1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 1 Festivals around the world 李仕才 一、阅读理解。 (2018 成都市高中毕业班诊断性检测 ) Johannes Vermeer is such a quiet and introspective(内省的 )artist that it took hundreds of years for anyone to notice he was a genius. A major Vermeer exhibition opens this month at the Louvre in Paris, whose permanent co
2、llection includes his great painting of a woman absorbed in close, visually demanding work, The Lacemaker (about 1669 1670). Like other paintings by Vermeer, this image represents modern culture. So attracted are today s art lovers by Vermeer that it was thought shocking when a recent survey found t
3、hat 82% of Americans cant name who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring. Well, maybe they don t go to the movies much. It is not true to say he was forgotten that would suggest he was famous in his lifetime. He was not. Vermeer was one more painter among the many who worked for money in the Dutch Repub
4、lic in the 17th century. He was not a star like Rembrandt. He obviously took himself and his art seriously. His selfreferential painting The Art of Painting proves that. Even though he worked all his life in Delft, he painted only 35 known works and left his family poor when he died in 1675 at the a
5、ge of 43. It is fitting that Paris is celebrating Vermeer, because it was the French avantgarde(先锋派 )in the 19th century who saved him from being completely forgotten. Compare his painting Woman in Blue Reading a Letter or The Little Street with, say, Edouard Manet s A Bar at the FoliesBergre(1882)o
6、r Camille Pissarros The Boulevard Montmartre at Night (1897) and it is easy to see why the art of Vermeer found its natural audience in Parisian Bohemia. All these artists are likely to have known about and admired Vermeer due to the efforts of the critic ThorBrger, a veteran of the 1848 Revolution.
7、 Vermeer s rediscovery is part of the history of modern French art. Vermeer is not only a great artist. He is a great modern artist. 【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文 ， 主要介绍了著名画家 Johannes Vermeer 的生平和他的艺术特点。 1 How many paintings produced by Vermeer are mentioned in the text? A Four. B Five. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 C Six. D Sev
8、en. B 解析：细节理解题。通读全文可知 ， 本文共提及 Vermeer 的五幅画作 ， 包括第二段提及的 The Lacemaker、第三段提及的 Girl with a Pearl Earring、第四段提及的 The Art of Painting、第五段提及的 Woman in Blue Reading a Letter 和 The Little Street， 故 B项正确。 2 What can we know about Vermeer from Paragraph 4? A He was wellknown when he was alive. B He gained a g
9、ood fortune for his family. C He didn t witness the popularity of his works. D He considered painting as a way to have fun. C 解析：推理判断题。根据第四段最后一句可知 ， 尽管他终身在代尔夫特工作 ， 但是直到他在 43 岁去世时仅留下了 35 件被人们所知的作品 ， 他 是在贫困中离世的；结合第一段可知 ，人们 在数百年后才发现他的艺术价值；据此可以判断 ， 他没能看到他的作品 受欢迎 ， 故 C项正确。 3 Who made a great contribution
10、 to introducing Vermeer to other artists? A Rembrandt. B His family. C American art lovers. D ThorBrger. D 解析：细节理解题。根据第六段可知 ， 由于评 论家 ThorBrger 的努力 ， Vermeer 才被这些艺术家认可 ， 故 D 项正确。 4 Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A Rediscovery of Vermeer B Anecdotes About Vermeer C Great Mo
11、dern French Art D The Tough Way to Success in Art A 解析：标题归纳题。通读全文可知 ， 本文主要介绍了画家 Johannes Vermeer 的生平和他的艺术特点。 Johannes Vermeer 在世时 ， 画作并不为人所知 ， 在贫困中死去；数百年后人们才发现他是艺术天才。故 A 项最适合作本文的标题。 二、 单句语法填空 1 The Nobel Prize (award) to those who make great contributions in many fields every year. 答案： is awarded 2
12、(remind) not to miss the flight at 15: 20, the manager set out for the airport in a hurry. 答案： Reminded 【 精品教育资源文库 】 3 His favorite food is fried snacks and soft drinks. is no surprise that losing weight is just his dream. 答案： It 4 Great changes (take) place in the school over the past three years,
13、 which deeply impresses me. 答案： have taken 5 She speaks English so well that her friends are filled with (admire) 答案： admiration 6 I d tell him to ask my (permit) before he borrows something next time. 答案： permission 7 Please accept our (apologize) for the inconvenience this matter has given you. 答案
14、： apology 8 Forgive me for (take) up so much of your time and accept my best wishes for your health and happiness. 答案： having taken 9 The letter she looked forward to (come) at last. 答案： came 10 (2018 昆明模拟 )It was only after he had read the papers that Mr. Gross realized the task before him was extr
15、emely difficult (complete) 答案： to complete 三、完形填空。 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、 B、 C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 (2018 惠州市第二次调研 ) As an older student at your school， do you sometimes feel a kind of responsibility? I was lucky enough to be named one of our prefects(级长 ) My_1_ has so far meant that Ive had to he
16、lp with school meetings， events， and many_2_ across the school. One of the events was a soccer tournament for 7th and 8th year prefects in September.We had to _3_ a soccer team made up of several prefects for the tournament. _4_ at the soccer field on the day of the tournament， we were full of_5_ th
17、at our_6_ and age would be enough for us to win._7_ ， we had underestimated(低估 )the situation.The younger students quickly started dominating us， and_8_ beat us.We were_9_ of the competition after the first game! Having been_10_ ， we realized that our size and age really didnt _11_ ，as the younger s
18、tudents were not intimidated(威胁 ) However, although we were defeated， we were able to talk to the _12_ students afterwards， which was quite 【 精品教育资源文库 】 _13_. After our pitiful attempt at_14_ soccer， we had to help referee(裁判 )the final few_15_.Refereeing was a difficult task， as a bad_16_ could co
19、st a team the game._17_ for me， there were no extremely difficult decisions. After refereeing， we were all given dinner and the student leaders and the younger kids all _18_ together.At that moment I_19_ the true job of a prefect we are here to _20_ the school. 1 A.job B cure C enquiry D opportunity
20、 2 A.activities B teachers C libraries D professors 3 A.suspect B form C quarrel D challenge 4 A.Attending B Aiming C Guiding D Arriving 5 A.curiosity B possibility C pity D confidence 6 A.mask B strength C speed D size 7 A.Besides B Therefore C Although D However 8 A.previously B hardly C eventuall
21、y D firstly 9 A.knocked out B knocked at C knocked on D knocked off 10 A.scolded B defeated C blamed D praised 11 A.rise B clarify C matter D go 12 A.senior B younger C cleverer D smarter 13 A.anxious B pleasant C upset D delighted 【 精品教育资源文库 】 14 A.playing B giving C offering D helping 15 A.problems B deals C issues D games 16 A.movement B signal C decision D suspect 17 A.Sadly B Calmly C Privately D Luckily 18 A.sat B seated C jumped D leaped 19 A.neglected B realized C tolerated D dreamed 20 A.adjust B reform C unite D change 【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙
