Watercolour is the oldest paints known. It dates back to the early cave men who discovered they could add lifelike qualities to drawings of animals and other figures on the walls of caves by mixing the natural colours found in the earth with water.
Fresco (壁畫), one of the greatest of all art forms, is done with watercolour. It is created by mixing paints and water and applying these to wet plaster (灰泥). Of the thousands of people who stand under Michelangelo’s heroic ceiling in the Sistine Chapel, very few know that they are looking at perhaps the greatest watercolour painting in the world.
The invention of oil painting by the Flemish masters in the fifteenth century made fresco painting go down-hill, and for the next several centuries watercolour was used mainly for doing sketches (草圖) or as a tool for study. It was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that English painters put back watercolour as a serious art form. The English have a widely-known love for outdoors and also small private pictures. The softness of watercolour had a remarkably strong attraction for them.
The popularity of watercolour continued to grow until the twentieth century. The United States passed England as the center for watercolour, producing such well-known watercolour artists as Thomas Eakins and Andrew Wyeth.
小題1: The purpose of the passage is to introduce _____. 
A．the gradual weakness of fresco painting
B．oils’ power or influence over watercolour
C．the discovery of watercolour in England
D．the start and development of watercolour
小題2: In the 16th and 17th centuries the artists thought _____.
A．watercolour was softer, and thus better
B．oil painting lasted longer, and was better
C．watercolour wasn’t fit for finished works
D．watercolour was too hard to use in any works
小題3:According to the passage, watercolour painting was put back in England because ____
A．it was easy to use outdoorsB．it was a strong medium
C．it was extremely bright in colourD．it was suited to popular tastes
小題4:What would the next paragraph most probably deal with?
A．The works of famous US watercolour artistsB．Modern American oil painters
C．The weakness of oils as popular paintsD．Techniques of producing watercolour

小題1:D
小題1:C
小題1:D
小題1:A

小題1:通過閱讀短文，可知本文主要是介紹的水彩畫的產(chǎn)生與發(fā)展歷史，故選D。
小題1:根據(jù)第三段It was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that English painters put back watercolour as a serious art form. 及上下文描述可知選C。
小題1:根據(jù)第三段The English have a widely-known love for outdoors and also small private pictures. The softness of watercolour had a remarkably strong attraction for them. 描述，可知選D。
小題1:本文最后一段介紹了兩名美國著名的油畫家，故下文可能要介紹他們的作品，故選A，美國著名油畫家的作品。
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The rubber is the creation of scientists at the Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Education Institution in Paris．The organization is part of France’s National Center for Scientific Research．The new material is described in greater detail in the research publication Nature．
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B．It is environmentally-friendly．
C．It can repair itself at room temperature．
D．It is made of smaller molecules．
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A．Why the new rubber is unique．
B．Why the new rubber can repair itself．
C．The new rubber is made from huge molecules．
D．The new rubber is different from the common rubber．
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A．Husband Actually Visitor in Family
B．Family System in South India
C．Wife Has Important Position in Family
D．Economic Relations Affects Family Relationships
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D．sound travels about a million times faster than light.
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A．a(chǎn)nts have a special way to manage congestion
B．a(chǎn)nts are clever and good at dealing with the traffic jams because of developed brain
C．insects are similar to animals in dealing with the traffic jams because of developed brain
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小題3:If an ant returns along crowded route to the nest, how does the ant solve the traffic problem?
A．The ant will change the direction of its own.
B．The ant stopped the newcomer from moving ahead and forced the newcomer to wait there patiently.
C．The ant can't direct the newcomer.
D．The ant will push the newcomer to the other route, so traffic jams won't form.
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A．The cars cannot be allowed to communicate with traffic coming in the opposite direction.
B．The cars can communicate with traffic in the same direction.
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A．a(chǎn)nimals’ lives in laboratories
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C．a(chǎn)nimals are happy in labs with better facilities
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