1．A lot of teenagers are good at art at school，but how would you feel if people called you"the new Picasso（畢加索）"or if presidents and other famous people collected your paintings？
Alexandra Nechita was ten when her paintings became famous all over the world．She visited Britain，F(xiàn)rance，Italy，Japan，Australia，New Zealand and her family's native place （祖籍） Romania where 5，000fans came to see her at the airport．Alexandra said，"When it all started，I was moved．It was very eciting and I loved the traveling，but I got very tired．And I missed home．"
Alexandra is a good student．Her studies always come first．She only starts painting after she's done her homework．She works on two or three paintings at a time．The paintings sell for thousands and Alexandra's parents have given up their jobs to work for their daughter．Life for the Nechita family is very different from what it was like a few years ago．
Alexandra's father Niki left Romania for political reasons in 1985．At first hetried his best to learn English and had different kinds of low-paid jobs．In 1987，he brought his wife and Alexandra，who was then 18months old，to America．The family was very poor．Alexandra began to draw at the age of three．
She was drawing for four or five hours a day．Soon people offered to buy her paintings and she had her first art show at the age of eight．Stories about this child appeared in the newspapers and television．They now live in a large house with a swimming pool．Her mother said，"We sarted without anything，but thanks to Alexandra，we have everything we ever dreamed of．"
36．Alexandra became well-known all over the world for her paintings at the age ofD．
A.18months
B．three
C．eight
D．ten
37．Which country does Alexandra live？A
A．America．
B．Britain．
C．Romania．
D．France．
38．Alexandra's paintingC．
A．took her a lot of time at school
B．made her drop out of school
C．didn't influence her studies at school
D．made her fall behind others in studies at school
39．When her family arrived in America in 1987，A．
A．their life was very hard
B．they lived by selling Alexandra's paintings
C．Alexandra began to draw her painting
D．her parents left their jobs and worked for her
40．From the passage，we can learnB．
A．Alexandra was not interested in travelling
B．Alexandra's success changed her family's life
C．Alexandra's parents were good at English
D．Alexandra's stories appeared often on the radio and TV．
分析 【文章大意】這篇文章主要介紹的是著名畫家：Alexandra，她是一名好學生，完成作業(yè)后才畫畫；她一天畫四、五個小時；她十歲時的畫就世界聞名．八歲時有了自己第一個美術展．意為她，她的家人有了一切．
解答 36 D 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章：Alexandra Nechita was ten when her paintings became famous all over the world．可知Alexandra在十歲時聞名世界．故選D．
37 A 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章：In 1987，he brought his wife and Alexandra，who was then 18months old，to America．可知她們一家人現(xiàn)在住在美國．故選A．
38 C 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章：Alexandra is a good student．Her studies always come first．She only starts painting after she's done her homework．She works on two or three paintings at a time．可知她是一名好學生，完成作業(yè)后才畫畫，因此她畫畫并沒有影響學習．故選C．
39 A 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章：In 1987，he brought his wife and Alexandra，who was then 18months old，to America．The family was very poor．可知她們家到美國的時候生活很艱難．故選A．
40 B 推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章：We sarted without anything，but thanks to Alexandra，we have everything we ever dreamed of．可知當他們到來時，一無所有，而Alexandra的成功，給他們帶來了一切．故選B．
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