Picasso (Pablo Ruiz y Picasso) is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He was born on 25th October 1881 in Malaga, (1) _______ . He showed a great love and skill for drawing from an early age, and at the age of seven, Picasso (2) _____ formal artistic trainning from his father. At 13, he was admitted to a School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. In 1896, he completed “Portrait of Aunt Pepa”, which is considered one of the greatest works of Spain. During his life, he produced an (3) _______ number of works of art: about 50.000 in total, including 1885 paintings. Several (4) ____by Picasso rank among the most expensive paitings in the world. Picasso died on 8 April, 1973 in Mougins, France.(3)

a.

big

b.

great

c.

amazing

d.

enormous

Picasso (Pablo Ruiz y Picasso) is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He was born on 25th October 1881 in Malaga, (1) _______ . He showed a great love and skill for drawing from an early age, and at the age of seven, Picasso (2) _____ formal artistic trainning from his father. At 13, he was admitted to a School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. In 1896, he completed “Portrait of Aunt Pepa”, which is considered one of the greatest works of Spain. During his life, he produced an (3) _______ number of works of art: about 50.000 in total, including 1885 paintings. Several (4) ____by Picasso rank among the most expensive paitings in the world. Picasso died on 8 April, 1973 in Mougins, France.(2)

a.

received

b.

trained

c.

showed

d.

produced

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BÀI TẬP ANH TUẦN 13

I.       Supply the correct form of the word.  (1.0 point)

31.    She is making a……………………. of coins and medals. (collect)

32.    Pablo Picasso was one of the greatest …………………………… (art) of all time.

33.    The ………………….. students often play sport at recess. (energy)

34.    They held a special …………………………………in his honour. (celebrate)

35.    I don’t like pop music because it isn’t as …………………………as rock and roll. (excite)

II.      Supply the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets. (1.0 point)

36.    It’s 7:00. You (be) ………………………………. in time if you hurry.

37.    Many people ( think) …………….. Superman is  the greatest superhero.

38.    Ba (practise) ………………………. playing the piano at the moment.

39.    How much (this computer / cost) ……………………………………………………..?

40.    He (not have) ………………………………….time to play the whole game.

1 Georgia just got her .... in art history and has started working in the museum
2 Ronald was able to ..... this lump of clay into a beatyfull sculpture of a dog
3 Pablo Picasso is a well-known __________ in the art world
4 Annie Lebovitz’s work in the recent Vanity Fair magazine __________ Joan to takeup photography
5 The new show __________ modern dance with classical ballet
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Inspire    transform     character    adapt    figure   combines    rely    degree rummage    convincing

1. Give the correct form the verbs in brackets.

Picasso ............... (be) born in 1881 in Malga, Spain. When he ...............(begin) work, the great painters of impressionist movement ............... (be) still alive. His early pitures - done mainly in blue - showed the poverty he saw around him in Barcelona.

Later he ............... (move) to where he ............... (work), with Geogres braque on pictures showing figures as fragments of geometric shpes the style we know as cubism.

He ............... (become) more deeply involved with politics, espeacially during the Spainish Civil War. One of the Picasso's most famous paintings is Guernica, which depicts the destruction of a Spainish town. Picasso ............... (die) in the south of France in 1973.

PABLO PICASSO

everyone knows the artist picasso. his ideas changed the world od art forever. during his lifetime, he became famous and very rich. now his paintings are some of the most expensive pictures in the world. one painting sold for $ 106.5 million in new york.

picasso was born in spain in 1881. his first word was 'pencil' , and he could draw beautifully from an early age. first, he had drawing lessons from his father . then, he went to art college when he was only 13 years old. three years later, he was bored and stopped going to classe. finally, at the age of 19, he moved to paris - the art capital of the world . he got married twice and had four chirlden.

picasso often changed his style od paniting . fo example, after his best friend died, the sad artist pained only in blue . then he began to use a lot of pinks and oranges . later, he started to paint using shapes - a style later called ' cubism', in his life, he produced over 50,000 works of art, he never retired, but pained nearly every day until his death at the age of 91.

VINCENT CAN GOGH

vincent can gogh is a very famous painter. everyone in the world knows his work, and his paintings sell for millions of dollars. but he wasn't famos when he was alive. and he only sold one painting before he died.

van gogh was born in the netherlands in 1853. he has a difficult life because he suffered from mental illness. he never got married. he didn't begin to draw and paint seriously until he was 27, and he died just ten years later. but in that time, he produced more than 2,000 paintings and drwaings.

at first, van gogh painted poor people and used only dark colours. later he moved to the south of france. he loved the sunlight there, and his style of painting became colourful and exciting. but van gogh was often depressed and his mental illness became worse, first , he cut off part of his own ear, and then in 1890, he shot himselt.

look at the reading strategy. then read the texts again. answer the questions for both van gogh and picasso

1. when was he born ?

2. where was he born ?

3. which countries did he live in ?

4. was he famous when he lived ?

5. was he rich or poor ?

6. how much do his paintings cost now?

7. when did he start to draw or paint ?

8. did he get married and have chirlden?

9. how many works of art did he produce?

10. how old was he when he died?

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My friend Abdul lives in an apartment near school. He walks to school almost everyday. Sometimes he catches a bus, especially if it’s cold and rainy outside . Abdul shares the apartment with pablo. Pablo comes from Venezuela. Abdul and pablo go to the same school. They take English classes. Abdul speaks Arabic as his first language , and Pablo sppeaks Spanish. They communicate in English. Sometimes Abdul tries to teach Pablo to speak a little Arabic, and Pablo gives Abdul Spanish lessons . Abdul enjoys having pablo as his roommate , but he misses his family back in Saudi Arabia

1. Abdul walks to school every day

2. He often catches a bus when it’s cold and rainy

3. Abdul and Pablo are schoolmates

4. They speak English to each other

5. Abdul doesn’t want to live with Pablo

6. Abdul wants to go back to Saudi Arabia