How far would you walk to learn about something that interested you? When he was young, Jacob Lawrence often walked more than sixty from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of Art．Jacob wanted to be a（n） ，and he believed that studying the famous paintings in that museum would help him． It was 1930,when many people were out of work, money was and people suffered a lot．Still the streets were with energy and color．As he walked through Harlem, Jacob looked hard at the people, the churches, and barbershops and so on．He those images in his mind, along with the images of paintings he saw in the ． Jacob came from a poor family．His mother believed there was little chance her son could grow up to be a successful painter．She wanted him to aim for something more ．But Jacob's teacher, Alston, in an art program saw that he was talented．Alston him how to use paints to make stage sets． As time passed, Alston let Jacob rent work space in his own studio． That was an exciting place for a young black man to become an artist．Many creative people there to talk about art, literature and history．From their ,Jacob learned that history books often the accomplishments of African Americans．He decided to paint a sel1es of pictures describing the story of a black hero．He Toussaint, who had helped free his people French ruling． Many people admired Jacob's pictures, but he needed admiration．To help his family, he often had to work at jobs that him away from painting．Then something encouraging happened．An artist named Augusta got Jacob a job．For eighteen months, Jacob was given a to paint pictures． For the first time, he felt like a artist． 小题1: A．steps B．blocks C．buildings D．avenues 小题2: A．artist B．tutor C．scholar D．official 小题3: A．swinging B．existing C．hanging D．twisting 小题4: A．blank B．loose C．tough D．tight 小题5: A．lined B．decorated C．associated D．filled 小题6: A．stored B．received C．created D．remembered 小题7: A．museum B．studio C．church D．street 小题8: A．whether B．which C．that D．when 小题9: A．precious B．practical C．standard D．flexible 小题10: A．recommended B．reminded C．provided D．showed 小题11: A．hesitating B．struggling C．marching D．participating 小题12: A．settled B．wandered C．gathered D．rushed 小题13: A．experiences B．performances C．accents D．conversations 小题14: A．acknowledged B．accused C．ignored D．witnessed 小题15: A．chose B．accepted C．counted D．employed 小题16: A．against B．from C．for D．with 小题17: A．more than B．rather than C．other than D．less than 小题18: A．broke B．gave C．permitted D．took 小题19: A．award B．title C．salary D．prize 小题20: A．permanent B．popular C．positive D．professional