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【題目】Do you know what you’d like to be when you grow up? It takes most people many years to find this out. For the young artist Alexandra Nechita, it never really seemed to be a question. From the day she began drawing at the age of two, she was an artist.

Alexandra Nechita was born in Romania in 1985 and moved to California when she was still a baby. As a little child, she loved colouring in her colouring books. Her parents hoped she could spend more time playing with other children, so they took away her colouring books. Alexandra began drawing her own pictures and colouring them in.

By the time Alcxandra was seven ycars old, she had begun painting with oil paints. When

Alexandra took a local art class, her teacher was amazed at the young artist’s unusual style of painting. Alexandra’s work was similar in some ways to the paintings by famous artists like Picasso. These artists did not use a realistic style of painting. They allowed their imaginations to play an

important part in their work. The interesting thing was that little Alexandra had never seen the work of these artists. People called her “Little Picasso”. This was a great honour, but Alexandra’s style of

painting was all her own.

Alexandra’s first public show was held at a Los Angeles public library when she was

only eight years old. People were amazed at how young Alexandra was, but mostly they loved her imaginative artwork. It did not take long for Alexandra and her work to become famous. She appeared on television programs and in newspapers and magazines all over the world. The sale of a single piece can earn the young artist thousands of dollars. But that is not why Alexandra creates artwork. She just cannot imagine doing anything else that would bring her such joy and satisfaction.

Today, Alexandra is a full-time artist. She also works to help support the arts in schools. Alexandra is a strong believer in the power of art as a tool of communication and a bridge to building peace throughout the world.

【1】When did Alexandra begin drawing pictures?

A. At the age of eight. B. At the age of seven.

C. At the age of two. D. In the year of 1985.

【2】Alexandra was called “Little Picasso” because .

A. shc learned to paint from Picasso B. her style of painting was like Picasso’s

C. she was one of Picasso’s big fans D. her style of painting was unusual

【3】What can we learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4?

A. Only painting can make her so happy and satisfied.

B. Only money can make her so happy and satisfied.

C. Anything can make her feel happy and satisfied.

D. Nothing can make her feel happy and satisfied.

【4】According to the passage, which word can best describe Alexandra?

A. Polite. B. Generous. C. Patient. D. Creative.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

這篇短文給我們講述了一個天才畫家Alexandra Nechita，她從兩歲就開始畫畫，八歲的時候她就舉辦了個人畫展，變得出名，她的作品可以賣到幾千美元，她的畫畫風(fēng)格很像畢加索�，F(xiàn)在她是一個全職畫家。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段中From the day she began drawing at the age of two, she was an artist.可知，Alexandra在兩歲的時候就開始畫畫。由此可知應(yīng)選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中Alexandra’s work was similar in some ways to the paintings by famous artists like Picasso. These artists did not use a realistic style of painting. They allowed their imaginations to play an important part in their work. …People called her “Little Picasso”.可知，Alexandra的畫畫風(fēng)格在某種程度上很像著名畫家畢加索的，他們都不用寫實(shí)的風(fēng)格，而是使用他們的想象力，因此人們把Alexandra稱為“小畢加索”。故應(yīng)選B。

【3】推理判斷題。劃線的這句話She just cannot imagine doing anything else that would bring her such joy and satisfaction.本意為：她只是無法想象做其他任何能給她來到如此快樂和滿足的事情。有這句話我們可以知道，Alexandra只有在畫畫中才能獲得快樂和滿足，故應(yīng)選A。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文意可知，Alexandra從兩歲就開始畫畫，八歲就舉辦了個人畫展，而且盡管她根本就沒有見過畢加索的畫，他們的畫畫風(fēng)格卻非常像，對于這樣的一個人，我們應(yīng)用creative來形容，意思是“富有創(chuàng)造力的，有創(chuàng)造性的”，故D選項(xiàng)合適。Polite 禮貌的；Generous慷慨的，大方的；Patient耐心的。這幾個形容詞不符合Alexandra。

這是一篇記敘文，給我們講述了一個天才的畫家Alexandra，她從兩歲就開始畫畫，八歲就舉辦了個人畫展，她的繪畫風(fēng)格與像畢加索這樣的著名藝術(shù)家相似。這篇記人為主的文章，主題明確，敘事清晰，比較容易理解。后面的題目涉及了細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷題，細(xì)節(jié)題考查我們對材料中某一具體事實(shí)和細(xì)節(jié)進(jìn)行正確的理解，這類題型比較簡單，我們只需根據(jù)題干所問，定位到原文，找到相關(guān)信息即可作答。如第1小題，題目問的是Alexandra什么時候開始畫畫，注意文章中began drawing這一關(guān)鍵詞，在短文第一段中就可以找到答案。推理判斷題往往也是基于文章事實(shí)來進(jìn)行推理或者判斷，如第4小題，這個題目要求我們用一個詞來形容Alexandra，結(jié)合文章大意可知，Alexandra兩歲就開始畫畫，而且畫畫的風(fēng)格與畢加索相似，在畫畫時需要發(fā)揮想象力，在給出的四個單詞中creative是最合適的，它的意思是“有創(chuàng)造性的，富有創(chuàng)造力的”。