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Unit 3 Art and architecture

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　　培养阅读能力

　　一个人阅读能力的提高，并不是一蹴而就的，因此我们应该从平时的点滴做起，多渠道培养自己的阅读能力。

　　1. 平时多做一些英文阅读理解，多看英文报纸杂志，尽可能多听英语新闻，这样既可以培养你的英语语感，又有助于英语阅读能力的培养。

　　2. 由于英语阅读理解涉及面非常广，我们必须对社会、科学、文学、艺术等多个领域有所涉猎。这样我们的阅读内容就比较广泛，可以涉

　　及到人类社会的方方面面。如果我们对一些领域一点都不了解，就会影响对文章的把握，从而导致阅读速度的降低。

　　Passage A

　　阅读理解…………………………………………………………………

　　Israeli paintings—Israeli artist Menashe Kadishman will hold a personal show named “Flock of Sheep” from November 26 to December 20 at the China National Art Museum. On show are 550 colorful oil paintings of sheep heads①.

　　His works have been on show in the Metropolitan Museum in New York and Tate Gallery in London over the past 30 years.

　　Time: 9:00 a.m.— 4:00 p.m.， November 26 — December 20.

　　Place: China National Art Museum, 1 Wusi Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing.

　　Tel: 64012252

　　Russia Ballet — The Kremlin Ballet from Russia will perform two immortal classical ballets — “Swiss Lake” and “The Nutcracker” — at the Beijing Beizhan Theatre. Set up in 1990, the theatre has a number of firstclass ballet dancers with pride②. Most of their performances are classical.

　　Time: 7:15 p.m., December 5 and 6 (“Swan Lake”); 7:15 p.m., December 7 (“Nutcracker”)

　　Place: Beizhan Theatre, Xiwai Street, Xicheng District, Beijing.

　　Tel: 66053388

　　Folk concert — The Central Conservatory of Music (音乐学院) will hold a folk concert in memory of the late musician Situ Huacheng.

　　On the programme are many popular folks such as “Moon Night on the Bamboo Tower”, “Celebrating Harvest”, “Deep and Lasting Friendship”, “Golden Snake Dancers Wildly”, and “Childrens Holiday”.

　　Time: 7:30 p.m., November 25.

　　Place: Beijing Concert Hall, 1 Beixinhua Street.

　　Tel: 66055812

　　注释

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　　① On show are 550 colorful oil paintings of sheep heads. 展出的有550幅绵羊头部的彩色油画。

　　② Set up in 1990, the theatre has a number of first class ballet dancers with pride. 这家剧院建立于1990年，拥有许多享有盛誉的一流芭蕾舞演员。

　　根据文章内容，选择正确答案：

　　1. If a child is very fond of dancing, his parent should take him to ____ .

　　A. China National Art Museum

　　B. Beizhan Theatre

　　C. Beijing Concert Hall

　　D. 1 Wusi Street

　　2. Menashe Kadishman is well known for painting ____ .

　　A. deerB. birds

　　C. sheepD. flowers

　　3. Which of the following is TRUE?

　　A. The folk concert will last three days.

　　B. The ballet “The Nutcracker” will be put on once.

　　C. The Israeli paintings will be on show for a month.

　　D. China National Art Museum lies in Xicheng District.

　　4. If you dial the telephone number 66053388 on Dec.8, you can ____ .

　　A. go to the folk concert

　　B. visit the Art Museum

　　C. watch the ballet

　　D. none of the above

　　5.The underlined word “immortal” probably means “ ____ ” in Chinese.

　　A. 不朽的 B. 纪念的

　　C. 长期的 D. 深远的

　　Passage B

　　阅读理解…………………………………………………………………

　　The Currier and Ives printing house was founded by National Currier in 1834. James Ives joined the printing house as an assistant eighteen years just after marrying Curriers sister, and became one of the owners in 1957. The pair showed an unusual ability to tell what the American public would rush to buy in the way of cheap art, and actually hundreds of thousands of prints from as many as 7,000 different pictures were turned out and sold from the printing houses shop in lower New York by street sellers and over shop counters throughout the country and even in Europe. Though in the course of time Currier and Ives hired some of American finest artists, art value could certainly not be counted among the printing houses real aims. Some time after it went out of business in 1907, the prints enjoyed new popularity as some peoples collection①, and the rare examples brought thousands of dollars in the 1920s.

