Mr. Black and Mr. White were two famous artists in a city．They painted（繪畫(huà)）many beautiful pictures and their pictures．were very ___1___ in the city．But they tried to see who could paint ___2___．

One day they asked an old man to ___3__ who was the number one artist by their pictures．Mr. Black painted __4___．Soon the birds came and tried to eat the apples．

Then they went to Mr. White’s house．There was __5___ but a red beautiful curtain on the wall．The old man tried to lift the curtain，but he found it was a picture by Mr. White．

1．A．poor                      B．popular                C．boring

2．A．well                      B．better                   C．best

3．A．describe                B．draw                   C．decide

4．A．a(chǎn)n apple tree          B．a(chǎn) pear tree          C．a(chǎn) banana tree

5．A．nothing              B．a(chǎn)nything            C．something