1、Last year I had a fantastic trip to Europe with my parents. In the city of Mlaga, Spain, which is the birthplace of Pablo Picasso, I was amazed to learn that he had an output of over 20, 000 pieces of art. He developed different styles of painting, including Cubism. In the Louvre Museum, Paris, whic
2、h has over 6,000 European paintings, ranging from the 13th century to the 19th century, we saw the famous painted by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci.It is said that this masterpiece is so Mona Lisavaluable that it is difficult to calculate what its price would be. Monet, a French painter, sough
3、t to show movement and the feelings of the moment through the use of colours, light and shadow. In Amsterdam, we visited the Van Gogh Museum. His early paintings used a style called Impressionism and later he created more abstract artwork. Sadly, he received little reward while he was alive. He only
4、 sold one painting before he died in 1890. But today, van Goghs paintings are worth upwards of millions of dollars each.去年我和父母一起去了欧洲进行了一次奇妙的旅行。 在西班牙的马拉加，也就是巴勃罗毕加索的出生地，我惊讶地得知，他有两万多件艺术 作品 。毕加索创作了不同的艺术风格，包括立体派。在巴黎的卢浮宫，里面珍藏着欧洲画家从 13 世纪到 19 世纪创作的六千余件作品，我们看到了意大利画家列奥纳多达 芬奇著名的油画 蒙娜丽莎 。据说这幅画如此珍贵，以至于很难估算它的价值。
5、莫奈，是法国画家，探索用色彩、光线和阴影来表现运动和运动感。在阿姆斯特丹，我们参观了凡高博物馆。他早期的绘画作品是印象派，但后来创作了更为抽象的作品。令人难过的是，在凡高活着的时候，他所得的回报却微乎其微。在他 1890 年去世之前他只卖出去一幅画。但现在，凡高的每幅画都价值超过数百万美元。加餐练(一) 完形阅读组合练.完形填空The name of the Spanish artist Picasso is very famous in the West.Today Picasso _1_“art”Picasso started off with various styles of pain
6、ting until he _2_“Cubism (立体派)”Picassos father was also a painter, a professor of Art at the local school of fine arts (美术)He _3_ his son how to draw figures and how to paint _4_ oils and took him to some of the schools of art where he _5_.Although he was Spanish, Picasso spent much of his life in P
7、aris and never took part in _6_ the Spanish Civil War, World War or World War .Picassos _7_ life was very unconventional (非传统的) He had four children by three different women, two wives and many lovers.In 1961, however, he married and stayed with Jacqueline Roque _8_ the end of his life in 1973.Picas
8、so produced paintings of acrobats (杂技演员) at the beginning of his _9_ and moved into a different style when he started painting pictures of artists._10_ he developed his works into the famous style which is known as “Cubism”He also created _11_ and wrote poems.Picasso produced _12_ paintings than any
9、one else ever has: 13, 500 paintings, 100,000 prints and 34,000 book illustrations.He worked in many different mediums (手段): oils, watercolors, charcoal, and pencil.His paintings in the Cubist style started a new movement in art in the _13_20th century.Picasso _14_ this style of painting with a coll
10、eague, Georges Braque in 1909.They painted objects by _15_ them into small pieces and then viewed and painted them from several angles at once._16_ used brown colors for the paintings.The Cubism Movement started with Picasso and Braque in Montmartre, Paris, and _17_ rapidly among the artists.It bega
11、n to develop into a second phase (阶段), in which artists added _18_ objects to the painting in various materials, such as cloth or newspaper.In the 1950s Picassos works _19_ more changes when he started to look at the grand masters of art, like Velasquez.In his 80s and 90s he began to paint a mixture
12、 of many styles that he kept changing.Only after his death did people fully _20_ his great achievements and in 1999 one of his paintings sold for $51 million.语篇解读：本文对著名画家毕加索的生平以及其艺术成就进行了介绍，并给出了极高的评价。1.A.show BmeansClearns Dmakes解析：选 B 根据下句所述“ 毕加索从各种绘画风格开始直到开创立体派”可知毕加索就意味着“艺术” 。2A.invented BthoughtCk
