Dark clouds hang in the sky．Small boats ride the high waves．Men in yellow jackets try to hold on．This is the world of ocean fishermen．It is also the world of Winslow Homer．Winslow Homer was"the painter of the sea．"

Homer was born in 1836．He grew up near Boston．As a young child，he liked to draw．His mother，who was a painter，helped him．Honor could quickly sketch a scene（场面）．He liked scenes with action．These were the days before cameras．The only way to tell picture stories was with art．In the 1850's，Homer went to New York．Here he started to draw for magazines．

The Civil War began in 1861．Homer now became a"war artist．"He traveled with the armies．He drew pictures of war scenes．The pictures were printed（印刷）in magazines．In this way，more people knew what the war was like．Homer began to paint．Sonic of his first paintings are about war．

After the war，he returned to New York．He painted scenes from his boyhood．He painted pictures of people in the city．He painted mane pictures of black people too．

Most of all，Homer loved the sea．"The Herring Net"is one of his paintings．Two men are in a small boat．The boat is far out at sea．The water is rough（汹涌的）．The men are working．They are pulling a net of fish into the boat．It looks dangerous．Homer's picture is like a photograph．His picture shows how people lived in America．When he died 1910，Winslow Homer was one of American's great painters．

51．Winslow，Homer's mother was a___．

A．worker

B．housewife

C．painter

D．traveler

52．A"sketch"is a kind of___．

A．quick drawing

B．slow drawing

C．sea painting

D．colorful painting

53．The Civil War started in___．

A.1836

B.1850

C.1861

D.1910

54．More people knew the war by•___

A．looking at some of Homer's paintings

B．reading magazines with Homer's pictures

C．travelin