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【题目】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】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述毕加索在早年受到父亲的启蒙教育，并在15岁时就获得第一个奖项，然后远赴法国学艺，并在巴黎定居直至最后去世的生平经历。

【1】D细节理解题。根据文中His father was a painter and art teacher who gave his son the first lesson in drawing可知，毕加索的父亲是画家和艺术老师，故应该选D。

【2】C细节理解题。根据文中He won a prize﹣“Science and Charity”for his first important painting when he was only fifteen可知答案，故选C。

【3】C细节理解题。根据文中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，当他19岁的时候，他参观了西班牙和巴黎。故选C。

【4】B细节理解题。根据上文When he was twenty-three, Picasso moved there to live .的描述可知，他23岁移居巴黎，并从此在那里度过他的余生。故选B。

【5】D细节理解题。根据短文 When he was over ninety, this great painter still lived his life like a young man的描述可知这位伟大的画家九十岁时依然过着象年轻人一样的生活。他依然为他的艺术素材寻找新的理念和方法。故应选D.