Question

I have always been interested in making things. When I was a child, I enjoyed drawing, but I also liked making things out of clay(粘土). I won a prize for one of my paintings when I was fourteen. That may be why I went to art school four years later. But I studied painting at first, not pottery(制陶). I like being a potter because I like to work with my hands and feel the clay. I'm happy working by myself and being near my home. I don't like mass-produced(集体生产)things, because they are made by machines. I think crafts(手工艺) are very important and crafts-people make things cleverly with hands. They make our lives colorful. When I left school, I got some money. I hope to become a full-time crafts-woman. This work-place is small, but I wish to move to a larger one next year.

1.From the passage we are sure that the writer is a _______.

A. student    B. teacher    C. man    D. woman

2.The writer got into art school because of ______.

A. liking to make things

B. enjoying working near her home

C. a prize won when the writer was young

D. a wish to be a potter

3.When entering art school, the writer was about ______.

A. 14    B. 16    C. 18    D. 21

4.The writer is talking about her workplace _____.

A. unhappily    B. hopefully    C. seriously    D. angrily

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.B

【解析】本文是一篇人物传纪类阅读。以时间为线索，向我们说明了作者小时候喜欢油画和用黏土做东西，因为油画作品获奖，后来进入艺术院校学习油画。但她想成为一名陶器艺术家，她想用双手制造生活的美，她的梦想是成为一名专业的手工艺术家。

1.细节理解题。由“I hope to become a full-time crafts-woman.”我希望成为一个全职的手工艺女人，可知作者应该是一个女人。故选D。

2.细节理解题。由“I won a prize for one of my paintings when I was fourteen. That may be why I went to art school four years later.”十四岁时,我的一幅画获奖。这可能是我四年后去艺术学校的原因，可知作者去艺术学校是因为十四岁时一幅画获奖。故选C。

3.推理判断题。由“I won a prize for one of my paintings when I was fourteen. That may be why I went to art school four years later.”十四岁时,我的一幅画获奖。这可能是我四年后去艺术学校的原因，可知作者十四岁获奖，四年后去艺术学校，那么她去学校时应该是十八岁。故选C。

4.细节理解题。由“This work-place is small, but I wish to move to a larger one next year.”这个工作地点很小,但我希望明年搬到大一些的地方去.可知作者谈论她工作的地方时是充满希望的。故选B。