13、new Dfound解析：选 A 由语境可知毕加索创立了立体派，故应用 invent“发明” 。3A.learned BtoldCtaught Dsaw解析：选 C 由语境可知是毕加索的父亲教他如何画画，故应用 teach。4A.by BonCfrom Din解析：选 D by“靠手段 ”，也可和 bus，train，plane 等词连用，表示乘坐交通工具。in 表示“所用的材料以及所用的语言、声音、衣饰等” 。in oils 表示“用油墨” 。5A.spoke BheardCsaw Dtaught解析：选 D 根据第二段第一句可知，毕加索的父亲是当地美术学校的美术教授，故选 taught。6
14、A.neither BeitherCnone Dnothing解析：选 B either .or .“或者 或者” 。7A.real BoldCpublic Dprivate解析：选 D 根据下文讲到毕加索的婚姻和家庭生活可知，这些涉及他的私生活。private“私人的” 。8A.until BatCas Dto解析：选 A 句意：他和 Jacqueline Roque 结婚并在一起生活直到 1973 年去世。9A.life BcareerCpaintings Dschool解析：选 B 句意：毕加索在事业初期为杂技演员绘制作品。career“事业” ； painting“绘画作品” 。10A
15、.Accidentally BFranklyCEventually DFortunately解析：选 C 根据第一段可知，毕加索运用了各种不同的绘画风格，最后创立了立体派。accidentally“意外地” ； frankly“坦率地” ； eventually“最后，终于” ； fortunately“幸运地” 。11A.sculptures BtelephonesCpictures Dpoems解析：选 A 纵观全文可知，文章讲述了毕加索在艺术方面的成就。B 项不属于艺术范围，pictures 和 poems 在文中都提到了，故选 A。sculpture“雕刻” 。12A.fewer Bl
16、essCworse Dmore解析：选 D 句意： 毕加索创作的绘画作品比其他人(创作) 的都多。more .than .“比更多” 。13A.late BmodernCearly Ddifficult解析：选 C 由下文的 1909 可知是 in the early 20th century 在 20 世纪初期。14A.found BinventedCsearched Dprotected解析：选 B 根据上文“His paintings in the Cubist style started a new movement in art”可知，毕加索和他的一位同事发明了一种新的绘画风格。in
17、vent“发明，创造” ； find“发现”； search“寻找 ”； protect“保护” 。15A.separating BcuttingCthrowing Ddividing解析：选 D 他们通过把物体分成小的部分进行绘画。 separate“分离，分开” ，常和from 连用； cut“切，割” ； throw“扔掉” ； divide“分开 ”，常和 into 连用。16A.He BItCThey DWe解析：选 C 根据上文提到的 Picasso 和 Georges Braque 共同创立立体派可知，应选择C。17A.speeded BwentCspread Dwidened解
18、析：选 C 句意： 由 Picasso 和 Braque 开始的立体派运动始于巴黎的 Montmartre，而后在艺术家中快速传播开来。speed“加速” ； go“去” ； spread“传播” ； widen“变宽”。18A.same BdifferentCspecial Dextra解析：选 D 根据第五段第二句 “.oils，watercolors，charcoal，and pencil”可知，在立体派发展到第二阶段后，艺术家们又添加了其他物体。故选 extra“额外的，其他的” 。19A.looked through Bstarted withCwent through Dthoug
19、ht of解析：选 C 由语境可知是毕加索的作品经历了更多的变化，故 go through“经历”正确。20A.adopt BappreciateCattempt Dimitate解析：选 B 根据下文“毕加索的一幅作品在 1999 年卖到 5 100 万美元”可知，人们充分欣赏毕加索的伟大成就。.阅读理解Barbara McClintock was one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. She made important discoveries about genes and chromosomes (染色体 )
20、Barbara McClintock was born in 1902 in Hartford, Connecticut. Her family moved to the Brooklyn area of New York City in 1908. Barbara was an active child with interests in sports and music. She also developed an interest in science.She studied science at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Barba
21、ra was among a small number of undergraduate students to receive training in genetics in 1921. Years later, she noted that few college students wanted to study genetics.Barbara McClintock decided to study botany, the scientific study of plants, at Cornell University. She completed her undergraduate
22、studies in 1923. McClintock decided to continue her education at Cornell. She completed the masters degree in 1925. Two years later, she finished all her requirements for the doctorate degree.McClintock stayed at Cornell after she completed her education. She taught students botany. The 1930s was no
23、t a good time to be a young scientist in the United States. The country was in the middle of the great economic depression. Millions of Americans were unemployed. Male scientists were offered jobs. But female geneticists were not much in demand.An old friend from Cornell, Marcus Rhoades, invited McC
24、lintock to spend the summer of 1941 working at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. It is a research center on Long Island, near New York City. McClintock started a temporary job with the genetics department. A short time later, she accepted a perpetual position in the laboratory and got continual inc
