【正文】 her the artist begins at the head or the tail or thebelly(肚子) or the foot of the horse, if he really knows his business. And mostgreat artists who really know their business do not follow other people39。s rule.They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar(奇特的) to himself。 and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easyto work in that way.Now the very same thing is true to literature(文學(xué)). And the question, How shallI begin? only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginningat the tail or somewhere else. That is, you are not yet experienced(有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的) enough to trust to your own powers. When you bee more experienced you willnever ask the question, and I think that you will often begin at the tail that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thoughtof the beginning.1. A friend of the writer39。s drew the horses ____.A. very wellB. in the way of western ruleC. in the way of his own ruleD. all of the aboveC2. The writer was surprised because ____.A. the artist began to draw at the head of the horseB. the artist began to draw at the tail of the horseC. the artist made his own ruleD. the artist did not follow other people39。s ruleD3. You are not yet experienced because ____.A. you don39。t know where to beginB. you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tailC. you always asked questionD. you do not trust to your own powersD4. when you bee more experienced you will ____.A. never ask questionB. often begin at the tailC. should write the end of the storyD. should think of the beginningC5. The topic of the passage isA. How to draw a horseB. How to write a storyC. How to make your own rulesD. Trust to your own powersD15.The Seats Are Too SmallPaul got on the bus to go to the town. It was very crowded, and he had tostand for about five minutes. Then some of the passengers got off. Paul satdown next to a fat lady. She had severel shopping bags, and Paul didn39。t havemuch room on the seat. At last the bus got to the town. All the passengers startedto get off. Parl was very polite, so he stood up to let the fat lady get offbefore him. She said, Thank you. Then she tried to get out of the seat withall her bags. But she couldn39。t move. She was stuck!Paul had to push th lady. The conductor pulled her. Finally they got her freebut she wasn39。t pleased.I39。ll write to the bus pany, she said. I39。ll tell them not to make buseswith such small seats.1. Why couldn39。t the lady get out of the seat?A. Because the seat on the bus were too small.B. Because the lady was too fat and had a lot of bags.C. Because the bus was very crowded.D. Because Paul was in his seat next to hers.B2. When did Paul get a seat on the bus?A. As soon as he got on the bus.B. After five minutes.C. Just before he wanted to get off.D. Just before the bus got to the town.B3. How do you know that Paul was very polite?A. He didn39。t take the seat and was always standing.B. He pushed the lady out of her seat.C. He stood up to let the lady get off before him.D. He helped the lady carry her bags.C4. ... and Paul didn39。t have much room on the seat. The word room here means ____.A. part of a houseB. spaceC. part of a seatD. something for sitting onB5. She was stuck! In th story it means she ____.A. wasn39。t able to move or to get outB. was sitting there, she couldn39。t stand upC. pushed her bagsD. moved very slowlyA16.Have to PayA boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man passing by,Let me clean your shoes. The young man said, No, thank you. You may payme only a pound, sir. said the boy. But the young man refused again.Then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for nothing. The youngman agreed to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The manput the other shoe on the boy, but the boy refused to clean it unless he waspaid two pounds for his work. The young man refused to pay anything and wentaway.But the dirty one looked so bad that he couldn39。t walk away. He had to turnback and gave the boy two pounds. In a very short time his shoes shone brightly.1. The boy was a shoes ____.A. cleanerB. makerC. repairerD. sellerA2. At first the young man refused to clean his shoes, because ____.A. he couldn39。t payB. he had not enough moneyC. he didn39。t think it necessaryD. he had just cleaned his shoesC3. Then the young man agreed to clean his shoes, because the boy asked for ____.A. two pounds B. one pound C. nothing D. few moneyC4. The boy refused to clean the second shoe, because ____.A. it was very dirtyB. the young man paid only one poundC. it was difficult to cleanD. he asked to be paid two poundsD5. The boy said he would clean the young man39。s shoes for nothing just in order to ____.A. show his kindnessB. help the young manC. get more money from himD. let everyone seeC17.A Sentence with Five AndCan you think of a sentence that the word and appears five times, withoutany words in between? There is one at the end of this story.There was once an inn which was called The Horse and Cart. It had a signoutside it, and there was a picture of a horse and a cart on it. But the signwas getting old, so the owner of the inn decided to have a new one made. Hewent to a painter and asked him to paint one and to write The Horse and Carton it in large letters.A few days later, he went to see how the painter was getting on. He likedthe picture of the horse and cart very much, but he did not like the writingat all. He said to the painter, No, no! There39。s too much room between HORSEand AND and AND and CART!1. An inn is a ____.A. a small houseB. a small horseC. a small hotel or place where one can stayD. a kind of colored liquid that can be used for writi