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1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家Unit 1ArtB卷能力提升检测卷(建议用时：65分钟).阅读理解AAlthough in the 17th century in the United States fine art and folk art had similar qualities，a difference between them began to appear as time went on.In the 18th and 19th centuries artists with ambition studied abroad and came back to paint portra

2、its of upperclass families in American society.The less ambitious or less fortunate artists traveled around their own areas and created pictures of countryside society.Anyway，artists got trained and those simple creations improved a lot.Around 1930，folk art began to take on a new meaning and was con

3、sidered as an expression of the common people and an expression of a small cultural class.Folk art is never the product of art movements，but comes out of craft traditions.This art is based not on measurements or calculations and rarely goes with the standards of realism.It goes straight to the bases

4、 of art which the folk artists feel naturally.The period 19301960 was the time when folk artists began to receive recognition.They often began their art careers late in life and used art as an outlet for their energy.Their materials were cheap and simple，their subjects were different，but their creat

5、ivity flowed.Doing their own things became the norm，and was what made folk art so desirable.Although it is hard to define folk art，one thing is certainit touches us in a special way because the artists show us how he or she brought beauty into their everyday life.Since folk artists come from all wal

6、ks of life，each piece of art created is one of a kind，emphasizing color，simplicity of line and brave，simple form.Most importantly，it exemplifies the history of American life.1What similar qualities did folk art and fine art probably have in the 17th century?AThey were both simple creations. BThe art

7、ists of both focused on family life.CThe artists of both came from the lower class.DThey were both gifted creations by trained artists.2Why did folk art become popular during the period from 1930 to 1960?AIt offered artists the freedom of expression.BArtists didnt need to spend much on materials.COt

8、her kinds of art couldnt express the beauty of life.DArtists could express their dissatisfaction towards society.3The main purpose in writing the text is to_Aspeak highly of folk artBcompare folk art and fine artCexplain the history and characteristics of folk art in AmericaDexplain the development

9、and changes of American artBWe ask ourselves: is it OK for our children to listen to rap and hip hop? There are a lot of songs that are just angry and spiteful (恶意的)They leave horrible messages about how to handle authority，using no shortage of foul language.Isnt that something weve been fighting to

10、 change for a few decades now? Our kids grab their MP3 players，plug in the earphones，and have all those lovely words shooting hatred directly into their brains.Theres no doubt that anger affects our children，unless we just dont allow them to listen to it.Do a little experiment.I did this once.I told

11、 a young man I know that I didnt like it when he listened to rap music，because he always suddenly got angry for no reason.He took offense to my observance，and got angry with me.So，the next day on the way to work，we listened to country music，and he was great to be around.He was witty，happy，and had a

12、great day.On our way home，while he was still in a great mood，we listened to “his” music.I sat there and watched the change on his face from being happily content，to openly hostile (敌意的)，suddenly angry at every other driver on the road.This wasnt his general personality，instead，thats the power of mus

13、ic.Ive noticed when my daughters have listened to it，we are much，much more likely to get into an argument that can quickly increase into anger.They use language that is not acceptable，and their positive attitude towards authority becomes nonexistent.When they are listening to the same kind of music

14、with a good message，or other types of music that are just generally upbeat，these things just arent as likely to happen.As a matter of fact，the old saying “Music calms the savage (野蛮的)beast.” is absolutely true.4What can we infer from the second paragraph?AMusic has a greater effect on young people t

15、han on old ones.BMusic improves interpersonal relations.CMusic makes ones journey pleasant.DMusic can influence ones attitude.5What kind of music should young people listen to according to the author?AMusic with a good message.BDifferent styles of music.CPeaceful and sweet music.DPop music.6What att

16、itude does the author have towards rap and hip hop?AAppreciative.BObjective.CDisapproving. DDoubtful.7The underlined word “foul” in Paragraph 1 probably means “_”Asimple BrudeChard DsecretCThe writer Margaret Mitchell is best known for writing Gone with the Wind，published in 1936.Her book，and the mo

17、vie based on it，tells a story of love and survival during the American Civil War.Visitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta，Georgia，can see where she lived when she started writing it and learn more about her own life.Our first stop at the Margaret Mitchell House is an exhibit area telling a

18、bout the writers life.She was born in Atlanta in 1900.She started writing stories when she was a child.She started working as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal newspaper in 1922.One photograph of Ms Mitchell，called Peggy，shows her talking to a group of young college boys.She was only about one and

19、a half meters tall.The young men tower over her，but she seems very happy and sure of herself.The tour guide explains：“Now in this picture Peggy is interviewing some boys from Georgia Tech，asking them such questions asWould you really marry a woman who works？And today itd be Would you marry one who d

