Cyndi Decker, a school teacher in Florida, had recently taken an art class and made a painting of a huge white bird called an egret. Her proud son posted a photograph of Decker on Reddit, a popular social media website in the US, shyly holding her painting. Below it he wrote, “My mom painted this and said no one would like it.”

Then Kristofer Zetterstrand, an artist in Sweden, saw the photo, deciding to pay respect to the teacher by painting Decker holding her painting. He even captured (捕捉) the shy look on her face Zetterstrand photographed himself holding his painting of Decker holding her painting. He posted the image on Reddit. The caption for his photograph is “I painted somebody’s mom”. Two days later, Amer, a student in Canada, painted a picture of Zetterstrand holding his painting of Decker holding her painting. Her caption read, “I painted the guy who painted the other guy’s mom”. The artist Vince Law was the next to join in. The caption for is photo of his painting is “I painted the girl who painted the guy who painted the other guy’s mom who painted an egret”. Artist Travis Simpson continued the fun.

And it happened again and again and again!

By this time, more than one million people had seen the paintings and pictures of paintings on a number of social media websites. Many artists around the world Jumped into the process, many at the same time .

“I was in fear I was going to read a lot of hateful comments. You all have proven me so wrong. I’m assuming most of you could be my kids, and you all get an unjust accusation in this world. You all are caring and a ton of fun! Thanks for uplifing me! You all have inspired me instead”, she wrote on Reddit.

【小题1】How did people join in the painting?

A．By painting the same bird.

B．By means of sharing painting process.

C．By organizing voluntary painters on the Internet.

D．By painting the photo posted by the previous painter.

【小题2】Which of the following best describes these participants ?

A．Proud and caring.	B．Considerate and fun.
C．Hateful and unjust.	D．Uncaring and bored.

【小题3】What can we infer from Decker’s words?

A．She was afraid of her painting skill.

B．She was instructed by the professionals.

C．Most of kids like non-photo realistic art form.

D．There exists language violence on the Internet.

【小题4】Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．A Worldwide Painting Party

B．The Social Media Changed an Art-lover

C．How a Woman Won the Respect of People

D．How the Painters Reacted to a Kid's Hope