pick up the brush and correct it.＂

Two days later, they came back to the place. The young painter was s【8】 to see that actually there was not a single correction done!

It’s easy to say but difficult to do. If you want to help people i【9】 their behavior, you’d better learn how to help people change their attitudes (态度) or skills. Also, always remember not to judge (评判) y【10】 by someone else’s words and feel bad.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 thoughts

【2】 Since

【3】 collect

【4】 even

【5】 worth

【6】 which

【7】 hand

【8】 surprised

【9】 improve

【10】 yourself

【解析】

这篇文章讲了一个年轻的画家为了获得别人的评价就把画作放在闹市口任由人们在上面画叉，结果让他很失望，让他一度想要放弃，最后老师出马，却出现了截然相反的结果，这教会了他一个道理，不要用别人的话来评判自己。

【1】句意：为了获得人们对他技巧的想法，他把画作放在了繁忙街道的十字路口处。他把画作放在这里是想获得别人的想法，故这里填thoughts。

【2】句意：因为我是新人，我可能在作品中犯了一些小错误。这里是陈述我为什么会犯一些错误，since做连词，引出原因，故这里填Since。

【3】句意：当他晚上回来拿回他的画作的时候，他很震惊地看到整个画面都画满了叉。“collect”有“收集，拿走，取走”之意，这里是说晚上他要“取回”自己的画作，故填collect。

【4】句意：一些人甚至在他的画作上写了一些东西。这里缺的是一个副词，“even”表示“甚至”，甚至有的人在他的画作上写了字，故这里填even。

【5】句意：我不值得教。他很悲伤跑去找自己的老师，表示自己失败了，“be worth doing”是“值得做…”，他想说自己不值得教。故这里填worth。

【6】句意：现在老师拿出了另一块板子上面写着…，“which”引导“board”的定语从句，在定语从句中做主语，用来引出板子上写的内容，故这里填which。

【7】句意：请帮帮我。“give sb a hand”即为“帮某人一把”，这里是老师写在板子上的内容，请求路人拿起画笔帮作者一把，故填 hand。

【8】句意：这位年轻的画家惊讶地看到实际上没有做过任何一处简单的修正！看到这个结果年轻人心中应该是“惊讶的”（surprised），故这里填surprised。

【9】句意：如果你想帮助人们改善他们的行为，你最好学会如何帮助人们改变他们的态度或技能。这里是说“说起来容易做起来难”，老师表示要想帮助人们改善行为，最好先让他们改变态度。“improve behaviors”指“改善行为”，故这里填improve。

【10】句意：永远记住不要用别人的话来评判你自己并且因此感觉不好。最后引出老师的观点，不要因为别人的话就来给自己定性，“judge yourself”指“评判你自己”，故这里填yourself。