When Frida Kahlo"s paintings were on show in London, a poet described her paintings as “ a ribbon （丝带）around a bomb”. Such comments seem to suggest Kahlo had a big influence on the art world of her time. Sadly, she is actually a much bigger name today than she was during her time.
Born in 1907 in a village near Mexico City , Kahlo suffered from polio（小儿麻痹症）at the age of seven. Her spine （脊柱）become bent as she grew older. Then, in 1925, her back was broken in several places in a school-bus accident. Throughout the rest of her life, the artist had many operations, but nothing was able to cure the terrible pain in her back. However, the accident had an unexpected side effect. While lying in her bed recovering, Kahlo taught herself to paint.
In 1929, she got married to Diego Rivera, another famous Mexican artist. Rivera’s strong influences on Kahlo’s style can be seen in her early works, but her later works from the 1940s, known today as her best works, show less influence from her husband.
Unfortunately, her works did not attract much attention in the 1930s and1940s, even in her home country. Her first one-woman show in Mexico was not held until 1953.For more than a decade after her death in 1954, Kahlo’s works remained largely unnoticed by the world, but in the 1970s her works began to gain international fame at last.
小题1:What does the phrase “a much bigger name” in paragraph 1 most nearly mean?| A．a far better artist | | B．a far more gifted artist | | C．a much stronger person | | D．a much more famous person |
小题2:The terrible pain Kahlo suffered was caused by .| A．polio | | B．back injuries | | C．the operations she had | | D．her bent spine |
小题3:Kahlo’s style had become increasingly independent since the .| A．1950s | B． 1930s | C．1940s | D．1970s |
小题4:What is author’s attitude toward Kahlo?| A．Devotion | B．Sympathy | C．Worry | D．Encouragement |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
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文章介绍了著名的艺术家Kahlo。
小题1:D 猜测词义题。根据文章可知在她去世以后她的名气更大了，比她在世的时候还要大。故这个短语指更著名的人。故D正确。
小题2:B 细节题。根据第2段2,3行Her spine （脊柱）become bent as she grew older. Then, in 1925, her back was broken in several places in a school-bus accident.可知是脊柱的问题也就是背部的问题，故B正确。
小题3:C 推理题。根据第3段后两行but her later works from the 1940s, known today as her best works, show less influence from her husband.可知是从1940s她开始独立。
小题4:B 态度题。根据文章可知这位艺术家一生受尽折磨，有生之年并没有得到太多的荣誉，只是去世以后才出名。故作者对她持同情的态度。故B正确。 |
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A new study suggests that the roundtheclock availability that cell phones have brought to people"s lives may take a toll on family life. The study，which followed more than 1,300 adults over 2 years, found that those who consistently used a mobile phone throughout the study period were more likely to report negative “spillover” between work and home life—and，in turn，less satisfaction with their family life.
Spillover essentially(本质上)means that the line between work and home begins to become unclear. Work life may invade home life when a parent is taking jobrelated calls at home，for instance—or family issues may start to take up work time. For example，a child may call mum at work，telling her “microwave exploded”，explained Noelle Chesley，an assistant professor of sociology at the University of WisconsinMilwaukee and the author of the study. The problem with cell phones seems to be that they are allowing for even more spillover between work and home.
This may be especially true for working women，the study found. Among men，consistent use of mobile phones seemed to allow more work issues to creep (潜入)into family time. But for women，the spillover tended to go in both directions. Being “connected” meant that work cut into home time，and family issues came into work life.
Cell phones seem to be opening more lines for stressful exchanges among family members. But there may be ways to control the spillover，according to Chesley. Employers, she said，could look at their policies on contacting employees after hours to make sure their expectations are “reasonable”．For their part，employees could decide that cell phones go off during family time, Chesley said.
小题1:What does the underlined phrase “take a toll on” probably mean in Paragraph 1?| A．Explaining. | B．Founding. | C．Extending | D．Damaging. |
小题2:According to Chesley，what is the best solution to the problem caused by cell phones?| A．Separate work hours from family time. | | B．Refuse to use cell phones. | | C．Ignore coming calls during family time. | | D．Encourage women to stay at home. |
小题3:We can learn from the passage that ________.| A．cell phones affect men as much as women | | B．cell phones seem to be convenient to families | | C．cell phones make the line between work and home unclear | | D．we can do nothing to solve the problem |
小题4:What is the main idea of the passage?| A．How to control the negative spillover caused by cell phones. | | B．How work life invades home life. | | C．Consistent use of cell phones makes people feel less satisfied with their work. | | D．Cell phones cause negative “spillover” between work life and home life. |
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I liked climbing things when I was a baby. My mother remembers and has told me most of those 16 moments like this one. When I was one and a half years old, we lived in our first house in Rue St-Louis. On a hot summer day, my father intended to 17 the roof of our old house. In order to climb up there, he 18 a ladder front of the house.
