A Trip into a Young Farmer’s Mind
Chickens that can talk? Cows that can dance? They are all in Louis Black’s comic books(漫畫書).
Louis Black was born on a farm. The quiet young man spent most of his life helping his parents on the farm. When he was nine, he started to draw the animals on the farm. Later, he put them into his comic books in his own funny way. They were enjoyed by his family but never shown to people outside the farm.
The shy farmer’s comic books became famous only after he died. He passed on in a fire three years ago, when he was only 35. In order to remember him, his family showed his comic books in the town museum, and people liked them very much. Now the original(原始的) pictures of Louis Black’s farm animals can be seen at the City Art Center for one month.
Come and visit the beautiful world of Louis Black!
小題1:At what age did Louis begin to draw the animals on the farm?
A．At 9.B．At 13.C．At 23.D．At 35.
小題2:The underlined part “passed on” is closest in meaning to “______”.
A．satB．roseC．diedD．stood
小題3:Which is the right order of the following what happened?
a. His books became popular.          b. His family enjoyed his books.
c. He passed on in a fire.             d. He started to draw animals.
e. He was born on a farm.   
A．a(chǎn)-b-c-d-eB．e-b-d-a-cC．e-d-b-c-aD．b-d-c-e-a
小題4:What is the purpose of the passage?
A．To plan a trip to visit a farm.B．To tell people about an art show.
C．To attract people to the farm.D．To share ideas of drawing comic books.

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:B

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了有關(guān)一個藝術(shù)展的故事，出生在農(nóng)場的路易斯，他花費了大量的時候在農(nóng)場里幫助他的父母親，他用自己的方法畫著各種動物并把它們放進了漫畫書里，最后他的漫畫書被人們所喜歡。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段內(nèi)容：When he was nine, he started to draw the animals on the farm.可知路易斯九歲的時候在農(nóng)場開始畫動物，故選擇A。
小題2:語義猜測題。根據(jù)對文章內(nèi)容的理解，可知passed on表示“去世”，故選擇C。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)對整篇文章內(nèi)容的理解，可知他出生在農(nóng)場→開始在農(nóng)場畫動物→他的父母親喜歡他的漫畫書→他去世于一場火災(zāi)→他的書非常流行，故選擇C。
小題4:主旨大意題。根據(jù)對整篇文章內(nèi)容的理解，可知這篇文章主要告訴人們一個有關(guān)藝術(shù)展的故事，故選擇B。
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