3. Let's go       a walk tomorrow morning.

2.        an early age， he learnt stone carving from that old man.

1. She described the lives        common people in her books..

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. Picasso 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 painting 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.

When he died in 1973, he was ninety-two years old.  

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(   ) 1. What did Pablo Picasso's father do?

A.  A teacher.

B.   A painter.

C.   An artist.

D.  A painter and art teacher.

(   ) 2. What prize did Picasso win when he was fifteen?

A.  Science and Painting.

B.   Science and Art.

C.   Science and Charity.

D.  Painting and Charity.

(   ) 3. Where was Picasso born and where did he visit when he was nineteen?

A.  Paris and Spain.

B.   London and Paris.

C.   Spain and Paris.

D.  London and Spain.

(   ) 4. How old was Picasso when he moved to Paris and how old was he when he died?

A.  Twenty-three and ninety.

B.   Twenty-three and ninety-two.

C.   Nineteen and ninety-two.

D.  Nineteen and ninety.

(   ) 5. What did Picasso do when he was old?

A.  He lived his life like a young man.

B.   He looked for new ideas.

C.   He looked for new ways to use his artistic materials.

D.  All the above.

Chi Li is one of the best known Chinese writers in the West. She was born in the 1950s. 1   the age of 19，Chi entered a medical college in 1976. After she graduated, she 2    as a doctor at a hospital in Wuhan. As she loved 3     better, she went to Wuhan University to study Chinese language and literature in 1983. She chose 4     as her profession (职业).

During the 1980s, Chi wrote many works full of love. In the 1990s, her works, such as Apart From Love and The Sun Was Born，were5    the lives of young people and everyday problems. Since 2003, Chi has 6     a higher level in her works. And many of her novels have received a 7     honor. Life Show is one of her representative (有代表性的)works and 8     has been translated into many languages. The 9     shows the real life of a common woman in Wuhan.

Chi says， " Writers don't need to be anyone, 10 they should be able to understand everyone.”So she often travels alone to get a feel of how the world is and tries to understand people from all social strata(阶层).
(   ) 1. A. At    B. In C. On    D. With

(   ) 2. A. became    B. worked C. enjoyed    D. considered

(   ) 3. A. medicine    B. traveling C. movie    D. literature

(   ) 4. A. teaching    B. writing C. nursing    D. reading

(   ) 5. A. over    B. under C. about    D. with

(   ) 6. A. reached    B. arrived C. went    D. been

(   ) 7. A. great    B. nice C. bad    D. big

(   ) 8. A. she    B. they C. it    D. her

(   ) 9. A. picture    B. story C. newspaper    D. film

(   ) 10. A. or    B. till C. but    D. and

(   ) 5. Bing Xin was good at writing      

A. novels    B. animals

C. children's works D. plants

(   ) 4. Mark Twain was born in       and died in      

A. 1895; 1938 B.1895; 1940  

C. 1896; 1952 D. 1835; 1910

(   ) 3. Aesop is known for his          .

A. paintings    B. fables C. plays   D. novels

(   ) 2. Shakespeare was born in      

A. America    B. England

C. France    D. Japan

(   ) 1.Still Night Thoughts is one of       works.

A.  Li Bai's

B.   Wang Wei's

C.   Cao Xueqin's

D.  Du Fu's