Common people always hold the view the experts say is right.
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Throughout the history of the arts, the nature of creativity has remained constant to artists. No matter what objects they select, artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause change—to find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before.
Landscape(風(fēng)景) is another unchanging element of art. It can be found from ancient times through the 17th-century Dutch painters to the 19th-century romanticists and impressionists. In the 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists, continued this practice. Leslie sought out the same place where Thomas Cole, a romanticist, had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before. Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature, Leslie paints what he actually sees. In his paintings, there is no particular change in emotion, and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background. He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography(攝影術(shù)) to help both the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom.
Besides, all art begs the age-old question: What is real? Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another. The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects, the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes, and the Cro-Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient forests. To sum up, understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of all periods.
Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant. Past or present, Eastern or Western, the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience. Many and different are the faces of art, and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings.
Leslie's paintings are extraordinary because_______ .
A. they are close in style to works in ancient times
B. they look like works by 19th-century painters
C. they draw attention to common things in life
D. they depend heavily on color photography
What is the author's opinion of artistic reality?
A. It will not be found in future works of art.
B. It does not have a long-lasting standard.
C. It is expressed in a fixed artistic form.
D. It is lacking in modern works of art.
What does the author suggest about the arts in the last paragraph?
A. They express people's curiosity about the past.
B. They make people interested in everyday experience.
C. They are considered important for variety in form.
D. They are regarded as a mirror of the human situation.
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It ______ we had stayed together for a couple of weeks ____ I found we had a lot in common.
A. was until; when B. was until; that C. wasn’t until; when D. wasn’t ;that
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The telephone rang in my ninth-grade high school classroom.“Jill , please come to the counseling office (教導(dǎo)處)!”As I walked down the hall ,I 36 , why would someone want me to come to the counseling office? As I stepped into the counseling office ,I was 37 by a girl who needed to speak to someone about her friend. I was reassured by the school counselor (輔導(dǎo)員) that I was not 38 and that someone needed to talk with me. I was called because I was a member of 39 .
The Breakfast Club is 40 a club where one eats breakfast . It is an organization of 41 started thirteen years ago 42 a young student’ s suicide (自殺). His mother thought that it could have been prevented 43 her son talked to someone about how he was feeling.
The B. C. as we call it 44 ,give us an opportunity to 45 talk to our peers (同輩) about anything on their minds and 46 .Our 47 :We care but we don’t cure. Members from the previous year ,teachers ,and counselors 48 students for the Breakfast Club. The club is a 49 group including ,Asians ,blacks, whites, ,athletes, musicians, and students with all levels of 50 achievement ,The criteria (條件) for 51 the group is to be a good 52 ,be able to brainstorm ideas, and 53 give advice! We barely knew one another in the beginning , but we became 54 after all the training 55 we went through.
36. A. knew B. wondered C. murmured D. shouted
37. A. met B. hit C. greeted D. seated
38. A. in need B. in difficulty C. in trouble D. in time
39. A. the counseling office B. the school C. our class D. the Breakfast Club
40. A. just B. only C. such D. not
41. A. teachers B. students C. blacks and whites D. parents
42. A. as a result of B.against C. because D. regardless of
43. A. if B. for C. had D. did
44. A. at present B. in brief C. for fun D. for short
45. A. privately B. secretly C. frankly D. kindly
46. A. in their family B. in their hearts C. in their school D. from their friends
47. A. belief B. banner C. note D. motto
48. A. select B. permit C. recognize D. thank
49. A. perfect B. international C. diverse D. morning
50. A. working B. various C. different D. academic
51. A. going to B. belonging to C. contacting D. participating
52. A. organizer B. student C. listener D. speaker
53. A. quickly B. then C. not D. yet
54. A. fast friends B. common friends C. strong opponents D. dear relatives
55. A. study B. care C.struggle D. experiences
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I told my friend Graham that I often cycle the two miles from my house to the town center but unfortunately there is a big hill on the route. He replied, ‘You mean fortunately.’ He explained that I should be glad of the extra exercise that the hill provided.
My attitude to the hill has now changed. I used to grumble as I approached it but now I tell myself the following. This hill will exercise my heart and lungs. It will help me to lose weight and get fit. It will mean that I live longer. This hill is my friend. Finally as I wend my way up the incline I console myself with the thought of all those silly people who pay money to go to a gym and sit on stationery exercise bicycles when I can get the same value for free. I have a smug smile of satisfaction as I reach the top of the hill.
Problems are there to be faced and overcome. We cannot achieve anything with an easy life. Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to gain a University degree. Her activism and writing proved inspirational. She wrote, “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.”
One of the main determinants of success in life is our attitude towards adversity. From time to time we all face hardships, problems, accidents, afflictions and difficulties. Some are of our making but many confront us through no fault of our own. Whilst we cannot choose the adversity we can choose our attitude towards it.
Douglas Bader was 21 when in 1931 he had both legs amputated following a flying accident. He was determined to fly again and went on to become one of the leading flying aces in the Battle of Britain with 22 aerial victories over the Germans. He was an inspiration to others during the war. He said, “Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that you can’t do this or that. That’s nonsense. Make up your mind, you’ll never use crutches or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school, join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.”
The biographies of great people are littered with examples of how they took these kinds of steps to overcome the difficulties they faced. The common thread is that they did not become defeatist or depressed. They chose their attitude. They chose to be positive. They took on the challenge. They won.
The writer has a smug smile of satisfaction as he reaches the top of the hill because .
A.he was actually killing two birds with a stone
B.compared with those silly people, he was smarter
C.he lost weight by cycing to the town center every day
D.he was informed of a short route from his house to the town
The writer quoted Helen Keller and her saying as an example to demonstrate .
A.one cannot achieve anything with an easy life
B.only disabled persons can experience hardship deeply
C.one’s success is determined by nothing but his / her attitude
D.it’s rare for a deaf and blind person to gain a University degree.
From this passage we know that Douglas Bader was a person of .
A.individual and creative character B.stubborn yet charming personality
C.great bravery and strong will D.excellent speaker with great influence
In writing style, the last paragraph serves as .
A.a(chǎn)n explanation B.a(chǎn) demonstration
C.a(chǎn)n introduction D.a(chǎn) summarization
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If you want to see a doctor, fix the date with him ahead of time. This is a common ___________ in the USA.
A. habit B. law C. rule D. custom
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