学生啦：课时作业（九）Unit 3SectionⅢExtended reading Project&Further study阅读理解AMaster painter Zhang Daqian (1899-1983)was well known for having a large number offriends and students.Among them,painter Li Qiujun was special.They got to know each other through Li's elder brother,who was one of Zhang's best friends.They admired each other's artistic talent and became confidants,which resulted in a romanticrelationship.In 1948,Zhang produced Spring Clouds Amid Autumn Landscape,a mountain-and-water inkpainting featuring gongbi (meticulous brushwork),as a gift for Li's 50th birthday.A year later,Zhang permanently departed from the mainland,and traveled and exhibitedaround the world before settling down in Taipei in 1976.After leaving the mainland,he often said that he missed Li,who died in Shanghai in 1973.Spring Clouds Amid Autumn Landscape will be auctioned in Hong Kong on Oct.4.Thepainting not only marks a friendship between the two painters,but it deserves special attentionbecause it shows Zhang at the top of his game as he sought to master the mountain-and-water style,according to C.K.Cheung,head of Sotheby's Chinese painting department.Sotheby's will auction (the work at its major autumn sale,which runs from Oct.1 to 5.Cheung says the painting's composition and Zhang's attention to details reflect hisincorporation of traditional touches,especially from Song Dynasty (960-1279 )paintings,whilealso developing his own style.1.The underlined word"confidants"in Paragraph 2 probably meansA.enemiesB.collegesC.friendsD.painters2.How old was Li Qiujun when she died?A.50.B.75.C.78.D.84.3.According to the passage,which of the follwing is true?A.Spring Clouds Amid Autumn Landscape was originally a gift for Li's 50th birthday.B.Zhang Daqian temporarily departed from the mainland in 1949.C.Sotheby's will auction Spring Clouds Amid Autumn Landscape in Taipei.D.Li Qiujun's elder brother was one of Zhang Daqian's students.BI moved to the United States as a teenager.The adjustment (to a new place wasdifficult.But there was major stress in my life at that time:I was the only member of my familywho spoke English,meaning I had to step up when we dealt with a shop assistant,a waiter and soon.However,there was another universal language I loved to leam as a child:art.Although I connected myself with drawing and painting while in school,I didn't mostly