根据全文内容可知，我们应当说实话，但是有不同的方式

【题目】We should tell the truth. But there are different       of doing it without making people       .

    Once there was a(n)       emperor. As a result of an accident , he lost an eye and broke his back.

    One day, the emperor called three artists to his palace to paint a portrait for him. “ I want it to look just like me ！ If you       ，I will punish you. ”

    The first artist       the emperor's instructions. He asked the emperor to stand next to his horse and draw one. The portrait looked just like him ： He had only one       . One shoulder was       than the other, and the right leg was longer than the left. When the emperor saw it，he shouted       , “ Put him into prison ！ ” The soldiers took him into       .

    It was the second artist's      . He asked the emperor to stand on a hill. He painted a beautiful portrait for him ： The emperor was looking eastwards at the sunrise with two       eyes. His back was straight ； his shoulders were square ； and his legs were as       as each other.

When the emperor saw it, he was again very angry. “ Hang him!” The soldiers took the poor man away and hanged the poor man.

Now the third artist saw that he had a serious      He thought hard and came up with several different      After a while, he decided       to do.

    He asked the emperor to bring his      and stand in a forest. He painted him firing his gun at an animal，so of course one eye was       . One shoulder was higher than the other because he was       the gun. His left leg rested on a       tree，so that no one could see that it was shorter than the other one.

    The emperor was very pleased. He had never seen       a wonderful portrait before. He gave the artist a bag of gold.

【1】A. ways           B. pictures       C. portraits    D. artists

【2】A. angry          B. rude           C. clear        D. happy

【3】A. gentle         B. educated       C. cruel        D. good

【4】A. lose           B. finish         C. fail         D. pass

【5】A. followed       B. gave           C. realized     D. understood

【6】A. hand           B. shoulder       C. leg          D. eye

【7】A. stronger       B. higher         C. taller       D. wider

【8】A. happily        B. angrily        C. friendly     D. kindly

【9】A. palace         B. prison         C. forest       D. hill

【10】A. time           B. turn           C. pity         D. question

【11】A. bad            B. good           C. closed       D. terrible

【12】A. long           B. short          C. thick        D. lame

【13】A. picture        B. question       C. drawing      D. problem

【14】A. ideas          B. thoughts       C. styles       D. colors

【15】A. how            B. what           C. when         D. where

【16】A. horse          B. gun            C. portrait     D. animal

【17】A. opened         B. close          C. closed       D. opening

【18】A. taking         B. holding        C. preparing    D. carrying

【19】A. fell           B. falling        C. fallen       D. fall

【20】A. so             B. what           C. such         D. very