Jim started painting when he was three years old，and when he was five，he was already very good at it．He（1） 　　many beautiful and interesting pictures，and people paid a lot of money for them．They said，"This boy is going to be（2） 　　when he grows up，and then we're going to sell these pictures for a lot more（3） 　　"

Jim's pictures were different （4） 　　other people's works，because he（5） 　　painted on all of the paper．He painted on half of it，and the other half was always empty．

"That's very clever，"everybody said，"Nobody else does that like（6） 　　!"

One day，somebody bought one of Jim's pictures and then said to him，"Please（7） 　　 me，Jim Why do you paint on the bottom half of your paper，（8） 　　 not on the top half？"

"Because I'm small，"Jim said，"and my brushes don't （9） 　　very high．That's（10） 　　I only paint on the bottom half of the paper．"

（1）A．painted	B．bought	C．found	D．lost
（2）A．pretty	B．funny	C．famous	D．lucky
（3）A．houses	B．gifts	C．food	D．money
（4）A．of	B．from	C．in	D．with
（5）A．ever	B．already	C．never	D．with
（6）A．him	B．us	C．her	D．them
（7）A．tell	B．advise	C．promise	D．believe
（8）A．and	B．but	C．or	D．because
（9）A．lie	B．stand	C．climb	D．reach
（10）A．when	B．where	C．why	D．what