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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 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 coloring in her coloring books. Her parents hoped she could spend more time playing with other children, so they took away her coloring books. Alexandra began drawing her own pictures and coloring them in.

By the time Alexandra was seven years 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 honor, 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 build peace throughout the world.

【1】When did Alexandra begin drawing pictures?

A. At the age of eight.

B. At the age of seven.

C. In the year of 1987.

D. In the year of 1985.

【2】Alexandra was called" Little Picasso?" because__________

A. she learned to paint from Picasso

B. her style of painting was much 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 Paragraph 4?

A. Always appearing in public brought Alexandra much joy.

B. Alexandra felt very satisfied with her work.

C. Alexandra became famous when she grew up.

D. In order to make much money, Alexandra made many artworks.

【4】What can we know about Alexandra from the passage?

A. She is polite.B. She is faithful.C. She is patient.D. She is creative.

【5】The passage can be described as a(n)______

A. interesting adventure story

B. good comedy

C. teenager's life experience

D. poster of famous paintings

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

短文大意：短文講述了天才畫家亞歷山德拉·內(nèi)希塔的故事。她從兩歲開始畫畫，八歲舉辦個(gè)人畫展，從而出名，有“小畢加索”之譽(yù)，現(xiàn)在是全職藝術(shù)家，致力于幫助支持學(xué)校的藝術(shù)。

【1】題意：亞歷山德拉什么時(shí)候開始畫畫的?考查細(xì)節(jié)計(jì)算。根據(jù)From the day she began drawing at the age of two, she was an artist.可知亞歷山德拉二歲時(shí)就開始畫畫了，結(jié)合Alexandra Nechita was born in Romania in 1985，1985+2=1987，故選C。

【2】題意：亞歷山德拉被稱為“小畢加索”，因?yàn)樗�的繪畫風(fēng)格很像畢加索�？疾榧�(xì)節(jié)判斷。

根據(jù)Alexandra's work was similar in some ways to the paintings by famous artists like Picasso.可知她的作品在某些方面與畢加索等著名藝術(shù)家的作品相似，故選B。

【3】題意：我們能從第4段中了解到什么?考查細(xì)節(jié)判斷。A. Always appearing in public brought Alexandra much joy總是出現(xiàn)在公共場(chǎng)合給亞歷山德拉帶來(lái)了很多歡樂(lè)；B. Alexandra felt very satisfied with her work亞歷山德拉對(duì)她的工作感到非常滿意；C. Alexandra became famous when she grew up亞歷山德拉長(zhǎng)大后出名了；D. In order to make much money, Alexandra made many artworks為了賺更多的錢，亞歷山德拉做了很多藝術(shù)品。根據(jù)She just cannot imagine doing anything else that would bring her such joy and satisfaction.可知她對(duì)自己的工作很滿意，故選B。

【4】題意：從文章中我們能了解到關(guān)于亞歷山德拉的什么?考查綜合歸納。根據(jù)but Alexandra's style of painting was all her own.和People were amazed at how young Alexandra was, but mostly they loved her imaginative artwork.可知她很有想象力和創(chuàng)造力，creative有創(chuàng)造力的，故選D。

【5】題意：這篇文章可以被描述為青少年的生活經(jīng)歷�？疾槲捏w理解。A .有趣的冒險(xiǎn)故事；B. 好喜�。�C. 青少年的生活經(jīng)歷；D. 名畫海報(bào)。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容可知是年輕藝術(shù)家亞歷山德拉·內(nèi)希塔的人生經(jīng)歷，故選C。