There was a famous church(教堂) in London. It was 110 meters high. The center of the church was like a bell. The ceiling of the church was painted by a famous artist. A platform (平台) was built so that the artist could put up a ladder on it and paint the ceiling. The platform was about 70 meters over the ground.
One day the artist was working hard and had nearly finished one popular corner of the ceiling. Also on the platform was his assistant（助手）, who was mixing paints. The artist stepped back so that he could see how his work was doing. To have a better look at his painting, he stepped back again. Suddenly, his assistant shouted, picked up a small bowl of paint and started to paint the artist's work on the top. The artist was very angry and rushed forwards to stop him.
“What do you think you are doing?” he shouted angrily. “Are you mad(疯的)?” His assistant replied, “I saw you walking backwards to have a better look at your painting. But you didn't notice that you had reached the very edge(边缘) of the platform. You were in great danger. I wanted to make you move forwards. If I had not made you run forwards, you would have fallen backwards off the edge of the platform.”

The story happened in _______.

A．America

B．England

C．Germany

D．France

Why did the artist step back again?

A．To have a better look at his painting.

B．To see how his work was doing.

C．To paint a bowl in his painting.

D．To pour some paint on his painting.

What did the assistant do to stop the artist falling off the platform?

A．He ran forwards to stop him.

B．He stopped mixing the paints.

C．He painted a famous painting himself.

D．He shouted to the artist and painted his painting.

Which picture shows the same situation as the underlined sentences in Paragraph 2?
Note: a: artist; b: assistant; c: painting; ←: the direction of the movement

A．

B．

C．

D．

After reading the passage, what do you think the artist would probably do?

A．He would be angry with what the assistant had done.

B．He would be thankful to the assistant for having saved his life.

C．He would punish the assistant for having destroyed (毁坏) his painting.

D．He wouldn't allow the assistant to work with him any more.

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