Once James Thornhill,a famous English painter,was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the king's palace.
Then workers were sent for and a big platform was made. With the help of a worker,Thornhill started painting on the platform. They worked for a whole year and at last the pictures were ready. Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures,for they were really beautiful.
He looked at them for a long time,and then took one step back and looked again.
Now the pictures were even more beautiful. He took another step,then another.
Finally he was at the very edge of the platform,but he did not know it because he was thinking of his pictures.
The worker saw everything.“What should I do?”he thought.“Thornhill is at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out,he will take another step,pull off it and
surely be killed,”So the worker quickly took some paint and threw it at the picture.
“What are you doing?”cried the painter,running quickly forward to his pictures.
2. The story leads us to believe that _.
A the worker had to pay for the picture
B the painter could not forgive the worker
C the worker was really sorry for what he did
D the painter thanked the worker for what he did when he got to know why