Rueben Hoppenstein is a well-known doctor with offices in New York．In addition to his medical practice, Dr．Hoppenstein has an art collection．One of his private possessions is-or, rather used to be- a painting by Jan Berdyazk, a Polish artist of considerable fame in the modern art world．Unfortunately, no one- not even Dr．Hoppenstein- can see the painting any more.

    The landlord of the building in which Dr．Hoppeastein maintains (keeps) his offices ordered a house painter to put a fresh coat of paint to all the walls in the offices．Such painting is usually done every three years or so, and it was right on schedule．The painter did exactly what he was told to do．He painted all the walls．The only problem was that the Berdyazk painting was on one of those walls．When no one took down the work of art, the painter covered the painting as well as the rest of the wall surface with a fresh coat of paint.

    When the doctor returned to his office after a day at the hospital, he looked at the wall and saw the damage．He was absolutely angry．“It’s a good thing．I was in the operating room when you did this,” he told the painter, “or you would have painted me!”

    Dr．Hoppenstein still can’t believe what happened, the seven-foot by four-foot painting was valued at more than $10,000．It stood a full two inches out from the wall．The name of the work of the art was “Out of Darkness．Light.” There was no light left when the house painter got done with it.

1．This story is mainly about ________ .

A．how to paint an office

B．a landlord and his doctor

C．painting on a painting

D．doctors who got angry

2．The painter thought he was ________.

A．better than the artist

B．not paid enough for the job

C．supposed to finish the job fast

D．doing what he was supposed to

3．Which happened last ?  ________

A．The doctor was very angry

BD．The History of NATO

 

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C．The art work was covered over

D．The landlord ordered a paint job

4．If the doctor had been in his office, ________ .

A．the painter would have painted him

B．he would have helped the man paint

C．he could have stopped the painter

D．the landlord would have visited

5．Something right on schedule ________.

A．can’t be found easily

B．is too expensive to see

C．is often very late

D．happens on time

 

    Rueben Hoppenstein is a well-known doctor with offices in New York．In addition to his medical practice, Dr．Hoppenstein has an art collection．One of his private possessions is-or, rather used to be- a painting by Jan Berdyazk, a Polish artist of considerable fame in the modern art world．Unfortunately, no one- not even Dr．Hoppenstein- can see the painting any more.

    The landlord of the building in which Dr．Hoppeastein maintains (keeps) his offices ordered a house painter to put a fresh coat of paint to all the walls in the offices．Such painting is usually done every three years or so, and it was right on schedule．The painter did exactly what he was told to do．He painted all the walls．The only problem was that the Berdyazk painting was on one of those walls．When no one took down the work of art, the painter covered the painting as well as the rest of the wall surface with a fresh coat of paint.

    When the doctor returned to his office after a day at the hospital, he looked at the wall and saw the damage．He was absolutely angry．“It’s a good thing．I was in the operating room when you did this,” he told the painter, “or you would have painted me!”

    Dr．Hoppenstein still can’t believe what happened, the seven-foot by four-foot painting was valued at more than $10,000．It stood a full two inches out from the wall．The name of the work of the art was “Out of Darkness．Light.” There was no light left when the house painter got done with it.

1．This story is mainly about ________ .

A．how to paint an office

B．a landlord and his doctor

C．painting on a painting

D．doctors who got angry

2．The painter thought he was ________.

A．better than the artist

B．not paid enough for the job

C．supposed to finish the job fast

D．doing what he was supposed to

3．Which happened last ?  ________

A．The doctor was very angry

B．A work of art was hung

C．The art work was covered over

D．The landlord ordered a paint job

4．If the doctor had been in his office, ________ .

A．the painter would have painted him

B．he would have helped the man paint

C．he could have stopped the painter

D．the landlord would have visited

5．Something right on schedule ________.

A．can’t be found easily

B．is too expensive to see

C．is often very late

D．happens on time