Alice was a pretty girl. She liked nothing except dressing 1 and dancing. Of course she wasn’t good at her 2 . But the boys were willing to help her with her lessons 3 they liked to dance with her. After she finished middle school, she 4 found a job in a big shop. The 5 had a son and he wanted the girl to marry his son. Alice 6 though the young man wasn’t clever enough. She 7 a lot of nice clothes and shoes. She lived in a beautiful house with a big garden and she 8 did anything at home. She didn’t love her 9 but she lived a city life. Once Mrs Evans called Alice. The woman said she bought a few 10 paintings and asked her to appreciate ( 欣赏 ) them. She 11 nothing about the art but she was afraid to be laughed at and got there on time. She saw several women there. They were 12 the pictures when she went in. She thought for a long time and said, “ Look, They’re all 13 .Why didn’t you buy the new ones ? ”The woman looked at each , but they tried not to 14 . And when they were appreciating a painting called Tramp ( 流浪汉 ) , she said, “I don’t think the artist could draw! Such a 15 man had no money to have a portrait taken (请人画像) ! ”