Question

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. 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. In 1973, he was dead. He is the greatest artist in the world.

任务 2 ：阅读短文，根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词。

1.v_______ to go and spend time in a place

2.p_______ someone who paints pictures

任务 3 ：阅读短文，进行同义句转换，每空一词。

3.When he was over ninety, this great painter still lived his life like a young man.

When he was ________ ________ ninety, this great painter still lived his life like a young man.

任务 4 ：根据短文内容 回答问题。

4.Who did Pablo Picasso learn to draw from?

__________________________________________.

5.How old was Pablo Picasso when he died?

__________________________________________.

6.Was Pablo Picasso born in the nineteenth century?

__________________________________________.

Answer 1