1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 语言学习类 单词识记: material practice written communicate expression fault focus master overcome perfect practise spoken standard term translate acquire composition grasp memorize imitate 短语扫描: put.into practice 将 ? 付诸实践 focus ones mind/attention on sth. 集中注意力于某物上 pay off 取得成功;取得好结果;还清 (欠款等 )
2、team up with 与 ? 合作 lose heart 灰心 find fault (with) 找茬;挑剔 translate sth.into sth.把 ? 翻译成 ? advise sb.to do sth.建议某人做某事 ask sb.for advice 征求某人的意见 give/offer sb.advice on 给某人关于 ? 的建议 跟踪训练 . 语境填词 1.This adaptation (perfect) grasps the spirit of Kurt Vonneguts novel. 2.He (集中 ) his blue eyes on her. 3.
3、(标准 ) are moral principles which affect peoples attitudes and behavior. 4.We should try our best to make our ideal (翻译 ) into reality. 5.I didnt know that she (取得 ) sole control of the newspaper in 2014. . 单项填空 6.Since it is common to copy others designs , the Council of Fashion Designers has recent
4、ly urged the government to pass laws to protect designers rights . A.practice B.standard C.sense D.activity 7. Dad, I dont think Oliver the right sort of person for the job. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 I see.Ill go right away and . A.pay him back B.pay him off C.put him away D.put him off 8.With so many essays ,
5、he wont have time to go shopping with his parents this afternoon. A.writing B.written C.to write D.be written 9. her performance in study, no one can match her in the grade.However, learning takes up all her time and she hasnt developed other abilities , which is a great pity. A.On behalf of B.In te
6、rms of C.As a result of D.In charge of 10. Putin is a man of few words, and seldom speaks unless to. Its no wonder that hes always sitting in the corner silently. A.spoken B.speaking C.to speak D.having spoken . 阅读理解 Author Norman Mailer once published an essay in which he declared the graffiti(涂鸦 )
7、 of the New York subway to be “The Great Art of the 70s”.But what happened to the artists and why is there no subway graffiti any more? “It started with someone just writing their name someone saw that, and added on to it, ”remembers New York graffiti artist Nicer , born Hector Nazario.“Letters goin
8、g in front of letters, coming back through a letter, behind a letter, going across a letter.the subways became our playground.” New York in 1974 was a city in crisis.The Mayor, Abe Beame, cut down the citys budget to avoid bankruptcy(破产 ), which meant laying off school teachers, police officers and
9、subway staff. “They were taking the money from the schools , there was a lot of corruption here, in this community, and so they took the afterschool programmes away, and there were no outlets(发泄途径 ) for this.So the outlet became our city, ” says Bronxborn 【 精品教育资源文库 】 designer Eric Orr. “It was lik
10、e an explosion.The graffiti explosion.All of a sudden it took over the whole city.I dont know what happened , but overnight in the early 70s it was from no graffiti to all graffiti, ” says another former artist , Flint Gennari. Eric Felisbret, author and former graffiti artist, says graffiti culture
11、 was in a way a product of the civil rights movement.“It was never political , ” he says ,“but many people were brought up with that , and to express yourself by breaking the law became a natural process for them.” The graffiti pioneers came from all races, however.“There were writers that were Afri
12、can American, LatinoPuerto Rico, Dominican, CubanJewish, Asian, and it became one unit one family, ” says another graffiti pioneer , Roberto Gualtieri. Prof.Gregory Snyder, sociologist and author of Graffiti Lives, says: “For lots of people, graffiti is ugly and destroy public property, and I dont r
13、efuse that.But it can be written on a dumpster(垃圾箱 ), like a garbage bin, and if someones attempting to make a garbage bin look a little prettier maybe thats not the worst thing in the world.” Although Mailer was not alone in welcoming the flowering of creativity, the authorities hated it, as did ma
14、ny passengers. So when Mayor Ed Koch took office, he was determined to clean up the city and set about targeting graffiti. “I remember in 1982 he brought everyone out to a train yard and there was a single train painted white, ” says former New York Daily News reporter Salvatore Arena.Trains were ta
15、ken out of service and cleaned as soon as graffiti was spotted.Carriages were protected at night and the city agreed to ban the sale of spray cans. If in 1984 80% of subway carriages contained graffiti by May 1989 the network was graffitifree.“Graffiti has gone through an evolution , and it will con
16、tinue to evolve.Its now socially accepted in places where 20 30 years ago that would have been impossible.Its now showcased( 展示 ) in certain museums and lets say in another 30 years from now it may be hanging in the White House, ” says Nicer. Nowadays painted graffiti is largely gone from the New Yo
17、rk subway trains themselves and is seen instead on the walls and tunnels of the city.It has been replaced by scratchiti(刮擦艺术 ) created onto carriage windows using keys and knives.Unlike the vivid images of 40 years ago, these ghostly patterns are somehow 【 精品教育资源文库 】 easy to ignore.After all, graff
18、iti has faded quietly into the background. 1.What led to the graffitis sudden appearance in New York in the 1970s? A.The publishment of Norman Mailers essay on graffiti. B.The development of science and art in New York. C.The support and encouragement of the Mayor. D.The worse economy in New York th
19、en. 2.In the 1970s, New Yorks graffiti artists . A.often left their own names on their works B.realized they were actually against the laws C.organized a political movement D.could only do graffiti on trains 3.Whats Gregory Snyders attitude towards graffiti? A.Approving. B.Critical. C.Objective. D.N
20、egative. 4.Why did Mayor Ed Koch take measures to stop graffiti? A.It didnt benefit most subway passengers. B.It wasnt the art that Ed Koch was fond of. C.It became out of date because of scratchiti. D.Many citizens were not in favour of it. 5.What can we learn about graffiti from Paragraph 11? A.It
21、 took 5 years to clean 80% of New Yorks graffiti. B.Graffiti has evolved and is widely accepted now. C.Graffiti evolution makes New York subways graffitifree. D.Graffiti now can appear not in carriages but in museums only. 6.By saying “graffiti has faded quietly into the background” , the author mea
22、ns that . A.scratchiti wont last very long B.graffiti wont gain its po pularity again C.graffiti isnt comparable with scratchiti D.scratchiti will be well developed in the future . 佳作背诵 (学校生活 ) 请认真阅读下面短文,并按照要求用英语写一篇 150 词左右的文章。 China has historically placed a high value on childrens education.Due to
23、 the 【 精品教育资源文库 】 countrys vast populatio n and the limited resources of elite(出类拔萃的 ) schools,not only is there fierce competition in entrance exams, but there are also top colleges putting students unique abilities such as performances in science competitions,writing abilities, oral skills, music
24、al talents, and achievements in dance under the microscope(显微镜 ).The cruel competition has been blamed by those who feel that it occupies childrens free time and places too much stress on performance under test conditions.Against this background, many primary and secondary schools in China have begun to promote the socalled “happy education” , trying to reduce students burden in schools.Ho