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   Art researchers have found a hidden painting of a man under one of Pablo Picasso's masterpieces,The Blue Room.By using infrared(红外线的)imagery they discovered that the hidden man under the painting was a man with his face resting on his hand.Now the question that scientists at the Phillips Collection hope to answer is simple.Who is he?

The finding of the hidden man in The Blue Room leads to new research about the 1901 painting,which was created by Picasso in Paris at the start of his blue period of unhappiness.Researchers discovered that the hidden man was painted in a reworked composition by Picasso.They are sure that it is not a self-portrait. They think it might be the Paris art dealer AmbroseVillard who hosted Picasso's first show in 1901,but there's no record or evidence to prove this,so the research continues.

Hidden pictures have been found under other important Picasso's paintings,such as la Vie and Woman roning.A technical analysis of La Vie at the Cleveland Museum of Art also found that Picasso reworked the painting's composition.And scientistsfound a portrait of a man under Picasso's painting Woman lroning at the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan.

Dorothy Kosinski,director of the Phillips Collection,said more new knowledge about Picasso's paintings can be discovered through high-tech cooperation(合作)among museums. "Our audience are curious about the high-tech research because it can help them know more about the paintings. It's giving them a doorway to make them understand Picasso's paintings more, " she said." The more we can understand,the greater our appreciation of the paintings will be."

【小题1】What can we know about the hidden man in The Blue Room?
A.He first showed up in 1901.
B.He is Ambrose Villard from Paris.
C.Nobody knows for sure who he is.
D.He was not painted by Pablo Picasso.
【小题2】What's the similarity among The Blue Room, La Vie and Woman Ironing?
A.They are painted by Dorothy Kosinski.
B.They have a hidden picture under them.
C.They are exhibited at the same museum.
D.They have a hidden self-portrait in them.
【小题3】According to Dorothy Kosinski, we can infer that ________.
A.people learn litle about Picasso's paintings
B.high-tech cooperation among museums is necessary
C.nobody is interested in the hidden man in Picasso's painting
D.the high-tech research attracts more attention than Picasso's paintings
【小题4】From the last paragraph we can know ________.
A.the audience are curious about the doorway of the museums
B.the research on Picasso's works can add mystery to him
C.more people will be crazy about researching Picasso's life
D.the high-tech research can help people know more about Picasso's paintings
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   Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga,Spain in 1881.When he died in 1973,he was ninety-one years old. But he still took up his paints and brushes to start a new picture as if he were seeing things for the first time,which is why we have called him the youngest painter. Young people are always trying new things and new ways of doing things. They don't hesitate to attempt one thing after another. Eager to experiment, they welcome new ideas.

When he was over ninety this great painter still lived his life like a young man. He was still restlessly looking new ideas and new ways to use his artistic materials. No one knew what to expect from him next. No one could be sure what kind of picture he would produce. If he had painted a picture of you, it might have looked exactly like you. Or it might have been all lines, squares, circles and strange-colored shapes. It might not have looked like human at all.

At such times Picasso was trying to paint what he saw with his mind as well as with his eyes. He put in the side of the face as well as the front. He may have painted it flat, as though it had no depth. Sometimes he seemed to paint just as a child painted, simply for his own pleasure. He didn't imitate others.

Most painters discover a style of painting that suits themselves and stick to that, especially if people admire their pictures. But Picasso was like a man who had not yet found his own particular style of painting. He was still struggling to find perfect expression for his own uneasy spirit.

The first thing one noticed about him was the look of his large, wide-open eyes. Gertrude Stein, a famous American writer who knew him in his youth, mentioned this hungry look, and one can still see it in pictures of him today.

Picasso painted a picture of Gertrude Stein in 1906. She visited the painter's studio eighty or ninety times while he painted her picture. While Picasso painted they talked about everything in the world that interested them. Then one day Picasso wiped out the painted head on which he had worked for so long. "When I look at you I can't see you any more!" he said.

Picasso went away for the summer. When he returned he went at once to the unfinished picture in the corner of his studio. Quickly he finished the face from memory. He could see the woman's face more clearly in his mind than he could see it when she sat in the studio in front of him.

Picasso was often attacked for this new, sometimes frightening style. It produced pictures like some of our worst dreams. The camera has made it unnecessary for painters to make exact representations of what they see. A camera can reflect real life more exactly. What great paintings give us is a view of life through one man's eyes, and every man's view is different.

【小题1】The example of the picture of Gertrude Stein is raised mainly to indicate Picasso ________.
A.was particular about his works
B.used more of his mind to paint
C.was a man of responsibility
D.was not appreciated at his time
【小题2】The last paragraph mainly illustrates that ________.
A.Picasso's paintings are beyond some people's comprehension
B.Picasso's paintings are too frightening
C.Picasso paints from his unique perspective
D.cameras are better at presenting real life
【小题3】Which of the following can best summarize Picasso's paintings?
A.Frightening and unpredictable.
B.Concrete and straightforward.
C.Abstract and unconventional.
D.Rigid and unusual.
【小题4】The best title for the passage might be "________".
A.The youngest painter in the world
B.What to expect from Picasso
C.How Picasso developed his way of painting
D.The greatest painter the world has ever seen