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课时作业(七)　Unit 3　Section A Welcome to the unit & Reading　(分值：45分)
Ⅰ.阅读理解(共12小题；每小题2.5分，满分30分)
A
People have been painting pictures for at least 30，000 years. The earliest pictures were painted by people who hunted animals. They used to paint pictures of the animals they wanted to catch and kill. Pictures of this kind have been found on the walls of caves in France and Spain. No one knows why they were painted there. Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals. Or perhaps human beings have always wanted to tell stories in pictures.
About 5，000 years ago, the Egyptians and other people in the Near East began to use pictures as a kind of writing. They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas, and also to represent the sounds of their language. The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet (字母表). The Egyptians used to record information and tell stories by putting picture writing and pictures together. When an important person died, scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried (埋葬). For the Egyptians, pictures still had magic power. So they did not try to make their way of writing simple. The ordinary people could not understand it.
These days, we can write down a story, or record information, without using pictures. But we still need pictures of all kinds: drawing, photographs, signs and diagrams. We find them everywhere: in books and newspapers, in the street, and on the walls of the places where we live and work. Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily, and they can make a story much more interesting.
【语篇解读】　本文是一篇说明文。介绍了绘画的历史以及今天图画的用途。
1．Pictures of animals were painted on the walls of caves in France and Spain because ________.(　　)
A．the hunters wanted to see the pictures
B．the painters were animal lovers
C．the painters wanted to show imagination
D．the pictures were thought to be helpful
答案：D
解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一段中的“Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals.”可知，古代人以为他们的绘画会对捕捉动物有所帮助。故选D。
2．How did the Egyptians record information and tell stories？(　　)
A．By combining picture writing and pictures.
B．By painting pictures of the animals.
C．By writing them down in a book.
D．By singing them.
答案：A
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“The Egyptians used to record information and tell stories by putting picture writing and pictures together.”可知，埃及人过去把象形文字和绘画放在一起来记录信息。故选A。
3．Why did the Egyptians make their way of writing complex？(　　)
A．Because they wanted to show they were educated.
B．Because they wanted to express their mixed feelings.
C．Because they thought pictures had magic power.
D．Because they thought writing was better than pictures.
答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“For the Egyptians，pictures still had magic power. So they did not try to make their way of writing simple.”可知，在埃及人看来，图画还具有魔力。所以他们不去简化他们的书写形式。故选C。
4．What is the main idea of the last paragraph？(　　)
A．Pictures should be made comprehensible.
B．Pictures should be made interesting.
C．Pictures are of much use in our life.
D．Pictures have disappeared from our life.
答案：C
解析：段落大意题。文章最后一段讲述了图画在今天的用途。故选C。
B
Chinese painting, also known as the traditional national painting, one of the traditional paintings with a long history, has its unique and independent system. Using brushes, ink, and Chinese pigments (颜料), a painting is drawn on a special kind of paper (Xuan paper) or silk. The traditional subjects are figures, landscapes, flowers and birds.
In comparison with Western painting, Chinese painting has its own artistic characteristics. After a careful study of the object, a painter can discover the rules of its structure, and then produce it by the mind's eye. It is not merely a simple copy, but it combines the object with the artistic concept of the producer, turning a natural image into an “artistic image”. The object can show the artist's feelings and personality to achieve the effect of “being alike not only in spirit, but also in appearance”. Not all the objects are to be drawn on the paper, and much space is left for the imagination. The use of lines is important in Chinese painting. Clear, swift, sharp and changeable lines are combined with the push, point and press of the brush and ink to show the quality of the object and variations of tone (色调). Ancient Chinese artists listed 18 different ways of drawing lines with the brush in figure painting. Different ways of creating lines are used when painting a landscape, flowers and birds, clouds, and bamboos.
Traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy are different branches of art stemming (起源) from the same origin. They use the same kind of tools and all the lines used in painting are variations of the points and lines of calligraphy. Though they are different artistic forms, they are closely linked in terms of their expression of thoughts and feelings. They influence each other to create another artistic feature.
【语篇解读】　本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了中国画。中国画又称传统国画，是历史悠久的传统绘画之一，有其独特而独立的体系。中国传统绘画和书法是不同的艺术分支，它们有着相同的起源。
5．Which of the following words can describe the common subjects of traditional Chinese painting？(　　)
A．Valuable. B．Independent.
C．Special. D．Natural.
