1、UNIT 1 ART Section B Learning About Language 课后篇巩固提升 基础夯实 .单句语法填空 1.Guide dogs open up the lives of the blind or the (visual) impaired. 答案 visually 2.To make their travel more convenient,they decided to build an (arch) bridge. 答案 arched 3.One of the most important changes concerns the (invest) of pe
2、nsion contributions. 答案 investment 4.As is reported on TV,the fires are likely to (permanent) deforest the land. 答案 permanently 5.Even gentle and artful (criticize) takes couragea courage I havent always had. 答案 criticism 6.Many people made up their minds to take part in the (memory) activity on Sun
3、day. 答案 memorial .短语填空 leave alone,achieve ones goal,come true,face with,be fascinated by,fill in 1.Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes . 答案 come true 2.As soon as I got there,I the beauty of Lijiang and Dali. 答案 was fascinated by 3.You
4、will be asked to a form with details of your birth and occupation. 答案 fill in 4. the crisis,the government remained calm and took timely measures. 答案 Faced with 5.Suppose you on a desert island,what would you do to stay alive? 答案 were left alone 6.I dont want to be a loser that I will work hard to .
5、 答案 achieve my goal .语法专练 1.我们现在需要做的是建立我们和客户之间的信任。 What we will do at present is between us and our customers. 答案 to build trust 2.那位歌手说她演唱这首歌的目的是和粉丝分享她对音乐的热爱。 The singer said that her intention of performing the song was for music with her fans. 答案 to share her love 3.此次巡游旨在唤起我们对外国文化的兴趣和理解。 The aim
6、 of the cruise was to in and our understanding of foreign cultures. 答案 awaken our interests 4.试行的目的就是要让人们熟悉新法规。 The goal of the experiment the people familiar with the new laws. 答案 was to make 5.使他感到惊奇的是看到那么多人坐在教室的后面。 What made him surprised so many people seated at the back of the classroom. 答案 was
7、 to see 6.他一生中最大的梦想就是能有机会环游世界。 His biggest dream in life is to travel around the world. 答案 to have a chance 7.学校美术教育的目的是激发学生的创造力。 The purpose of art education in schools students to be creative. 答案 is to inspire 8.他大学毕业后的打算是找个他喜欢的工作。 His intention after graduation from college a job he likes. 答案 is
8、to find 素养提升 .阅读理解 主题语境:人与社会 语篇类型:说明文 难度: The first pictures came out in caves thousands of years ago.Later the Ancient Romans and Greeks wrote their names and protest poems on buildings.Modern graffiti seems to have appeared in Philadelphia in the early 1960s,and by the late sixties it had reached
9、New York.The new art form really took off in the 1970s,when people began writing their names,or “tags”,on buildings all over the city.In the mid-seventies it was sometimes hard to see out of a subway car window,because the trains were completely covered in spray paintings known as masterpieces. In t
10、he early days,the “taggers” were part of street crowds who were concerned with marking their territory(领地).They worked in groups called “crews” and called what they did “writing”the term “graffiti” was first used by The New York Times and the novelist Norman Mailer.Art galleries in New York began bu
11、ying graffiti in the early seventies.But at the same time it began to be regarded as an art form,John Lindsay,the then mayor of New York,declared the first war on graffiti.By the 1980s it became much harder to write on subway trains without being caught,and instead many of the more established graff
12、iti artists began using roofs of buildings. The debate over whether graffiti is art or deliberate damage is still going on.Peter Vallone,a New York city councilor,thinks that graffiti done with permission can be art,but if it is on someone elses property it becomes a crime.“I have a message for the
13、graffiti destroyers out there,” he said recently,“and your freedom of expression ends where my property begins.” On the other hand,Felix,a member of the Berlin-based group Reclaim Your City,says that artists are reclaiming cities for the public from advertisers,and that graffiti represents freedom a
14、nd makes cities livelier. For decades graffiti has been a springboard to international fame for a few.Jean-Michel Basquiat began spraying on the street in the 1970s before becoming a respected artist in the 1980s.The Frenchman Blek le Rat and the British artist Banksy have achieved international fam
