Sam is a 9-year-old dog. He has a : painting. The hobby not only makes him famous, but also makes him .

Sam has drawn 22 paintings. of them are abstract (抽象派的). He likes to start with darker colors moving on to lighter ones.

Sam’s paintings are in the US. Some of them sell for $1,700. A woman even bought one a birthday gift for her dog.

“He loves painting and always paints for hours,” said Sam’s owner, Mary.

Sam was once a rescue (搜救) dog. One day, Mary wanted to teach him .

“I dolphins paint and elephants paint , so I thought that maybe my dog could paint, too,” said Mary.

She is right. Now Sam is one of the world’s animal artists. People call him “Da Vinci in the dog world”.

1.A. job B. habit C. plan D. hobby

2.A. fat B. ugly C. rich D. healthy

3.A. All B. Both C. Enough D. Everyone

4.A. after B. before C. since D. then

5.A. lucky B. new C. popular D. open

6.A. as soon as B. as early as C. as much as D. as many as

7.A. with B. as C. at D. in

8.A. nothing B. everything C. anything D. something

9.A. saw B. made C. tried D. loved

10.A. greater B. greatest C. well D. better

One day, Mr. Smith went to a dinner party. He  was wearing  very old clothes. He came into the room. But people in the room didn’t look at him.They didn’t ask him to sit at the table. He wasn’t happy. But he said nothing.
Mr. Smith went home quickly（迅速地） and put on （穿上） his best clothes. He went back to the party. Everyone in the room stood up and looked at him. They gave him good food to eat.?
Mr. Smith took off（脱下） his coat, and put it on the food and said, “Eat, coat（大衣）!”?The other people were surprised and asked, “What are you doing? Why do you do that?”
Mr. Smith answered, “I am asking my coat to eat food. When I wore old clothes, you didn’t look at me. You didn’t ask me to sit down. Now I am wearing these nice clothes. And you give me good food. Now I see, you give the food to my coat, not to me.”?
【小题1】One day, Mr. Smith went to__________.?

One day Mr Smith went to a dinner party. He was wearing very old clothes. He came into the room, but people in the room didn’t look at him. They didn’t ask him to sit at the table. He wasn’t happy. But he said nothing.Mr Smith went home quickly and put on his best clothes. He went back to the party. Everyone in the room stood up and looked at him. They gave him good food to eat.Mr Smith took off his coat, and put it on the food and said, “Eat, coat!”

     The other people were surprised and asked, “What are you doing? Why do you do that?”Mr Smith answered, “I am asking my coat to eat food. When I wore old clothes, you didn’t look at me. You didn’t ask me to sit down. Now I am wearing these nice clothes. And you give me good food. Now see, you give the food to my coat, not to me.”

1.One day Mr Smith went to      .

A. a birthday party                              B. a dinner party     

C. an English party                            D. a movie

2.When he came into the room, the people didn’t look at him. Why?

A. Because the people didn’t ask him to come.          

B. Because Mr Smith wore old clothes.

C. Because Mr Smith didn’t say hello to them first.       

D. Because it was night and they didn’t see him.

3.Why did he go home quickly?

A. Because he didn’t want to stay at a restaurant.          

B. Because he went home for his best clothes..

C. Because the people there asked him to leave       

D. Because he didn’t like the food there.

4.What’s the meaning of “surprised” in Chinese?

A.高兴的                     B.不满的          C.感到奇怪的                D.生气的

5.Which statement is right?

A. A person in good clothes should eat good food    

B. A good coat should eat good food.

C. We can’t judge (判断) a man by his clothes.       

D. Mr Smith is stupid (愚蠢的).

One day, Mr. Smith went to a dinner party. He  was wearing  very old clothes. He came into the room. But people in the room didn’t look at him.They didn’t ask him to sit at the table. He wasn’t happy. But he said nothing.

Mr. Smith went home quickly（迅速地） and put on （穿上） his best clothes. He went back to the party. Everyone in the room stood up and looked at him. They gave him good food to eat.?

Mr. Smith took off（脱下） his coat, and put it on the food and said, “Eat, coat（大衣）!”?The other people were surprised and asked, “What are you doing? Why do you do that?”

Mr. Smith answered, “I am asking my coat to eat food. When I wore old clothes, you didn’t look at me. You didn’t ask me to sit down. Now I am wearing these nice clothes. And you give me good food. Now I see, you give the food to my coat, not to me.”?

1.One day, Mr. Smith went to__________.?

2.When he came into the room,Why the people didn’t look at him??

3.Why did he go home quickly??

4.What’s the meaning of “surprised”in Chinese??

5.What can you learn from the passage（文章）?