12.Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun.He drew cartoons,wrote stories,and played with plastic toy bricks (積木).His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since.He even took his building bricks to college with him!Instead of books and a computer,he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk.
Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art.He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman!He has more than 1.5million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art.He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait (自畫(huà)像).It took him two days just to build the eyes.
Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world.Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating.Since it began in2007,Nathan's exhibition"The Art of the Brick"has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere.
"I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child,to become an artist,and I have actually made a job out of it,"says Nathan."To do what you love in life is the most important thing."

69.What did Nathan put on his desk at college?D
A.The Statue of Liberty.
B.Superman.
C.His serf-portrait.
D.A Greenwich Village modal.
70.Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?C
A.Because he made little money out of a lawyer.
B.Because he wanted to make toys for the children.
C.Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks.
D.Because he was going to work in the museum instead.
71.What does the underlined word"it"in Paragraph 3 refer to?B
A.Nathan's work.
B.Nathan's exhibition.
C.Nathan's art.
D.Nathan's self-portrait
72.What would be the best title for the passage?A
A.The Brick Artist                      
B.The Brick Exhibition
C.Toy Bricks for Adults                  
D.The Artist's Childhood.

分析 文章大意:這篇文章主要介紹了一位專(zhuān)門(mén)做積木的藝術(shù)家Nathan的故事.他的童年很有趣,在他五歲的時(shí)候,他的祖父母為他買(mǎi)了第一套積木,自那時(shí)起他便開(kāi)始用積木搭建筑物.他甚至將積木帶到了大學(xué),即便是在課桌上,他也放著格林威治村模型.為了成為一個(gè)將玩具使用在藝術(shù)上的藝術(shù)家他放棄了律師的高薪工作,他使用積木搭建了很多很多建筑,從自由女神到超人以及自己的自畫(huà)像.他的作品出現(xiàn)在世界很多博物館中,孩子們和成年人都很喜歡他的作品.Nathan用自身的事跡告訴我們:做你生活中喜歡的事情才是最重要的!

解答 69.答案D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)"He even took his building bricks to college with him!he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk."可知他甚至把積木建筑帶到了大學(xué)里,在他的桌上有一個(gè)用積木搭成的格林威治村模型,故選D.
70.答案C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)"Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art."可知他為了成為一個(gè)將玩具使用在藝術(shù)上的藝術(shù)家放棄了高薪的律師工作,故選C.
71.答案B.根據(jù)"Since it began in2007,Nathan's exhibition"The Art of the Brick"has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere."可知自從它開(kāi)始于2007年,Nathan關(guān)于"積木的藝術(shù)"的展覽一直很受各地參觀者的歡迎,根據(jù)句意,所以"it"應(yīng)當(dāng)是指"Nathan的展覽"故選B.
72.答案A.題目擬定題.根據(jù)全文可知,這篇文章主要講述的是Nathan的故事,文章以人物為線索展開(kāi),"B.積木展覽,C.針對(duì)成年人的積木,D.藝術(shù)家的童年"都過(guò)于片面,只是文章的一部分,所以"積木藝術(shù)家"最為合適,故選A.

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