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James Thornhil was an English painter.He painted many beautiful pictures.
Once the king of English asked him to paint some pictures on the walls of the king's palace.The king showed the palace to the painter and said,"You must paint your pictures round the walls of this palace near the ceiling(天花板) ."Then the workers
came and made a big platform.
Thornhill began to paint.He worked with a man who helped him.They painted on the platform near the ceiling.They worked for a year.At last the pictures were ready.
Thornhill looked at the pictures and was very happy.They were beautiful.He looked at the pictures for a long time.How beautiful
they were!He took one step(步) back and looked again.Now the pictures were more beautiful.He took another step,then another.Now he were at the edge(边缘) fo the platform but he did not know it.He thought only of his pictures.The worker helped him
saw everyting."What shall I do?"he thought."Thornhill is at the edge of the platform.If I cry out,he will take another step and will fall down to the stone floor.It will kill him."The worker quickly took a pail(提桶) of paint,ran to a picture and threw the paint at the picture.
"What are you doing?"cried the painter,running quickly back to his picture.
1.The painter was asked to paint pictures______
A.on the ceiling of the king's palace
B.on the wall's of the king's palace
C.on the platform
D.round the walls of the palace near the ceiling
2.When the pictures were ready,the painter______
A.began to paint
B.walked to the very edge of the platform
C.looked at them happily for a long time
D.didn't know how to get down
3.The painter stepped back.The pictures became______
A.uglier
B.more beautiful
C.smaller
D.more interesting
4.The painter stepped back again and again because______
A.he wanted to get down
B.he thought only of the pictures
C.he knew that was far from the edge of the platform
D.he thought he was on the floor
5.The helper was very clever_____
A.because he didn't cry out
B.because he saw everything
C.because he got a good idea to make the painter run quickly
back to his picture
D.because he got a pail of paint

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1 d
2 c
3 b
4 b
5 c