Question

Since my retirement(退休) from teaching music in 2001, I have spent a good deal of time painting as an artist. I actually began drawing again in the summer of 1995 when my father died, so perhaps I was trying to recover from the loss of my father, or maybe it was just that it brought back memories of him. In any case, I drew pen and ink animals and landscapes(風(fēng)景畫) much influenced(影響) by Krenkel and St. John for five years.
For some strange reason, I had been waiting until my retirement to start doing watercolors again, but as soon as I walked out of the school door for the last time I picked up my brushes and rediscovered Andrew Wyeth, who quickly became my favorite artist. I had looked through all the art books I had on my shelves and found his watercolors to be the closest to how I thought good watercolors should look. So I painted landscapes around Minnesota for three years and tried out many other types of painting. However, watercolors remained my first choice, and I think I did my best work there, showing my paintings at a number of art exhibitions.
Art is now together with my piano playing and reading. There is a time for everything in my world, and it is wonderful to have some time doing what I want to do. As Confucious once said, “At seventy I can follow my heart’s desire.”
小題1:What is the text mainly about?

A．Learning to paint in later life.	B．How to paint watercolors
C．An artist-turned teacher	D．Life after retirement

小題2:The author started drawing again in 1995 because_________.

A．he hoped to draw a picture of his father

B．he couldn’t stop missing his father

C．he had more time after retirement

D．he liked animals and landscapes

小題3:We can infer from the text that the author__________.

A．had been taught by Krenkel and St. John

B．painted landscapes in Minnesota for 5 years

C．believed Wyeth to be the best in watercolors

D．started his retirement life at the age of severty

小題4:How does the author probably feel about his life as an artist?

A．Very enjoyable.

B．A bit regretful

C．Rather busy.

D．Fairly dull.

Answer 1

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:A

小題1:本題考查歸納主旨大意的能力。第一段敘述的是退休后開始從事繪畫；第二段記敘的是退休后對水彩畫的癡迷；第三段講述的是多姿多彩的退休生活的美好感覺。由此可判斷此項正確。
小題2:本題考查理解細(xì)節(jié)信息的能力。根據(jù)第一段第二句 “I actually began drawing again in the summer of 1995 when my father died, so perhaps I was trying to recover from the loss of my father, or maybe it was just that it brought back memories of him.”可知作者之所以繪畫是因為無法擺脫對父親的懷念。 
小題3:本題考查根據(jù)文章細(xì)節(jié)信息進行推理判斷的能力。根據(jù)第二段“…Andrew Wyeth, who quickly became my favorite artist.”可推斷作者認(rèn)為他的水彩畫造詣無人可比。根據(jù)第一段最后一句 “In any case, I drew pen and ink animals and landscapes(風(fēng)景畫) much influenced(影響) by Krenkel and St. John for five years.”可知作者只是受到他們的影響，因此A項錯誤；根據(jù)第一段第一句可知作者自2001年退休以來一真賦閑在家，自得其樂，如今才體會到孔夫子說的“七十而從心所欲不逾矩”的含義，由此可判斷作者現(xiàn)在的年齡是70歲，而不是70歲退休，所以D項錯誤。
小題4:本題考查根據(jù)文章細(xì)節(jié)信息進行推理判斷的能力。根據(jù)最后一段可知繪畫、讀書、彈鋼琴成了作者退休生活中不可或缺的一部分，由此可推斷此項正確。