The Big, Big Picture

李勃良

Long ago the sky at night was black， but then a great man painted（ 绘画） the sky. His name was Ram.

At first， Ram made small pictures.

“These pictures are nice，” people said.

Ram thought， “They are not big enough.”

Then he made a large picture. He painted it on the side of a house.

People were pleased， but Ram was sorrowful （悲伤的）. He wished to paint a larger picture.

So one night he took a pot （罐） of gold paint.

He climbed to the top of a mountain. He began to paint bright lights all over the black sky. We call these lights stars. Then Ram painted one big ball of light. Some nights you can see all of it. Some nights you cant. We call it the moon.

（A） 判斷正（T）误（F）。

1. The people were pleased when Ram made a large picture.

2. The moon is not always full.

（B） 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1. Why was Ram sad while other people were pleased？

A. Because he couldnt paint any more.

B. Because people didnt think his pictures were nice.

C. Because he didnt think the pictures were large enough.

D. Because people wouldnt let him paint.

2. What changed in this text？

A. The painter.                B. The mountain.

C. The sky. D. The pot of paint.

3. What is the text mainly about？

A. How to paint a picture. B. What the sky looks like at night.

C. Where to climb a mountain. D. How we got the stars and the moon.