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A friend of mine was fond of drawing horse. He drew the horses very well， but he always began at the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse， that is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly （肚子） or the foot of the horse， if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other peoples 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 easy to work in that way.

Now the very same thing is true to literature （文学）. And the question，"How shall I begin？" only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is， you are not yet experienced （有经验的） enough to trust to your own powers. When you become more experienced you will never 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 thought of the beginning.

1. A friend of the writers drew the horses ____.

A. very easily B. in the way of western rule

C. in the way of his own rule D. all of the above

2. The writer was surprised because ____.

A. the artist began to draw at the head of the horse

B. the artist began to draw at the tail of the horse

C. the artist made his own rule

D. the artist did not follow other peoples rule

3. You are not yet experienced because ____.

A. you dont know where to begin

B. you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail

C. you always asked question

D. you do not trust to your own powers

4. When you become more experienced you will ____.

A. never ask question B. often begin at the tail

C. write the end of the story D. think of the beginning

5. The topic of the passage is ____.

A. How to draw a horse B. How to write a story

C. How to make your own rules D. Trust to your own powers

B

One day an ant was drinking at a small stream and fell in. She made desperate efforts to reach the side， but made no progress at all. The poor ant almost exhausted but was still bravely doing her best when a dove saw her. Moved with pity， the bird threw her a blade of grass， which supported her like a raft， and thus the ant reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying herself in the grass， she heard a man come near. He was walking along barefooted with a gun in his hand. As soon as he saw the dove， he wished to kill it. He would certainly have done so， but the ant bit him in the foot just as he raised his gun to fire. He stopped to see what had bit him， and the dove immediately flew away. It was an animal much weaker and smaller than herself that had saved her life.

1. The ant could not reach the side though ____.

A. she cried for help

B. she asked the dove to save her

C. she tried very hard

D. she could smell well

2. The dove saved the ant because ____.

A. she was the ants friend B. she took pity on the poor ant

C. the ant was almost exhausted

D. the ant had been struggled in the water for a long time

3. The ant succeeded in getting on the bank with the help of ____.

A. a leaf B. a piece of wood C. a blade of grass D. a raft

4. Just as the man shot at the dove， ____.

A. the dove immediately flew away

B. the dove hid himself in the grass

C. the ant told the dove to leave at once

D. he felt something biting him in the foot

5. In writing the story， the writer wants to show ____.

A. how clever the ant was

B. how kind the dove was

C. how the ant and the dove helped each other

D. we often need help from others， therefore we should help others as

much as we can

参考答案：

A篇：1.C 2.D 3.D 4.C 5.D

B篇：1.C 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.D