Kieron Williamson is a very successful landscape painter. His paintings,which mostly show the peaceful countryside around his home 51. ______ in eastern England,sell very well. Perhaps this shouldn't come 52. ______ that much of a surprise. It's a beautiful part of the world, and landscape paintings are always 53. ______
The strange thing about Kieron, however,is that he is only seven years old. At a recent exhibition of his work, all the paintings were sold in half. 54. ______ hour, some for f100,000 each. In 2011 November,in yet 55. ______ exhibition,his 33 paintings were sold again within 10 minutes with a total value of E100,000. In the same exhibition, his most beautiful painting Istanbuls' Suleymaniye Mosque was alone sold for f15,595. Kieron now has 56. ______ all over the world and has gained the nickname 'the‘Mini-Monet'.
57. ______ is even more surprising is that Kieron doesn't come from a/an 58. ______ family,and only started painting two years ago. He first got inspiration from some boats he saw on holiday at the seaside. Kieron asked his parents if they 59. ______ buy him a sketch pad and pencils so that he could draw them. Only when they saw how well he drew did they 60. ______ that he was talented.
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