阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Finding my voice through art
When I was a kid, I dreamed of being a painter. I loved expressing my feelings through
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and brushstrokes. But in Art class, I often felt discouraged. My paintings never seemed to
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my classmates' works.
I remember we had a project to
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a portrait. After we finished, we presented our paintings to the class. As I looked around, I felt
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. "Why do their paintings look so good, but mine looks like I just started?" I thought. I was upset as I
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my painting to the really nice ones around me.
But I still really enjoyed painting. I found
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in painting. If I didn't like what I had put on paper, I could
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paint over it. With each brushstroke, I felt creativity
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inside me, helping me let go of my fears and express what inspired me.
In school, we studied famous
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like Picasso and Van Gogh, and I never saw myself or my art in their works. The scenes they painted didn't fit my
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. Then, everything changed when I discovered the Black artists during the Harlem Renaissance and the works of Jean-Michel Basquiat. I felt more seen. Their art
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me to create my own art—abstract(抽象的) portraits and beautiful sunsets.
I paint when I'm moved, and I am
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moved by what's natural—emotions, nature and other forms of art, especially creative writing. I am also very moved by pain. I talked with a famous artist Spook, and I explained this
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to her. She told me, "Pain is energy. You have to learn how to
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it towards something useful." This inspired me to turn my pain into my art, into my paintings.
Even if my paintings aren't
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, it's still beautiful that I was able to create something. My paintings may not be a Basquiat, but they're mine—so I love them anyway.
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) 1. A. colours B. stories C. speeches D. songs
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) 2. A. avoid B. match C. change D. repeat
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) 3. A. decorate B. create C. copy D. buy
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) 4. A. sad B. bored C. excited D. lucky
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) 5. A. introduced B. connected C. expressed D. compared
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) 6. A. surprise B. fear C. regret D. joy
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) 7. A. actually B. nearly C. simply D. carefully
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) 8. A. breaking B. growing C. dropping D. losing
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) 9. A. scientists B. composers C. musicians D. artists
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)10. A. memory B. duty C. world D. purpose
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)11. A. encouraged B. prevented C. advised D. managed
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)12. A. never B. often C. soon D. seldom
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)13. A. form B. design C. excuse D. feeling
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)14. A. direct B. find C. forget D. hold
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)15. A. perfect B. strange C. terrible D. traditional