25、omes. This gave her the freedom to continue her research without repeatedly asking for financial aid.By the 1970s, her discoveries had had an effect on everything from genetic engineering to cancer research. McClintock won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1983 for her discovery of the a
26、bility of genes to change positions on chromosomes. She was the first American woman to win an unshared Nobel Prize.语篇解读：本文主要讲述了著名女科学家芭芭拉麦克林托克的经历以及她在基因和染色体研究方面取得的重大成就。1Why was McClintock awarded a Nobel Prize?ABecause she received a degree in genes and chromosomes.BBecause she contributed to the dev
27、elopment of genetic engineering and cancer research.CBecause she made important discoveries about genes and chromosomes.DBecause she was the first American woman that studied genes and chromosomes.解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据第一段的第二句和最后一段的第二句可知，芭芭拉麦克林托克在基因与染色体方面的研究发现让她获得了诺贝尔奖。故选 C。2When did McClintock get a docto
28、rate degree?AIn 1921. BIn 1923.CIn 1925. DIn 1927.解析：选 D 推理判断题。根据第四段的最后两句可知，芭芭拉 麦克林托克在 1925年取得了硕士学位，两年之后，她取得了博士学位。故可推知，芭芭拉麦克林托克在1927 年取得了博士学位。3In the middle of the great economic depression in the US, _.Ayoung female scientists might have trouble finding a jobBmale scientists were in great demandCfe
29、male geneticists were not in demand at allDmale scientists were out of work解析：选 A 推理判断题。根据第五段最后两句可知，男科学家能找到工作，但是女性遗传学家的需求量不大。由此可推知，年轻的女科学家在经济大萧条时期找工作可能会面临困难。故选 A。4What does the underlined word “perpetual” mean?APermanent. BDifficult.CUseful. DComplex.解析：选 A 词义猜测题。根据画线词后面的“got continual incomes”以及“Th
30、is gave her the freedom to continue her research without repeatedly asking for financial aid.”可知，这份工作可以让她得到持续的收入，并且能让她继续她的研究，而不必不断地去请求经济上的帮助，由此可推断，这个工作是“永久的” 。故选 A。 加餐练(二) 主观题规范增分练.语法填空Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires, Asias biggest building, and fancy new hotels. But for tourists like me, pan
31、das are its top _1_ (attract)So it was a great honour to be invited backstage at the notforprofit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research. I _2_ (allow) to get up close to these cute animals at the 600acre centre. From tomorrow, I will be their UK ambassador. The title will be _3_ (off
32、icial) given to me at a ceremony in London. But my connection with pandas goes back _4_ my days on a TV show in the mid1980s, _5_ I was the first Western TV reporter _6_ (permit) to film a special unit caring for pandas rescued from starvation in the wild. My ambassadorial duties will include _7_ (i
33、ntroduce) British visitors to the 120plus pandas at Chengdu and others at a research centre in the misty mountains of Bifengxia.On my recent visit, I held a lively threemonthold twin that had been rejected by _8_ (it) mother. The nursery team switches him every few _9_ (day) with his sister so that
34、while one is being bottlefed, _10_ other is with mum she never suspects.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。成都涌现出很多百万富翁、亚洲最大的建筑以及豪华酒店，但这对于作者这样的游客来说，熊猫才是那里的魅力所在。接下来讲述了作者的成都之旅及其与大熊猫之间的故事。1attraction 形容词 top 修饰空格处的名词，attract 的名词形式是 attraction，意思是“吸引人之物” 。2was allowed I 与 allow 是被动关系，故用被动语态；又因上一句主句用过去时，可确定此句也用过去时。故填 was allo
35、wed。3officially 空格处修饰过去分词 given，故用副词修饰。official 的副词形式是officially(官方地 )。4to go back to“追溯到” ，是固定搭配。5when 分析句子结构可知，空格处所在的句子是定语从句。定语从句修饰前面的“the mid1980s”，且从句缺少时间状语，故用 when 引导该定语从句。6permitted reporter 与 permit 是被动关系，故用过去分词表被动。过去分词短语permitted to .作后置定语，修饰 reporter。7introducing 此处用动名词作 include 的宾语。8its mo
36、ther 是名词，故此处填 it 的形容词性物主代词 its。9days “every few复数名词”意思是“每隔” 。 every few days“每隔几天” 。10the one . the other .“一个另一个” 。.短文改错Smoking is widespread phenomenon even among teenage students. The number of young smokers are increasing. It is estimated that over 10% of the senior high school students had trie
