4. Read the article and choose the correct answer. Pablo Picasso (painter, 1881–1973). Pablo Picasso is a very famous painter. He was born in Málaga, 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) The 'Guernica' is in a museum in Spain. A True B False C Doesn't say.

Перевод задания: Прочитайте статью и выберите правильный ответ.

Answers:

1. B — False. The article says Picasso lived most of his life in Paris, France, not in Spain. (В статье сказано, что Пикассо большую часть жизни прожил в Париже, во Франции, а не в Испании.)
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.)
3. C — Doesn't say. The article says Picasso painted the world of the circus, including clowns and acrobats, but it does not say that he met many of them. (В статье сказано, что Пикассо изображал мир цирка, включая клоунов и акробатов, но не сказано, что он встречал многих из них.)
4. B — False. The article says Braque and Picasso painted abstract pictures together. (В статье сказано, что Брак и Пикассо вместе писали абстрактные картины.)
5. C — Doesn't say. The article gives no information about which museum houses Guernica. (В статье не говорится, в каком музее находится «Герника».)