Jimmy started painting when he was four years old. When he was six, he was already very good at it. He   1   many beautiful and interesting pictures, and people   2   a lot of money for them. They said, “This boy’s going to be   3   when he’s a little older, and then we’re going to   4   these pictures for a lot more money. Then we will get rich.”

       Jimmy’s pictures were   5   from other people’s because he never painted on the whole piece of   6   . He painted on half of it, and the other half was always   7  .

       “That’s very clever,” everyone said, “  8   else does that!”

One day somebody bought one of Jimmy’s   9   and then said to him, “Please tell me this, Jimmy. Why do you paint on the   10   half of your paper, but not on the top half?”

“Because I’m small,” Jimmy said, “and my brushes don’t reach very high.”

1. A. took                     B. borrowed          C. lent                   D. painted

2. A. paid               B. bought                     C. wanted              D. needed

3. A. young            B. famous              C. short                 D. cool

4. A. fill                 B. buy                   C. sell                   D. draw

5. A. different        B. similar               C. away                D. good

6. A. glass             B. wood                C. paper                D. table

7. A. empty            B. full                    C. dirty                 D. blue

8. A. Anybody        B. Somebody         C. Everybody         D. Nobody

9. A. brushes         B. books                C. pictures             D. pens

10. A. middle         B. bottom              C. right                 D. left

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　　Jimmy started painting (绘画) when he was three years old, and when he was five he was already very 1 it. He painted many beautiful and interesting 2 , and a lot of people bought 3 pictures. They said,“This boy is going to be famous when he's 4 older, and then we're going to 5 these pictures for more money.”

　　Jimmy's pictures were different 6 other people's, because he 7 painted on the whole of paper. He painted on 8 of it, and the other half was always 9 .

　　“That's very clever,”everybody said.“ 10 painters did it so before.”

　　 11 day somebody bought one of Jimmy's pictures and then said to him ,“Please 12 me, Jimmy. Why do you 13 on the bottom (底部) half of the paper, but not on the 14 half?”

　　“Because I'm not 15 enough,”said Jimmy,“and my brushes (画笔) don't reach very high.”

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