In my town, 19 could walk outside because the streets were 20 . I was outside watching my father climb on that strange thing. I was curious about why my father disappear at last. So I decided to go up it to 21 why it was impossible to see my father after he reached the 22 of that thing. At 1.5 years old, still a baby wearing pampers, I climbed that ladder to the roof top and started walking 23 . My father did not notice that-he was on the other side occupied with his repairs. It happened that a nice lady in our 24 passed by and 25 me. The nice lady came to my house and 26 my mother of it, who was fearful and 27 ran outside to speak with me.
She really thought I would just 28 that roof, for I was just a baby 29 . She asked me to sit down and stop moving in a 30 way you speak to your babies when they are cute. 31 , I threw myself flat on the 32 and waited.
My mother climbed the ladder to 33 me up and there I was enjoying the view laughing at my mother’s shocked face. 34 the saying goes, “He who knows nothing 35 nothing.”
| 小题1: | | A．valuable | B．unforgettable | C．endless | D．worthy |
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| 小题2: | | A．build | B．paint | C．clean | D．mend |
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| 小题3: | | A．spread | B．laid | C．stood | D．moved |
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| 小题4: | | A．adults | B．children | C．babies | D．villagers |
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| 小题5: | | A．smooth | B．wide | C．clean | D．safe |
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| 小题6: | | A．figure out | B．think out | C．pick out | D．point out |
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| 小题9: | | A．house | B．neighborhood | C．family | D．company |
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| 小题10: | | A．met | B．inspected | C．heard | D．spotted |
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| 小题11: | | A．asked | B．warned | C．reminded | D．advised |
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| 小题12: | | A．quietly | B．slowly | C．immediately | D．curiously |
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| 小题13: | | A．fall off | B．climb onto | C．repair | D．destroy |
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| 小题14: | | A．after all | B．at all | C．in all | D．all in all |
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| 小题15: | | A．concerned | B．cautious | C．nice | D．clear |
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| 小题16: | | A．Therefore | B．Instead | C．However | D．Otherwise |
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| 小题17: | | A．ladder | B．ground | C．roof | D．street |
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| 小题20: | | A．doubts | B．fears | C．ignores | D．understands |
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Bardithch High School decided to have an All-School Reunion. Over 450 people came to the event. There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park. Several former teachers were on hand to tell stories about the old days. Ms. Mabel Yates, the English teacher for over fifty years, was wheeled to the Park.
Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans (嘟囔声) when Ms. Yates was about to speak. Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined.
Then Ms. Yates started to speak:
“I can’t tell you how pleased I’m to be here. I haven’t seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies. I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students. Although I haven’t appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the births of your children, in my imagination. ”
Ms. Yates paused and started crying a bit. Then she continued:
“It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me. Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in your chosen path.”
“There is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work. You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart.”
There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping. The clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar (呼喊). Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown.
小题1:What activity was organized for the school reunion?| A．Sightseeing in the park | | B．A picnic on the school playground | | C．Telling stories about past events | | D．Graduates’ reports in the old building |
小题2:What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?| A．Some graduates were too busy to listen to Ms. Yates’ speech | | B．Many graduates disliked Ms. Yates’ ways of teaching | | C．Some people got tired from the reunion activities | | D．Most people had little interest in the reunion |
小题3:We can learn from Ms. Yates’ speech that she _________.| A．kept track of her students’ progress | | B．gave her students advice on their careers | | C．attended her students’ college graduations | | D．went to her students’ wedding ceremonies |
小题4:Which of the following can best describe Ms. Yates?| A．Reliable and devoted | | B．Tough and generous | | C．Proud but patient | | D．Strict but caring |
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A few days ago I got a call from my old college friend whom I haven’t seen for a very long time. The topic, which was about all the good old times that we had changed to a touching story when he started talking about his father.
His father’s declining health made him stay at the hospital. Because of his illness, his father suffered from insomnia (失眠) and often talked to himself. My friend, who had not been able to sleep for a few days as he had to keep watching his father’s condition, became irritated and told his father to keep silent and try to get some sleep. His father said that he really wanted to sleep well because he was very tired and told my friend to leave him alone in the hospital if he did not want to keep him company.
