OncethereisaboyinLondon.HisnameisJimmy.Hestartspaintingwhenheisthreeyearsold,andwhenheisfiveyearsold,heisalreadyverygoodatit.Hepaintsmanybeautifulandinterestingpictures,andalotofpeoplebuyhispictures.Theysay,“Thisboyisgoingtobefamouswhenhe’salittleolder,andthenwe’regoingtosellthesepicturesforalotofmoney.”
Jimmy’spicturesaredifferentfromothers’becauseheneverpaintsonthewholeofthepaper.Heonlypaintsonhalfofit,andtheotherhalfisalwaysempty.
“That’sveryclever,”peoplesay.“Nootherpaintershaveeverdonethat!”
OnedaysomeoneasksJimmy,“Pleasetellme,Jimmy,whydoyouonlypaintonthebottom(底)halfofthepaper,butnotonthetophalf?”
“BecauseI’msmall,”Jimmysays,“andmybrushescan’treachveryhigh.”
1.Fromthepassage,weknowJimmylivesin___________.
A.China.x05x05B.England.x05C.America.x05D.Canada.
2.___________,hebeganpainting.
A.Whenhewasthreeyearsold.x05x05B.Whenhewasfiveyearsold.
C.Whenhewaseightyearsold.x05x05D.Whenhewastenyearsold.
3.HowareJimmy’spictures?
A.Beautiful.x05x05x05x05x05x05B.Interesting.x05
C.Badx05x05x05x05x05x05x05x05D.Beautifulandinteresting.
4.WhichpartofpaperdidJimmypaint?
A.Thewholeofthepaperx05x05x05x05x05B.Thetophalf.x05
C.Thebottomhalf.x05x05x05x05x05x05D.Themiddlepart.
5.Jimmyonlypaintshalfofthepaperbecause____________.
A.hewasveryclever.x05x05x05x05x05x05B.hewasveryshort.x05
C.hewasverytall.x05x05x05x05x05x05D.hewasverybig.