Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of（1）AA．He drew cartoons，wrote stories，and played with plastic toy bricks（积木）．His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks（2）CC he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since．He even（3）BB his building bricks to college with him！Instead of books and a computer，he had a（n）（4）DD of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk．
Nathan started to work as a lawyer but later gave up his highly-paid（高薪的）（5）DD to become an artist that used toys in his art．He used toy bricks to（6）CC everything，from the Statue of Liberty（自由女神像）to Superman！He had more than（7）AA coloured bricks in his working room in New York（8）CC he used to make pieces of art．He started by building small models but then（9）CC to do something big and created a self-portrait（自画像）．It（10）CC him two days just to build the eyes．
Nathan's works have appeared in（11）BB around the world．Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play（12）CC at home and adults love his work（13）CC it is fascinating（具有吸引力的）．Since it began in 2007，Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere．
"I'm（14）BBthat I took a dream I had as a child-to become an artist，and I have actually made a job out of it，" says Nathan．"To do what you love in life is the（15）DD important thing．"
| （1） | A．fun | B．tears | C．jokes | D．laugh |
| （2） | A．since | B．where | C．when | D．until |
| （3） | A．sold | B．took | C．did | D．bought |
| （4） | A．picture | B．toy | C．idea | D．model |
| （5） | A．brick | B．story | C．computer | D．job |
| （6） | A．give | B．invent | C．build | D．treat |
| （7） | A．1.5 million | B．1.5 million of | C．1.5 millions | D．1.5 millions of |
| （8） | A．what | B．when | C．which | D．where |
| （9） | A．learned | B．wanted | C．decided | D．stopped |
| （10） | A．cost | B．spent | C．took | D．paid |
| （11） | A．planes | B．museums | C．shops | D．markets |
| （12） | A．for | B．at | C．with | D．on |
| （13） | A．so | B．although | C．because | D．so that |
| （14） | A．sad | B．proud | C．unlucky | D．confident |
| （15） | A．many | B．much | C．more | D．most |
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【答案】A；C；B；D；D；C；A；C；C；C；B；C；C；B；D
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