　　注释

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　　① Some time after it went out of business in 1907, the prints enjoyed new popularity as some peoples collection. 在1907年，它停业后的一段时间里，这些印刷品作为一些人的收藏品受到了欢迎。

　　根据文章内容，选择正确答案：

　　1. Ives became one of the owners ____ .

　　A. as soon as he married Currier's sister

　　B. when he could tell American taste in cheap art better than Currier

　　C. after eighteen years of service to printing house

　　D. when he had worked for the printing house for about five years

　　2. What seemed to make the printing house so successful was ____ .

　　A. its feeling for what the public would buy

　　B. its choice of shop situation in lower New York

　　C. the face that it published prints that interested collectors

　　D. its decision to hire some of great American artists

　　3.From the passage we may conclude that ____ .

　　A. during its whole history the printing house sold 7,000 prints

　　B. the printing houses prints were also popular in Europe

　　C. the number of prints from each picture was fewer than 7,000

　　D. street sellers were the printing houses most efficient sales force

　　4. After the printing house stopped producing prints, ____ became most valuable to collectors.

　　A. the ones by the best artists

　　B. the ones produced earliest

　　C. the ones of which fewest continued to exist

　　D. the ones which were most popular in the beginning

　　5. According to the passage, the Currier and Ives printing house existed for about ____ .

　　A. 73 years

　　B. 85 years

　　C. 50 years

　　D. 15 years

　　Passage C

　　阅读理解…………………………………………………………………

　　Some building designers are thinking about building whole cities under glass domes (圆顶) in the desert①. Of course, those heating and cooling systems (系统) will be necessary to control the climate in the domes. However, there will never be any rain or snow, and temperature will always be comfortable.

　　Perhaps everyone will live in high vertical (垂直) cities that are so large that they can contain all the necessities of life. Since vertical cities will use less land than horizontal (水平的)

　　cities, and provide homes for people, they will be practical for small countries that have large population.

　　Another idea that will be helpful to small countries and island countries is the floating city②. Monaco has already built homes, stores, and offices on the water of the Mediterranean Sea. And a Japanese designer has suggested a plan for constructing buildings on bridges over Tokyo Bay.

　　There are some people who think we will go back to living in caves. But the caves of future will be very different from the caves of the Stone Age. Computers will control light and climate. Farms and parks will be on the land over the cave city. When people want to go to the country or a park, a short ride in a lift will take them there.

　　注释

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　　①Some building designers are thinking about building whole cities under glass domes in the desert. 有些建筑设计师正考虑在沙漠里建造位于玻璃圆顶下的完整城市。

　　②Another idea that will be helpful to small countries and island countries is the floating city. 另外一种对于小国和岛国有益的想法是漂浮城市。

　　根据文章内容，选择正确答案：

　　1. The text is mainly about ____ .

　　A. future life

　　B. future cities

　　C. building designers

　　D. how to save land

　　2. What kind of city covers less land?

　　A. The city under glass dome in the desert.

　　B. The vertical city.

　　C. The floating city.

　　D. The horizontal city.

　　3. People living in ____ can enjoy natural climate.

　　A. the cities under glass domes

　　B. either vertical cities or cave cities

　　C. both vertical cities and floating cities

　　D. all the above cities except the underground cities

　　Passage D

　　完形填空…………………………………………………………………

　　Though pyramids are found in Egypt, the word “pyramid” comes from the Greek language①. 1 the Greeks first arrived in Egypt long ago, they found many grand stone 2 which they named “pyramids”. The Greeks wondered 3 the Egyptians had built the great pyramids, but they could not find the 4, and even now we still dont know exactly how.

　　It is 5 in many ancient books written in Arabic and found in Egypt that the Egyptians 6 life after death. When a person 7, his family or friends placed the things near his body which they thought he might need. Emperors or kings had great 8, so their bodies were kept inside the great pyramids, and they had had them built for many years even while they were 9.

　　The Great Pyramid, which was 482 feet high and 10 two square kilometers of land, was built for King Khufu with 2,300,000 blocks of large stones, the smallest of which even 11 over 2,500 kilograms, as 12 as a car.

