A lot of teenagers are good at art at school, but how would you feel if people called you “the new Picasso(畢加索)” or if presidents and other famous people collected your paintings?

Alexandra Nechita was ten when her paintings became famous all over the world. She visited Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and her family’s native place (祖籍) Romania where 5,000 fans came to see her at the airport. Alexandra said, “When it all started, I was moved. It was very exciting and I loved the traveling, but I got very tired. And I missed home.”

Alexandra is a good student. Her studies always come first. She only starts painting after she’s done her homework. She works on two or three paintings at a time. The paintings sell for thousands and Alexandra’s parents have given up their jobs to work for their daughter. Life for the Nechita family is very different from what it was like a few years ago. Alexandra’s father Nike left Romania for political (政治的)reasons in 1985. At first he tried his best to learn English and had different kinds of low-paid jobs. In 1987, he brought his wife and Alexandra, who was then 18 months old, to America. The family was very poor. Alexandra began to draw at the age of three.

She was drawing for four or five hours a day. Soon people offered(提出) to buy her paintings and she had her first art show at the age of eight. Stories about this child appeared(出現(xiàn)) in the newspapers and television. They now live in a large house with a swimming pool. Her mother said, “We started without anything, but thanks to Alexandra, we have everything we ever dreamed of.”

1.Alexandra became well-known all over the world for her paintings at the age of _____

A. ten B. eight C. 18 months D. three

2.Which country does Alexandra live?

A. Britain. B. France. C. America. D. Romania.

3.Alexandra’s painting _________.

A. made her fall behind others in studies at school

B. took her a lot of time at school

C. made her drop out of school

D. didn’t influence（影響） her studies at school

4.When her family arrived in America in 1987, _________.

A．Alexandra began to draw her painting

B．her parents left their jobs and worked for her

C．they lived by selling Alexandra’s paintings

D．their life was very hard

5.From the passage, we can learn ________.

A. Alexandra’s parents were good at English

B. Alexandra’s success changed her family’s life

C. Alexandra’s stories appeared often on the radio and TV

D. Alexandra was not interested in travelling

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