Since my retirement(退休) from teaching music in 2001, I have spent a good deal of time painting as an artist. I actually began drawing again in the summer of 1995 when my father died, so perhaps I was trying to recover from the loss of my father, or maybe it was just that it brought back memories of him. In any case, I drew pen and ink animals and landscapes(風(fēng)景畫) much influenced(影響) by Krenkel and St. John for five years.
For some strange reason, I had been waiting until my retirement to start doing watercolors again, but as soon as I walked out of the school door for the last time I picked up my brushes and rediscovered Andrew Wyeth, who quickly became my favorite artist. I had looked through all the art books I had on my shelves and found his watercolors to be the closest to how I thought good watercolors should look. So I painted landscapes around Minnesota for three years and tried out many other types of painting. However, watercolors remained my first choice, and I think I did my best work there, showing my paintings at a number of art exhibitions.
Art is now together with my piano playing and reading. There is a time for everything in my world, and it is wonderful to have some time doing what I want to do. As Confucious once said, “At seventy I can follow my heart’s desire.”
小題1:What is the text mainly about?
A．Learning to paint in later life.B．How to paint watercolors
C．An artist-turned teacherD．Life after retirement
小題2:The author started drawing again in 1995 because_________.
A．he hoped to draw a picture of his father
B．he couldn’t stop missing his father
C．he had more time after retirement
D．he liked animals and landscapes
小題3:We can infer from the text that the author__________.
A．had been taught by Krenkel and St. John
B．painted landscapes in Minnesota for 5 years
C．believed Wyeth to be the best in watercolors
D．started his retirement life at the age of severty
小題4:How does the author probably feel about his life as an artist?
A．Very enjoyable.B．A bit regretfulC．Rather busy.D．Fairly dull.

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:A

小題1:本題考查歸納主旨大意的能力。第一段敘述的是退休后開(kāi)始從事繪畫；第二段記敘的是退休后對(duì)水彩畫的癡迷；第三段講述的是多姿多彩的退休生活的美好感覺(jué)。由此可判斷此項(xiàng)正確。
小題2:本題考查理解細(xì)節(jié)信息的能力。根據(jù)第一段第二句 “I actually began drawing again in the summer of 1995 when my father died, so perhaps I was trying to recover from the loss of my father, or maybe it was just that it brought back memories of him.”可知作者之所以繪畫是因?yàn)闊o(wú)法擺脫對(duì)父親的懷念。 
小題3:本題考查根據(jù)文章細(xì)節(jié)信息進(jìn)行推理判斷的能力。根據(jù)第二段“…Andrew Wyeth, who quickly became my favorite artist.”可推斷作者認(rèn)為他的水彩畫造詣無(wú)人可比。根據(jù)第一段最后一句 “In any case, I drew pen and ink animals and landscapes(風(fēng)景畫) much influenced(影響) by Krenkel and St. John for five years.”可知作者只是受到他們的影響，因此A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)第一段第一句可知作者自2001年退休以來(lái)一真賦閑在家，自得其樂(lè)，如今才體會(huì)到孔夫子說(shuō)的“七十而從心所欲不逾矩”的含義，由此可判斷作者現(xiàn)在的年齡是70歲，而不是70歲退休，所以D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。
小題4:本題考查根據(jù)文章細(xì)節(jié)信息進(jìn)行推理判斷的能力。根據(jù)最后一段可知繪畫、讀書、彈鋼琴成了作者退休生活中不可或缺的一部分，由此可推斷此項(xiàng)正確。
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