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READING PASSAGE 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.

Georgia O’Keeffe


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Questions

Questions 1-7

Questions 1–7
Complete the notes below.

Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 1–7 on your answer sheet.

The life and work of Georgia O’Keeffe

● studied art, then worked as a 1 in various places in the USA

● created drawings using 2 which were exhibited in New York City

● moved to New York and became famous for her paintings of the city’s 3

● produced a series of innovative close-up paintings of 4

● went to New Mexico and was initially inspired to paint the many 5 that could be found there

● continued to paint various features that together formed the dramatic 6 of New Mexico for over forty years

● travelled widely by plane in later years, and painted pictures of clouds and 7 seen from above

Questions 8-13

Questions 8–13

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?

In boxes 8–13 on your answer sheet, write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

8. Georgia O’Keeffe’s style was greatly influenced by the changing fashions in art over the seven decades of her career.
9. When O’Keeffe finished high school, she had already made her mind up about the career that she wanted.
10. Alfred Stieglitz first discovered O’Keeffe’s work when she sent some abstract drawings to his gallery in New York City.
11. O’Keeffe was the subject of Stieglitz’s photographic work for many years.
12. O’Keeffe’s paintings of the patio of her house in Abiquiú were among the artist’s favourite works.
13. O’Keeffe produced a greater quantity of work during the 1950s to 1970s than at any other time in her life.