So the king sent a message to the second artist，saying he was coming to see their works that evening.

　　After seeing the first artist’s wall，the king was very impressed with the painting and gave him a huge sum of money as a reward.He then asked some people to remove the curtain.

　　The same painting was seen on the opposite wall too! It was exactly like the one on the first wall.But the second artist had not seen what was going on，on the other side of the curtain.

　　The king gave the second artist a double reward，and then asked，“I am indeed very happy with your work.But how did you do it？”

　　The man said simply，“It’s very easy！I just polished(擦亮) the wall every day！”

　　It was a wall made of white marble(大理石)! The fellow polished it till it shone like a mirror.The reflection of the painting across the room showed up in it!

　　16．The underlined word “intrigued” in Paragraph 4 probably means “________”．

　　A．surprisedB．puzzled

　　C．fascinatedD．shocked

　　17．A thick curtain was put up between the two walls to ________.

　　A．help them concentrate on their works

　　B．keep the first artist’s painting secret

　　C．prevent their paintings from being seen by the king

　　D．make it hard for them to exchange ideas

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