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    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?
    __________________________________________.
    小题2:What’s the meaning of the underlined part“superior to”?
    ____________________________________________________
    小题3:Did Kerry agree to Alice’s suggestion?
    _____________________________________________________
    小题4:Why did Alice’s picture win high praise?
    ____________________________________________________
    小题5:What do you think the“leather suitcase’’ really was?
    ________________________________________________________________

    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.

    试题分析：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。
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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：完形填空

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
    I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was   1   and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be   2   but a failure.” After five years of   3  jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the beatific   4   that could have happened to me. I  5  I wanted to do something positive (积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to  6  that what people said about me was   7 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s   8  it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my   9   and went to college. My first novel   10    while I was at college. After college I taught during the   11  in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a   12   in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of   13   that job to write full time   14   I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself —   15   was a working-class boy who’d   16   school early, now teaching at the university. My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and   17 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars.   18  what does it mean? I   19  wish all the people that have put me down had   20 : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
    小题1:
    A．brightB．uselessC．simpleD．hopeful
    小题2:
    A．anythingB．somethingC．everythingD．nothing
    小题3:
    A．lowB．poorC．goodD．useful
    小题4:
    A．supportB．happinessC．surpriseD．thing
    小题5:
    A．admittedB．decidedC．plannedD．told
    小题6:
    A．meB．themC．herD．it
    小题7:
    A．wrongB．rightC．stupidD．faulty
    小题8:
    A．seeB．knowC．understandD．face
    小题9:
    A．experiment B．practiceC．writingD．composition
    小题10:
    A．came onB．came inC．came outD．came back
    小题11:
    A．dayB．nightC．monthD．year
    小题12:
    A．graduationB．passC．degreeD．success
    小题13:
    A．giving inB．giving backC．giving outD．giving up
    小题14:
    A．whileB．ifC．whenD．or
    小题15:
    A．thereB．hereC．itD．that
    小题16:
    A．leftB．attendedC．changedD．graduated
    小题17:
    A．tiredB．calmC．nervousD．famous
    小题18:
    A．AndB．ButC．HoweverD．Well
    小题19:
    A．justB．exactlyC．soD．very
    小题20:
    A．praisedB．saidC．answeredD．advised

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