Question

   Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881. His father was a painter and art teacher who gave his son the first lesson in drawing. 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. When he was nineteen,he visited Paris.

   Paris was then the centre of the world for artists. Everything that was new and exciting in the world of paintings seemed to happen there. When he was twentythree,Picasso moved there to live and lived in France for the rest of his life.

   When he was over ninety,this great painter still lived his life like a young man. He was still looking for new ideas and new ways to use his artistic materials.

   When he died in 1973,he was ninetyone years old.

() 1. What did Pablo Picasso’s father do?

A. A teacher.     B. A painter.

C. An artist.     D. A painter and art teacher.

() 2. What prize did he win when he was fifteen?

A. Science and Painting.    B. Science and Art.

C. Science and Charity.     D. Painting and Charity.

() 3. Where was he born and where did he visit when he was nineteen?

A. Paris and Spain.    B. London and Paris,

C. Spain and Paris.    D. London and Spairu

() 4. How old was he when he moved to Paris and how old was he when he died?

A. Twentythree and ninety.   B. Twentythree and ninetyone.

C. Nineteen and ninetyone.   D. Nineteen and ninety.

() 5. What did he do when he was old?

A. He lived his life like a young man.

B. He looked for new ideas.

C. He looked for new ways to use his artistic materials.

D. All the above.

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