Question

【題目】A young painter completed a nice picture. To get people’s t【1】 about his skills, he put it at a crossing on a busy street. And below it a board read, ＂Gentlemen, I have painted this piece. S【2】 I’m new, I might make some mistakes in it. Please put a cross (叉號) wherever you see a mistake.＂

When he came back in the evening to c【3】 his picture, he was shocked to see that the whole picture was filled with crosses. And some people e【4】 wrote something on his picture. Sadly, he ran to his master and said, ＂I failed. And if this is what I have learned, I’m not w【5】 teaching. ＂

The master smiled and suggested, ＂I’ll let you know that you’re a great artist. Now go to paint the same picture again and give it to me. ＂

Then they went to the same street the next morning and put the new picture exactly at the same place. Now the master took out another board w【6】 said, ＂Gentlemen, I painted this piece. There might be some mistakes in it. I have put a box with colors and brushes just below. Please give me a h【7】. If you see a mistake, pick up the brush and correct it.＂

Two days later, they came back to the place. The young painter was s【8】 to see that actually there was not a single correction done!

It’s easy to say but difficult to do. If you want to help people i【9】 their behavior, you’d better learn how to help people change their attitudes (態(tài)度) or skills. Also, always remember not to judge (評判) y【10】 by someone else’s words and feel bad.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 thoughts

【2】 Since

【3】 collect

【4】 even

【5】 worth

【6】 which

【7】 hand

【8】 surprised

【9】 improve

【10】 yourself

【解析】

這篇文章講了一個(gè)年輕的畫家為了獲得別人的評價(jià)就把畫作放在鬧市口任由人們在上面畫叉，結(jié)果讓他很失望，讓他一度想要放棄，最后老師出馬，卻出現(xiàn)了截然相反的結(jié)果，這教會了他一個(gè)道理，不要用別人的話來評判自己。

【1】句意：為了獲得人們對他技巧的想法，他把畫作放在了繁忙街道的十字路口處。他把畫作放在這里是想獲得別人的想法，故這里填thoughts。

【2】句意：因?yàn)槲沂切氯?/span>，我可能在作品中犯了一些小錯(cuò)誤。這里是陳述我為什么會犯一些錯(cuò)誤，since做連詞，引出原因，故這里填Since。

【3】句意：當(dāng)他晚上回來拿回他的畫作的時(shí)候，他很震驚地看到整個(gè)畫面都畫滿了叉�！癱ollect”有“收集，拿走，取走”之意，這里是說晚上他要“取回”自己的畫作，故填collect。

【4】句意：一些人甚至在他的畫作上寫了一些東西。這里缺的是一個(gè)副詞，“even”表示“甚至”，甚至有的人在他的畫作上寫了字，故這里填even。

【5】句意：我不值得教。他很悲傷跑去找自己的老師，表示自己失敗了，“be worth doing”是“值得做…”，他想說自己不值得教。故這里填worth。

【6】句意：現(xiàn)在老師拿出了另一塊板子上面寫著…，“which”引導(dǎo)“board”的定語從句，在定語從句中做主語，用來引出板子上寫的內(nèi)容，故這里填which。

【7】句意：請幫幫我。“give sb a hand”即為“幫某人一把”，這里是老師寫在板子上的內(nèi)容，請求路人拿起畫筆幫作者一把，故填 hand。

【8】句意：這位年輕的畫家驚訝地看到實(shí)際上沒有做過任何一處簡單的修正！看到這個(gè)結(jié)果年輕人心中應(yīng)該是“驚訝的”（surprised），故這里填surprised。

【9】句意：如果你想幫助人們改善他們的行為，你最好學(xué)會如何幫助人們改變他們的態(tài)度或技能。這里是說“說起來容易做起來難”，老師表示要想幫助人們改善行為，最好先讓他們改變態(tài)度。“improve behaviors”指“改善行為”，故這里填improve。

【10】句意：永遠(yuǎn)記住不要用別人的話來評判你自己并且因此感覺不好。最后引出老師的觀點(diǎn)，不要因?yàn)閯e人的話就來給自己定性，“judge yourself”指“評判你自己”，故這里填yourself。