答案：D
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可知，传统的题材是人物、风景、花鸟。因此，可以用“自然的”一词描述传统国画的共同主题。故选D。
6．The writer believes that a traditional Chinese painter's picture ____________．(　　)
A．reflects social problems of his times
B．describes mainly a natural image
C．expresses his thoughts
D．tells a true story
答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据第二段可知，物品能表现画家的情感和个性来达到“形神兼备”的效果。由此可知，作者认为，一位中国传统画家的画表达了他的思想。故选C。
7．It can be inferred that a traditional Chinese painter spent much time ____________．(　　)
A．traveling
B．learning to draw lines
C．reading
D．studying calligraphy before drawing
答案：B
解析：推理判断题。根据第二段最后两句可知，在人物画中，中国古代画家列举了18种不同的用画笔画线的方法。在画风景、花鸟、云彩和竹子时，会使用不同的方法来创造线条。由此可知，一位中国传统画家花了很多时间学习画线。故选B。
8．What do painting and calligraphy have in common？(　　)
A．Using the similar techniques.
B．Starting from the same period.
C．Belonging to the same artistic form.
D．Covering the same themes.
答案：A
解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句可知，它们使用同样的工具，绘画中使用的所有线条都是书法的点和线的变体。由此可知，绘画和书法使用类似的技巧。故选A。
C
Yellowstone National Park, located in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, was established as the first national park in the United States. The park is a popular destination for visitors who engical (生态的) tourism as it offers forests, mountains, and many ecosystems to explore. Some of Yellowstone's most well-known landmarks are its geothermal (地热的) hot springs and geysers (间歇泉), the most famous of which is named Old Faithful.
Last fall, Lisa and her friends decided to take a camping trip to Yellowstone National Park. They arranged to stay at one of the park's many convenient campsites. For their camping trip, they brought their backpacks, sleeping bags, and a cooler of food and drinks. They set up their tents immediately upon arriving at their campsite.
During their trip, Lisa and her friends hiked the many trails (小道) of the park, exploring its natural surroundings. In the forest, they saw a lot of local wildlife. Lisa was blown away by a family of grizzly bears, some gray wolves, and even bald eagles flying overhead. Unexpectedly, she seemed to quite enjoy being in such a great place. They were well protected. Outside of the woods, they admired the beauty of some of Yellowstone's natural waterfalls.
Since Yellowstone contains many hot springs and the world's largest area of active geysers, Lisa and her friends visited many different geyser sites. They even spent an afternoon swimming in Yellowstone's Boiling River. Of all of the sites, Lisa and her friends agreed that Old Faithful was the most impressive. Lisa and her friends waited patiently for the geyser to erupt. After about 40 minutes, a stream of boiling water over 100 feet tall sprayed (喷洒) from the ground and up into the air. Luckily, no one got wet!
【语篇解读】　本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Lisa和她的朋友们结伴游览黄石国家公园。
9．What is the first paragraph mainly about？(　　)
A.An introduction to Yellowstone National Park.
B.Reasons for building Yellowstone National Park.
C．The history of Yellowstone National Park.
D．Benefits of Yellowstone National Park.
答案：A
解析：段落大意题。本段介绍了黄石国家公园的地理位置、主要的景点，由此可知，本段是关于黄石国家公园的简介。
10．What did Lisa and her friends decide to do last fall？(　　)
A.To do volunteering in Yellowstone National Park.
B．To take a trip to Yellowstone National Park.
C．To find a campsite for travelers.
D．To do some wildlife research.
答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Last fall, Lisa and her friends decided to take a camping trip to Yellowstone National Park.”可知，去年秋天，Lisa和她的朋友们决定去黄石国家公园宿营。
11．How did Lisa feel when she saw the wildlife？(　　)
A．Uninterested. B．Surprised.
C．Curious. D．Fearful.
答案：B
解析：推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Lisa was blown away by a family of grizzly bears, some gray wolves, and even bald eagles flying overhead. Unexpectedly, she seemed to quite enjoy being in such a great place.”可知，当Lisa看到黄石国家公园的野生动物时，她感到十分惊奇。blow sb. away给某人留下深刻印象。
12．What did Lisa and her friends do at Old Faithful？(　　)
A．They cleaned the site.
B．They played with water.
C．They waited for the geyser to erupt.
D．They had a look at some wild animals.
答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“Of all of the sites, Lisa and her friends agreed that Old Faithful... a stream of boiling water over 100 feet tall sprayed from the ground and up into the air.”可知，当Lisa一行人到达老忠实泉后，他们在那里耐心等待，观看老忠实泉喷发。
Ⅱ.完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
It was just after sunrise on a June morning. “Nicolo，” whose real name cannot be __1__ to the public because of Italy's privacy laws. One day he stopped by the “after work auction (拍卖)”. Nicolo and another bidder (出价人) __2__ until Nicolo finally won two paintings for $32.