37、d smoking once or more. Some of them even steal money from their parents to buy cigarettes, that is terrible.As it is known to all, smoking is harmful to health. And its even more harmful to teenage students for it does greatly harm not only to their health but also to their mind.Teenage students ar
38、e future builder of the country. They should spend their time learn what is useful but keep a healthy lifestyle as well. So its high time that teenage smokers make up their minds to give up smoking.答案：第一句：widespread 前加 a第二句：areis第三句：hadhave第四句：that which第五句：去掉 it第六句：greatlygreat第七句：builderbuilders第八
39、句：learnlearning；butand第九句：makemade 或 make 前加 should.书面表达假如你是育才中学的一名英国交换生 Tom。为了放松心情、结交朋友并了解中国的风土人情，你计划这个假期去云南大理、丽江旅游。请根据以下要点写一篇博文寻找中国学生作为旅游伙伴：1时间：2 月 21 日2 月 26 日；2对旅伴的要求；3联系方式：电话 13012345678；电子邮箱 。注意：1.词数 100 左右；2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。Im Tom, a British exchange student at Yucai High Scho
40、ol._Look forward to meeting you!参考范文：Im Tom, a British exchange student at Yucai High School. I am planning to take a sixday tour of Dali and Lijiang, Yunnan Province, starting from February 21.Id like to find an outgoing and enthusiastic companion from a Chinese high school, who has a good knowledg
41、e of Chinese culture, especially about Yunnan local minorities. Besides, it would be nice if you have some experience in traveling. Above all, your good command of English will make sure of free communication between us. I sincerely hope we can enjoy ourselves, make more friends as well as improve o
42、ur crosscultural communication skills during this experience.If anyone is interested, please contact me at 13012345678 or send an email to .Look forward to meeting you!第一部分 听力 (满分 30 分，限时 20 分钟)第一节(共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分)听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时
43、间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1Where are the two speakers? AIn Canada. BIn the US. CIn Mexico.2Whats the relationship between the two speakers? AClassmates.BFriends.CBrother and sister.3What are the speakers mainly discussing?ACareers.BHealth problems.CTypes of hospitals.4When does the man want to go to
44、the library? AOn Saturday. BOn Sunday. COn Monday.5How does the woman respond to the man?AShe is disappointed.BShe is impressed.CShe is indifferent.第二节(共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分)听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或
45、独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6What is the dogs name?AHarry. BYoda. CLuke.7What is the dog like?AYoung and fast.BOld and loyal.CBig and scary.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8What does the woman dislike?AParties in her house.BMozart.CCocaCola.9What will the woman do tonight?ADrink some CocaCola.BStay with her cousin.
46、CMove to Japan.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10What is the first thing you should do before giving a speech?AGreeting the audience.BStating your name.CSharing some relevant information.11How should you speak when giving your name?AClearly and loudly.BClearly and confidently.CConfidently and loudly.12. What
47、 may NOT help you decide on the sort of information you share?AThe audience.BThe subject.CThe environment.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. When will the man NOT buy flowers for his wife?AOn her birthday.BOn Valentines Day.COn April Fools Day.14. When is the mans mothers birthday?AThe day before Valentines Day.BOn Valentines Day.CThe day after Valentines Day.15. What color does the man choose for his mother?ABlue
