Ruby, the artist, is an Asian elephant. She is 17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. She has made more than $ 40,000 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Ruby first showed the art talent(才能) about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk. She rubbed out the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo makers gave her brushes and paints. Soon Ruby was painting pictures. Newspaper reporters wrote about Ruby, then people asked for her pictures. And in this way she made a lot of money for the zoo by painting.
This is how Ruby does the paintings. A zoo worker holds different color paints. Ruby touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her the chosen colors to the brushes in her trunk and Ruby begins to paint.
ⅠChoose the best answer according to the passage:
1. We can most probably read this story in ____.
A. a dictionary about animals B. a newspaper C. a book on art D. a history textbook
2. Ruby first learnt to draw pictures ____.
A. when it was very young
B. with brushes and paints
C. to make money
D. in the sand with her trunk
3. People asked for Ruby’s pictures because ____.
A. newspaper reporters had written about her pictures
B. her pictures were better than the ones the real artists drew
C. they just wanted to have fun
D. the zoo workers asked them to do so
4. Ruby rubbed out the marks she had drawn in order to (为了) ____.
A. make other ones B. clean her trunk
C. dig a hole in the sand D. ask for more brushes and paints
5. From the story we can know that ____.
A. Ruby can draw a picture all by herself
B. Ruby can’t draw a picture all by herself
C. Ruby can draw a picture with the help of the zoo workers
D. Ruby will ask for money if she finishes a picture
ⅡComplete the sentences according to the passage:
6. Ruby is the name of an Asian e ____.
7. Zoo leaders say Ruby first s ____ the art talent about 4 years ago.
8. Newspaper r ____ wrote about Ruby.
9. Ruby made a lot of money for the zoo by p ____.
10. The worker gave Ruby the c ____ colors to the brushes in her trunk.
答案与详解
1. Zoo leaders say she first showed the art talent about four years ago.动物园的领导说她第一次显示她的艺术才能是在4年前。
2. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk. 动物园的工人看她在沙子里用她的鼻子画画。
3. She rubbed out the marks, then made the new ones. 她擦掉这些痕迹，然后画新的。
Goals determine what you're going to be.人生的奋斗目标决定你将成为什么样的人。
1.B 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.C6.elephant 7.showed 8.reporters 9. painting 10.chosen
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