When Nicolo retired and went to live in Sicily, he __3__ the paintings with him. He hung them above the same table he had __4__ from Turin. His son, age 15, who had __5__ an art appreciation class, thought that there was something __6__ about the one with a young girl sitting on a garden chair. It was signed (签名) “Bonnato” or so he thought, but when he __7__ it, he only found “Bonnard，” a French __8__ he had never heard of. He bought a book and was __9__ to find a picture of the artist Pierre Bonnard sitting on the same chair in the same __10__ as his father's painting.
“That's the garden in our picture，” Nicolo's son told his father. They __11__ learned that the painting they __12__ was called “The Girl with Two Chairs.” They __13__ the other painting and learned that it was __14__ Paul Gauguin's “Still Life of Fruit on a Table with a Small Dog.” The __15__ called the Italian Culture Ministry; the official confirmed that the paintings were originals (原稿) and worth as much as $ 50 million.
【语篇解读】　本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了Nicolo有一天在“after work auction”上用32美元买下两幅画，在他退休后，他的儿子发现这两幅画有可能是名家真迹，结果证明还真是。
1．(　　)A.attached B．devoted
C．exposed D．addicted
答案：C
解析：固定搭配题。此处表示“因为意大利的隐私法他的真实名字不能被透露给公众”。be attached to附属于，依恋；be devoted to致力于；be exposed to被透露给，接触；be addicted to对……上瘾。
2．(　　)A.battled B．debated
C．discussed D．bargained
答案：A
解析：逻辑推理题。Nicolo和另外一名出价人竞标，直到Nicolo最后用32美元得到这两幅画。battle斗争；debate辩论；discuss讨论；bargain讨价还价。
3．(　　)A.held B．left
C．registered D．brought
答案：D
解析：逻辑推理题。根据下文可知，当Nicolo退休搬到Sicily居住时，他带着那两幅画。
4．(　　)A.chosen B．received
C．ordered D．moved
答案：D
解析：逻辑推理题。根据上一句可知，他带着那两幅画搬到Sicily居住，此处指他把两幅画挂在从Turin搬来的同一张桌子的上方。move移动，搬动。
5．(　　)A.missed B．failed
C．taken D．led
答案：C
解析：固定搭配题。take a class表示“上课”，此处指上艺术鉴赏课。
6．(　　)A.concrete B．unusual
C．unappealing D．natural
答案：B
解析：逻辑推理题。根据下文可知，他的儿子发现这幅画可能是名家的真迹，所以此处指“他的上过艺术鉴赏课的15岁的儿子认为有一位年轻女子坐在花园椅子上的那幅画有些不寻常”。concrete具体的；unusual不寻常的；unappealing不吸引人的；natural自然的。
7．(　　)A.appreciated B．touched
C．researched D．saw
答案：C
解析：逻辑推理题。此处指“他认为它的签名差不多是‘Bonnato’，但是当他研究这幅画时，他只发现了‘Bonnard’”。appreciate欣赏，感激；touch触摸，感动；research研究；see看到。
8．(　　)A.painter B．designer
C．author D．actor
答案：A
解析：逻辑推理题。由语境可知。这里指一位画家。
9．(　　)A.expected B．surprised
C．anxious D．ready
答案：B
解析：逻辑推理题。他买了一本书，惊讶地在书中发现Pierre Bonnard这位艺术家坐在和他父亲的画中一模一样的花园里的一模一样的椅子上。
10．(　　)A.room B．kitchen
C．hall D．garden
答案：D
解析：词汇复现题。根据下一段的“That's the garden in our picture”可知选D。
11．(　　)A.apparently B．confidently
C．eventually D．temporarily
答案：C
解析：背景常识题。Nicolo的儿子发现了那位画家和家中的画的关系后，他们会做一些研究调查，所以此处指他们最终知道了他们拥有的这幅画的名称。apparently显然；confidently自信地；eventually最后；temporarily暂时。
12．(　　)A.owned B．borrowed
C．sold D．stole
答案：A
解析：逻辑推理题。根据上文可知，这幅画是Nicolo在拍卖中买的，所以是他们拥有的画。
13．(　　)A.collected B．cleaned
C．framed D．studied
答案：D
解析：逻辑推理题。发现其中一幅画是名家的真迹，他们又研究了另一幅画。
14．(　　)A.suitably B．actually
C．rightly D．specifically
答案：B
解析：逻辑推理题。经过研究他们发现另一幅画事实上是Paul Gauguin的画。suitably合适地；actually事实上；rightly理由充分地，正确地，恰当地；specifically具体地，明确地。
15．(　　)A.girl B．artist
C．family D．police
答案：C
解析：逻辑推理题。此处指Nicolo一家人给意大利文化部打电话。
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