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1、高中网校哪个好 http:/ 迅速选出最佳答案；先易后难，先做细节题，后做推论题。3重读短文重点。核查。同学们做题的关键是看清题目的要求，读准的关键是分清句子的结构和确认词性词义。Since my retirement(退休） from teaching music in 2001, I have spent a good deal of time paintingas an artist. I actually began drawing again in the summer of 1995 when my father died, so perhapsI was trying to re
2、cover from the loss of my father, or maybe it was just that it brought backmemories of him. In any case, I drew pen and ink animals and landscapes(风景画） much influenced(影响） by Krenkel and St. John for five years.For some strange reason, I had been waiting until my retirement to start doing watercolor
3、sagain, but as soon as I walked out of the school door for the last time I picked up my brushesand rediscovered Andrew Wyeth, who quickly became my favorite artist. I had looked through allthe art books I had on my shelves and found his watercolors to be the closest to how I thoughtgood watercolors
4、should look. So I painted landscapes around Minnesota for three years and triedout many other types of painting. However, watercolors remained my first choice, and I think Idid my best work there, showing my paintings at a number of art exhibitions.Art is now together with my piano playing and readi
5、ng. There is a time for everything in myworld, and it is wonderful to have some time doing what I want to do. As Confucius once said,“At seventy I can follow my hearts desire.”69. What is the text mainly about?A. Learning to paint in later life.B. How to paint watercolorsC. An artist-turned teacherD
6、. Life after retirement70. The author started drawing again in 1995 because_.A. he hoped to draw a picture of his fatherB. he couldnt stop missing his father高中网校哪个好 http:/ he had more time after retirementD. he liked animals and landscapes71. We can infer from the text that the author_.A. had been t
7、aught by Krenkel and St. JohnB. painted landscapes in Minnesota for 5 yearsC. believed Wyeth to be the best in watercolorsD. started his retirement life at the age of seventy72. How does the author probably feel about his life as an artist?A. Very enjoyable.B. A bit regretfulC. Rather busy.D. Fairly
8、 dull.答案69.D70.B71.C72.A69解析：这是一道主旨题。文章主要讲述作者退休后开始学习绘画的故事，表面看似乎在讲如何学习绘画。但是最后一段提到了 piano playing and reading，并根据“it is wonderful to have some timeding what I want to do”可知作者的目的是讲退休后丰富的生活。70解析：这是一道推理题。从第一段“perhaps I was trying to recover from the loss of myfather,”可知作者想从思念父亲中转移注意力，从而推理出作者十分想念父亲。71解析：这是一道推理题。从“found his watercolors to be the closest to how I thought goodwatercolors should look”作者发现 Andrew Wyeth 的画是最接近作者认为最好水彩画的标准，也就是说作者认为 Andrew Wyeth 的水彩画最好。72解析：这是一道推理题。根据最后一段“There is a time for everything in my world and itis wonderfull”可知作者很享受这种艺术生活。
