All my teachers and classmates praised my designs for the art festival．They think I have a real（1）　　for painting．（2）　　， I once did not like art lessons because I could not draw very well．

    One day， I（3）　　with some paint as usual in Ms．Brown's art lesson． I mixed the paint（4）　　water． As I took the brush away， I dropped some paint onto the paper．Looking at the mark，I decided（5）　　it． The paint began to run， so I blew（6）　　． The paint ran in all directions and made a very（7）　　picture! I forgot that I was in class until Ms．Brown came by my desk．"That's very good picture， Susan，" said Ms．Brown．She（8）　　me to keep trying and make more wonderful pictures．

    I did make some wonderful pictures later． Since then， I（9）　　 crazy about crayons and paints．I enjoy（10）　　in the colors every time I paint． I love painting!

（1）A． hope	B． gift	C． story	D． life
（2）A． However	B． So	C． Besides	D． Or
（3）A． was sharing	B．was helping	C． was playing	D． was living
（4）A． for	B． about	C． on	D． with
（5）A． to beat	B． to throw	C． to blow	D． to wash
（6）A． harder	B． more softly	C． hardest	D． most softly
（7）A． awful	B． interesting	C． ugly	D． colorful
（8）A． encourages	B． is encouraging	C． will encourage	D． encouraged
（9）A． was	B． get	C． have been	D． got
（10）A．I	B．me	C．my	D．myself