Picasso’s hidden paintings

Pablo Picasso, famous (0)……………….. his use of cubistic techniques, was a

prolific Spanish painter who is considered one of the most important artists of
the 20th century. His work is continuously (1)……………….. examination and
recently a team of scientists discovered that underneath one of his most well-
known paintings, The Blue Room, there is a second hidden painting. Researchers
from three different European universities interested (2)……………….. Picasso’s
techniques worked together for three years to prove the existence of this
hidden painting, which they had (3)……………….. for a long time. Using infrared
cameras and other high-tech equipment, the scientist were (4)……………….. to
identify the hidden painting. It was a bearded man, sitting in a chair, who
was (5)……………….. on his hand. Researchers are now trying to find out the
identity of the mysterious man and the reason (6)……………….. Picasso covered
up his portrait. The most accepted theory is that Picasso didn´t have a lot of
money at the beginning of his career and (7)……………….. of buying new
canvasses for his paintings, he simply reused them. Experts believe they will(8)
……………….. many more fascinating findings under Picasso’s masterpieces
because of the increasingly advanced technology used to examine the
paintings.

Pregunta 8

 A. discover
 B. explore
 C. notice
 D. recognize

 They will find many more of those paintings because of the technological
advances that allow us to see the hidden details. That is synonymous with
'discover'; so (A) is the correct answer.

Pregunta 7
 A. even

 B. though
  C. despite
 D. instead

 We need 'instead' ; here because it is the only answer that goes with ‘of’,
so (D) is the correct answer.

Despite of (buscar)

Pregunta 6

 A. because
 B. about
 C. what
 D. why

 In order to justify something you can indicate the reasons why it
happened. ‘Reasons’ don’t go with any other preposition so (D) is the
only possible answer.

Pregunta 5
 A. keeping

 B. leaning
 C. supporting
 D. holding

Pregunta 4
 A. able

 B. apt
 C. capable
 D. ready

 ‘Support’ doesn't go with ‘on’ so (C) is not correct. ‘To hold on’ means ‘to
wait’ so (D) is not correct. ‘To keep on’ means ‘to continue’, so (A) is not
correct. That only leaves (B) as the correct answer, and it meanshe is
resting his hand somewhere in order to support his weight.
  If someone has the ability or the possibility to do something, he/she is
able to do it, which makes (A) the correct answer. None of the other
answers can go with`to’ except for ‘ready’ and that means ‘prepared for
something’, so it cannot be correct here.

 They thought it was there, which means they suspected it was there, so
(B) is the correct answer.

Pregunta 3
 A. wondered

 B. suspected
 C. questioned
 D. doubted

Pregunta 2
 A. on

 B. in
 C. at
 D. about

 ‘Interested’ goes with 'in'; so (B) is the correct answer.

Pregunta 1
 A. under

 B. on
 C. at
 D. over
 The correct expression is 'to be under examination'; so (A) is the right
answer.

famous for (buscar)