Exercise 4. Read the article and choose the correct answer. 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) George 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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Exercise 4. Read the article and choose the correct answer. 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) George 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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B — False. The article says Picasso lived most of his life in Paris, France. (В статье сказано, что большую часть жизни Пикассо прожил в Париже, во Франции. Поэтому утверждение неверно.)
A — True. His “blue period” paintings are described as very sad and dark, so they are not very happy. (Картины «голубого периода» описаны как очень грустные и мрачные, то есть они не очень жизнерадостные. Утверждение верно.)
C — Doesn’t say. The article says Picasso painted clowns and acrobats during his pink period, but it doesn’t say that he met a lot of them. (В статье сказано, что в розовый период Пикассо изображал клоунов и акробатов, но не говорится, что он встретил многих из них.)
B — False. The article says that Picasso and Georges Braque painted abstract pictures together. (В статье сказано, что Пикассо и Жорж Брак вместе писали абстрактные картины. Поэтому утверждение неверно.)
C — Doesn’t say. The article gives no information about which museum, if any, displays “Guernica”. (В статье не сказано, в каком музее, если вообще в музее, выставлена «Герника».)

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