Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
Most painters discover a style of painting that is fit for them and stick to it, especially if people admire their pictures. But Picasso, the great Spanish painter, was like a man who had not yet found his own particular style of painting，He kept on struggling to find the perfect expression till his death in 1973.
Some of Picasso's paintings are rich soft colored and beautiful. Others are ugly, cruel and strange. But such paintings allow us to imagine things for ourselves. They force us to say to ourselves, “What does he see that makes him paint like that？” And we begin to look under the surface of the things we see.
Picasso painted thousands of pictures in different styles. Sometimes he painted the natural look of things. Sometimes he seemed to break them apart and throw the pieces in our faces. He showed us what the mind knew as well as what the eyes saw. At the age of 90，he remained as curious about the world as he had been when he was young. That is why people have called him “the youngest painter in the world”．
1．In the passage the writer wants to tell us
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A．about some pictures which have different styles
B．about Picasso's style of painting
C．it is not easy for a painter to find his own style
D．that Picasso has not found his own particular style
【解析】 作者意图题。本文作者的写作意图是介绍毕加索的绘画风格，“不拘风格”正是他的绘画风格。
【答案】 B
2．The sentence “Sometimes he seemed to break them apart and throw the pieces in our faces” means ．
A．sometimes he tore his pictures into pieces
B．he broke something he was painting and threw them away
C．sometimes he showed some broken pictures to others
D．things in some of his pictures seem to be in disorder
【解析】 细节理解题。结合上下文看，该句介绍的是毕加索的绘画风格之一，句中“he seemed to ...”说明“好像那样”，但并非真正撕碎。
【答案】 D
3．Why have people called Picasso “the youngest painter in the world”？
A．Because he observed things with his eyes and mind.
B．Because he looked young when he was old.
C．Because he never stopped painting even when he was old.
D．Because he never gave up looking for something new.
【解析】 推理判断题。从文章最后两句话可知，毕加索终生追求完美，即使90岁高龄，也还像年轻人那样对世界充满着好奇，所以才被称为“the youngest painter in the world”。
【答案】 D
4．What do you suppose the writer thinks of Picasso's paintings?
A．He doesn't understand some of them.
B．He thinks some of them are valuable, and some are not.
C．He admires them，including the ugly ones.
D．He doesn't like some of them, but admires the painter.
【解析】 推理判断题。从全文看出本文作者是毕加索的忠实崇拜者，对毕加索本人及他的作品给予了极高的评价，故选C项。
【答案】 C
B
Since my retirement from teaching music in 2002，I have spent a good deal of time painting as an artist. I actually began drawing again in the summer of 1995 when my father died，so perhaps I was trying to recover from the loss of my father，or maybe it was just that it brought back memories of him. In any case，I drew pen and ink animals and landscapes much influenced by Krenkel and St. John for five years.
For some strange reasons, I had been waiting until my retirement to start doing watercolors again, but as soon aswalked out of the school door for the last time I picked up my brushes and rediscovered Andrew Wyeth, who quickly became my favourite artist. I had looked through all the art books I had on my shelves and found his watercolors to be the closest to how I thought good watercolors should look. So I painted landscapes around Minnesota for three years and tried out many other types of painting. However，watercolors remained my first choice, and I think I did my best work there, showing my paintings at a number of art exhibitions.
Art is now together with my piano playing and reading. There is a time for everything in my world，and it is wonderful to have some time doing what I want to do. As Confucius once said, “At seventy I can follow my heart's desire.”
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