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1. 次の文を読んで、問題に答えなさい。
Okamoto Taro, a Japanese artist, visited the Spanish Pavilion of the 1937 Paris Exposition. When
he saw the painting Guernica, he (1)couldn't take his eyes off it. It was painted in black and white.
But he felt like it was painted (2). (3) that the painting drew him into its world instantly.
This big piece of work, 3.5 m 4 7.8 m, was painted 4 Pablo Picasso, a Spanish artist.
(5) Picasso ( 6 ) to France in his (7), he painted it in Paris. He was 56 years old then, but
he worked hard and completed it (8) within a month or so.
This painting fascinated those who saw it at the Exposition. It became one of Picasso's best-
known works among his over 10,000 paintings.
Picasso was originally asked to paint something for the Exposition by the Spanish Republican
government. However, he had not decided what to paint until he read a shocking newspaper article.
According to the article, Guernica, a small town in Spain, was bombed by the Nazis on April 26, 1937.
(9) In those days, the Nazis supported General Francisco Franco. He had been ( 10 ) to overthrow
the Spanish government.
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The bombing started around 4 o'clock in the afternoon. People and livestock at a busy market (11)
there ran (12) about, trying to escape from the attack. Many buildings, including a train station, hotels,
and restaurants, were demolished. The bombing lasted about three hours, and 50 tons of bombs were
dropped. Three-fourths of the town was destroyed, and several hundred people were killed.
Picasso was shocked because the bombing was a cruel attack against the public in his home country.
In order to protest against it, he decided to make a painting of the bombing.
He struggled to paint the tragedy of the bombing. He drew a number of sketches trying to show the
sorrow of the people in Guernica. Even after he started painting on a big canvas, he kept changing his
ideas.
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