导读：完形填空的难点在于它是对不完整的句子的理解，对我们理解句子的能力的要求更高。同学们需要熟练掌握和运用适当的方法和技巧。完形填空的解题思路和技巧有瞻前顾后。记忆可以让我们记住前面的信息，据此来形成一个情节的发展或议论的进行。这种根据前面已知的的信息来判断某个空该填的词，我们称为“瞻前”，即前面的信息足以据此判断出这个空该填什么。

　　Once there was a boy in Toronto. His name was Jimmy. He started drawing when he was three years old, and when he was five he was already very ___1___ at it. He drew many beautiful interesting pictures, and many people ___2___ his pictures. They thought this boy was going to be ___3___ when he was a little older, and then they were going to ___4___ these pictures for a lot of money.

　　Jimmy’s pictures were quite different from other ___5___ because he never drew on all of the paper. He drew on ___6___ of it, and the other half was always ___7___.

　　“That’s very clever,” everybody said. “___8___ other people have ever done that before.”

　　One day somebody asked him, “Please tell me, Jimmy. Why do you draw on the bottom (底部) half of your pictures, ___9___ not on the top half?”

　　“Because I’m small,” Jimmy said, “and my brushes (毛笔) can’t ___10___ very high.”

　　1. A. poor B. sad C. glad D. good

　　2. A. bought B. brought C. sold D. took

　　3. A. different B. clever C. famous D. rich

　　4. A. buy B. show C. leave D. sell

　　5. A. men’s B. people’s C. boy’s D. child’s

　　6. A. half B. part C. side D. end

　　7. A. full B. empty C. wrong D. ready

　　8. A. No B. Some C. Any D. Many

　　9. A. then B. and C. but D. or

　　10. A. change B. turn C. pull D. reach

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