阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

Our community library decided to offer a painting class. I told my friend Ella, and we both signed up.

On the big day, our first ________ was to paint a white vase of cheerful yellow sunflowers against a blue background.

We were asked to paint our canvas (画布) ________. It was easy to follow the instructor to move the brush. Although I had never painted before, I could tell I was a ________. I started thinking about where I would hang my new masterpiece.

Immediately after that, however, I began to run into ________. The first curved (弯曲的) line of my vase looked perfect, but when I painted the line on the opposite side, my hand slipped (打滑). I tried to ________ that white streak (条痕) with blue paint, but it didn’t work.

While I was busy fixing my messy painting, the instructor explained how to paint the sunflower leaves. Things went downhill fast after that. My leaves looked like fat, green caterpillars (毛毛虫). When I failed to clean my paintbrush, I accidentally made the sunflowers green. I felt ________ when I saw how good everyone else’s paintings looked.

Ella sweetly praised my sunflowers, perhaps feeling sorry for me. When I said that hers were much better, she looked surprised. “No, they’re not. I messed up in at least five places.” After a few seconds, she asked, “Want to ________ paintings?”

Until that moment, I had felt only dislike for my painting. And yet for some reason, giving it away felt wrong. It wasn’t a perfect painting, but it was mine—the first one I had ever created. I knew Ella must have realized that she felt the same way when she suddenly shook her head and said. “Never mind.”

My sunflower painting still hangs directly above my bed. I often look at it. Every time I look at it. I ________. It always brightens my day and brings warmth to my room. I really like it now.

【小题1】

A．choice

B．competition

C．task

D．show

【小题2】

A．white

B．blue

C．yellow

D．green

【小题3】

A．beginner

B．performer

C．failure

D．natural

【小题4】

A．complaints

B．risks

C．problems

D．opportunities

【小题5】

A．cover

B．clean

C．mark

D．connect

【小题6】

A．confused

B．afraid

C．bored

D．upset

【小题7】

A．trade

B．hang

C．study

D．admire

【小题8】

A．criticize

B．smile

C．understand

D．imagine