15、e by producing complex works with stencils (模板),often making political or humorous points.Works by Banksy have been sold for over 100,000.Graffiti is now sometimes big business. 【语篇解读】现代涂鸦在 20 世纪 60年代初出现在费城,到了 60 年代末,它已经到达纽约。这种 新的艺术形式在 20 世纪 70 年代开始真正流行起来。 1.Why was the 1970s an important decade in
16、the history of graffiti? A.That was when modern graffiti first appeared. B.That was when modern graffiti first became really popular. C.That was when graffiti first reached New York. D.That was when graffiti first appeared on subway car windows. 答案 B 解析细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The new art form really took off
17、in the 1970s,. because the trains were completely covered in spray paintings known as masterpieces.”可知,在 20 世纪 70 年代涂鸦非常受 欢迎,所以选 B 项。 2.What does the underlined word “taggers” in the second paragraph mean? A.Names of people who graffitied. B.Buildings where paints were sprayed. C.People who marked s
18、urface with graffiti. D.People who were interested in graffiti. 答案 C 解析词义猜测题。根据画线部分下文的“were part of street crowds who were concerned with marking their territory”可知,该词指的是涂鸦的人,所以选 C 项。 3.What can we know from the third paragraph? A.New Yorkers think graffiti is art. B.Graffiti was accepted by officia
19、ls completely. C.Buildings can be covered with graffiti freely. D.There were once advertisements on city surface. 答案 D 解析推理判断题。根据“artists are reclaiming cities for the public from advertisers”中的“恢复城市的样 子”和“广告商”可知,D项正确。 4.What is the authors final opinion about graffiti? A.Graffiti has now become the
20、 mainstream and benefits artists. B.Graffiti is not a good way to become a respected artist. C.Some popular graffiti artists end up being ignored by the art world. D.Some graffiti caused inconvenience to the local environment. 答案 A 解析推理判断题。根据最后一段提到的艺术家以及最后一句“Graffiti is now sometimes big business.”
21、可知,涂鸦现在已经成为主流,可以让艺术家受益,所以选 A 项。 .七选五 主题语境:人与社会 语篇类型:记叙文 难度: Leonardo da Vinci is often thought of mainly as an artist,with world-famous works like The Last Supper and Mona Lisa. 1 But his notebooks,filled with his strange writing,show that his main interests were in engineering and technology. 2 If
22、his pioneering work on anatomy (解剖学) is also taken into consideration,it is not hard to see why Leonardo is considered to be one of the greatest geniuses of all time. Born in 1452 to a Florentine lawyer and a local village girl,Leonardo was given only a very basic education.After ten years in the wo
23、rkshop of the artist Verrocchio,he began to work for himself.The work he did shows an unbelievable combination of technical skill and very careful observation. 3 At the age of thirty,he left his hometown and moved to Milan,where he spent seventeen years working for the Duke of Milan. 4 In fact,his p
24、aintings were increasingly influenced by his interest in mathematics.During this period,he painted The Last Supper and developed his ideas for chemical weapons. In 1506 he returned to Milan and became increasingly interested in science. 5 He also studied many other animals,comparing their bodies to
25、the human body.From then on,Leonardo spent the rest of his life mainly on his scientific studies. A.Before long,he returned to his paintings. B.Of course,his place in art history is certain. C.It also shows his great interest in technology. D.The notebooks are full of drawings for all kinds of inven
26、tions. E.He began to study human bodies and the movement of the blood. F.Here he continued to combine his scientific work with his paintings. G.It was a good chance to make some money with his new inventions. 答案与解析 【语篇解读】本文是记叙文。文章主要介绍了达 芬奇传奇的一生。 1.B 根据上一句“Leonardo da Vinci is often thought of mainly
27、 as an artist,with world-famous works like The Last Supper and Mona Lisa.”可知,达 芬奇在艺术史上的地位是确凿无疑的。 2.D D 项在此承接上一段末句“But his notebooks,filled with his strange writing,show that his main interests were in engineering and technology.”并引出下一句“If his pioneering work on anatomy is also taken into considerati
28、on.”的内容。 3.C 根据上文“The work he did shows an unbelievable combination of technical skill and very careful observation.”可知,C项中的 it指的就是“The work he did.”。 4.F 下文的“In fact,his paintings.”正是对 F项中“his paintings”的进一步解释。 5.E 根据下文的“He also studied many other animals,comparing their bodies to the human body.”可知, 达 芬奇回到米兰后开始研究人体。其中 E项中的“human bodies”为同词复现。