20、idnt？”The Margaret Mitchell House is a building that once contained several apartments.Now we enter the first floor apartment where Ms Mitchell lived with her husband，John Marsh.They made fun of the small apartment by calling it “The Dump”Around 1926，Margaret Mitchell had stopped working as a report

21、er and was at home healing after an injury.Her husband brought her books to read from the library.She read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book.Our guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge success.Margaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer

22、Prize for the book.In 1939 the film version was released.It won ten Academy Awards，including Best Picture.8What would be the best title for the text?AThe Margaret Mitchell House BThe Life of Margaret MitchellCThe Work of Margaret Mitchell DA Book and a Film9Which of the following CANT we see when en

23、tering the Margaret Mitchell House today?AHer former living place.BPublic show of things.CSomething about her own life.DThe scene where she was writing.10The underlined word “tower” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_Astand Brise Cbe very tall Dlook down upon11From Paragraph 4，we can learn that

24、_AThe Dump was meant for Margaret Mitchells writingBMargaret Mitchell couldnt write without a typewriterCGone with the Wind hadnt been a hit without illnessDJohn Marsh greatly influenced Gone with the WindDOnce upon a time there lived a farmer，who owned a large farm.Whenever he sowed seeds in the fi

25、elds，the crows would come and eat them up.“I must do something to get rid of these crows，”he thought.The next day，the farmer bought a scarecrow and placed it on the farm.Then he sowed his seeds.“Next season，I will get a good harvest，”he said to himself hopefully.When the farmer came to his farm a fe

26、w days later，he saw that crows had pushed the scarecrow over on the ground.And the seeds were all eaten.The farmer cried out，“My seeds are ruined.I must go to the town and buy a large net.I will trap the crows in the net.”The farmer then bought a net and more seeds.He laid the net on the farm and sp

27、read seeds over it.Then he went and hid himself.Soon the crows came to the fields to eat the seeds.“More seeds! That farmer is indeed a fool.He does not seem to learn，”said the crows.And they laughed among themselves.But suddenly they realized that they were trapped.Before long，the farmer was standi

28、ng beside the crows.“Aha! Finally，I have got you all.For the destruction you have caused me，I will put you all to death.”Suddenly the farmer heard a soft voice among the noises of the crows.There was a pigeon among the crows.Both the pigeon and the bad crows were in the net.They were sad.The pigeon

29、said，“Farmer，please let me go.You are angry with the crows，not with me.But you too have been caught stealing from my farm.I will not spare you，”said the farmer.So the pigeon had to pay a heavy price for having got into bad company.The farmer killed all the birds he caught in his net.From that day on

30、，he always had a harvest.12The farmer bought a scarecrow _Ato frighten birds awayBto make it easy to sow seedsCto invite more birds to comeDto help him harvest his crops13How did the farmer feel when seeing the scarecrow on the ground?AWorried. BSurprised.CAngry. DExcited.14The pigeon asked to be se

31、t free because _Ait didnt steal from the farmBit landed on the farm by chanceCthe farmer was friendly to birdsDit thought the farmer intended to kill crows15The underlined word“spare”in the last paragraph probably is similar to “_”Adistribute BforgiveCunderstand Dsave.完形填空What is great art? _1_ the

32、one hand，we can all see that old great art is called great.But how do we know which art of our own _2_ is great，and which will be forgotten? And who decides?These are important questions，_3_ the great art of the past often was not considered great _4_ its own times.When Shakespeare and Charles Dicke

33、ns were _5_，most critics considered them as hack (平庸的) writers with _6_ or no literary ability._7_，Van Gogh and many of the other Impressionist painters were not allowed to _8_ events involving what were thought to be the “real” painters of their times，and often they were very _9_Yet today their pai

34、ntings often sell for millions of dollars，_10_ those socalled “real” painters are now barely _11_So what makes great art? Can rock music be great art? Music videos? Those who call themselves _12_of the fine arts often have been the last to recognize great art in the past, and we can probably expect

35、this to be the situation _13_Critics often dont recognize great art because they have a prejudice _14_ what is popular._15_ works are usually considered to be produced only for the sake of money rather than art，but popularity is one of the _16_ qualities that a presentday work of art may come to be

36、considered as great.The other two are groundbreaking and inner beautiful.Many works have one or _17_ two of these three qualities.But having _18_ the three often will mean that a work of art will someday be seen to be great，though it may _19_ a good spoonful of time，_20_a century or two，to know for

37、sure.1.A.InBAtCOn DFor2A.years BtimesCwriters Dcolleague3A.because Bwhen Cthough Dso4A.with Bfrom Cafter Dduring5A.living Bremembering Cwriting Dpainting6A.much BlittleCrather Dgreatly7A.Luckily BHowever CHonestly DSimilarly8A.participate in Btake part Cattend in Dlive in9A.poor Bhappy Clonely Dfamo

