Sam is a 9-year-old dog. He has a : painting. The hobby not only makes him famous, but als

Sam is a 9-year-old dog. He has a : painting. The hobby not only makes him famous, but also makes him .
Sam has drawn 22 paintings. of them are abstract (抽象派的). He likes to start with darker colors moving on to lighter ones.
Sam’s paintings are in the US. Some of them sell for $1,700. A woman even bought one a birthday gift for her dog.
“He loves painting and always paints for hours,” said Sam’s owner, Mary.
Sam was once a rescue (搜救) dog. One day, Mary wanted to teach him .
“I dolphins paint and elephants paint , so I thought that maybe my dog could paint, too,” said Mary.
She is right. Now Sam is one of the world’s animal artists. People call him “Da Vinci in the dog world”.
【小题1】A．jobB．habitC．planD．hobby【小题2】A．fatB．uglyC．richD．healthy【小题3】A．AllB．BothC．EnoughD．Everyone【小题4】A．afterB．beforeC．sinceD．then【小题5】A．luckyB．newC．popularD．open【小题6】A．as soon asB．as early as C．as much asD．as many as【小题7】A．withB．asC．atD．in【小题8】A．nothingB．everythingC．anythingD．something【小题9】A．sawB．madeC．triedD．loved【小题10】A．greaterB．greatestC．wellD．betterD

(答案→)D 解析：Sam 是一条9岁大的狗，他有一最大的爱好，那就是画画，他喜欢画抽象派的画，他的画在美国是很著名的，他们其中的一些的售价高达1700美元。一个女人甚至买了一份作为生日礼物给她的狗。Mary是看到海豚的画和大象的画，就想教他的，现在他是全世界最有名的动物之一。人们叫他“达文西狗的世界”。【小题1】考查名词及语境的理解。A. job工作；B. habit习惯；C. plan计划；D. hobby爱好。联系下文，提及他的爱好使他很著名了，用到了爱好，故选D。【小题2】考查形容词及语境的理解。A. fat胖的；B. ugly丑的；C. rich富有的；D. healthy健康的。Some of them sell for as much as $1,700句意：他们其中的一些的售价高达1700美元。从中得知他的画价值很高，证明他是富有的。故选C。【小题3】考查语境的理解。A. All 全部；B. Both两者都；C. Enough足够的；D. Everyone每个人。只能用all of(全部)，画了22幅画，其它选项均不符题意。故选A。【小题4】考查连词及语境的理解。A. after在……之后；B. before在……之前；C. since自从；D. then然而。原文：He likes to start with darker colors（他喜欢以黑色开始）， moving on to lighter ones.（移动到较淡的色彩上）两者之间的关系是前者为先，因此选用before联接句子，故选B。【小题5】考查形容词及语境的理解。A. lucky 幸运的；B. new新的；C. popular受欢迎的；D. open开着的。联系句意他的画是受欢迎的在美国，下文也提及他的画价值是较高的。故选C。【小题6】考查短语及语境的理解。A. as soon as一……就；B. as early as和…….一样早；C. as much as和……一样多（常接不可数名词）；D. as many as和……一样多（常接可数名词）句中的钱是不可数的，故选C。【小题7】考查介词及语境的理解。A. with 和；B. as作为；C. at在；D. in在……里。原文：A woman even bought one as a birthday gift for her dog. 一个女人甚至买了一份作为生日礼物给她的狗。通过句意知道是作为一份礼物，故选B。【小题8】考查代词及语境的理解。A. nothing 什么都没有；B. everything每一样事物；C. anything任何事物；D. something某物。原文：One day, Mary wanted to teach him something.句意：有一天，玛丽想教他点什么。因为他是一条狗，不是可教他每一样事物，也不可能是任何事物，所以只有某事，故选D。【小题9】考查动词及语境的理解。A. saw看（see的过去式）；B. made制作（make的过去式）；C. tried尽力（try的过去式）；D. loved爱（love的过去式）。分析对海豚的画和大象的画，一定是看到的，故选A。【小题10】考查形容词及语境的理解。A. greater更大（great的比较级）；B. greatest最大（great的最高级）；C. well好；D. better更好（good的比较级）。原句中考查短语one of +形容词最高级+可数名词复数。故选 B。

我明天再问问老师，叫他解释下这个问题