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7．    Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun．He drew cartoons，wrote stories，and played with plastic toy bricks （积木）．His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he wasfive years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since．He even tookhis building bricks to college with him!Instead of books and a computer，hehad a model of Greenwich Village made ofbricks on his desk．
    Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid （高薪的） job to become an artist thatuses toys in his art．He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue ofLiberty（自由女神像） toSuperman!He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he usesto make pieces of art．He started by building small models but then decided todo something big and created a self-portrait （自画像）．It took him two days just to build the eyes．
    Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world．Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home anda dults love his work because it is fascinating．Since it began in2007，Nathan's exhibition"The Art of theBrick"has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere．
"I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child，to become an artist，and I have actually made a job out of it，"says Nathan．"To do whatyou love in life is the most important thing．"

82．What did Nathan put on his desk at college？D
A．The Statue of Liberty．
B．Superman．
C．His serf-portrait．
D．A Greenwich Village modal．
83．Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer？C
A．Because he made little money out of a lawyer．
B．Because he wanted to make toys for the children．
C．Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks．
D．Because he was going to work in the museum instead．
84．What does the underlined word"it"in Paragraph 3 referto？B
A．Nathan's work．          B．Nathan's exhibition．
C．Nathan's art．           D．Nathan's self-portrait
85．What would be the best title for the passage？A
A．The Brick Artist               B．The Brick Exhibition
C．Toy Bricksfor Adults           D．The Artist'sChildhood．

Answer 1

分析 全文大意：本文主人公 Nathan Sawaya自从五岁时就对积木有很大兴趣，在大学毕业后放弃了做律师的高薪职位，投身于积木艺术创作，并取得了巨大的成功．

解答 82．D细节理解题．根据第一段Instead of books and a computer，he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk．的描述，可知在他的桌上是 a model of Greenwich Village，故选D．
83．C细节理解题．根据第二段Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid （高薪的） job to become an artist that usestoys in his art．的描述，可知他想成为 an artist that uses toys in his art，故选C．
84．B推理题．联系下文Nathan's exhibition"The Art of the Brick"has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere．描述，可知这个人称代词指代的是南森的展览．故选B．
85．A推理题．这篇短文中的主人公南森利用积木创作出了独特的属于孩子们的艺术，受到了人们的欢迎，是积木艺术家，故选A，

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