Young Vietnamese artist holds his own art show in New York

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1. Vietnam /΄viːet΄nɑːm/ n. 越南

2. solo /΄səʊləʊ/ adj. 单独的

3. stuff /stʌf/ n. 东西；物品

4. expressionist /ɪk΄spreʃənɪst/ n. 表现主义艺术家

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I. 判断正误

听下段录音并阅读3个简短的陈述，根据录音内容判断这些陈述是否符合所听内容，考查重点是学生对意义的理解能力和信息获取能力。

In this section, you will hear a passage. After you hear the passage, decide whether each of the statement is correct (A), incorrect (B) or not mentioned (C).

Ⅱ. 听力理解

听下面的文章，完成各个部分的练习。从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。文章读三遍。

1. How much were some of the 12-year-old artist's paintings sold for?

A. About $120,000. B. More than $150,000. C. About $180,000.

2. How long did the art show last?

A. 15 days. B. 19 days. C. 20 days.

3. When did the 12-year-old artist make his first sale?

A. At the age of 4. B. At the age of 5. C. At the age of 6.

4. How long is the painting that was created by the 12-year-old artist?

A. 3.5 meters. B. 4.5 meters. C. 5.5 meters.

5. How long did the big painting take the 12-year-old artist to finish?

A. Two months. B. Three months. C. Four months.

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12岁的越南小画家在纽约举办画展，因其多彩的抽象绘画风格创下了销售纪录，他的一些作品竟然卖到了15万美元，其作品风格与美国著名画家杰克逊·波洛克的绘画风格相似。

People who look at abstract, costly works of art and joke “a child probably painted that” are finally right.

At just 12 years old, Xeo Chu ofVietnamis setting sales records with his colorful abstract paintings. Some are selling for more than $150,000. They are being compared to works by American artist Jackson Pollock.

The seventh-grade student from Vietnam is holding his first show as asoloartist. It is taking place at the Georges Bergès Gallery, in New York City's wealthy SoHo neighborhood.The show is called Big World, Little Eyes. It opened on December 19 and ran through January 2, 2020. Chu has been painting since he was 4 years old. He made his first sale when he was only 6. “One customer came and bought my painting and I was really happy. That was when I was like six,” Chu said.Chu's mother owns an art gallery in Vietnam.As a young child, Chu repeatedly asked his mom to let him paint with his older brothers.

For his New York show, Chu created a 4.5-meter-long artwork divided into four pieces. The work is unnamed. Chu explained,“My mom told me I was going to have an exhibition in New York. So, I was like, ‘Oh,let's make a big painting for this.' That took like three months.” When asked what he likes about painting, Chu said, “The creativity. I can do a lot of things with a painting. I can choose what I would draw or what detail can I put in or what color.Stufflike that.”

Chu's work has been compared to that of Jackson Pollock, a major artist in the abstractexpressionistmovement of the 1940s and 1950s. One difference between the two, however, is that Pollock produced his most famous pieces at the height of his career. That,said gallery owner Georges Bergès, came several decades after Pollock's 12th birthday.“Chu is producing similar work at the start of his career,” Bergès said. “So, it's very interesting to see where that's going to head.”