Question

Once there was a boy in New York. His name is Sam. He started painting at the age of four, and when he was five, he was already very good at it. He painted many beautiful pictures, and a lot of people bought his pictures .Sam’s pictures were different from other people’s because he never painted on all of paper. He painted on half of it, and the other half was always empty.
“ That’s very clever,” everybody said, “ No other painters have ever done that !” One day somebody asked him ,” Please tell me this, Sam .Why do you paint on the bottom（底部） half of your pictures , but not on the top half ?”
“ Because I’m short,” Sam said, “ and my brushes can’t reach very high.”
小题1:Which country did Sam live in ?_____________
小题2:Was Sam good at painting when he was five?_________
小题3:What did Sam do with his pictures?_________________
小题4:Were Sam’s pictures the same as others’?______________
小题5:Why didn’t Sam paint on all of the paper?_____________

Answer 1

小题1:In the US
小题2:Yes, he was.
小题3:He sold them to people.
小题4:No,they won’t
小题5:Because he wasn’t tall enough.

试题分析：曾经纽约有一个小男孩叫山姆。他四岁开始画画，五岁擅长画画。他的画非常漂亮，许多人买他的画。他的画与众不同之处在于他从不画满整张画纸，只是一半。大家都说这个做法很聪明，没有画家这么做过。有人问他为什么这么做，他说是因为不够高。
小题1:根据Once there was a boy in New York. 可以判断他住在纽约，所以是美国。
小题2:根据and when he was five, he was already very good at it.可以判断他五岁擅长画画。
小题3:根据He painted many beautiful pictures, and a lot of people bought his pictures .可以判断他画的画都卖出去了。
小题4:根据Sam’s pictures were different from other people’s because he never painted on all of paper. He painted on half of it, and the other half was always empty.可以判断他的画与众不同。
小题5:根据“ Because I’m short,” Sam said, “ and my brushes can’t reach very high.”可知是因为它不够高。