38、us10A.when BwhileCwhy Dhowever11A.forgotten Bpublished Cremembered Dseen12A.writers Bartists Cpainters Dcritics13A.tomorrow Blater Ctoday Dago14A.for Bagainst Cwith Don15A.Famous BTraditional CPopular DGreat16A.four Btwo Cthree Dfive17A.almost BnearlyCjust Deven18A.some Ball Cnone Dany19A.take Bspen

39、d Cpay Dcost20A.for example Bnamely Cthat is Dsuch as.语法填空It is very common to see actors and actresses smoking 1._ (casual) in films.And some people worry that this may encourage young people to try smoking.A study in the 2._ (late) British Medical Journal magazine says that the 3._ (many) teenager

40、s watch actors smoking in films，the more likely they are 4._ (take) up the habit themselves.The survey was carried out among 5，000 US children 5._ the ages of 9 and 15.The results showed that，among children 6._ regularly watch films，about a third have tried cigarettes.“It is time for the film indust

41、ry to take 7._ (effect) steps to stop actors 8._ (smoke) in films，” Stanton Glantz，a professor of medicine at the University of California said.He added that film stars must understand that their actions have a real influence 9._ childrens lives.Glantz also said that some of the childrens favourite

42、actors are being paid to smoke.“Any film that receives money from the tobacco industry should 10._ (require) to declare that information，” he said.短文改错Dear Hou Ting，I am sorry that maths disappoint you，but you cant give it up.As you say，it is one of the most important subject and there is a reason f

43、or this.We have to use maths from all the time.Wherever your career takes you，maths will have to be using.In fact，most employers and universities will accept people who have failed or given up maths.All you can do is try your best in maths or make the most use of time you had.If you have trouble und

44、erstand anything，the first person you should tell is your teacher.That is often surprising how simple things seem when you are explaining properlyeven maths problems!Yours，Li Hua参考答案与解析.阅读理解导学号01060006【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了美国民间艺术的历史、发展和特点。1【解析】选A。推理判断题。由第一段中的“Anyway，artists got trained and those simple

45、creations improved a lot.”可知无论是fine art还是folk art，虽然所画的主题有所不同，但是最初的那种简单的创作都有了进步，由此可知这两种艺术最初的相同点是：它们都是画家创造出的简单的作品。2【解析】选A。推理判断题。由第三段中的“Doing their own things became the norm，and was what made folk art so desirable.”可知民间艺术备受推崇的原因是画家可以自由地表达自己的情感和想法。3【解析】选C。写作目的题。文章的主题是介绍美国民间艺术的历史、发展和特点，故作者的写作目的主要集中在民间艺

46、术上，故选C。导学号01060007【语篇解读】本文作者认为，某些音乐包含不健康的语言和内容，会对青少年产生不良的影响。因此作者建议，应该禁止青少年听这类音乐。4【解析】选D。推理判断题。分析文章第二段可知，不同的音乐对那位年轻人产生了不同的影响，不仅影响了他的情绪，而且影响了他对周围人的态度。故D项正确。5【解析】选A。推理判断题。从文章倒数第二段可知，当作者的女儿们听含有不好的信息的音乐时，作者与她们会很容易争论，甚至发怒，并且作者的女儿们还会说一些不可接受的话等。当听含有好的信息的音乐时，这些现象就不可能发生了。由此可知A项正确。6【解析】选C。推理判断题。分析文章可知，作者通过两个例子

47、证明，说唱音乐和嘻哈音乐对年轻人有不良影响，由此可知，作者反对青少年听这些音乐。7【解析】选B。词义猜测题。根据该词所在句中的“They leave horrible messages”和“using no shortage of”可推测，该词应与horrible表达类似的意思，故B项最合适，意为“无礼的”。导学号01060008【语篇解读】本文主要介绍了亚特兰大著名的旅游景点之一乱世佳人的作者玛格丽特马切尔的家。8【解析】选A。标题归纳题。通读全文可知，主要介绍了亚特兰大著名的旅游景点之一乱世佳人的作者玛格丽特马切尔的家。9【解析】选D。推理判断题。因为马切尔已经不在此居住了，所以今天当我们

48、参观这所房子时，是不可能再看见她写作的情景了。10【解析】选C。词义猜测题。根据上句可以推知，这些年轻男子高出她许多。11【解析】选D。推理判断题。本段主要讲述了马切尔因病在家疗养期间，她丈夫John Marsh不但从图书馆借来很多书籍给她阅读，而且还给她购买了一台打字机，并鼓励她写自己的书。导学号01060009【语篇解读】本文是一篇寓言故事，主要讲述了农民与乌鸦以及鸽子的故事。12【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据文章第一段可知，这个农民播种时，总是有乌鸦吃掉他的种子，因此他买了一个稻草人，目的是把乌鸦吓跑。故选A。13【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第三段中的“The farmer cried

