4. Read the article and choose the correct answer. Pablo Picasso (1881–1973). Pablo Picasso is a very famous painter. He was born in Malaga, Spain in 1881, but he lived most of his life in Paris, France. In 1902 he started painting the poor people he met on the streets, so his paintings were very sad and dark. This period in his work is called the ‘blue period’ (1901–04). In 1904 he started his ‘pink period’, in which he painted the world of the circus: clowns, acrobats and musicians. The paintings from that period are very happy and full of pink colours. In 1909 he worked with another artist, Georges Braque. Together they painted ‘abstract’ pictures. In an abstract picture you only see lines and colours, and it is very difficult to understand what exactly you are looking at. Picasso’s most famous painting is ‘Guernica’, which he painted during the Civil War in Spain, in 1937. It is a dark, sad and abstract picture about the war. 1) Picasso lived most of his life in Spain. A True B False C Doesn’t say. 2) Picasso’s ‘blue period’ paintings are not very happy. A True B False C Doesn’t say. 3) Picasso met a lot of clowns and acrobats. A True B False C Doesn’t say. 4) Georges Braque never painted abstract pictures. A True B False C Doesn’t say. 5) ‘Guernica’ is in a museum in Spain. A True B False C Doesn’t say.

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1. B — False. The article says that Picasso lived most of his life in Paris, France. (В статье сказано, что Пикассо прожил большую часть жизни в Париже, во Франции. Поэтому утверждение, что он жил в основном в Испании, неверно.)

2. A — True. The article describes the paintings of the blue period as sad and dark. (В статье картины голубого периода описаны как грустные и мрачные. Значит, они не были очень радостными.)

3. C — Doesn’t say. The article says Picasso painted clowns and acrobats during his pink period, but it does not say that he met many of them. (В статье сказано, что Пикассо изображал клоунов и акробатов в розовый период, но не говорится, что он встречал многих из них.)

4. B — False. The article says that Braque and Picasso painted abstract pictures together. (В статье говорится, что Брак и Пикассо вместе писали абстрактные картины. Поэтому утверждение неверно.)

5. C — Doesn’t say. The article does not say where the painting ‘Guernica’ is now. (В статье не говорится, где сейчас находится картина «Герника».)