An artist went to the beautiful countryside for his holiday and                

______ (停留) in a farmer’s home. He often went out to paint with his           1. _____________

paints and brushes. When it got d______, he went back and had a good            2.______________

d______ (吃饭)with the farmer. At the end of his holiday, he wanted to              3. _____________

______ (付) the farmer some money. But the farmer said, “Give               4. _____________

me ______ of your pictures instead of money. Money can be used up,              5. _____________

but your picture will be here forever.” The artist was very p______             6. _____________

and thanked the farmer ______ saying such kind words about his pictures.        7. _____________

The farmer ______ (回答), “My son wants to become an artist. When he            8. _____________

comes home from London, I’ll s______ him your picture. He won’t want         9. _____________

to be an artist any more ______ (那时), I think.”                            10._____________

For a long time they walked without saying ____ word. Jim was the first to break

____ silence.

   A. the; a            B. a; the           C. a; /            D. the; /

I’m surprised that some of these old houses       after the earthquake.

A. get up   B. stay up  C. put up       D. give up

I ______ Mr White at that time, otherwise I wouldn’t have asked you for some information about him.

   A. hadn’t known     B. didn’t know    C. don’t know     D. haven’t known

You can go out, _________you promise to be back before 11 o'clock.

   A. as far as        B. so far as        C. when            D. so long as

—Do you think I can wear sports clothes for his wedding?

   —No, sports clothes are not______.

   A proper             B. right            C. appropriate     D. fit

I like reading poems, because poems can ___certain ____.

   A. convey; emotion                       B. convey; emotions  

   C. express; emotions                     D. explain; emotions

With my money ______, I went back home.

   A. ran out of        B. ran out          C. running out of D. running out

___ for the fact that you were lazy, you could have finished the assignment by now.

    A. It were not  B. Weren’t it      C. Had it not been D. Had not been