1、.词汇知识把下列单词与其英语释义连线1style Asomeone who creates works of art，especially paintings or drawings2artist Bof the present age；of this period of time3stand Cvery pleasant4observe Da view that you see5contemporary Eto copy；to take as an example6imitate Fto see and notice；to watch carefully7adopt Gthe quality
2、 of being real；real existence8scene Hto use a particular style of speaking，writing，or behaving，especially one that you do not usually use9delightful Ito bear10reality Ja particular way of doing something，designing something or producing something答案：1.J 2.A 3.I 4.F 5.B 6.E 7.H 8.D 9.C 10.G.重点短语1be/ge
3、t tired _对厌烦2be crazy_对狂热，热衷于3be_of 喜欢；喜爱4tell_从可以看出5_the same time 同时6_the time 总是，一直答案：1.of 2.about 3.fond 4.by 5.at 6.all .必背句型1This is a painting by the Spanish artist，Pablo Picasso，_ the greatest western artist of the twentieth century.这是西班牙的画家巴勃罗毕加索的一幅油画，他被认为是二十世纪西方最伟大的画家。答案：considered to be2C
4、ubist artists painted objects and people，_different aspects of the object or person_at the same time.在描绘物体和人的时候，立体派画家会同时展现对象的多个不同侧面。答案：with；showing3Im studying art at school，and I enjoy it a lot，_I can get tired of looking at pictures all the time.我正在学校学习美术，尽管总是看画我会厌倦，但我还是很喜欢。答案：although4My parents
5、_to art galleries and often take me with them，so Ive _ art.我父母喜欢去美术馆，他们常常带我一起去，我由此对艺术产生了兴趣。答案：are fond of going；developed an interest in.品句填词1Many foreigners are interested in the t_ Chinese medicine used in special ways to cure patients.答案：traditional2At the party the naughty boy i_ his fathers int
6、onation，which made all the guests laugh.答案：imitated3Our company has a_ the most advanced techniques to increase the production.答案：adopted4Life in the country is rather _(令人愉快的)答案：delightful5He is one of the most famous _( 当代的)artists in China.答案：contemporary6Many of them wore _(彩色的)national costumes
7、.答案：colourful.选词填空be fond of；observe；alive；aim to；get tired of1The rescuers tried to find out if there was anybody still _.答案：alive2We _ save enough money to go on vacation.答案：aim to3She spent years _ and recording their daily activities.答案：observing4They have _ the same food every day.答案：got tired
8、of5My family _ all _ folk music.答案：are；fond of.语法和词汇知识1All the people thought it is a _(delight)conversation.解析：填 delightful。表示“令人高兴的、令人愉快的 ”，如果填 delighted 则表示“高兴的” ，常用来修饰人。根据后面的 conversation 则要用 delightful。2She cant _(stand/last) such hot weather.解析：填 stand。句意为：她忍受不了这么热的天气。stand 在此处意为“忍受” ，常用在否定句中，
9、last 表示“持续” 。3As a child，I was tired _ climbing mountains because I lived in a mountainous village and had to climb mountains every day.解析：填 of。be tired of“对 厌倦”be tired with/from“因而疲劳” 。4His grandfather was the only soldier _ (living/alive) after the First World War.解析： 填 alive。只有 alive 能作后置定语意为“活着
10、的” ，living 作前置定语。5The artists started an important art movement that _(aim to/aim at) show the country life.解析：填 aimed to。根据主句的动词时态，此空应该用一般过去时，aim to do 目的在于，aim at 后接 doing。6In the company she received a complete training in all _(aspect/kind) of the job.解析：填 aspects。句意为：在公司里，她接受了这份工作的各方面完整的训练。 asp
11、ect 为可数名词，所以要用其复数形式。kinds 不合乎句意。7He has a unique ability to _ (create/imitate) any sound he has heard.解析：填 imitate。句意为：他有一种独特的本领，能模仿他听到的任何声音。用 imitate 表示“模仿” 。8After careful _(consider)，the manager decided to _(adopt/adapt) his suggestion.解析：填 consideration；adopt。 第一个空前面是 careful 起修饰作用，故后面应该用名词形式，所以
12、填 consideration。 adopt“采纳，采用”符合题意。 adapt“适应” 。9I cant stand _(work)with Jane in the same office.She just refuses _(stop) talking while she works.解析：填 working；to stop。句意：我无法忍受和简在同一个办公室工作。她工作时不停地说话。cant stand doing sth.忍受不了做某事；refuse to do sth.拒绝做某事。She refuses to stop talking.她拒绝停止说话。10Who won the fi
13、rst prize in the competition?A man _(consider)to be the greatest artist of the city.解析：填 considered。句意：比赛中谁获得了一等奖？ 一个被认为是将来这座城市里最伟大的艺术家的人。considered 是过去分词作定语，整句话可以理解成一个省略句，其完整形式为：A man who is considered to be the greatest artist of the city(won the first prize in the competition.)。.阅读理解The painter G