　　How the ancient Egyptians 13, moved and lifted such heavy stones without modern machines has always remained a great 14 to present scholars. Perhaps these stones were taken across the Nile in boats at 15 time. Maybe they were moved on rollers (滚筒) using slipper Nile mud on land and 16 up along sloping (倾斜的) roads to the sides of the pyramids. It is still a great 17 that the stones 18 together so well that even a straight knife cannot be pushed between them.

　　Century after century, strong winds have been 19 yellow sand around the pyramids. Different rulers have come and gone. Everything seems to 20 except the pyramids. They have remained a 5,000yearold mystery in silence②.

　　注释

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　　① Though pyramids are found in Egypt, the word “pyramid” comes from the Greek language. 尽管金字塔在埃及，但“金字塔”这个单词却来自于希腊语。

　　② They have remained a 5,000yearold mystery in silence. 它们已经是一个保持了5，000年的难解之谜。

　　根据文章内容，选择正确答案：

　　1. A. WhileB. SinceC. WhenD. During

　　2. A. houses B. buildings C. bridges D. dams

　　3. A. howB. whenC. whyD. where

　　4. A. reason B. causeC. wayD. answer

　　5. A. know B. saidC. recorded D. noted

　　6. A. believed in B. believed C. supposed D. expected

　　7. A. lived B. was illC. was strong D. died

　　8. A. armiesB. powers C. friendsD. officials

　　9. A. happy B. unborn C. aliveD. dead

　　10.A. owned B. wasC. layD. covered

　　11.A. weighs B. measures C. reaches D. is

　　12.A. many B. muchC. bigD. nice

　　13.A. cutB. shapedC. carriedD. built

　　14.A. success B. puzzleC. troubleD. building

　　15.A. ordinary B. warC. floodD. one

　　16.A. picked B. turnedC. lookedD. pulled

　　17.A. question B. wonder C. troubleD. happiness

　　18.A place B. meetC. fitD. get

　　19.A. blowing B. risingC. making D. producing

　　20.A. move B. escapeC. appearD. change

　　Passage A

　　本文是关于油画、舞蹈和演奏会的广告，告诉读者各种演出的内容、时间和地点。

　　1.B本题为细节考查题。因为孩子喜欢舞蹈，他就应该到有舞蹈的地方去。在文章中只有Russia Ballet这个标题是与舞蹈有关的，Russia Ballet相对应的地点是Beizhan Theatre。

　　2.C本题为推理判断题。由第一段可知Menashe Kadisman要展出的油画是有关sheep的，从而得出答案C。

　　3.B细节考查题。由Russia Ballet一段中可以知道Nutcracker上演的时间是12月7日的7点15分，别的时间不再上演。

　　4.D本题为细节考查题。我们在文中找到6605-3388这个电话号码，是Russia Ballet相对应的电话号码，但Russia Ballet的演出Dec.7就结束，因此答案为D。

　　5.A本题为词义猜测题。猜测词义应根据上下文进行猜测，因为Swan Lake和Nutcracker均为著名的芭蕾舞，所以推断出答案为A。

　　Passage B

　　本文介绍了the Currier and Ives printing house的建立、成功的原因及停业后的情况。

　　1.D本题为推理判断题。同学们从涉及该出版社时间的句子中找信息，相互联系，合理推导。由文章的前三句可得出答案D。

　　2.A本题为细节理解题。由文章的第二句可推知出版社成功的原因就在于他们了解人们会买什么。

　　3.B本题为寓意考查题。这就要求同学们应理解作者的话外音。从文中“...and actually hundreds of thousands of prints... and sold from the printing houses shop in lower New York by street sellers and over shop counters throughout the country and even in Europe.”可以推断出他们的出版物在欧洲就如同在美国一样受欢迎。

　　4.C本题为寓意考查题。由短文的最后一句话可知，极少数稀罕的出版样品价值很高，从而得出答案C。

　　5.A本题为推理判断题。从文中所交代的The Currier and Ives printing house的成立的时间(1834年)、停止的时间(1907年)，就可以推断出该出版社存在了73年。

