[单选题]Passage Five Claude-OscarMonet(1840--1926)was a French artist and a leading member of theImpressionist group of painters.Born in Paris,Monet spent his childhood in LeHavre.There he met a local artist,Eugene Boudin.Who encouraged him to becomea landscape painter. In 1859,Monet went to Paris to study at the Academie Suisse.Between 1860 and 1862,Monet served in the army in Algeria(阿尔及利亚).He returned to Paris where he met most of the major artists of the era.In1870,Monet married Camille Doncieux.To escape the Franco-Prnssian war,theymoved to London Back to France,they settled at Argenteuil,aboating centre on the Seine(塞纳河)which drew manyother Impressionist painters.Working from nature was a particular symbol of theImpressionist movement,and one that Monet valued,reflecting in his paintingsthe ever-changing impact of light and weather conditions. In 1872,he visited Le Havre where hepainted"An Impression,Sunrise".When exhibited in 1874,part of its titlewas used by a critic to label the whole movement"Impressionism". Monet′s wife died in 1879,and he set up home with Alice Hoschede,the wife of one of hismost important sponsors.During the 1880s,Monet traveledthrough France painting a variety of landscapes.He gradually became better known and for the last 30years of his life he was regarded as the greatest of the Impressionists. From 1890 he began to paint a series(系列)of pictures of one subject,including"Haystacks""Rouen Cathedral"and"Waterlilies".The latter were painted in the fine garden Monetcreated at his house at Giverny,where he lived from 1883 on.He painted themover and over again,most significantly in a seriesespecially for a museum in Paris. What do we know about Monet′s lifesince 18907《》（）
A.He painted only for a museum in Paris.
B.He devoted himself to travelingoverseas.
C.He was influenced by Alice in hispainting style.
D.He focused on paintings of a particulartheme.

[单选题]Passage Five Claude-OscarMonet(1840--1926)was a French artist and a leading member of theImpressionist group of painters.Born in Paris,Monet spent his childhood in LeHavre.There he met a local artist,Eugene Boudin.Who encouraged him to becomea landscape painter. In 1859,Monet went to Paris to study at the Academie Suisse.Between 1860 and 1862,Monet served in the army in Algeria(阿尔及利亚).He returned to Paris where he met most of the major artists of the era.In1870,Monet married Camille Doncieux.To escape the Franco-Prnssian war,theymoved to London Back to France,they settled at Argenteuil,aboating centre on the Seine(塞纳河)which drew manyother Impressionist painters.Working from nature was a particular symbol of theImpressionist movement,and one that Monet valued,reflecting in his paintingsthe ever-changing impact of light and weather conditions. In 1872,he visited Le Havre where hepainted"An Impression,Sunrise".When exhibited in 1874,part of its titlewas used by a critic to label the whole movement"Impressionism". Monet′s wife died in 1879,and he set up home with Alice Hoschede,the wife of one of hismost important sponsors.During the 1880s,Monet traveledthrough France painting a variety of landscapes.He gradually became better known and for the last 30years of his life he was regarded as the greatest of the Impressionists. From 1890 he began to paint a series(系列)of pictures of one subject,including"Haystacks""Rouen Cathedral"and"Waterlilies".The latter were painted in the fine garden Monetcreated at his house at Giverny,where he lived from 1883 on.He painted themover and over again,most significantly in a seriesespecially for a museum in Paris. What is said about the painting"An Impression,Sunrise"?《》（）
A.It established Monet's fame as anartist for the first time.
B.It invited a lot of strong criticismfrom the public.
C.It was painted by Monet and EugeneBoudin.
D.It was the origin of the name"Impressionism".

[单选题]Passage Five In 1924,Nordic ski events were held at the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix,France．But the American skiers came home without medals．Norway took most of the medals for cross-country and ski jumping events that year．They did the same for many years after．From 1924 through 1972,the American skiers had no medals to show for their Olympic trips．The U．S．was generally thought to be weak in ski competition But in 1974 it was discovered that the U．S．record was slightly better than people had been led to believe．And Norway's record was not quite as good．The discovery was a surprise and a delight to American ski fans,but even more so to American skier Anders Haugen．After fifty years,Anders got the medal he should have won back in 1924． In the ski jump event at Chamonix in 1924,Haugen had scored in fourth place．He had just missed earning a medal．His score was 17．916,just slightly behind Thorleif Haug of Norway．Haug's score of 18 had won him the bronze medal． But in 1974,Norway's National Olympic Committee did a check of all final Olympic results．There had been an error in?computing?Haug's score!So Haugen,now,an elderly man,traveled across the ocean for his award．On September 12,1974,hewas given a bronze medal in a special ceremony at the Norway Ski Museum． The best definition for the word computing is______
A.writing
B.judging
C.figuring
D.multiplying

