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in art. For years, he had always been planning to paint a work of art, but had never yet begun it. He earned a
little money by serving as a model to artists who could not pay for a professional model. He was a fierce, little,
old man who protected the two young women in the studio apartment above him.
Sue found Behrman in his room. In one area was a blank canvas (画布) that had been waiting twenty-five
years for the first line of paint. Sue told him about Johnsy and how she feared that her friend would float away
like a leaf on the old ivy vine climbing hopelessly up the outside block wall.
Old Behrman was angered at such an idea. "Are there people in the world with the foolishness to die because
leaves drop off a vine? Why do you let that silly business come in her brain?"
"She is very sick and weak," said Sue, "and the disease has left her mind full of strange ideas."
"This is not any place in which one so good as Miss Johnsy shall lie sick," yelled Behrman. "Some day I will
paint a masterpiece, and we shall all go away."
Johnsy was sleeping when they went upstairs. Sue pulled the shade down to cover the window. She and
Behrman went into the other room. They looked out a window fearfully at the ivy vine. Then they looked at
each other without speaking. A cold rain was falling, mixed with snow. Behrman sat and posed as the miner.
The next morning, Sue awoke after an hour"s sleep. She found Johnsy with wide-open eyes staring at the
covered window.
"Pull up the shade; I want to see," she ordered, quietly.
Sue obeyed.
After the beating rain and fierce wind that blew through the night, there yet stood against the wall one ivy
leaf. It was the last one on the vine. It was still dark green at the center. But its edges were colored with the
yellow. It hung bravely from the branch about seven meters above the ground.
"It is the last one," said Johnsy. "I thought it would surely fail during the night. I heard the wind. It will fall
today and I shall die at the same time."
"Dear, dear!" said Sue, leaning her worn face downtoward the bed. "Think.of me, if you won"t think of
yourself. What would I do?"
But Johnsy did not answer.
The next morning, when it was light, Johnsy demanded that the window shade be raised. The ivy leaf was
still there. Johnsy lay for a long time, looking at it. And then she called to Sue, who was preparing chicken
soup.
"I"ve been a bad girl," said Johnsy. "Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how bad I
was. It is wrong to want to die. You may bring me a little soup now."
An hour later she said:"someday I hope to paint the Bay of Naples."
Later in the day, the doctor came, and Sue talked to him in the hallway.
"Even chances. With good care, you"ll win," said the doctor. "And now I must see another case I have in
your building. Behrman, his name is-some kind of an artist, I believe. Pneumonia (肺炎), too. He is an old,
weak man and his case is severe. There is no hope for him; but he goes to the hospital today to ease his pain."
The next day, the doctor said to Sue:"She"s out of danger. You won. Nutrition and care now-that"s all."
Later that day, Sue came to the bed where Johnsy lay, and put one arm around her.
"I have something to tell you, white mouse," she said."Mister Behrman died of pneumonia today in the
hospital. He was sick only two days. They found him the morning of the first day in his room downstairs
helpless with pain. His shoes and clothing were completely wet and icy cold. They could not imagine where
he had been on such a terrible night.
And then they found a lantern, still lighted. And they found a ladder that had been moved from its place.
And art supplies and a painting board with green and yellow colors mixed on it.
And look out the window, dear, at the last ivy leaf on the wall. Didn"t you wonder why it never moved
when the wind blew? Ah, darling, it is Behrrnan"s masterpiece-he painted it there the night that the last leaf felt."
B. The old ivy leaves have little to do with my getting well.
C. I am such a bad girl as to make everything messy.
D. Someday I hope to paint a masterpiece.
B. His drawing board had waited 25 years to receive the first line of his masterpiece.
C. He was protective of the two girls but mostly sensitive and fierce.
D. He was a professional model waiting for his great opportunity.
B. the three artists mentioned in the story shared a studio apartment
C. Behrman showed great sympathy for the two youth
D. Johnsy was somehow annoyed to be accompanied by a never-succeeded artist
B. The doctor thought that they should let her go.
C. The doctor believed that Johnsy had every chance of recovery.
D. The doctor put her chances at fifty-fifty.
B. she deserved more severe punishment
C. she should never forget about her dream
D. she was ashamed not to be able to support the other two
B. vivid contrasts
C. artistic imagination
D. arresting openings
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试题【阅读理解。 Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor of the apartme】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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basket for my daughter. Am I in the 2 place?" "Well, we have baskets, 3 they"re not East baskets for
kids; they"re food baskets," I explained.
That morning I had arrived at St. Michael"s Church in Carmichael, California, to help 4 the baskets
to needy families for Easter. To make sure the needy would 5 the offer, we had handed out numbers
to them 6 matched the basket they were supposed to receive. Each one contained a full Easter dinner-a
whole ham, potatoes, bread, vegetables and a pie- enough food to help 7 a family for a week.
