四川省内江市2014高考英语阅读理解和完形填空训练（9）附答案
Pablo Picasso, born in Spain in 1881, was one of the most famous artists of the 20th century. Picasso began painting when he was a small child and took advanced art courses when he was only fifteen. Between 1904 and 1947 Picasso lived in Paris. In 1947 he moved to the Riviera, in the south of France.
Many people thought Picasso’s work was strange and unpleasant. Still, he had a great influence on artists in every country. Today, Picasso is regarded as a genius(天才) and his paintings are in the museums all over the world.
In 1912, Picasso actually invented a new type of art. He painted a picture, then he pasted bits of paper and something else on the picture. This type of art is called collage(拼贴艺术)．
Picasso was not only a painter, he was also a sculptor(雕塑家) and a designer of scenery for plays. There are even some photographs of “light paintings” that he created. These paintings were produced by moving a light pencil, or a small flashlight, in the air. Although the images could be seen only briefly by anyone watching them happen, the camera was able to catch the images as they occurred.
By the time he died in France in April of 1973, he had created a staggering(难以置信的) 22,000 works of art.
When Picasso was asked how someone could become an artist, he would reply, “If you want to draw, you must shut your eyes and sing.”
1．After reading the text, we can learn that Picasso was a ______.
A. French artist B. Spanish artist
