创作无处不在——美国一女士用高压清洗机冲刷出艺术作品

They say that a good present is a practical one. So when Dianna’s birthday came along, her husband knew exactly what to get her—a power washer. Dianna had been thinking about it ever since the very first time she used one to help a girl friend get her mom’s house ready to sell.
For over a month, she had washed everything she could, including the yard, the fence, the siding on the shop, several dirty shutters, and even the garbage cans. When it was time to tackle the biggest challenge, the driveway, she realized how long it would take and decided to go even further, turning it into an art project.
“I have done crazy art things since I was probably 5 years old,” Dianna said, “No professional art training, though.” At first, she washed some encouraging words like “love” onto the concrete. However, that wasn’t enough for her. She then wanted to create something more intricate and began covering the path with motifs from the natural world.
“As pleased as I was with the upper driveway word art, I was inspired to see what else I could do with this wonderful new toy,” Dianna wrote. “Although I am still learning techniques and am not completely satisfied with the results, I guess one could say this is just what might happen when a husband gets an artist a power washer for her birthday!”

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1.Dianna first used the power washer to _______.

A clean her driveway

B clean her husband’s car

C clean the siding on the shop

D clean her friend’s mom’s house

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句Dianna had been thinking about it ever since the very first time she used one to help a girl friend get her mom’s house ready to sell.可知，黛安娜第一次用高压清洗机帮她的女生朋友清洁她妈妈即将出售的房子，故选D。

2.The underlined word “tackle” means_______.

A face

B solve

C accept

D understand

解析：选B。词义猜测题。根据文章第二段第二句When it was time to tackle the biggest challenge, the driveway, she realized how long it would take and decided to go even further, turning it into an art project.可知，戴安娜意识到车道需要花多长时间，于是决定更进一步把它变成一个艺术项目，这是一个很大的挑战，亟待解决，由此猜出tackle意为“解决”，与solve同义，故选B。

3.How was Dianna able to grasp the new art form?

A She learned the art by herself.

B She was born with the art talent.

C She was trained in an art school.

D Her primary teacher taught her.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据文章第三段第一句“I have done crazy art things since I was probably 5 years old,” Dianna said, “No professional art training, though.”和第四段第二句Although I am still learning techniques and am not completely satisfied with the results可知，黛安娜没有接受过专业的艺术培训，完全通过自学掌握艺术创作技能，故选A。

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A Dianna decided to be an artist after retiring.

B The power washer was a toy in Dianna’s eyes.

C Dianna’s husband encouraged her in art creation.

D Dianna’s further creation inspiration came from the word art.

解析：选D。推理判断题。根据文章第四段第一句“As pleased as I was with the upper driveway word art, I was inspired to see what else I could do with this wonderful new toy,” Dianna wrote.可知，戴安娜对上车道的文字艺术很满意，并受到了启发想看看这个奇妙的新玩具还能做些什么，由此推断戴安娜的进一步创作灵感来自于文字艺术，故选D。