An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and brushes and painted from morning to evening, and then when it got dark, he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.
At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money… but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will still be here.”
The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered, “It’s not that. I have a son in London. He wants to bee an artist. When he es home next month, I’ll show him your picture, and he will not want to be an artist any more, I think. ”
【小题1】 people are mentioned (提到) in the article.A．Two B．Three C．One D．Many【小题2】The artist lived with the farmer .A．for about a month B．for a yearC．for a holiday D．for the farmer’s son【小题3】The farmer asked the artist to give him a picture because .A．he liked his pictureB．he didn’t want his moneyC．he wanted to sell his pictures for some moneyD．he wanted to show it to his son【小题4】The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer because .A．the farmer didn’t want him to pay himB．the farmer decided to let his son learn from himC．the farmer’s son would be an artist like himD．he thought the farmer praised (表扬) him for his picturesB
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(答案→)B
解析：这篇短文主要描述了一个画家和农民的故事，农民想以这位画家的作品来打消自己儿子学画的积极性，却被画家误以为是农民欣赏他的画作，闹出了一个最后令画家尴尬不已的笑话。
【小题1】短文提到一个画家，农民和农民的儿子。故选B。
【小题2】根据第一段An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer.描述，可知选C。
【小题3】根据最后一段描述，可知这个农民主要想给自己的儿子看这个画家的画。故选D。
【小题4】根据短文第二段农民的话，可知画家认为农民是在表扬他。故选D。