unit 13 閱讀材料

1、Ayoungpainterlivedinasmallnarrowhouselivingonpaintingptraitsbefehebecamefamous.Onedayarichmancamebyfoundthepainterpaintingsocarefullythathelikeditaskedhimtodrawaptrait.Theyagreedonthefeeof10000dollars.Afteraweektheptrait

2、wasdone.Therichmancametotakethepaintingasagreedon.Atthismomenttherichmancameupwithanevilideaofbullyingtheunknownyoungartistsoherefusedtopaythefee.Therichmanthoughtthemaninthepaintingisme.IfIdonnotbuythispaintingnoonewill

3、buyit.WhyshouldIpaysomuchmoneyfitSotherichmansaid“Iwillonlypay3000dollarstobuythispainting.”Theyoungartistwassurprisedfhehadnevercomeacrosssuchthings.Hestronglyarguedonjustgroundsexpectingtherichmantoabidebytheagreementt

4、obeatrustwthyman.“Icanonlypay3000dollarstobuythepainting.Speaknome.”Therichmanthoughthehadwon”Iaskyouatlastwillyousellit3000dollarsnot？”Theyoungartistknewtherichmandeliberatelybrokehispromisesohefeltangry.Hesaidinafirmto

5、ne“No.Iwouldprefernottosellthepaintingratherthantobehumiliatedbyyou.Todayyoubreakyourwdsomedayyoumustpay20times.”“Whatajoke!20timeswillbe200000!Iwon’tbestupidtopay20000dollarstobuythepainting!”“Wellwedbetterwaitseetheyou

6、ngartistsaidtotherichmanwholeftangrily.”Afterthestimulation(刺激)ofsuchanincidentthepaintermovedoutofthissadplacefmallyacknowledgedknowledgewkedhardnightday.Methanadozenyearslaterhefinallystartedanewwaybecamepopularintheci

7、rcleofart.Afterheleftthestudiotherichmanhadfgottentheartist’spaintingwdsthenextday.Untilonedaysomefriendsoftherichmancametotellhim“Somethingissostrange!Wepaidavisittoafamousartist’sexhibitionofpaintingsinwhichonepainting

8、ismarked200000dollarsthemaninthepaintinglooksexactlythesameasyou.ItissoridiculousthatthetitleofthepaintingisThief.”Heimmediatelythoughtofwhathadhappenedtothepaintermethanadozenyearsbefe.Ifthepaintingwerereallytheonehebro

9、kehispromisethatyearitwouldbeterribletohim.Hewenttofindtheyoungpainterthesamenightrightaway.AsexpectedthepaintingtitledasTheiefwasnootherthanthatonehehadbrokenhiswdthatyear.Hequicklyapologizedtotheartistpaid200000dollars

10、tobuybacktheptrait.Withanundefeatedambitiontheyoungpaintermadetherichmanbendhishead.ThisyoungmanwasPabloPicasso.A.Becausehehadenoughmoneytodothat.B.Becausehehadlearnttohelpotherssincechildhood.C.Becauseheheldahigherposit

11、ioninthesociety.D.Becausehehadbeenaskedbythenewsagencytodoso.4.Whichofthefollowingbestreflectstheboy’spersonalitiesA.Bravepolite.B.KindsmartC.Honestthankful.D.Shynervous.核心詞匯核心詞匯1________(n.)長處，優(yōu)勢→________(v.)增強，加強→_____

12、___(adj.)堅強的，強有力的2________(vi.)集中(思想、注意力的)→________(n.)專心，專注3________(vt.)聯(lián)想，聯(lián)系→________(n.)聯(lián)想；協(xié)會4________(adj.)面部的→________(n.)臉5________(n.)表情；詞語→________(vt.)表達(adj.)快遞的6________(adv.)精確地，準確地→________(adj.)精確的，準確的→___

13、_____(n.)精確，準確7________(n.)描述，形容→________(v.)描寫，描述8________(vt.)預言，預測→________(n.)預言，預測→________(n.)預言家9________(n.)殘疾；無能→________(vt.)使殘疾，使喪失能力→________(adj.)有殘疾的10________(n.)要求→________(v.)需要，要求11________(n.)運動員→_____

14、___(adj.)喜愛運動的12________(adj.)自私的→________(adj.)無私的13________(n.)滿意→________(v.)使?jié)M意→________(adj.)滿意的14________(n.)可能性→________(adj.)可能的→________(adv.)可能地15_______(vt.)應得，值得→_______(adj.)值得的，應得的16________(adj.)獨立的→______

15、__(n.)獨立→________(vi.)依靠，依賴17________(n.)渴望，欲望18________(n.)助手→________(v.)幫助→________(n.)幫助19_______(vt.)控告，譴責重點句型重點句型1.EveniftheyneverseetheirresulttheyfeelthattheirIQis______determineshowwelltheyaregoingtodoinlife.2._

16、______yourIQtellsyouhowintelligentyouareyourEQtellshowwellyouuseyourintelligence.3.Atwkit’syourIQ_____getsyouhiredbutit’sEQthatgetsyoupromoted.4.It’sgenerallybelievedthatpeoplewithyourEQsareopentoideashavepositiveattitud