14、eorgia OKeeffe was born in Wisconsin in 1887 and grew up on her familys farm.At seventeen she decided to be an artist and left the farm for schools in Chicago and New York, but she never lost her bond with the land.Like most painters, OKeeffe painted the things that were most important to her, and n
15、early all her works are simplified portrayals of nature.OKeeffe became famous when her paintings were discovered and exhibited in New York by the photographer Alfred Stieglitz, whom she married in 1924.During a visit to New Mexico in 1929, OKeeffe was so moved by the bleak landscape and broad skies
16、of the western desert that she began to paint its images.Cows skulls and other bleached bones found in the desert figured prominently in her paintings.When her husband died in 1946, she moved to New Mexico permanently and used the horizon lines of the desert, colorful flowers, rocks, barren hills, a
17、nd the sky as subjects for her paintings.Although OKeeffe painted her best known works in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, she continued to produce tributes to the western desert until her death in 1986.OKeeffe is widely considered to have been a pioneering American modernist painter.While most early mod
18、ern American artists were strongly influenced by European art, OKeeffes position was more independent.She established her own vision and preferred to view her painting as a private endeavor.Almost from the beginning, her work was more identifiably American than that of her contemporaries in its simp
19、lified and idealized treatment of color, light, space and natural forms.1The main idea of this passage is that _.AOKeeffe was a distinctive modern American painterBOKeeffe was the best painter of her generationCOKeeffe liked to paint what was familiar to herDOKeeffe used colors and shapes that are t
20、oo simple解析：选 A。主旨大意题。最后一段是整篇文章的主题段，综述了 OKeeffe 是一位著名的美国现代派画家。2Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an influence on OKeeffes paintings?AHer rural upbringing.BHer life in the West.CThe works of European artists.DThe appearance of the natural landscape.解析：选 C。细节理解题。从最后一段第二句可知， OKeeffe 有自己独立的绘画风格
21、，没有受到欧洲画法的影响。3Alfred Stieglitz _.Awas a film directorBmarried OKeeffe in 1924Cdied in 1986Dbecame famous when his paintings were exhibited in New York解析：选 B。细节理解题。由第二段第一句中 “Alfred Stieglitz，whom she married in 1924”可知 B 项正确。4Which of the following is most similar to OKeeffes relationship with nature
22、?AA photographers relationship with a model.BA writers relationship with a publisher.CA students relationship with a book.DA carpenters relationship with a hammer.解析：选 A。推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句可知， OKeeffe 的作品基本都是自然界的真实写照，可见她与自然的关系是描写者与描写对象的关系。A 项与之类似。5Why is OKeeffe considered an artistic pioneer?ABecause h
23、er work became influential in Europe.BBecause she painted the American Southwest.CBecause her paintings had a definite American style.DBecause she painted things that were familiar to her.解析：选 C。推理判断题。根据文章最后一段可知， OKeeffe 与其他同时代画家相比，有自己独特的绘画风格，不受欧洲画法的影响，开创了美国本土绘画风格的先河，所以被认为是艺术先驱。.信息匹配阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照
24、要求匹配信息。下面是一些奖学金的详细信息。AThe Endeavour Awards provides the opportunity for citizens of the AsiaPacific and Middle East areas to study and research in Australia.A smaller number of awards are available (可得到的) to citizens from Europe and America.BDorothy Harris Endowed Scholarship provides female graduat
25、e students in Physical Education，Sports Management，Sports Psychology and Sports Sociology with a way to attend graduate school.Any female， American citizen，graduate students who will be chasing a course of study at an officially recognized postgraduate (研究生的 ) institution is eligible (有资格的) to apply