　　Passage C

　　本文主要讲述了一些设计者对将来人们所居住城市的样子提出的一个个想法。

　　1.B本题为主旨大意题。整篇短文都是围绕着设计者对将来居住城市的样子展开的，因此答案为B。

　　2.B本题为推理判断题。由短文第二段第二句话可以知道这种垂直城市比水平城市占地少，因此可以推断出正确答案B。

　　3.C细节考查题。由第一段和第四段可知，在glass domes和caves里，气候都是由机器控制的，因此可以把A、B和D排除。

　　Passage D

　　本文主要讲述了埃及金字塔建造的历史背景、原因以及对金字塔建造过程的猜测，但作者最终还是告诉读者：金字塔仍旧是一个难解之谜。

　　1.C由空后是一个从句，可以把D项During(介词)排除；又while意为“当……时候”解时，多与延续性动词连用，可以把A排除；since引导的从句用一般过去时，主句应用完成时态。只有C项When(当……时)符合题意。

　　2.B上文提到“pyramid”一词来自于希腊语，而pyramid属于建筑(building)，因此答案为B。

　　3.A由上下文可知金字塔建造的时间(when)、地点(where)以及原因(why)都是很明了的，只有怎样(how)建造至今仍是个谜。

　　4.D由下文的“and even now we still dont know exactly how”可以推知希腊人没有找到答案。

　　5.C在用阿拉伯语写的许多书上都对下面的事情有记载。record意思是“记录”，其他几个词与书籍搭配不当。

　　6.A词组believe in的意思是“信仰”，而believe的意思是“相信某人的话”。

　　7.D上文提到埃及人信仰人死后还有生命，因此此空的答案应为died，该句意思是“当一个人死后，他的家人和朋友把他们认为他可能需要的东西放在他的尸体旁边。”

　　8.Bpowers意思是“权力”，因为埃及国王权力大，才会修建金字塔。其他三项与下文搭配不当。

　　9.C埃及国王都是在活着的时候为自己修建金字塔的。由该空前面的even when很容易得出答案。

　　10.D表示占有多大面积，要用动词cover。而own是表示某人拥有某物，lie的意思则是“位于，平躺”，与原文意思不符。

　　11.A因该空后跟的是重量“over 2,500 kilograms”，所以答案为A。

　　12.B表示“重达……”时，常用“weigh as much as...”来表达。

　　13.A因为修建金字塔包含了好多方面：搬运石头、切割石头等，因此D项built和moved，lifted不是并列的动作，应排除。在其余三个选项中只有A项能和句意相吻合。

　　14.B由下文可知金字塔仍旧是个解不开的谜，可知答案为puzzle。

　　15.C由该空前面的boats可得出答案。

　　16.D修建金字塔当然是把石头沿着斜坡向上拖。

　　17.B应该说石头与石头衔接的如此紧密是个奇迹。wonder此处为名词，意思是“奇迹”。

　　18.C单词fit在此处的意思是“衔接，适合”。指石头与石头的衔接应用动词fit。

　　19.A由空前的strong winds可得出答案blowing。

　　20.D由最后一段中的“Different rulers have come and gone”可知，随着岁月的流逝，除了金字塔外，一切都好像在变化。

　　1. But the caves of future will be very different from the caves of the Stone Age. 但是将来的洞穴和石器时代的洞穴是有很大差别的。(Passage C, Para.4, Sentence 2)

　　词组be different from...意思是“与……不同”。

　　Your plan is different from his. 你的计划和他的计划不同。

　　different的名词为difference，常见短语有tell the difference between A and B(说出A和B的不同)。

　　Jim, can you tell the difference between this picture and that one? 吉姆，你能说出这幅图画和那幅图画的不同吗？

　　I cant tell the difference between the twins. 我分不清这对双胞胎。

　　2. ...and they had had them built for many years even while they were alive. ……他们甚至在自己活着的时候，

　　就已经让人修建它们(金字塔)许多年了。(Passage D, Para. 2, Sentence 3)

　　句式“have sth. done”有两层含义：

　　1.表示让别人做某事。

　　Tomorrow I will go to the barbers shop to have my hair cut. 明天，我要去理发店理发。

　　2.表示遭受某种不幸。

　　The old man had his wallet stolen. 这位老人钱包被偷了。

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