题目内容
12.Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art.He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman!He has more than 1.5million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art.He started by building small models but then decided to do 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 and adults love his work because it is fascinating.Since it began in2007,Nathan's exhibition"The Art of the Brick"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 what you love in life is the most important thing."
69.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.
70.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.
71.What does the underlined word"it"in Paragraph 3 refer to?B
A.Nathan's work.
B.Nathan's exhibition.
C.Nathan's art.
D.Nathan's self-portrait
72.What would be the best title for the passage?A
A.The Brick Artist
B.The Brick Exhibition
C.Toy Bricks for Adults
D.The Artist's Childhood.
分析 文章大意:这篇文章主要介绍了一位专门做积木的艺术家Nathan的故事.他的童年很有趣,在他五岁的时候,他的祖父母为他买了第一套积木,自那时起他便开始用积木搭建筑物.他甚至将积木带到了大学,即便是在课桌上,他也放着格林威治村模型.为了成为一个将玩具使用在艺术上的艺术家他放弃了律师的高薪工作,他使用积木搭建了很多很多建筑,从自由女神到超人以及自己的自画像.他的作品出现在世界很多博物馆中,孩子们和成年人都很喜欢他的作品.Nathan用自身的事迹告诉我们:做你生活中喜欢的事情才是最重要的!!
解答 69.答案D.细节理解题.根据"He even took his building bricks to college with him!he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk."可知他甚至把积木建筑带到了大学里,在他的桌上有一个用积木搭成的格林威治村模型,故选D.
70.答案C.细节理解题.根据"Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art."可知他为了成为一个将玩具使用在艺术上的艺术家放弃了高薪的律师工作,故选C.
71.答案B.根据"Since it began in2007,Nathan's exhibition"The Art of the Brick"has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere."可知自从它开始于2007年,Nathan关于"积木的艺术"的展览一直很受各地参观者的欢迎,根据句意,所以"it"应当是指"Nathan的展览"故选B.
72.答案A.题目拟定题.根据全文可知,这篇文章主要讲述的是Nathan的故事,文章以人物为线索展开,"B.积木展览,C.针对成年人的积木,D.艺术家的童年"都过于片面,只是文章的一部分,所以"积木艺术家"最为合适,故选A.
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