Question

从方框中所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项补全短文，其中有一项是多余选项。（10分）

  Pablo Picasso（毕加索） was born in Spain in 1881. His father was a painter and art teacher. 1.__________________He won a prize — “Science and Charity” for his first important painting when he was only fifteen. He studied in several cities in Spain. But there was no one to teach him all that he wanted to know.  2.________________________

   Paris was then the center of the world for artists. Everything that was new and exciting in the world of paintings seemed to happen there. 3.__________________When he was twenty-three, Picasso moved there to live . 4._______________________

   When he was over ninety, this great painter still lived his life like a young man. 5.____________________________

   When he died in 1973, he was ninety-one years old.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.F

4.D

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述毕加索在早年受到父亲的启蒙教育，并在15岁时就获得第一个奖项，然后远赴法国学艺，并在巴黎定居直至最后去世的生平经历。

1.根据第一段His father was a painter and art teacher的描述可知，是他的父亲在绘画方面给了他启蒙教育。故应选C， He gave his son the first lesson in drawing。

2.根据上文He studied in several cities in Spain. But there was no one to teach him all that he wanted to know.的描述可知，他在西班牙的几个城市都学习过，但没有人能教他想知道的东西，所以他才出访巴黎。故选A，When he was nineteen, he visited Paris。

3.根据前文 Paris was then the center of the world for artists. Everything that was new and exciting in the world of paintings seemed to happen there描述可知，巴黎是世界艺术中心，绘画领域的新奇事都发生在那里。因此对那里产生了爱慕。故选F，He found he liked this city very much。

4.根据上文When he was twenty-three, Picasso moved there to live .的描述可知，他23岁移居巴黎，并从此在那里度过他的余生。故应选D，Then he lived in France for the rest of his life.。

5.根据短文 When he was over ninety, this great painter still lived his life like a young man的描述可知这位伟大的画家九十岁时依然过着象年轻人一样的生活。他依然为他的艺术素材寻找新的理念和方法。故应选B，He was still looking for new ideas and new ways to use his artistic materials。

考点：人物传记类短文阅读。