After his father finished talking, he fell unconscious (失去知觉). My friend was very sorry for speaking the ill words towards his father. My friend, whom I knew as a tough person, cried as a baby on the other end of the telephone. He said that from that moment on, he prayed every day, asking God to let his father wake up from his coma. He promised himself that whatever words came out from his father’s mouth after he regained his consciousness, he would gladly take them. His only hope for God was to give him a chance to rectify his past mistake.
Often, we complain when we have to accompany or watch over our parents for years, months, days, hours or even minutes. But do we realize that our parents keep us company and watch over us for as long as we (or they) live? From the day we were born to our adulthood, and even when deaths come to us, they are always at our side.
Imagine how sad our parents will be when they hear a seemingly innocent word of “no” come out from our mouths. We can make promises to ourselves that from now on there will be no more complaints that come out from our mouths when we have to watch over or accompany our parents. No more complaints come out from our mouths when we feel that our parents have treated us like little children. There are so many unlucky ones who have neither fathers nor mothers. They long to have the things that we most complain about, but never have them.
Actually, it takes only a second to think and light the lamp that will bring us to a place where peace is dwelling.
小题1:Which of the following word can be used to describe the writer’s friend?| A．Sad | B．Sorry | C．Regretful | D．Pitiful |
小题2:What does the underlined word “rectify” mean in Para. 3?| A．put…right | B．recite…by heart | C．realize | D．recognize |
小题3:What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?| A．Your parents will keep talking to themselves when they are old. | | B．Be good to your parents when you still have the chance. | | C．You will regret in your life if you don’t show your kindness to your parents. | | D．It is not easy to take good care of sick old parents. |
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A gentle wind blew through Jennifer"s hair．The golden red sun was 46 ．She was on the beach，looking up at the ball．She was amazed by its 47 ，deep red in the middle， 48 fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the 49 and the seagulls flying up above in the sky．
The atmosphere 50 her．After all she had been through，this is what she 51 ．“ It’s getting late，”she thought，“I must go home，my parents will be 52 where I am．”She wondered how her parents would react，when she got home after the three days she was 53 .
The sun had set by now and it was getting 54 ．She tried to imagine having her favorite 55 on until she saw her front door It seemed different. 56 had taken care of the outside garden for days．She was 57 : her father was usually so strict about keeping everything clean and tidy, and now…It all seemed 58 ．She couldn"t understand what was going on．
She entered the 59 ．First，she went into the kitchen where she saw a(n) 60 written by her father．It said：“Dear Ellen，there is some coffee ready, I went 61 ．”Ellen was her mother but—where was she? On the right side of the hallway was her 62 room．She went in．Then she saw her mother, lying on the bed sleeping．Her 63 looked so tired，as if she hadn’t 64 for days．She was really pale．Jenny just fell asleep beside her．When Jennifer woke up she found something 65 ．She was in her cosy bed in her nightclothes．
It felt so good being back home．Suddenly she heard a voice．“Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you got us very, very scared．”
| 小题1: | | A．rising | B．setting | C．shining | D．smiling |
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| 小题2: | | A．shape | B．shadow | C．size | D．color |
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| 小题3: | | A．quickly | B．partly | C．softly | D．probably |
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| 小题4: | | A．waves | B．boats | C．trees | D．sands |
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| 小题5: | | A．relaxed | B．puzzled | C．disappointed | D．interrupted |
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| 小题6: | | A．understood | B．considered | C．needed | D．regretted |
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| 小题7: | | A．discussing | B．finding | C．asking | D．wondering |
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| 小题8: | | A．alive | B．asleep | C．missing | D．hardworking |
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| 小题9: | | A．sunny | B．warm | C．cold | D．cloudy |
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| 小题10: | | A．glasses | B．hat | C．skirt | D．jacket |
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| 小题11: | | A．Somebody | B．Nobody | C．Mother | D．Father |
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| 小题12: | | A．shocked | B．scared | C．exhausted | D．comforted |
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| 小题13: | | A．beautified | B．rearranged | C．deserted | D．destroyed |
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| 小题14: | | A．garden | B．bedroom | C．yard | D．house |
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| 小题15: | | A．book | B．note | C．article | D．poste |
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| 小题16: | | A．1ooking | B．working | C．fishing | D．sightseeing |
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| 小题17: | | A．own | B．parents’ | C．sister’s | D．brother’s |
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| 小题18: | | A．gesture | B．body | C．face | D．eyes |
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| 小题19: | | A．studied | B．slept | C．exercised | D．moved |
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| 小题20: | | A．different | B．new | C．precious | D．dangerous |
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