Question

The power of encouragement is great. You may draw some inspiration from the following story.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a famous 19th-century poet and artist, was once ______ by an elderly man. The old man had some sketches (素描) and drawings that he______ Rossetti to look at and tell him if they were any good, or if they at least showed ______ talent.

Rossetti looked them ______ carefully. After the first few, he knew that they were worthless, showing not the least______ of artistic talent. But Rossetti was a _____ man, and he told the elderly man as gently as possible that the pictures were of little _____ and showed little talent. He was sorry, but he could not _____ to the man.

The visitor was _____ , but seemed to expect Rossetti’s _____. He then apologized for _____ Rossetti’s time, but would he just _____ a few more drawings—these done by a(n) _____art student? Rossetti looked over the _____batch (一批) of sketches and immediately became enthusiastic over the talent they _____. “These,” he said, “oh, these are good. This young student has great talent. He should be given every _____ and encouragement in his career as an artist. He has a _____ future if he will work and stick to it.”

Rossetti could see that the old man was _____moved. “Who is this fine young artist?” he asked. “Your son?” “No.” said the old man sadly. “It was I who painted the pictures 40 years ago. _____I had heard your praise then! For you see, I got discouraged and_____drawing—too soon.”

1.A. helpedB. visited C. respected D. requested

2.A. hopedB. made C. hadD. wanted

3.A. potentialB. commercial C. officialD. spiritual

4.A. up B. on C. overD. down

5.A. signB. mark C. chanceD. view

6.A. rudeB. kind C. talentedD. creative

7.A. helpB. price C. valueD. quality

8.A. speakB. apologizeC. listenD. lie

9.A. disappointedB. annoyedC. delightedD. puzzled

10.A. achievement B. developmentC. statementD. judgment

11.A. taking upB. turning upC. making upD. looking up

12.A. aim atB. glare at C. look atD. stare at

13.A. oldB. youngC. famousD. talented

14.A. firstB. secondC. thirdD. last

15.A. reviewedB. exposedC. showedD. rejected

16.A. helpB. time C. chanceD. work

17.A. charming B. surprising C. promisingD. touching

18.A. slightly B. smoothly C. simplyD. deeply

19.A. If onlyB. Only if C. Now thatD. As long as

20.A. insisted on B. gave up C. headed toD. led to

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.B

15.C

16.A

17.C

18.D

19.A

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章通過一個畫家的故事給我們講述了一個人生道理--通往成功的路沒有捷徑，任何時候都要相信自己，要經(jīng)受住挫折的打擊，不能輕言放棄。老人拿著畫作去請教著名的畫家，畫家覺得他的畫一文不值。但是，畫家很看好他40年前的畫作，對它們的評價很高。老人很后悔自己過早放棄了繪畫。

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考點：故事類短文閱讀