WhenSirWinstonChurchill,thegreatBritishPrimeMinister,re...

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When Sir Winston Churchill, the great British Prime Minister, reached his eightieth birthday in November, 1954, he was presented with his portrait by a well-known modem artist, Graham Sutherland．The painting had been ordered and paid for to  1   the Grand Old Man of World WarⅡ．

    Sir Winston and Lady Churchill were deeply moved by this  2  of respect and affection．  3 of them, of course, allowed the others to see how much they both disliked the portrait． “It makes me look   4 , which I am not!” protested Churchill in private（私下）．   5 , he only remarked that it was fine example of modern art． His friends smiled．It was known that the Churchills didn't ___ 6 modern art．

    Churchill was so unhappy about the portrait that finally his wife had it 7   ．Churchill died at ninety in 1965．Lady Churchill   8   him in 1977．Shortly after her death, the public learned what had happened to the   9  , and a heated argument broke out． The painter was    10 sad．The artist community, shocked and    11 , said that the destruction of the picture had been a crime （罪行）． Historians said that they regretted the disappearance of a（n）   12  document． All agreed that the Churchills didn't have the   13  to do what they had done．

    Graham Sutherland had told Churchill that he would  14   him “as he saw him”． Churchill never had a chance to see the work in  15  since the painter  16  to show it to him． He found out only   17 he received his present that Sutherland had seen him   18   a heavy, sick, tired old man． Since he hated old age, he was naturally   19   ．

Who has the right to a work of art, the owner, the donor, or the artist who created it? Was the portrait a good one, as many（including the painter） said? Or was it bad as others thought? None of these questions have been answered yet to everybody’s   20 ．

1．A．give                      B．regard               C．paint                    D．honour

2．A．mark                   B．piece                 C．prize                    D．trade

3． A．Neither               B．Both                 C．Either                  D．All

4．A．wise                   B．gentle                C．stupid                  D．happy

5．A．Fortunately           B．Obviously          C．Straight                D．Publicly

6．A．care for               B．look like            C．turn down            D．make up

7．A．hidden                 B．hung                 C．destroyed             D．returned

8．A．mourned             B．missed              C．followed              D．buried

9．A．painting                B．man                  C．woman                D．artist

10．A．understandably    B．unexpectedly     C．unreasonably        D．unthinkingly

11．A．afraid                  B．regretful            C．curious                D．angry

12．A．interesting            B．colorful             C．expensive             D．historical

13．A．chance                B．right                 C．power                  D．courage

14．A．help                     B．obey                 C．paint                    D．show

15．A．progress             B．place                 C．need                    D．sight

16．A．agreed                B．promised           C．refused                D．hated

17．A．until                    B．when                C．before                  D．though

18．A．as                       B．to                      C．about                   D．for

19．A．moved                B．worried             C．tired                    D．hurt

20．A．surprise             B．disappointment   C．delight                  D．satisfaction

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