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Ⅰ.阅读理解 A 体裁：记叙文　话题：人物与事件　词数：288　时间：5′ Eight years ago，I was a busy housewife.My life always revolved (旋转) around my children and husband.I felt my brain was stuck.One day my friend Judy called and told me that she was going to join an oil painting class on Friday evenings.She asked me to join the class together with her.I was hesitant to join her because I had never painted before.Judy encouraged me to join for fun.I finally accepted her invitation. The first day in the class，we met our teacher，Mr.Chiou，who just came back from France.He showed us a lot of pictures of paintings of famous artists all around the world and told us some stories about art history.He said everyone is an artist.Everyone can draw or paint.Art is a silent language which can express human feelings. We started to paint the things we liked or hated.We also painted the most beautiful and ugly thing in our minds.When Im painting，I forget everything that I worry about.Sometimes I even forget the time. Mr.Chiou not only opened the door of art for me but also gave me a way to broaden my life.I started to borrow art books from the library and visit museums in my free time.Im not really good at painting，but I certainly enjoy it. Every painting represents the artists personality and feeling.For example，when I imitated(模仿) Vincent Van Goghs painting，I can sense the passion and the energy from his painting.I think this is why，after I started to paint，I felt like my dried－out brain began receiving a new source of refreshing water. 【语篇解读】　作者通过自己8年前开始学习画画的感受说明了一个问题：发展自己的一项兴趣和爱好能使自己的精神得到恢复，也能使自己学到很多这种兴趣和爱好以外的有价值的东西。 1．Before learning to paint，the authors life was ________． A．interesting B．colorful C．boring D．funny 答案　C　[推理判断题。从文章第一段中作者对自己生活的描述My life always revolved around my children and husband和I felt my brain was stuck.可以看出，作者在没有画画前的生活是枯燥的。] 2．When Judy asked the author to attend a painting class，she ________． A．promised to do so happily at once B．was sure she might do it well C．refused imme