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【完形填空】Cloze: The Painter and the Wall
Shen Yulan had been painting signs on Fish Street for forty-one years when the city announced its redevelopment plan.
Her daughter signed the agreement (1) the family, but Shen refused to accept that a wall could simply be erased.
She had learned the trade from her father, who (2) her to respect every surface before touching it.
In 1998, she painted a mural of six neighbours eating at one table, which (3) her forty-seven days.
Later, she completed 240 more murals across the district, but only sixteen (4) today.
When her son came home to help her move, he found the street smaller than he remembered and the air more (5).
On the ninth day of packing, he watched her repaint a corner of the mural (6) any sketch.
She explained that a passer-by had touched that corner every morning, and that this small continuity (7) to her.
In September, the hoarding went up, and Shen was (8) 1.4 million yuan in compensation.
A curator asked her to sign a form allowing three sections of plaster to be removed and (9) indoors.
At the opening, no one asked her a question, and a woman beside her (10) whether the artist was still alive.
Choices
(1) A. on B. in C. for D. with
(2) A. advised B. taught C. learned D. made
(3) A. took B. spent C. cost D. paid
(4) A. stay B. survive C. remain D. exist
(5) A. polluted B. dusty C. turbid D. noisy
(6) A. with B. by C. without D. from
(7) A. mattered B. counted C. meant D. valued
(8) A. offered B. given C. paid D. awarded
(9) A. displaying B. display C. to display D. displayed
(10) A. spoke B. told C. said D. asked