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To reach your full potential (潜力), you should live like a sportsperson. To live like a sportsperson, you need to have the following things.

A goal (目标). Sportspersons know exactly what they are trying to achieve. They have a goal and work toward achieving it. Similarly, you need to have a goal. You need to have a purpose in your life. In fact, this is the starting point. It will drive the other parts of your life.

Discipline (纪律). Sportspersons are disciplined in their training. They have to do certain things whether they feel like it or not. Similarly, you need discipline in completing your tasks. Discipline will make you do what you need to do.

A coach. A sportsperson needs a coach to reach his potential. The coach will help him know what to do and get him back on track (轨迹) if necessary. Also, if the situation changes, the coach will come up with a new plan for him. Similarly, having a mentor (导师) will help you reach your goals faster. It might not be easy to find a mentor in real life, but you can learn from virtual (虚拟的) mentors. By reading their books and watching their interviews, you’ll know what advice they would give to you.

Supporters (支持者). Just like a sportsperson needs supporters, you also need supporters. These are people who encourage you to keep going in difficult times. These are people who believe in you no matter what happens. Having supporters can be very important.

Live like a sportsperson, and you will be on your way to reaching your full potential.

1.We need to have a goal in our life and this is the ______________.

2.______________ is needed for us to complete our tasks.

3.As a sportsperson, he needs a coach to come up with ______________ for him if the situation changes.

4.We can learn from virtual mentors by reading their books and ______________.

5.No matter what happens, supporters are those ______________ us.

Pablo Picasso was an amazing painter who created with colour and shape. His paintings opened people’s minds and showed there were many ways to express ideas.

Born in Spain in 1881, Picasso learned to paint at an early age because his father was a painter. At fourteen, Picasso began attending the Academy of Fine Arts in Barcelona. Although Picasso did well, his teachers wouldn’t let him develop his own style (风格). So he changed schools. Though his new teachers praised his work, they still criticized (批评) it as being too unusual. Picasso made up his mind to express himself in his own way.

Disappointed at his job in Spain, nineteen-year-old Picasso moved to Paris, where he learned about abstract (抽象派的) art. However, an important development in his own style came along when his best friend killed himself. Picasso was so sad that he painted only in blue and grey. He painted the poor and the disabled. This is known as his “Blue Period” .

In 1904, Picasso’s painting style changed again when he fell in love with an artist model. He began painting everything with colours of red and pink. He mainly painted circus performers (马戏团表演) and artists during this time, called his “Rose Period” .

Picasso’s style went through another change as he began to learn about African art and geometry (几何学). Instead of painting with different colours, he used different shapes. His paintings surprised people because they looked like they had been broken and put back together incorrectly. Picasso’s new style became known as “Cubism”. Cubism was so unusual that it became very popular.

Pablo Picasso is most remembered for his Blue, Rose and Cubism periods. But his painting styles kept changing until his death at age ninety-two.

1.What were Picasso’s school teachers like?

A.Traditional. B.Careless. C.Friendly. D.Strange.

2.What did Picasso mainly paint during his Blue Period?

A.His friends. B.Artist models.

C.The poor and the disabled. D.Circus performers and artists.

3.How old was Picasso when he began his Rose Period?

A.14. B.19. C.23. D.35.

4.Which of the following sentences describe Picasso’s Cubism period?

① He used many shapes.

② He used different colours.

③ He was influenced by African art and geometry.

④ He painted broken things that were put back together perfectly.

A.①② B.①③ C.②③ D.③④

5.What is the passage mainly about?

A.The symbols in Picasso’s art. B.The secrets of Picasso’s success.

C.Picasso’s unusual human relationships. D.The changes in Picasso’s painting style.

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