单选题 One day a very wealthy American, Hiram Boost, came to Macasso—you may have heard of Boost, he's in films-and he said he had bought, secretly, a valuable 16th century "old master". He said, "I know that the English government won't let me take it out of England, but I have a plan to get round that. I want you to paint a picture—it doesn't matter what it is-on top of the 'old master'." Hiram then explained that he could quite easily get Macasso's picture removed from the canvas when he got to New York, without damaging the painting underneath. Well, Macasso painted a picture of a London gas-works on it, and old Boost got the canvas to New York all right and sent it to the firm he knew to have Maeasso's painting removed. About a week later he got a telegram from the firm. It said: "We have removed the picture of London gas-works, also 'old master', and are now down to a portrait of Queen Victoria. When do you want us to stop?/

单选题 What do you think is "old master"?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[名师精解] 答案在这句话中：he said he had bought, secretly, a valuable 16^th century "old master"．一幅贵重的16世纪的名画。
[解题秘籍] 英语中可用人名表示作品，如：I bought a Shakespeare yesterday.昨天我买子本莎士比亚的书。

单选题 Why did Boost ask Macasso to paint a picture on the canvas?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[名师精解] 答案在这句话中：I want you to paint a picture-it doesn't matter what it is-on top of the “old master”，其目的是把原来的名画盖住，等到了纽约后再揭下来。
[解题秘籍] on top of指“在……之上”。

单选题 How many pictures do you think are painted on the canvas?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[名师精解] 答案在文章的最后：We have removed the picture of London gas-works, also "old master", and are now down to a portrait of Queen Victoria. When do you want us to stop?电报上说：我们已经揭下了伦敦煤气厂的那幅画，还揭下了old master，现在是维多利亚女王的画像，接下来还揭不揭?由此可见，这张帆布上还不止二幅画。
[解题秘籍] more than three指不止三幅。