Question

Aelita Andre, a young artist from Melbourne, Australia, has been described as“the world's youngest professional artist”. She is known for 1.special painting style and her young age.

In 2011, when Aelita was only four years old, she held her 2. solo (单独的)show in New York. It contained 24 of her paintings, each on sale for between $4,400 and $ 10,000. Now, at the age of seven, the little girl has become the 3. professional painter in the world.

Aelita 4. strong interest in painting when she was only a baby. At that time, she often watched her 5. , both artists themselves, work on canvases (画布) on the floor. When she was 6. nine months old, Aelita crawled over one of her father's canvases and began mixing colors - that's when she started 7. .

Like any child, Aelita can be easily distracted (分心), 8. her parents say that whenever they put her in front of a canvas, she will always stay focused (集中注意力的). It can 9. her from a few hours to up to a day to finish her artworks.

Now Aelita's cheapest works are selling 10. more than $3,000 each. She has already made more than$100,000 from her art — more money than most professional artists earn in a lifetime.

There is no doubt that the little girl has a great talent for painting.

Answer 1

1.her

2.first

3.youngest

4.showed

5.parents

6.only

7.painting

8.but

9.take

10.for

【解析】

试题分析：本文告诉我们有关画家Aelita的事迹：Aelita因她独特的绘画风格和她的年轻而闻名。Aelita只有四岁的时候，她在纽约举行了首次个人表演。在七岁的时候，小女孩已成为世界上最年轻的职业画家。现在Aelita最便宜的作品每件售价在3000美元以上。

1.她因她独特的绘画风格和她的年轻而闻名。句中要用形容词性物主代词，与She相应的代词是her。

2.2011年，Aelita只有四岁的时候，她在纽约举行了首次个人演出。句中要用序数词，基数词one的序数词是first。

3.现在，在七岁的时候，小女孩已成为世界上最年轻的职业画家。The后跟形容词最高级，形容词young最高级是youngest。

4.当Aelita只是个小孩的时候，她表现出对绘画的强烈的兴趣。时间状语从句when she was only a baby是一般过去时，主句也应该用一般过去时，故填showed表现出。

5.那时候，她经常看着她的父母，他们自己也是两个艺术家，在地板上的画布上画画。据both artists themselves这里要用复数名词，故为parents。

6.当Aelita只有九个月大时，她爬在她父亲的画布上开始混合颜色，那是她开始画画的时候。only副词，仅仅。

7.当Aelita只有九个月大，她爬在她父亲的画布上开始混合颜色，那是她开始画画的时候。start doing开始做，故填painting。

8.就像任何一个孩子一样，Aelita可能很容易分心，但她的父母说，无论何时他们把她放在画布前，她总是会全神贯注。据Like any child, Aelita can be easily distracted (分心),故填but但是。

9.它可能花费她从几小时到一天的时间来完成她的作品。take动词，花费。It takes somebody some time to do something. 是固定句式。

10.现在Aelita最便宜的作品每件售价在3000美元以上。据上下文故填for。

考点：阅读填词。