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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