Until about 150 years ago, the most important, expensive and renowned kind of painting was large-scale pictures that told a story, regarded as the________1.________(hard) challenge for an artist. 2. (choose) suitable subjects, artists had to be well-read. Then they had to know ________3.________ stories could be told without words, using only gestures and expressions. To create lifelike scenes, they had to understand perspective, lighting and anatomy. So history painting needed a lot of thought and ________4. . (imagine). Large-scale pictures used to be reserved for grand religious or patriotic subjects, but that changed in the 19th century, as artists began creating history paintings based ________5. contemporary news stories. One of the first of these was The Raft of the Medusa, inspired by the wreck of________6. French ship in 1816, which showed how art could have a powerful political impact. It presents a scene ________7. the survivors of the wreck on a raft littered with bodies try to signal to a distant ship. When they ________8. ( rescue ), they told how they had been abandoned by their captain, while he sailed to safety in a lifeboat. Starving, they had to eat each other to survive—though this picture makes ________9.________ look heroic rather than violent. The picture caused a huge outcry. Some people thought the artist meant to criticize the French king, ________10. had been involved in appointing the ship's captain.
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Frederick M.Hess is the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, which is a nonprofit organization that conducts research on many public issues.He says that a long summer vacation doesn’t make sense in today’s world.
Can American students afford to take a summer vacation? In a summer vacation, millions of kids spend valuable time sending messages, watching TV, playing video games and doing shopping in the mall.They will also be putting their academic futures at risk.
Summer vacation once made sense in the past when you didn’t need an education to get a good job.But now things have changed.For today’s students, academic skills are important to students’ future success, but such skills are affected in the summertime.Many nations don’t give kids an American-style summer vacation.They offer no more than seven consecutive(连续的) weeks of vacation.Most American school districts offer up to thirteen weeks.To compete in the global marketplace, Americans must be prepared to go up against international competitors.
Summer vacation also causes challenges for today’s families.In the 1960s, more than 60% of families had a stay-at-home Mom.Now two-thirds of American children live in households where every adult works.For these families, summer vacation can be more burden than break.Someone must watch the kids.
But the biggest problem may be how summer vacation hurts academic achievement.Researchers have found that disadvantaged students lose significant ground in the summertime.
A longer school year does not have to be an invitation to hard boring work.Rather, it should allow time-pressed teachers to conduct richer and more imaginative lessons.Schools would have more time to devote to athletics, languages, music and the arts.Summer vacation can be a grand thing.But in the 21st century, it may also be outdated.
Title: Summer Vacation
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任务型读写(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
A person searches various websites for different reasons, such as school, work, or entertainment. For teenagers, many information resources on the Internet can be used. As a matter of fact, there are educational, music and art websites that are truly helpful to teenagers, because they can help make one’s life easier.
Educational websites are helpful to a teenager in doing school work and searching for a college. Some can help studying for testes, explaining a lesson, and doing homeward .Some can help find the right school based on one’s interests. And still others have pages devoted to the social life at each of the colleges or the specific activities that occur at a certain school.
Some free music sites enable a teenager to diversify their musical tastes. On these sites, all types of music are available such as pop, jazz and country. One can type in a song, category or artist and his or her entire catalog appears. Then, the listener can make multiple play lists without creating an account (账户) with the site.
There are various art websites that can help students to appreciate and create art pieces. On these sites, a student can view numerous photos and art pieces from different mediums or create an account with the website to upload their art pieces for people to see. In addition, one can enjoy various art projects that people have created on display for the rest of the world.
Truly informative resources are offered on the Internet. The best suggestion one can receive is to try to look for new websites that can help in the educational, music, or art area so one can become well-rounded and informed.
Topic | Truly helpful websites for teenagers |
Passage outline | Supporting details |
Introduction | Many information resources are 1.______ on various websites. |
2.________ sites: helping one do school work and search for a college | ¨ Study for tests, explain a lesson , and do homework ¨ Find the right school that one is3.________ in ¨ Learn information about college social life and4._______ school activities |
Free music sites: 5._______ one to diversify musical tastes | ¨ Listen to all types of music ¨ Type in a song, category, or artist to get an entire catalog ¨ Make multiple playlists without an 6.________ |
7._______ sites: helping one appreciate and create works | ¨ View photos and8._______ from mediums ¨ 9.________ art pieces for others to see ¨ Enjoy art projects on display |
Conclusion | Helpful websites can make teenagers10.______ and informed |
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A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water. _1.___water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder__2.__had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man__3.__ ( present ) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled _4._ ( warm ), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home_5.__a happy heart.
After the student left, the teacher let__6._student taste the water. He spit it out, __7.__ (say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, "Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like_8.__?" The teacher replied," You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be__9.__ (sweet). "We understand this lesson best__10.__we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.
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阅读下面短文,根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。
A conflict at work is common. If you can avoid conflict, it means you will win what you want regardless of what the other person wants. Since the potential issue has not been removed, it will simply reappear later. Here are the necessary steps to effectively get rid of conflicts at work.
★Be aware of the fact that some conflicts are unavoidable at work. On numerous occasions, conflict and disagreement are likely to happen. But when a conflict happens it's not the end of the world. On the contrary, it can be the beginning of an interesting learning process. Conflicts mean that people care enough to disagree strongly. The trick is not to allow the conflict to go on forever.
★ Deal with conflicts sooner rather than later. Solve a conflict when it starts, as it only gets worse with time going by. Conflicts at work arise not from something that was said, but from something that wasn't said! Everyone's waiting for the other to admit he's wrong and gets more unpleasant after the conflict has lasted a while. It's essential to interrupt the "waiting game" before it gets to that point.
★ Ask nicely. If somebody has done something that made you angry, or if you don't understand their viewpoint or actions, simply asking nicely about it can make a world of difference. Never assume that people do what they do to annoy or hurt you. Sometimes there's a good reason why that person does what he or she does, and a potential conflict disappear right there. Do remember to make an inquiry, not an accusation of any sort.
★ Appreciate. Praise the other part in the conflict. Tell them why it's worth it to you to solve the conflict. This can be difficult as few people find it easy to praise and appreciate a person they disagree strongly with, but it's a great way to move forward.
Topic | How to 1.______ conflicts at work |
Reason | Conflicts won't 2._____ if not dealt with |
3.____ on handling conflicts | ● Don't be afraid of conflicts which cart happen in many4. ______ and try to resolve a conflict soon or it will get 5.______ ●Interrupt the "waiting game" and try to admit your 6.______ actively. ● Don’t imagine people do something to make you 7. ______ on purpose. ● Remember not to 8. ______ others, but ask them nicely about what they do, which may make a difference. ● Try to appreciate the other part in the conflict although it is 9. ______ to do so. |
10.________ | If you learn to do with conflicts, you'll work in joy. |
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根据对话内容。从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡
上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
一Hi, Bob.Would you like to go swimming this afternoon?
一I wish I could. 1.I have to write a composition. It must be handed in next Monday morning.
一Oh, is that for Mr.Smith’s class?
一Yes, I hav to study a long peom.2.
一That’s hard.
一And besides, I also have to prepare myself for math and history. You know, math is especially hard for me.3.
一Take it easy, Bob. I’ve beendoing well in math.4.
一Oh, that will be great, Mary.
一All right! 5.
一OK, I’ll meet you in front of the library.
一Good luck to you.
A.We can start right when I’m back from swimming.
B.So I don’t know how I’m going to do it at all.
C.And I can help you with your history.
D.But I have to spend the rest of the day in the library.
E.So I’ll be happy to help you.
F.My teacher asked me to read it in class next week.
G.When will I start to help you with your math?
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In the old days of publishing, getting your manuscript into the hands of an editor often meant mailing the unsolicited finished product to the offices of literary agents or editors, where it would receive a cursory look from an editorial assistant — or none at all.
A modern version of the slush pile is the online “writing community,” a Web site where aspiring novelists can post their ideas, writing samples or manuscripts and open them to comments and reviews from strangers. On Tuesday Penguin Group USA, the publisher of Tom Clancy, Kathryn Stockett and Nora Roberts, will unveil its own venture, Book Country, a Web site for writers of genre fiction. In its initial phase Book Country will allow writers to post their own work — whether it’s an opening chapter or a full manuscript — and receive critiques from other users, who can comment on points like character development, pacing and dialogue. Later this summer the site will generate revenue by allowing users to self-publish their books for a fee by ordering printed copies. (The books will bear the stamp of Book Country, not Penguin, and the site is considered a separate operation from Penguin.) The site will also explain the business of finding an agent, marketing and promoting a book, using social media and handling digital and subsidiary rights.
Penguin hopes the site will attract agents, editors and publishers scouting for new talent, and allow writers to produce work with more polish and direction than they could otherwise. The project has been spearheaded by Molly Barton, the director of business development for Penguin and the president of Book Country. “One of the things I remember really clearly from my early editorial experiences was this feeling of guilt,” Ms. Barton said in an interview. “I would read submissions and not be able to help the writer because we couldn’t find a place for them on the list that I was acquiring for. And I kept feeling that there was something we could do on the Internet to really help writers each other.”
