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第一部分 选修6 Unit 2 Ⅰ.完形填空 (2016陕西西安第七十中学11月检测) How far would you walk to learn about something that interested you? When he was young, Jacob Lawrence often walked more than sixty__1__from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Jacob wanted to be a(n)__2__，and he believed that studying the famous paintings__3__in that museum would help him. It was 1930，when many people were out of work, money was__4__and people suffered a lot.Still the streets were__5__with energy and color.As he walked through Harlem, Jacob looked hard at the people, the churches, and barbershops and so on.He__6__those images in his mind, along with the images of paintings he saw in the__7__. Jacob came from a poor family.His mother believed there was little chance__8__her son could grow up to be a successful painter.She wanted him to aim for something more__9__.But Jacob's teacher, Alston, in an art program saw that he was talented.Alston__10__him how to use paints to make stage sets. As time passed, Alston let Jacob rent work space in his own studio.That was an exciting place for a young black man __11__to become an artist.Many creative people__12__there to talk about art, literature and history.From their__13__，Jacob learned that history books often __14__the accomplishments of African Americans.He decided to paint a series of pictures describing the story of a black hero.He __15__Toussaint, who had helped free his people__16__French ruling. | 
