任务一 完形填空
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。
Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain. His father was an Art teacher.
Picasso was about 10, he began attending his dad's lessons. The boy
showed a talent for art. At the age of 14, he painted a picture of his Aunt Pepa that has been
by many people for catching her facial expression. Two years later, he moved to Barcelona and joined a group of
. Picasso's new friends
exciting developments in art and culture in Paris, France. Soon, Picasso began
much of his time in Paris.
The ______ of a close friend in 1901 marked the start of Picasso's "Blue Period". For about three years, blue was the most ______ colour in his paintings and his work was mainly about sadness and loneliness. By 1904, Picasso was beginning to feel ______ . That spring, he moved to Paris. He began ______ circus performers with brighter, redder colours, which meant the start of the "Rose Period".
Between about 1907 and 1914, Picasso and his friend Georges Braque began trying a new style of art. Unlike most Western artists at that time,
didn't try to describe nature. Instead, they divided objects
smaller shapes, and then put them back together in surprising ways. They
showed the same object from several points of view, all in one work of art. This new style became known as Cubism(立体派).
After 1918, Picasso returned to
styles. He later began writing poetry. He continued to make Cubist works like Guernica and expressed his strong anger against the war. When Picasso was asked
he used so many styles, he replied, "Whenever I want to say something, I say it the way I believe I should."
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) 1. A. When B. Because C. Although D. Unless
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) 2. A. exact B. quickly C. quietly D. luckily
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) 3. A. questioned B. praised C. promised D. expected
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) 4. A. scientists B. pianists C. tourists D. artists
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) 5. A. heard about B. gave up C. came across D. put away
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) 6. A. taking B. costing C. finding D. spending
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) 7. A. death B. appearance C. greeting D. cry
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) 8. A. special B. common C. correct D. active
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) 9. A. worse B. easier C. better D. wider
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)10. A. writing B. talking C. loving D. painting
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)11. A. he B. they C. we D. she
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)12. A. from B. into C. by D. with
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)13. A. seldom B. never C. hardly D. usually
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)14. A. special B. natural C. colourful D. traditional
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)15. A. who B. which C. why D. that
