Pablo Picasso was born on October 25 in Malaga. Spain in 1881. Taking after his father, Picasso shared a passion （热爱）for painting and art. Even though he wasn't the best student in school, Picasso excelled at drawing. Noticing his amazing talent, Picasso's father, an artist, taught him everything he knew. Before long, Picasso could paint and draw much better than his father. With this rich talent, Picasso paid less and less attention to his schoolwork and spent the majority of his day sketching and drawing in notepads and sketchbooks.

When he was a little bit older, Picasso moved twice and was accepted into two fine art programs. However, he didn't care very much for the special techniques they taught and often wandered the streets by himself drawing the scenes around him. After moving to these two places, Picasso moved back home to Barcelona and decided that he would develop new techniques of art and painting based on what he saw.

Later, Picasso decided to move to Paris, France, where he began perfecting his own techniques of painting, drawing and other forms of art. His drawings. paintings, and an included pieces about sadness, poverty, classics and self-portraits. One of his major types of work is called cubism （立体 派），which includes art with all sizes of geometric shapes together on the piece of an. This type of art is very important because no other artists had come up with the idea before. Picasso decided to try something new, and as a result, cubism is widely accepted today as a classic style of art.

Picasso inspires us to always be thinking. He tells us to think outside the box and come up with fresh new ideas that can change the world. He surely plays a significant role in the art field.

【小题1】What do we know about Picasso as a student at school?

A．He hated doing his homework.

B．He was very proud of his talent.

C．He showed great talent for drawing.

D．He was often praised by his teacher.

【小题2】What did Picasso's father do when he found Picasso's gift?

A．He tried his best to help Picasso.

B．He blamed Picasso for his laziness.

C．He asked Picasso to finish his work on time.

D．He encouraged Picasso to do better at school.

【小题3】What was Picasso's attitude towards the special techniques at that time?

A．He thought highly of them.

B．He took no interest in them.

C．He was confused about them.

D．He was concerned about them.

【小题4】What does the author tell us in the last two paragraphs?

A．Picasso has great faith in art.

B．Picasso has changed the world a lot.

C．Picasso can do anything he wants to.

D．Picasso is a highly creative artist.