大学英语泛读第八单元
F
7.The kinds of puctures Picasso painted changed during his lifetime because he was never satisfied with his style. T 8.Picasso's large wide-open eyes were the first thing people noticed about him. T 9.All his life Picasso tired hard to discover a style of painting that suited him,but failed.
他在头脑里看见那张女人连,比他在画室里坐在他面前是观察的更为清楚
6.“Too bad. She’ll have to arrange look like the picture.”
“毫无办法,她的形象只能像着这幅画的摸样。”
毕加索可以同时展现一张脸额正面和侧面,他也可以画出衣服的裸替,他往往还会 把人画成平面,好像人不是立体的。
4.“If the subjects i have wanted to express have suggested different ways of expression,i have never hesitated to use them”he said
3.Picasso was different from other C successful painter mainly in that___ A.he painted only for his own pleasure B.he painted his pictures using just a few colours C.he never stuck to one particular style of painting D.he was only interested in painting the human face and figure
3.He put in the side of the face as well as front .he painted the naked body and the clothes on it at the same time. He often painted it flat,as though it had no depth
4.Picasso has been calle'the youngest painting'in the world because___ B A.he started painting when he was very young and never lost a chlidlike approach to his work B.he never followed one style of painting and was seeking continuously for new ways to express his ideas through painting C.at the age of 91,he was still painting in the same way as when he was young D.even as a very young child it was easy to see he would become a very famous painter
They are restless and alive and never satisfied.they seek perfection.
1.They prefer to repeat their successes,rather than risk failure.they have found their own level in life and don’t like to depart from it.
F
2.Choose the answer to each of the following questions based on the information from the text
C 1.The author suggests that young people___ A.have too little respect for old ways B.are more likely to be better at painting than old people C.accept new things more easily than old people D.are more dissatisfied with life than old people
他说:“如果我想要表现的主题想我揭示了不同的表现手法,我都会加已采用, 从不犹豫。”
5.He could see the woman’s face more clearly in his mind than he could see it when she sat in t he studio in front of him.
The Youngest Painter in the World
Exercises
1.Read the following statements and decide whether they are true(T) or false(F) accoring to the text.
1.Picasso was eager to trry new things in his paintings only when he was young . F 2.Older people are afraid of change, because they have found their position in society and don't want to give up. T 3.Opinions of other people were of more concern to Picasso than painting the way he wanted to . F
5.'When i look at you i can't see you any more!'This sentence suggest that___ B A.while Picasso was painting Gertrude Stein's picture,he was having difficulty with his vision B.Picasso could not paint Gertrude Stein's ture self at that time C.when Gertrude Stein was siting in front of him ,he was too nervous to form a satisfactory picture of her in his mind D.Picasso had been working on the painted head for a long time and was very tired
6.The reason Picasso produced some extraordinary pictures was that___ D A.he had not yet found his partiucular style so he continued to experiment B.he was the only painter who had large, wide-open eyes C.each time he painter he had new ideas to express D.he often painted what he saw in his mind as well as what he saw with his eyes
他们不安于现状,朝气蓬勃,他们追求完美。
2.Or it might have been all lines squares,circles and strange-coloured shapes. It might not have look human at all.
.我们宁愿墨守成规,以确保成功。而不愿意冒失败的风险。他们功臣名就。不远 另辟蹊径。
4.Picasso liked to talk with Gertrude stein while he was painting her portrait. T 5.Gertrude Stein was satisfied with Picasso's painting of her even though it didn't look like her. T 6.Young people have found their own level in life so we know what to expect of them.
2.There was a hungry look in Picasso's C large,wide-open eyes.This implies___ A.he was ambitious B.he was greedy C.he was always looking for something new D.he had a big appetite