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Read the following passage and write the answers.
Henri Matisse’s blue speaks of freedom.
Polynesia, the Sky, and Polynesia, the Sea are
two Matisse works that have an interesting similarity.
In his later years, Matisse had cancer
surgery, (A) left him unable to stand and paint in front of an easel.
Instead of
painting, he created artwork by gluing paper cut-outs and then painting details.
Although
his physical difficulties prevented him from doing many things, he still remembered the
freedom he experienced while swimming in the Tahitian sea, looking through the salt water
down to the sea floor and up towards the sky.
6
Write the appropriate word for (A) to complete the passage.
which
7
Complete the sentence according to the passage.
Health problems forced Matisse
to leave his easel
, but he used paper cut-outs to create artworks expressing
freedom
.