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An American went to Paris and bought a picture from a French artist (艺术家). The American thought the picture was very good. But when he came back to his room and was going to put the picture on the wall,he couldn't tell the top from the bottom of the picture. He turned the picture this way and that,but he still didn't know.       He thought and thought. He hung(悬挂) the picture in the dining room. Then he asked the artist to dinner.When the artist came,the American said nothing to him about the picture,he went with the artist into the dining room to have the meal. When the artist began to eat,he looked at the picture for some time. When he began to eat the fish,he put on his glasses and looked at the picture again. Before he began to eat his apples,he stood up and walked to the picture and looked at it carefully. At last when he began to have his tea,he looked again and found the picture was upside down (颠倒).       "Why,my friend," he said,"the picture is upside down. "       "Indeed! But why did it take you so long to find that out?" said the American. "You painted it, didn't you?"

1. The American asked the French artist to dinner because       .

A. he wanted to thank the artist B. he wanted to ask the artist to draw another picture for him C. he wanted to know if he hung the picture right D. he wanted to teach the artist a lesson

2.The artist looked at the picture several times,but he didn't say anything,because       .

A.he couldn't tell the top from the bottom at first, either B. he thought it was an ugly picture C. he wanted to say something after the meal D. he thought it was right to hang the picture like that

3. Which of the following is NOT right?

A. Sometimes even an artist can't tell the top of a picture from its bottom. B. The American was clever. C.The French artist gave the picture to the American as a present. D. The American liked the picture very much.

4. How many times did the artist look at the picture before he found it was wrong?

A. Only once. B. Twice. C. Three times. D. Four times.

5.Why didn't the American ask the artist as soon as he came into the house?

A. Because he thought it would be foolish to do so. B. Because he didn't want the artist to lose face. C. Because he knew the picture was upside down. D. Because he was hungry.

题型：阅读理解  难度：偏难

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1-5 CACCA

据专家权威分析，试题“阅读理解 An American went to Paris and bought a picture from..”主要考查你对  故事类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

故事类阅读

考点名称：故事类阅读

• 故事类阅读：
  文章一般描述的是某一件具体事情的发生发展或结局，有人物、时间、地点和事件。
  命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件的之间的关系、作者的态度及意图、故事前因和后果的推测等方面着手，考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力。
  阅读这类材料时，同学们一定要根据主要情节掌握文章主旨大意，同时抓住每一个细节，设身处地根据文章内容揣摩作者的态度和意图，根据情节展开想象，即使是碰到深层理解题也可迎刃而解。

• 故事类阅读注意：
  初中生接触到的阅读材料大都是故事类。
  阅读故事类的材料，应该抓住人物线索、地点线索、时间线索和情节发展线索。
  
  特别注意的是，以上线索往往是并存的。因为情节的发展总是涉及到人物的变化、时间的推移、场景的变换等。
  而阅读材料后的阅读理解往往会围绕这些内容设计一些事实类的理解题。
  
  凡事实类的理解题都可以从阅读材料的表层文字中找到答案。
  
  在阅读故事类短文时，应理解文章的深层含义，也就是它的主题。在此需要注意的是，现在的阅读理解题在测试事实类的理解题的同时，往往有一道推理类理解测试题．