Kerry and Alice were both artists in Britain．They taught drawing and painting at Cambridge University．Although they were friends，each thought oneself to be the better painter．
One day，Kerry promised marriage to Alice．Surprised and pleased by the offer，the girl was not sure whether she would spend her future as a wife or a painter．After a moment she replied as follows,“Each of us must paint a picture．If yours is superior to mine．you can make me your wife．If not，please drop the question．”Then it was decided to give it the following day．
The next morning，Alice hung her picture on the gate．It showed a bunch of flowers and won high praise(贊揚(yáng))from everyone who passed by．In fact，a crowd collected in front of her masterpiece and fixed their eyes on it．
Several hours passed．Then Kerry was seen coming along to the gate with what appeared to be a beautiful leather suitcase in his hand．When he finally stopped before Alice, the girl artist blushed like a rose and agreed to marry him without any hesitation(猶豫)．Why?
Answer the questions：
小題1:What are Kerry and Alice?
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小題2:What’s the meaning of the underlined part“superior to”?
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小題3:Did Kerry agree to Alice’s suggestion?
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小題4:Why did Alice’s picture win high praise?
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小題5:What do you think the“l(fā)eather suitcase’’ really was?
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小題1:They were teachers of Art at Cambridge University.
小題2:It means “better than”.
小題3:Yes，he did.
小題4:It was true to nature
小題5:It was a painting drawn by Kerry.

試題分析：文章講述Kerry and Alice兩人都是英國(guó)的藝術(shù)家，同在劍橋大學(xué)教繪畫(huà)，繪畫(huà)造詣上有得一拼，但沒(méi)想到Kerry他向Alice她求婚。Alice提出比拼畫(huà)藝來(lái)決定答應(yīng)與否，結(jié)果Kerry的畫(huà)比Alice更逼真，從而贏得了美人歸的故事。
小題1:根據(jù)文章第一段第一句Kerry and Alice were both artists in Britain．及第二句They taught drawing and painting at Cambridge University進(jìn)行信息加工即可得答案。
小題2:根據(jù)上下文意思，Kerry向Alice求婚，Alice要求各自畫(huà)幅畫(huà)，“如果你的超過(guò)我，就嫁給你，如果沒(méi)有超過(guò)的話，就放棄�！睆亩梢酝茢喑鰏uperior to是better than 之意。
小題3:根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段最后一行Then it was decided to give it the following day可推斷出Kerry同意Alice的看法。
小題4:從倒數(shù)第二段a crowd collected in front of her masterpiece and fixed their eyes on it可以得知Alice畫(huà)的花活靈活現(xiàn)，很逼真。
小題5: the “l(fā)eather suitcase”實(shí)際上是Kerry 畫(huà)的畫(huà)。從下文內(nèi)容可知，Alice看到Kerry 的畫(huà)后立刻同意嫁給他，由此可見(jiàn)Kerry的這幅畫(huà)一定更為逼真。
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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：完形填空

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C、D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was   1   and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be   2   but a failure.” After five years of   3  jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the beatific   4   that could have happened to me. I  5  I wanted to do something positive (積極地) with my life because I wanted to prove to  6  that what people said about me was   7 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s   8  it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my   9   and went to college. My first novel   10    while I was at college. After college I taught during the   11  in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a   12   in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of   13   that job to write full time   14   I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself —   15   was a working-class boy who’d   16   school early, now teaching at the university. My writing career (職業(yè)) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and   17 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars.   18  what does it mean? I   19  wish all the people that have put me down had   20 : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
小題1:
A．brightB．uselessC．simpleD．hopeful
小題2:
A．a(chǎn)nythingB．somethingC．everythingD．nothing
小題3:
A．lowB．poorC．goodD．useful
小題4:
A．supportB．happinessC．surpriseD．thing
小題5:
A．a(chǎn)dmittedB．decidedC．plannedD．told
小題6:
A．meB．themC．herD．it
小題7:
A．wrongB．rightC．stupidD．faulty
小題8:
A．seeB．knowC．understandD．face
小題9:
A．experiment B．practiceC．writingD．composition
小題10:
A．came onB．came inC．came outD．came back
小題11:
A．dayB．nightC．monthD．year
小題12:
A．graduationB．passC．degreeD．success
小題13:
A．giving inB．giving backC．giving outD．giving up
小題14:
A．whileB．ifC．whenD．or
小題15:
A．thereB．hereC．itD．that
小題16:
A．leftB．a(chǎn)ttendedC．changedD．graduated
小題17:
A．tiredB．calmC．nervousD．famous
小題18:
A．AndB．ButC．HoweverD．Well
小題19:
A．justB．exactlyC．soD．very
小題20:
A．praisedB．saidC．a(chǎn)nsweredD．a(chǎn)dvised

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