Question

【題目】Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881．His father was a painter and art teacher who gave his son the first lesson in drawing．He won a prize﹣“Science and Charity”for his first important painting when he was only fifteen．He studied in several cities in Spain．But there was no one to teach him all that he wanted to know．When he was nineteen，he visited Paris．

Paris was then the center of the world for artists．Everything that was new and exciting in the world of paintings seemed to happen there．When he was twenty﹣three，Picasso moved there to live and lived in France for the rest of his life．

When he was over ninety，this great painter still lived his life like a young man．He was still looking for new ideas and new ways to use his artistic materials．

When he died in 1973，he was ninety﹣one years old．

【1】What did Pablo Picasso’s father do？

A．A teacher． B．A painter．

C．An artist． D．A painter and art teacher．

【2】What prize did he win when he was fifteen？

A．Science and Painting．

B．Science and Art．C．Science and

C．harity．

D．Painting and Charity．

【3】Where was he born and where did he visit when he was nineteen？

A．Paris and Spain． B．London and Paris．

C．Spain and Paris． D．London and Spain．

【4】How old was he when he moved to Paris and how old was he when he died？

A．Twenty﹣three and ninety．

B．Twenty﹣three and ninety﹣one．

C．Nineteen and ninety﹣one．

D．Nineteen and ninety．

【5】What did he do when he was old？

A．He lived his life like a young man．

B．He looked for new ideas．

C．He looked for new ways to/span> use his artistic materials．

D．All the above

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】C

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述畢加索在早年受到父親的啟蒙教育，并在15歲時就獲得第一個獎項，然后遠赴法國學藝，并在巴黎定居直至最后去世的生平經(jīng)歷。

【1】D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中His father was a painter and art teacher who gave his son the first lesson in drawing可知，畢加索的父親是畫家和藝術(shù)老師，故應(yīng)該選D。

【2】C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中He won a prize﹣“Science and Charity”for his first important painting when he was only fifteen可知答案，故選C。

【3】C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中He studied in several cities in Spain．But there was no one to teach him all that he wanted to know．When he was nineteen，he visited Paris可知，當他19歲的時候，他參觀了西班牙和巴黎。故選C。

【4】B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)上文When he was twenty-three, Picasso moved there to live .的描述可知，他23歲移居巴黎，并從此在那里度過他的余生。故選B。

【5】D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文 When he was over ninety, this great painter still lived his life like a young man的描述可知這位偉大的畫家九十歲時依然過著象年輕人一樣的生活。他依然為他的藝術(shù)素材尋找新的理念和方法。故應(yīng)選D.