49、 out”可知，看到稻草人被乌鸦推倒，这个农民很生气。14【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据最后一段的内容可知，一只鸽子被农民的大网罩住，因为它在和乌鸦一起偷吃种子。但鸽子认为农民只讨厌乌鸦，所以应该放了它。故选D。15【解析】选B。词义猜测题。根据最后一段可知，那个农民对鸽子说，“你也被逮住偷吃我的种子了，所以我不会饶恕你的。”由此可知画线的单词spare在句中意为“饶恕”，与forgive近义。.完形填空导学号01060010【语篇解读】本文主要讲述了伟大的艺术往往都是在当时得不到承认，很长一段时间之后才会得到承认，今天的作品该具备怎样的特征才能成为伟大艺术呢？1【解析】选C。在此根据意思，是

50、一个固定短语on the one hand，表示“从某一方面来说”。2【解析】选B。根据上文，古老的艺术作品我们才称之为杰作，对应提出，我们该怎样知道我们现在的作品会成为伟大的艺术？our own times我们自己的时代。3【解析】选A。根据句意，在此需要因果关系的连词，说明这些问题是值得我们考虑的原因。4【解析】选D。与上文意思相符，他们的作品在它们的年代也得不到承认。5【解析】选C。莎士比亚和狄更斯都是作家，应该是在他们还写东西的时候。6【解析】选B。根据意思，他们的作品得不到承认，批判家认为他们平庸，说他们很少有或没有文学能力。7【解析】选D。承接上文，在此又举了梵高的例子，应该是表明

51、与前两个人的遭遇相似。8【解析】选A。因为批判家不承认他们的能力，所以他们就不被允许参与当时所谓的“真正的”画家们的活动。B、C两项的表达方式错误。9【解析】选A。根据上句话意思，他们得不到承认，因此他们的生活在当时应该很困难，所以poor表示贫困。这句话与下一句形成鲜明对比。10【解析】选B。在此表示前后之间的对比，原先不受重视的作品现在受到重视，而那些原来被认为好的作品，却与之相反。while表示对比，“然而”。11【解析】选C。根据意思，原来受重视的作品现在应该已经很难被人们想起了，与第一段的forgotten对应。12【解析】选D。根据下文Critics often dont reco

52、gnize great art.，可知，在此是指批判家。13【解析】选C。根据意思，说这种批判家看待问题的状况预计和我们今天的状况相同。14【解析】选B。在此是固定短语搭配have a prejudice against“对有偏见”。15【解析】选C。根据上文意思，还是表明今天一些受欢迎的作品，或流行的作品。16【解析】选C。根据下文The other two.可知，是三种特征。17【解析】选D。根据意思，在此表示程度的进一步加深，用even。18【解析】选B。根据意思，是指包括上文提到的所有的三项特征。19【解析】选A。在此根据句意和句式结构，表示花费时间做什么事情，it takes.to

53、do结构。20【解析】选D。在此是列举事物，而且表示部分列举，用such as。.语法填空导学号01060011【语篇解读】烟草制品是不允许做广告的，但在影视作品中，我们时常看到演员们悠闲地吸着烟，殊不知这可能会给青少年造成很大的误导。1【解析】这里修饰smoking，故要使用所给词的副词形式casually。【答案】casually2【解析】根据语境可知，此处表示“最新的，最近的”，故填 latest。【答案】latest3【解析】根据下文中的“the more likely they are”可以看出，这里是the more.，the more.句型。【答案】more4【解析】这里使用了句

54、型be likely to do sth.，表示“可能做某事”。【答案】to take5【解析】这里表示的意思是年龄在9到15岁之间，表示两者之间应使用介词between。【答案】between6【解析】这里是先行词children后跟的定语从句，同时关系代词在从句中充当主语成分，又由于先行词指人，故用who或that。【答案】who/that7【解析】这里需要形容词修饰名词steps，故填所给词的形容词形式。take effective steps表示“采取有效的措施”。【答案】effective8【解析】stop sb.doing sth.表示“阻止某人做某事”。【答案】smoking9【

55、解析】have a(n).influence on/upon sb./sth.表示“对某人或某事有影响”。【答案】on/upon10【解析】这里表示“应该被要求”，故应该使用所给词的被动形式。【答案】be required.短文改错导学号01060012Dear Hou Ting，I am sorry that maths you，but you cant give it up.As you say，it is one of the most important and there is a reason for this.We have to use maths all the time.W

56、herever your career takes you，maths will have to be .In fact，most employers and universities will accept people who have failed or given up maths.All you can do is try your best in maths make the most use of time you .If you have trouble anything，the first person you should tell is your teacher. is often surprising how simple things seem when you are properlyeven maths problems!Yours，Li Hua高考资源网版权所有，侵权必究！