"Why don"t you come in?" I said to the man. He looked 8 . He 9 his head, "I can"t. My daughter is
waiting for me over there. I"m 10 for the food, but 11 I heard you were giving away baskets for Easter,
well, I thought they would be Easter baskets for 12 ." He continued, "I 13 my daughter one, and I wanted
to surprise her."
I felt bad, but there was 14 we could do. The man handed me his 15 , and I walked over to the baskets.
A bulge (凸出) in one of the baskets caught my 16 . What was that? I wondered. Leaning over and looking
more 17 , I could see, unmistakably, an Easter basket-filled with candy, chocolate and Easter eggs-decorated
with ribbons (丝带). One of the 18 must have added it by mistake! I thought. Then I looked at the man"s
number in my 19 . Well, he"ll be...
"Happy Easter," I said to the man, handing him the only food basket with an Easter basket inside-the very
same basket with his number on it. "Someone already knew just 20 you need."
( )1. A. send up ( )2. A. wrong ( )3. A. and ( )4. A. give out ( )5. A. accept ( )6. A. that ( )7. A. offer ( )8. A. disappointing ( )9. A. nodded ( )10. A. helpful ( )11. A. while ( )12. A. the rich ( )13. A. gave ( )14. A. nothing ( )15. A. name ( )16..4. eye ( )17. A. hardly ( )18. A. baskets ( )19. A. pocket ( )20. A. which | B. pick up B. same B. or B. give up B. bring B. who B. feed B. disappointed B. turned B. careful B. when B. the poor B. bought B. something B. wish B. hands B. quickly B. volunteers B. shop B. how | C. give out C. different C. but C. give in C. carry C. whom C. match C. pleasing C. shook C. grateful C. before C. adults C. asked C. anything C. number C. feet C. closely C. workers C. list C. what | D. take out D. right D. so D. give off D. receive D. what D. work D. pleased D. raised D. useful D. until D. children D. promised D. everything D. food D. clothes D. hopefully D. sellers D. hand D. that | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 92-year-old, thin, calm and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o"clock, even though she is nearly blind, moved to a nursing home today. Her husband of 95 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After hours of waiting patiently in the hall of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when I told her the room was ready. As she walked slowly to the lift, I provided a true description of her tiny room, including the old sheets that had been hung on her window. "I love it," she said with the happiness of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy (小狗). "Mrs. Jones, you haven"t seen the room... just wait." "That doesn"t matter," she replied. "Happiness is something you decide ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn"t depend on how the furniture is arranged. It"s how I arrange my mind. I have already decided to love it. It"s a decision I make every morning when I wake up. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I"ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I"ve stored away." She went on to explain, "Old age is like a bank account. You take what you"ve put in. So, my advice to you would be to put in a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories. Thank you for your part in filling my memory bank." And with a smile, she said, "All my memories are happy ones." Mrs. Jones was always happy in the nursing home and she died at the age of 108. | |||||||||||||||||||||
1. When she had to wait hours for her room to be ready, the old lady was _____. | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. angry B. patient C. surprised D. excited | |||||||||||||||||||||
2. What did the writer say to the old lady when she moved slowly to the lift? | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. How her room was. B. How big the room was. C. How to get to her room. D. What to do in the room. | |||||||||||||||||||||
3. What was the old lady"s suggestion to the writer? | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. Remember something bad. B. Arrange things every morning. C. Remember the amount of money in the bank. D. Put as many happy things as you can in the mind. | |||||||||||||||||||||
4. From the passage we know that the old lady has a(n) _____ attitude toward life. | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. subjective B. objective C. negative D. positive | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Darlene Johnson thinks she knows why she looks so young. Looking at herself in the mirror, she takes 1 in her healthy skin and pink cheeks. "It"s probably because I haven"t 2 makeup," she says. Not wearing makeup had another 3 , however. It caused her to lose her job. In the 21 years that Johnson worked at Harrah"s Casino in Reno, most of the years spent 4 drinks, she felt makeup was no big deal. But last spring the manager 5 a new "Personal Best Program" for women. This 6 everything. "Makeup must be worn and 7 neatly. And it must be used in complementary colors," 8 the orders. It should be noted that the orders did not 9 to men who were employed there. Johnson was angry 10 this. "You"re telling me my God-given face has to be 11 to do this job?" she asked. Refusing to wear makeup, she was 12 from her $ 30 000-a-year job. Johnson 13 it to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She hopes to 14 lost pay. She also wants money for 15 caused by her job loss. But Jan Jones, Harrah"s manager, defends the company"s move. "We are an 16 company," she says. "We want people we employ to be 17 ." Johnson is not 18 being dressed-up. 19 , she dutifully wears good-looking clothes and styles her hair to look nice. However, she refuses to touch up her face. It had never 20 to her that she would lose her job. "The Personal Best Program," says Johnson, "plain and simple, just got too personal." | |||||||||||||||||||||
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