Alice was a beautiful girl. She liked nothing except dressing ____ and dancing when she was at school. Of course she wasn’t good at her ____. But the boys were ready to help her with her lessons ___ they liked to dance with her. And after she finished middle school, she __ found work in a big shop. The __ had a son and he wanted the girl to marry him. Alice ____ though the young man wasn’t clever enough. But she __ all kinds of clothes and shoes. She lived in the beautiful house with a big garden and she __ did anything at home. She didn’t love her ___ but she lived a city life.
Once Mrs. Evans called Alice. The woman said she bought a few ___ pictures and asked her to appreciate（欣赏）them. She ____ nothing about the art but she was afraid to be laughed at and got there in time. She saw several women there. They were ____the pictures when she went in. She thought for a long time and said, “Look! They’re all ___. Why didn’t you buy the new ones?”
The women looked at each other but they tried not to ___. And when they were appreciating a picture “Tramp（流浪汉）”, she said, “I don’t think the artist could draw! Such a___ 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