Question

  When Liu Kaiqu was young,he  was  poor  in  Shanghai.  One  day he  36     a  picture  of  a tiger and  tried  to  sell  it on the street. It caught  the 37      of an  American,who  asked, “How much does it cost?”  He  said,    “500  dollars.    ” The foreigner thought it was too 38     and asked again, “Can you make it cheaper?” He answered, “No. ” Then he tore(撕）it to pieces. In great 39        ，the foreigner said, “Young man，are you angry?” “No,sir. I’m not angry. I

sold it 40      500 dollars because I thought it was worth the 41     But you wanted a lower price. It means 42     didn’t think so and it is not good enough. I’ll go on working 43     until my customers are satisfied. ” At that time,44     Liu Kaiqu was not famous at all，he never 45     his dream. Now he is well - known all over the world as a great artist.

(   ) 36. A. stole     B. picked  C. drew     D. saw

(   ) 37. A. attention     B. instruction  C. decision     D. discussion

(   ) 38. A.  terrible  B. big     C. old  D. expensive

(   ) 39. A.  fear  B. difficulty     C. surprise  D. discovery

(   ) 40. A.  over  B. for     C. about  D. among

(   ) 41. A.  size  B. price     C. weight  D. position

(   ) 42. A.  we  B. he     C. you  D. it

(   ) 43. A. faster and faster     B. better and  better  C. slower and     slower  D. harder and     harder

(   ) 44. A. though     B. because  C. whether     D. until

(   ) 45. A. broke down     B. cut up  C. gave up     D. turned off

Answer 1

 36.C通过后文可知是画了一张画到街上去卖。

37. A   catch one's attention = catch the attention of sb.是固定词组，"吸引某人的注意"。

38. D    根据后面的一句Can you make it cheaper? 说明美国人嫌那幅画贵。

39. C   Liu Kaiqu把美国人嫌贵的画撕了，使美国人大吃二个多。in surprise"吃惊，惊讶"，相当于一个副词。in great surprise"大吃一惊"。

40. B   sell sth. for表示"以……价钱卖掉某物"。

41. B  句意为"我要价500美元，是因为我认为它值那个价。"worth the price"值那个价"。

42. C   句意为"既然你嫌它贵了，说明你认为这幅画没有那么好。"

43. D   work hard"努力工作"。整个句意为"我将更加努力地去画，直到顾客满意为止。"

44. A   "不出名"，"不放弃梦想"形成转折。

45. C   break down"损坏，分解"，cut up"切碎， give up  "放弃",tum off"关闭"。