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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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.

Ex 5: Read the passage and fill in each gap with one word below

Pablo Picasso ( 1881- 1973 )

No other artist is more associated with the term Modern Art than Pablo Picasso. He created ........(1)......... of paintings, prints, sculptures and ceremics during a time span .........(2)........... about 75 years. Picasso is considered one .......(3).......... art geniuses of the twentieth century.

Picasso was born .....(4).... October 25, 1881 ......(5)...... Malaga, Spain, as the son of an art and drawing teacher. He was a brilliant student. He .......(6)........ the entrance examination for the Barcelona school of Fine Arts .....(7)...... the age of 14 in just one day and was allowed ......(8)........ the first two classes. According to one of many legends about the .....(9)....... life, his father, recognizing the extraordinary talent of his son, .........(10)........ him his brushes and palette and vowed to paint never again

1. a. thousand

b. a thousand

c. thousands

2. a. in

b. of

c. with

3. a. the greatest

b. great

c. greatest

4. a. on

b. in

c. at

5. a. at

b. in

c. by

6. a. failed

b. passed

c. missed

7. a. in

b. with

c. at

8. a. to skip

b. skip

c. skipping

9. a. artist

b. artists

c. artist's

10. a. giving

b. give

c. gave

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the  correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

          Langston Hughes was one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. He was born in Joplin, Missouri, and moved to Cleveland at the age of fourteen. Four years later he went to Mexico and spent one year there before attending Columbia University in New York. For a few years after that he roamed the world as a seaman, visiting ports around the world and writing some poetry. He returned to the United States and attended Lincoln University, where he won the Writer Bynner Prize for undergraduate poetry. After graduating in 1928, he traveled to Spain and to Russia. His best novels include “Not Without Laughter” and “The Big Sea”. He wrote an autobiography in 1956 and also published his collections of poetry then. A man of many talents, Hughes is one of the most accomplished writers in American literature history.

Where was Langston Hughes born?

A. Columbia

B. Missouri

C. New York

D. Cleveland

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the  correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

          Langston Hughes was one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. He was born in Joplin, Missouri, and moved to Cleveland at the age of fourteen. Four years later he went to Mexico and spent one year there before attending Columbia University in New York. For a few years after that he roamed the world as a seaman, visiting ports around the world and writing some poetry. He returned to the United States and attended Lincoln University, where he won the Writer Bynner Prize for undergraduate poetry. After graduating in 1928, he traveled to Spain and to Russia. His best novels include “Not Without Laughter” and “The Big Sea”. He wrote an autobiography in 1956 and also published his collections of poetry then. A man of many talents, Hughes is one of the most accomplished writers in American literature history.

When did he travel to Spain?

A. in 1956

B. in 1928

C. in 1958

D. in 1960

II. Read the passage and answer the following questions. Write short answers.

Alexander Fleming was born in 1881 in Scotland. He went to a small school in a village, and when he left school he didn’t go to university. He worked for five years in an office. But his brother, Tom, was a doctor and helped Fleming to go to university and study medicine. So he went to London University and in 1906 he became a doctor. In 1915, Fleming married Sarah McElroy, an Irish woman. They had one son. During the First World War, many soldiers died in hospital because they didn’t have the right medicines. So after the war, Fleming tried to find a drug that could help them. He worked for many years and in 1928 he discovered a new drug and he called it “penicillin”. He later worked with an Australian and a German scientist to develop a drug that doctors could use. In 1945, they won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their work on penicillin.

1. Where was Alexander Fleming born? 

2. Did he work in an office before he went to university? 

3. What did he study at university? 

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4. When did he win the Nobel Prize in medicine? 

5. What drug did he discover? 

I. Read the following passage and answer the questions:

Pele is considered one of the greatest football players of all time. He was born  in 1940 in Brazil. As a football player, Pele was famous for his powerful kicking and controlling the ball. He joined a Brazilian football club in 1956, and in 1962 he led the team to its first world club championship. Pele became the only player to participate in three World Cups in 1958, 1962 and 1970. By 1974, Pele had scored 1200 goals and became a Brazilian national hero. He played for an American football club for two years before he retired in 1977. Later Pele became an international ambassador for the sport, working to promote peace and understanding through friendly sport activities.

1. What was Pele famous for as a football player?

______________________________________________________-

2. When did he join an American football club?

______________________________________________________

3. How many World Cups did he take part in?

_____________________________________________________

4. How old was he when he retired?

_____________________________________________________

5. What did he do after his retirement?

_____________________________________________________

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the  correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

          Langston Hughes was one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. He was born in Joplin, Missouri, and moved to Cleveland at the age of fourteen. Four years later he went to Mexico and spent one year there before attending Columbia University in New York. For a few years after that he roamed the world as a seaman, visiting ports around the world and writing some poetry. He returned to the United States and attended Lincoln University, where he won the Writer Bynner Prize for undergraduate poetry. After graduating in 1928, he traveled to Spain and to Russia. His best novels include “Not Without Laughter” and “The Big Sea”. He wrote an autobiography in 1956 and also published his collections of poetry then. A man of many talents, Hughes is one of the most accomplished writers in American literature history.

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Langston Hughes used to travel by ship to many ports around the world

B. Langston Hughes attended Columbia University in New York at fourteen

C. “The Big Sea” is one of Langston Hughes’ best novels

D. Langston Hughes had lived in Mexico for a year before he left for New York