[单选题]Passage Five Would you like to spend all evening reading a lovely story with beautifulillustrations and make$35,000 atthe same time?Millions of people all over the world tried to do just that.Only one succeeded.The book is called Masquerade,and was written by Britishpainter Kit Williams.Within its pages are clues to the location of a goldenjewel,and whoever figured out the clues could find and keep the treasure. Some years ago,Williams was asked to write a children′s book.Wanting to do something no one elsehad done before,he decided to bury a golden treasure and tell where it was inthe book.He be-gan painting without a clear idea of what the story would beabout,where he would bury the treasure,or even what the treasure would be.Ashe painted,he decided that in the story a hare,or rabbit,would travel throughearth,air,fire and water to deliver a gift from the moon to the sun.Afterthree years,he finished the paintings and then wrote the story.The treasurebecame an 18- carat gold hare,adorned with preciousstones,and it was made by Kit Williams himself.This beautiful jewel,wortharound$35,000,depending on gold prices,was buried somewhere in Britain,freeto anyone who could decipher the clues.Williams′s book kept people of all agesamused trying to solve the mystery of Masquerade. The rabbit was finallyfound in the spring of 1982,by a 48-year-old design engineer.It was buried ina park about thirty-five miles from London. This passage is about___.
A.British painters
B.golden jewelry
C.a modern treasure hunt
D.writing children's books

[单选题]请阅读Passage l，完成第小题。 Passage 1 A lyric is a subjective poem of intense personal emotion whose principal quality is its musical form. Poe, master of the lyric, was led to explain all poetry as the rhythmical creation of beauty in words. Because great poetry is often pure music, haunting melody, and chiming syllables, the reader should not glance through poetry as he read his newspaper or the latest magazine--skipping a word here and a line there, and still hope to get what the author had intended for him. Poetry being music, like all other forms of music, it gains its meaning when interpreted by the human voice. It is the special function of lyrical poetry to give pleasure through this musical quality no less than through fine contemplation of beauty it inspires--beauty of thought, of feeling, of expression, and of technical skill. But poetry is more than a great pleasure. It should also be an outlet for our own unspoken thoughts and our varied moods. It makes articulate our choked-up passageways of speech, giving adequate expression to our pent-up loves and joys and glories, and furnishes release and relief to our fears, grieves and sorrows. A great poet takes our half-formed thoughts, or suppressed moods, our crushed desires, and needs, and leads them out into the open, endowing them with a harmony, and completeness ... Great verse can help to vitalize our thinking about the commonplace and elemental in life, and can idealize and give meaning to the simplest things in creation. Listen to Tennyson: Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower--but if I could understand, What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? 查看材料
A.The lyric is beautiful poetry of action and story.
B.The most important feature of the lyric is its musical form.
C.Poetry gains its meaning when read silently and carefully.
D.Poe defined all poetry as pure music with chiming syllables.

[单选题]请阅读Passage 1。完成第小题。 Passage 1 African elephants have been slaughtered at alarming rate over the past decade, largely because they are the primary source of the world's ivory. Their population has been dwindled from 1.3 million in 1979 to just 625,000 today, and the rate of killing has been accelerating in recent years because many of the older, bigger tusked animals have already been destroyed. "The poachers now must kill times as many elephants to get the same quantity of ivory," explained Curtis Bohlen,Senior vice president of the World Wildlife Fund. Though its record on the environment has been spotty so far, the government last week took the lead in a major conservation issue by imposing a ban on ivory imports into the US. The move came just four days after a consortium of conservation groups, including the World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation International, called for that kind of action, and it made the US the first nation to forbid imports of both raw and finished ivory. The ban, says Bohlen, sends a very clear message to the ivory poachers that the game is over. In the past African nations have resisted an ivory ban, but increasingly they realized that the decimation of the elephant herds poses a serious threat to their tourist business. Last month Tanzania and several other African countries called for an amendment to the 102 nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species that would make the ivory trade illegal worldwide. The amendment is expected to be approved at an October meeting in Geneva and to go into effect next January. But between now and then, conservationists contend, poachers may go on a rampage,killing elephants wholesale, so nations should unilaterally forbid imports right away. The US government brought that argument, and by week's end the twelve nations European Community had followed with its own ban. Why did the African nations welcome an ivory ban? 查看材料
A.The rate of killing has been accelerating.
B.The US government forbids imports of both raw and finished ivory.
C.They realized that the killing of elephants is a serious threat to their tourist business.
D.African people advocated an ivory ban.