1. How did an author send unsolicited finished products to editors in the old days of publishing? _______________________________________________
2. The online “writing community” is where aspiring novelists post their ideas and ___________________________________________________________________________
3.The site uses social media and digital and subsidiary rights to _______________________.
4.What’s the real purpose of Penguin creating the web site? _______________________________________________
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A. Using expensive testing equipment B. Staffing a modern hospital C. Testing becoming a great help D. Cost of medical accidents E. Cost of training medical workers F. Measures of reducing medical costs |
1._____________________
Physicians’ fees are only one reason for rising health costs in the United States. Medical research has produced many tests to diagnose, or discover, patients’ illness. Physicians usually feel obliged to order enough tests to rule out all likely causes of a patient’s symptoms. A routine laboratory bill for blood tests can easily be more than $100.
2. _____________________
Sophisticated new machines have been developed to enable physicians to scan body organs with a clarity never before possible. One technique involves the use of ultrasound – sound waves beyond the frequencies that human beings can hear – to produce images. Others use computers to capture and analyze images produced by X-rays or magnetic fields. These machines are extremely expensive: The price of a single machine can exceed one million dollars.
3._____________________
New technologies also mean new personnel. Physicians, nurses and orderlies can no longer staff a hospital alone. Hospitals now require a bewildering number of technical specialists to administer new tests and operate advanced medical equipment.
4._____________________
Physicians and hospitals also must buy malpractice insurance to protect themselves should they be sued for negligence by patients who feel they have been mistreated or have received inadequate care. The rates for this insurance have been raised very steeply in the last ten years, as patients have become more medically knowledgeable, and as juries sometimes awarded very large amounts of money to injured patients.
5. _____________________
As a result, hospital costs and physicians’ fees rose steadily through the 1990s. Government agencies became convinced that it was necessary to limit rising medical costs. One approach is to require hospitals to prove that a need exists for new buildings and services. Hospitals also have faced pressure to run their operations more efficiently, and to decrease the duration of hospital stays for patients receiving routine treatment or minor surgery.
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A. offers B. influences C. uncovered D. exactly E. big F. found G. campaigns H. involved J. properly I. notion |
What’s in a name? Letters offer clues to one’s future decisions, apparently. Previous studies have suggested that maybe a person’s monogram __1__ his life choices — where he works, whom he marries or where he lives — because of “implied self-esteem (自负),” or the temptation of positive self-associations. For instance, a person named Fred might be attracted to the __2__ of living in Fresno, working for Forever 21 or driving a Ford F-150.
Now a new study by professor Uri takes another look at the so-called name-letter effect and __3__ other explanations for the phenomenon. He analyzed records of political donations in the U.S. during the 2004 campaign — which included donors’ names and employers — and found that the name of a person’s workplace more closely related to the first three letters of a person’s name than with just the first letter. But he suggests that the reason for the association isn’t implied self-esteem, but perhaps something __4__ the opposite.
Duyck, one of the researchers whose previous work __5__ the name-letter effect, isn’t so quick to abandon the implied self-esteem theory. He pointed out that the sample group Uri studied may have biased the results: Uri analyzed the name-letter effect in a sample of people who donated money to political __6__. Still, Duyck notes that Uri’s theories are credible, and that even while some people may __7__ the same name of companies, employees may be tending to those companies because they start with the same letter as their names. In the end, whatever the explanation for the name-letter effect, no one really disputes that self-esteem is __8__ on some level. But the true importance of the effect is up for debate. “I can’t imagine people don’t like their own letter more than other letters,” says Uri, “but the differences it makes in really __9__ decisions are probably slim.”
高三英语填空题中等难度题查看答案及解析
根据对话内容,从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并将答案标号填写在本题下面相应题号后的横线上。选项中有两项多余选项。(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
M:Lovely day, isn’t it?
W:Mm, yes, 1.And it’s supposed to get warmer.
M:Yes, that’s true. You know, though, I’m always a little worried to see winter go.
W:2.
M:Well, I love skating. In fact, I used to teach skating for a living.
W:Oh? That sounds interesting. 3.
M:I work at Bank of America. How about you?
W:4.
M:Here?
W:No, I’m from Chicago. I’m just visiting here for the wedding.
M:Oh, I see.
W:By the way, 5.I’m Helen Keller.
M:Nice to meet you. My name is John Smith.
A.But what do you do now?
B.It’s very cold.
C.It’s really warm.
D.I guess I should introduce myself.
E.I’m on the radio station.
F.What’s your name?
G.Really?
高三英语填空题中等难度题查看答案及解析