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　　Tom and Peter are brothers . Tom is a farmer and he lives on the old family 1 . Peter is 2 and he lives in the town . He paints animals . His pictures sell well. Tom doesn't like Peter. Tom is a 3 man . He lives for farm work . Peter is a town man . He 4 in a yellow shirt and an artist' s big hat .

　　“What' s an artist?” Tom thinks . “An artist doesn't 5 . But I work day and night. My cows are famous . ” Tom' s farm has some cows . But he has one very famous animal: Duke, the bull.

　　Sometimes a farmer asks, “Do you want to 6 your bull, Tom?”

　　“Duke? No, never. Not for one hundred pounds.”

　　Usually there is no answer. A hundred pounds is a lot of 7 .

　　Last month, 8 stayed with Tom on the farm for a few days . Peter had a good look at his farm, his best cows and his famous bull, and he painted a picture of a bull.

　　One week later, Peter talked with Tom on the telephone. “Do you remember my 9 of a bull?” Peter asked . “We looked at it in your room . ”

　　“Yes, I do.” said Tom.

　　“I sold it to 10 yesterday.”

　　“Good, ” Tom said, “I'm 11 for you.”

　　“He gave me three hundred pound.”

　　“What?” asked Tom . “Three hundred pounds? For a picture?” Tom was very angry. “And perhaps I can only get 12 hundred pounds for Duke. A picture is 13 , but Duke is a living animal. A 14 doesn't make more pictures . But Duke will have hundreds of cows . That man must be 15 !”

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　　Mr. Jackson was a painter from England. One day he was staying in a hotel in Australia. While he was having breakfast，an American who had a picture under his arm sat beside him. They introduced(介紹)themselves to each other. The American's name was Jim Black. He only collected pictures，but when Mr. Jackson asked if he was a painter too，Mr. Black answered，“Yes，I am.”

　　Soon they became friends and began to talk about painting.“It's a beautiful day. Let's paint some pictures in the garden，”said Mr. Jackson after a while. Mr. Black didn't know what to say because he was not able to paint.

　　A little time later they went into the garden with a paint box. The garden was full of spring flowers.Mr.Jackson began to paint，but Mr.Black didn't.He just walked around the garden.

　　“I've almost finished my picture.”Mr. Jackson said. He was painting a mother giving food to her baby in the garden.

　　“Beautiful! Wonderful! You are a very good painter.But I'm afraid that you have made one mistake，”said Mr.Black.“When a mother gives food to her baby she always opens her mouth too.”Mr.Jackson laughed and said，“I don't think every mother does that.Have you finished your picture yet，Mr.Black?”“No，not yet，”answered Mr.Black.

　　“What shall I paint?”he thought to himself.Then he had a good idea.

Mr.Black said he was paining a picture in only one color.Mr.Jackson asked what the picture was.Mr.Black answered with a smile，“A white cat is catching a white mouse in the snow.”

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A．was a painter

B．was an old friend of Mr. Jackson's

C．only collected paintings

D．collected Mr. Jackson's paintings

(2)Mr. Jackson painted________.

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A．a(chǎn) mother eating

B．a(chǎn) baby taking food from its mother

C．a(chǎn) mother giving food to her baby with her mouth open

D．a(chǎn) baby with a big mouth

(3)When they knew each other，they________.

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A．were paining

B．were in Australia

C．were old friends

D．were traveling to America

(4)From the passage we know________.

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A．Jim Black wanted to play with Mr. Jackson

B．there was a white cat，a white mouse in the white snow in Jim Black's picture

C．Mr. Jackson painted well

D．Mr. Jackson knew Jim Black couldn't paint

(5)Which of the following is TRUE?

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A．All the mothers in the world open their mouths when they give food to their babies.

B．People only plant spring flowers in the hotel.

C．Jim Black often paint in only one color.

D．It was a spring day.

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　　Tom and Peter are brothers . Tom is a farmer and he lives on the old family 1 . Peter is 2 and he lives in the town . He paints animals . His pictures sell well. Tom doesn't like Peter. Tom is a 3 man . He lives for farm work . Peter is a town man . He 4 in a yellow shirt and an artist' s big hat .

　　“What' s an artist?” Tom thinks . “An artist doesn't 5 . But I work day and night. My cows are famous . ” Tom' s farm has some cows . But he has one very famous animal: Duke, the bull.

　　Sometimes a farmer asks, “Do you want to 6 your bull, Tom?”

　　“Duke? No, never. Not for one hundred pounds.”

　　Usually there is no answer. A hundred pounds is a lot of 7 .

　　Last month, 8 stayed with Tom on the farm for a few days . Peter had a good look at his farm, his best cows and his famous bull, and he painted a picture of a bull.

　　One week later, Peter talked with Tom on the telephone. “Do you remember my 9 of a bull?” Peter asked . “We looked at it in your room . ”

　　“Yes, I do.” said Tom.

　　“I sold it to 10 yesterday.”

　　“Good, ” Tom said, “I'm 11 for you.”

　　“He gave me three hundred pound.”

　　“What?” asked Tom . “Three hundred pounds? For a picture?” Tom was very angry. “And perhaps I can only get 12 hundred pounds for Duke. A picture is 13 , but Duke is a living animal. A 14 doesn't make more pictures . But Duke will have hundreds of cows . That man must be 15 !”

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