Jimmy started painting when he was three years old. When he was five he was already very good at it. He won the first p    1     in many painting competitions. He painted many beautiful and interesting pictures and people p    2     a lot of money for them.

Jimmy’s pictures were d    3     from other people’s because he never painted them on all of the paper. He painted on the bottom half of it, and the other half was always e    4     .

“That’s very clever,” everybody said. “Nobody else does that!” They all believed that the boy was a genius in painting. One day, somebody asked him, “Why do you paint on the bottom half of your pictures, but not on the t    5     half?” “Because I’m small, my brush can’t reach very high.” Jimmy said.

【推荐2】An artist went to a beautiful village in the countryside for a holiday and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and     1     (brush) and painted till evening. When it got dark, he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.

At the end of his holiday, he wanted     2    (pay) the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money, but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will     3     (finish), but your picture will still be here.”

The artist was very     4     (please) and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered, “It’s not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he come home next, I’ll show him your picture, and then he will not want to be an artist any     5     (much), I think.”

John likes chocolates (巧克力) very much. But his mother doesn’t give him any to eat, because she thinks it     1     (be) bad for him.

But John has     2     very nice grandpa. The old man     3     (real) loves John. When he comes to see John, he usually brings John some chocolates.

One evening, a few days before John’s     4     (twelve) birthday, John is ready to go to bed, but he wants     5     (eat) some chocolates. He     6     (think) for a while (一会儿) and has a good idea. “Please, God (上帝),” he shouts (喊叫), “Let them give me a box of chocolates.”

His mother is in her room. She hears (听见) the small     7     (boy) shout and goes into his room quickly. “Why are you shouting, John?” she asks     8     (she) son.

“I think God is nice. He can hear me     9     help me get some chocolates.” answers John. “That sounds great, but God can’t hear you.” says his mother.

“I know,” answers the boy with a smile, “but grandpa is     10     the next room, and he can hear me.”