Alice was a beautiful girl. She liked nothing except dressing __1__ and dancing when she was at school. Of course she wasn’t good at her __2__. But the boys were ready to help her with her lessons __3__ they liked to dance with her. And after she finished middle school, she __4__ found work in a big shop. The __5__ had a son and he wanted the girl to marry him. Alice __6__ though the young man wasn’t clever enough. And she __7__ all kinds of clothes and shoes. She lived in the 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__ pictures 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 in 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 women looked at each other but they tried not to __14__. And when they were appreciating a picture “Tramp（）”, 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）!” 小题1: A．him B．himself C．her D．herself 小题2: A．classes B．English C．maths D．language 小题3: A．when B．while C．because D．after 小题4: A．hardly B．easily C．no longer D．happily 小题5: A．bookseller B．shopkeeper C．gatekeeper D．policeman 小题6: A．agreed B．hated C．preferred D．failed 小题7: A．sold B．was sold C．gave D．was given 小题8: A．always B．sometimes C．never D．often 小题9: A．husband B．son C．brother D．uncle 小题10: A．cheap B．expensive C．terrible D．strange 小题11: A．liked B．interested C．watched D．knew 小题12: A．looking up B．looking for C．talking about D．hearing from 小题13: A．old B．clean C．dirty D．thin 小题14: A．stop B．smile C．laugh D．lie 小题15: A．busy B．clever C．rich D．poor