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　　Unit 1  Arts
　　I. 完形填空
　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中，选出最佳选项。
　　The name of the Spanish artist Picasso is very famous in the West. Today, Picasso 　1　＂art＂. Picasso started from various styles of painting until he invented ＂Cubism(立体主义)＂.
　　Picasso’s father was 　2　a painter, a Professor of Art at the local school of fine arts. He taught his son how to draw figures and how to paint 　3　oils and took him to some of the schools of art that he himself 　4　. Although he was Spanish, Picasso spent much of his life in Paris and never took part in 　5　 World War I or World War Ⅱ.
　　Picasso’s 　6　life was very unconventional. He had four children 　7　three different women, two wives and many lovers. In 1961, however, he married and stayed with Jacqueline Roque 　8　the end of his life in 1973.
　　Picasso produced paintings of acrobats at the beginning of his 　9　and moved into a different style when he started painting pictures of artists. 　10　he developed his works into the famous style which is known as ＂Cubism＂. He also created 　11　and wrote poetry.
　　Picasso produced 　12　paintings than anyone else ever has: 13, 500 paintings, 100, 000 prints and 34, 000 boostrations. He worked in many different mediums (手段): oils, watercolors, charcoal(木炭) and pencil. His paintings in the Cubist style started a new movement in art in the 　13　20th century. Picasso 　14　this style of painting with a colleague, Georges Braque in 1909. They painted objects by 　15　them into small pieces and then viewed and painted them from several angles at once. 　16　used brown colors for the paintings.
　　The Cubism Movement started with Picasso and Braque in Montmartre, Paris, and 　17　rapidly among the artists. It began to develop into a second stage in which artists added 　18　objects to the painting in various materials, such as cloth or newspapers. In 　19　1950s Picasso’s works went through more changes when he started to look at the grand masters of art, like Velasquez.
　　In his 80’s and 90’s, he began to paint a mixture of many styles that he kept changing. Only after his death 　__20__fully appreciate his great achievements and in 1999 one of his paintings sold for US $51 million.
　　1. A. is B. means C. learns D. makes
　　2. A. also B. even C. almost D. only
　　3. A. with B. on C. from D. in
　　4. A. teach B. taught C. teaching D. taught at
　　5. A. among B. either C. between D. beyond
　　6. A. real B. old C. public D. private
　　7. A. by B. in C. on D. about
　　8. A. until B. at C. as D. by
　　9. A. life B. career C. paintings D. school
　　10. A. Accidentally B. Frankly C. Eventually D. Fortunately
　　11. A. sculptures B. telephones C. pictures D. poems
　　12. A. fewer B. scores of C. a great deal D. more
　　13. A. late B. modern C. early D. difficult
　　14. A. found B. invented C. searched D. protected
　　15. A. separating B. cutting off C. throwing