Reading comprehension.

　　Salvador Dali was one of the most interesting and unusual painters of all time. He was born in Spain in 1904 and began painting when he was a child. His mother gave him a room in the family home to paint in.

　　In 1021 he went to study at the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts（法南多皇家美術(shù)學(xué)院）. He quickly made friends with other painters there. He did very well at the Academy. However, most people didn't remember his paintings; they remembered his strange clothes and ways.

　　While he was there, he read a famous book about dreams by Sigmund Freud. Freud said that dreams were very important in our lives. After reading this book, Dali painted strange pictures that looked like dreams. They often showed empty deserts with unusual things in them--like melting watches and faces.

　　Dali did not only paint pictures. He made clothes and shot movies as well. He also drew pictures for books and made jewels. He loved people watching him. He was always doing unusual things outside his house. People came and watched him. Once he made an egg as big as a man, and put liquid into it. When he opened it, the red liquid, looked like blood, came out of it. Dali said this meant the beginning of life.

　　Dali was still painting when he was 80. He was so famous that people bought his paintings. He died in 1989.

True or false:

(1) Salvador Dali was an American painter.

(2) All his pictures look like dreams.

(3) At the Academy most people didn't remember his pictures, but they remembered his unusual behavior instead.

(4) Freud was a friend of Dali's.

(5) Dali died at the age of 85.
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