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第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

Mostpaintersdiscoverastyle(风格)ofpaintingthatsuitsthemandsticktothatespeciallyifpeopleadmiretheirpictures.ButPicassothegreatSpanishpainterwaslikeamanwhohadnotyetfoundhisownparticularstyleofpainting.Hekeptonstrugglingtofindtheperfectexpressiontillhisdeathin1973.

SomeofPicasso'spaintingsarerichsoftcolouredandbeautiful.Othersareuglyandcruelandstrange.Butsuchpaintingsallowustoimaginethingsforourselves.Theyforceustosaytoourselves“Whatdoesheseethatmakeshimpaintlikethat?”Andwebegintolookbeneath(在…之下)thesurfaceofthethingswesee.

Picassopaintedthousandsofpicturesindifferentstyles.Sometimeshepaintedthenaturallookofthings.Sometimesheseemedtobreakthemapartandthrowthepiecesinourfaces.Heshoweduswhatthemindknowsaswellaswhattheeyesees.Attheageof90heremainedascuriousabouttheworldashehadbeenwhenhewasyoung.Thatiswhypeoplehavecalledhim“theyoungestpainterintheworld”.

56.Inthepassagethewriterwantstotellus_________.

A.aboutsomepictureswhichhavedifferentstyles

B.aboutPicasso'sstyleofpainting

C.itisnoteasyforapaintertofindhisownstyle

D.thatPicassohadnotfoundhisownparticularstyle

57.TheuglycruelandstrangepaintingsbyPicasso_________.

A.makeustrytonoticesomethinglatent(潜在的)inthethings

B.allowustoaskquestionsaboutthem

C.forceustoquestionanythingwesee

D.causeustothinkwhatPicassosawwasdifferentfromwhatwesee

58.Thesentence“sometimesheseemedtobreakthemapartandthrowthepiecesinourfaces”means_________.

A.sometimeshetorehispicturesintopieces

B.hebrokesomethinghewaspaintingandthrewthemaway

C.sometimesheshowedsomebrokenpicturestoothers

D.thingsinsomeofhispicturesseemedtobeindisorder

59.WhyhavepeoplecalledPicasso“theyoungestpainterintheworld”?

A.Becausehelookedyoungwhenhewasold.

B.Becauseheobservedthingswiththeeyeandthemind.

C.Becauseheneverstoppedpaintingevenwhenhewas