26、 for the Scholarship.C. Carolina Rice Scholarship. To be eligible, you must attend high school in the areas of: New York, Chicago, Miami Dade and Broward Counties, Los Angeles and Orange County, or San Francisco. Since its foundation, this program has awarded more than $700,000 to high school senior
27、s, earning the respect of teachers and administrators throughout the country.D. Australian Development Scholarship equips students with the skills and knowledge to influence the development outcomes of their country. Students are required to work in their country for two years after they have comple
28、ted their studies to apply these skills.E. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the largest and most influential arts recognition program in the United States. All students in grades 712 currently enrolled (登记)in a public or nonpublic school in the United States and Canada, have the chance to appl
29、y for the award.Awards are available in 10 writing categories and 16 art categories.Publishing opportunities may be available for winning students in both art and writing categories.F. Australian Leadership Awards is offered to high achievers from the AsiaPacific area. Study programs must relate to
30、AusAIDs (澳大利亚国际开发署的) areas of disability，economic growth，education，the environment，food security, governance, health, human rights, infrastructure，regional stability, rural development, and water.仔细阅读下面学生的相关信息，请为他们选择适合申请的奖学金。1. Miss.Black who has been doing research about the human rights wants to g
31、et her doctor degree in Australia. She likes nature and atmosphere of the country. She thinks the relationship between humans and nature will help her get into her own research.解析：选 F。Miss.Black 一直研究人权，她想在澳大利亚取得博士学位。与 F 中的“Australian Leadership Awards is offered to high achievers.Study programs must
32、 relate to AusAIDs (澳大利亚国际开发署的) areas of.human rights，.”相匹配。2. Born in a poor village in Vietnam, Ken is eager to grasp more knowledge to change his own fate. However, his family is not able to afford his college tuition. What the boy is dreaming of now is to learn more knowledge and use it to devel
33、op his motherland.解析：选 D。Ken 家庭贫困但是他想要用知识来发展自己的祖国，与 D 中“.equips students with the skills and knowledge to influence the development outcomes of their country.”信息相匹配。3. Living in a small country in the Middle East, Brains is looking forward to exploring the world himself one day.With high scores in h
34、igh school, he is planning to study abroad to experience more excellent life. Australia is his first choice.解析：选 A。中东地区的 Brains 想去澳大利亚学习，与 A 中内容 “The Endeavour Awards provides the opportunity for citizens of the AsiaPacific and Middle East areas to study and research in Australia.”相匹配。4. At the age
35、of six Jack wrote his first short fiction novel which was published by a local newspaper. Now he is a 14yearold boy who has written more than 5 novels. To everyones surprise, although he spends much time writing，he is still one of the best students in his school in a Canadian city.解析：选 E。Jack 就读于加拿大
36、的一所学校，擅长写作并在 5 岁时就发表了他的第一部小说。与 E 中的内容“All students in grades 712 currently enrolled (登记) in a public or nonpublic school in the United States and Canada，have the chance to apply for the award.Awards are available in 10 writing categories and 16 art categories.”相匹配。5. Jane was called “wind” by her pr
37、imary, schoolmates because she almost won all the golden medals of all the races in her school sports meeting. Because of her talent in running she entered the best physical college in America easily. She wants to attend a famous postgraduate institution and apply for a scholarship.解析：选 B。Jane 学习体育专业，想要继续研究这方面的知识，与 B 中的内容“.provides female graduate students in Physical Education，.Any female，. graduate students who will be chasing a course of study at an officially recognized postgraduate (研究生的) institution is eligible (有资格的) to apply for the Scholarship.”相匹配。
