6．B　根据文章最后一段的"Perhaps Bartoli couldn't tolerate his abstract expression, which Picasso would have been proud of."可推知，艺术大师当时的要求是希望商人能允许他探索他自己能力的极限(limits)。

7．B　根据空后的"So I insist that while I work your portrait...even from you！"可知，只有艺术大师自己能看商人的画像。

8．C　根据下文的"through which Bartoli couldn't see at all"可知，此处指艺术大师一个人作画，不让别人看到。

9．D　根据"though"的转折可推知，商人觉得艺术大师的要求有点奇怪。

10．C　根据语境可知，此处表示艺术大师挂了窗帘。

11．A　根据"A week passed"可推知，商人充满希望地问艺术大师画像画得怎么样了。

12．D　由"quite a while at least"可知选D。take 表示"费时，需要......时间"；spend主语多为人，cost后一般跟钱，故排除。

13．B　由上文的"Immediately the master artist __10__ a high curtain in front of the wall"可知选B。下文的"Stepping from behind the curtain"是提示。

14．C　根据"Another three, four weeks passed"可推知，此处表示最终半年过去了。eventually最终。故选C。

15．C　根据下文的"he shouted"可推知，商人发脾气了。lose one's temper发脾气，符合语境。

16．A　根据语境可推知，艺术大师好像被商人的吼声惊到了，所以从帘子后走了出来。as if好像。

17．B　根据下一段的"Bartoli stared at the masterpiece"可知，艺术大师拉开了窗帘，商人看到了艺术大师的杰作。

18．D　根据下文的"He was obviously so angry that his eyes __19__ red."可知，商人很吃惊，也很生气，嘴张着。fall 表示"进入(某状态)"。

19．D　根据"He was obviously so angry"可知，商人很生气，眼睛都红了。turn red变红。

20．A　艺术大师的画符合了他自己的心意，但是画得太抽象了，不是常人所能理解的。to one's heart's content意为"称某人心意"。

四、短文改错

　　假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

　　增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

　　删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

　　修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

　　注意：

　　1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

　　2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

　　As the saying go, treat others as you would like to be treated.If we want to be treated well, and we should treat others well too.

　　Two years before, I was admitted to a high school.I felt proudly and superior.Therefore, I always looked down upon my classmates who turned for me in their studies.One day, Tom asked me help him work out a math problem.I glanced at it, and said, "So easy.What foolish you are！" On hear it, he said angrily, "I won't ask you again." I was shocking.Only then did I realize why I was so unpopular with my classmate.From then on, I tried to treat them equally and helped them with all my heart.

【答案】1．go→goes

2．去掉and

3．before→ago

4．proudly→proud

5．for→to

6．help前加to

7. What→How