Alice was a beautiful girl. She liked nothing except dressing __1__ and dancing when she was at school. Of course she wasn’t good at her __2__. But the boys were ready to help her with her lessons __3__ they liked to dance with her. And after she finished middle school, she __4__ found work in a big shop. The __5__ had a son and he wanted the girl to marry him. Alice __6__ though the young man wasn’t clever enough. And she __7__ all kinds of clothes and shoes. She lived in the beautiful house with a big garden and she __8__ did anything at home. She didn’t love her __9__ but she lived a city life.
Once Mrs. Evans called Alice. The woman said she bought a few __10__ pictures and asked her to appreciate（欣赏）them. She __11__ nothing about the art but she was afraid to be laughed at and got there in time. She saw several women there. They were __12__the pictures when she went in. She thought for a long time and said, “Look! They’re all __13__. Why didn’t you buy the new ones?”
The women looked at each other but they tried not to __14__. And when they were appreciating a picture “Tramp（游浪汉）”, she said, “I don’t think the artist could draw! Such a__15__ man had no money to have a portrait taken（请人画像）!”

A．him B．himself C．her D．herself

A．classes B．English C．maths D．language

A．when B．while C．because D．after

A．hardly B．easily C．no longer D．happily

A．bookseller B．shopkeeper C．gatekeeper D．policeman

A．agreed B．hated C．preferred D．failed

A．sold B．was sold C．gave D．was given

A．always B．sometimes C．never D．often

A．husband B．son C．brother D．uncle

A．cheap B．expensive C．terrible D．strange

A．liked B．interested C．watched D．knew

A．looking up B．looking for C．talking about D．hearing from

A．old B．clean C．dirty D．thin

A．stop B．smile C．laugh D．lie

A．busy B．clever C．rich D．poor