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How far would you walk to learn about something that interested you? When he was young, Jacob Lawrence often walked more than sixty__21__from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Jacob wanted to be a(n)__22__，and he believed that studying the famous paintings__23__in that museum would help him.
It was 1930，when many people were out of work, money was__24__and people suffered a lot.Still the streets were__25__with energy and colour.As he walked through Harlem, Jacob looked hard at the people, the churches, and barbershops and so on.He__26__those images in his mind, along with the images of paintings he saw in the__27__.
Jacob came from a poor family.His mother believed there was little chance__28__her son could grow up to be a successful painter.She wanted him to aim for something more__29__.But Jacob's teacher, Alston, in an art programme saw that he was talented.Alston__30__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 __31__to become an artist.Many creative people__32__there to talk about art, literature and history.From their__33__，Jacob learned that history books often __34__the accomplishments of African Americans.He decided to paint a picture describing the story of a black hero.He __35__Toussaint, who had helped free his people__36__French ruling.
Many people admired Jacob's pictures, but he needed__37__admiration.To help his family, he often had to work at jobs that__38__him away from painting.Then something encouraging happened.An artist named Augusta got Jacob a job.For eighteen months, Jacob was given a__39__to paint pictures. For the first time, he felt like a__40__artist.
21.A.steps B.blocks
C.buildings D.avenues
22.A.artist B.tutor
C.scholar D.official
23.A.swinging B.existing
C.hanging D.twisting
24.A.blank B.loose
C.tough D.tight
25.A.lined B.decorated
C.associated D.filled
26.A.stored B.received
C.created D.remembered
27.A.museum B.studio
C.church D.street
28.A.whether B.which
C.that D.when
29.A.precious B.practical
C.standard D.flexible
30.A.recommended B.reminded
C.provided D.showed
31.A.hesitating B.struggling
C.marching D.participating
32.A.settled B.wandered
C.gathered D.rushed
33.A.experiences B.performances
C.accents D.conversations
34.A.acknowledged B.accused
C.ignored D.witnessed
35.A.chose B.accepted
C.counted D.employed
36.A.against B.from
C.for D.with
37.A.more than B.rather than
C.other than D.less than
38.A.broke B.gave
C.permitted D.took
39.A.award B.title
C.salary D.prize
40.A.permanent B.popular
C.positive D.professional
