How far would you walk to learn about something that interested you? When he was young, Jacob Lawrence often walked more than sixty
from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of Art．Jacob wanted to be a（n）
，and he believed that studying the famous paintings
in that museum would help him．
It was 1930,when many people were out of work, money was
and people suffered a lot．Still the streets were
with energy and color．As he walked through Harlem, Jacob looked hard at the people, the churches, and barbershops and so on．He
those images in his mind, along with the images of paintings he saw in the
．
Jacob came from a poor family．His mother believed there was little chance
her son could grow up to be a successful painter．She wanted him to aim for something more
．But Jacob's teacher, Alston, in an art program saw that he was talented．Alston
him how to use paints to make stage sets．
As time passed, Alston let Jacob rent work space in his own studio． That was an exciting place for a young black man
to become an artist．Many creative people
there to talk about art, literature and history．From their
,Jacob learned that history books often
the accomplishments of African Americans．He decided to paint a sel1es of pictures describing the story of a black hero．He
Toussaint, who had helped free his people
French ruling．
Many people admired Jacob's pictures, but he needed
admiration．To help his family, he often had to work at jobs that
him away from painting．Then something encouraging happened．An artist named Augusta got Jacob a job．For eighteen months, Jacob was given a
to paint pictures． For the first time, he felt like a
artist．
| 小题1: | | A．steps | B．blocks | C．buildings | D．avenues |
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| 小题2: | | A．artist | B．tutor | C．scholar | D．official |
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| 小题3: | | A．swinging | B．existing | C．hanging | D．twisting |
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| 小题4: | | A．blank | B．loose | C．tough | D．tight |
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| 小题5: | | A．lined | B．decorated | C．associated | D．filled |
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| 小题6: | | A．stored | B．received | C．created | D．remembered |
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| 小题7: | | A．museum | B．studio | C．church | D．street |
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| 小题8: | | A．whether | B．which | C．that | D．when |
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| 小题9: | | A．precious | B．practical | C．standard | D．flexible |
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| 小题10: | | A．recommended | B．reminded | C．provided | D．showed |
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| 小题11: | | A．hesitating | B．struggling | C．marching | D．participating |
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| 小题12: | | A．settled | B．wandered | C．gathered | D．rushed |
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| 小题13: | | A．experiences | B．performances | C．accents | D．conversations |
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| 小题14: | | A．acknowledged | B．accused | C．ignored | D．witnessed |
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| 小题15: | | A．chose | B．accepted | C．counted | D．employed |
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| 小题16: | | A．against | B．from | C．for | D．with |
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| 小题17: | | A．more than | B．rather than | C．other than | D．less than |
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| 小题18: | | A．broke | B．gave | C．permitted | D．took |
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| 小题19: | | A．award | B．title | C．salary | D．prize |
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| 小题20: | | A．permanent | B．popular | C．positive | D．professional |
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