【全优课堂】2017版高考英语一轮复习 第一部分 模块知识 Unit 2 Poems限时规范训练 新人教版选修6.docVIP

第一部分　选修6　Unit 2 Ⅰ.完形填空 (2016陕西西安第七十中学11月检测) How far would you walk to learn about something that interested you? When he was young, Jacob Lawrence often walked more than sixty__1__from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Jacob wanted to be a(n)__2__，and he believed that studying the famous paintings__3__in that museum would help him. It was 1930，when many people were out of work, money was__4__and people suffered a lot.Still the streets were__5__with energy and color.As he walked through Harlem, Jacob looked hard at the people, the churches, and barbershops and so on.He__6__those images in his mind, along with the images of paintings he saw in the__7__. Jacob came from a poor family.His mother believed there was little chance__8__her son could grow up to be a successful painter.She wanted him to aim for something more__9__.But Jacobs teacher, Alston, in an art program saw that he was talented.Alston__10__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 __11__to become an artist.Many creative people__12__there to talk about art, literature and history.From their__13__，Jacob learned that history books often __14__the accomplishments of African Americans.He decided to paint a series of pictures describing the story of a black hero.He __15__Toussaint, who had helped free his people__16__French ruling. Many people admired Jacobs pictures, but he needed__17__admiration.To help his family, he often had to work at jobs that__18__him away from painting.Then something encouraging happened.An artist named Augusta got Jacob a job.For eighteen months, Jacob was given a__19__to paint pictures.For the first time, he felt like a__20__artist. (　　)1.A.steps　　　　 B．blocks C．buildings　　 D．avenues (　　)2.A.artist　　 B．tutor C．scholar　　 D．official (　　)3.A.swinging　　 B．existing C．hanging　　 D．twisting (　　)4.A.blank　　 B．loose C．tough　　 D．t