Throughout history, gold has been a sign of p...

Throughout history, gold has been a sign of purity, beauty and power.　 Calling something golden means it has great quality and value. For example, the golden rule is possibly the world's most widespread moral rule. It says people should treat others the way they themselves would like to be treated.　 Every major religion has its own version of this idea.

The golden ratio is found in art, architecture and nature.　 It describes a rectangle with a length about one and one-half times its width. Objects using this ratio in their design seem to please the eye more than others.

Philosophers（哲学家） have their own golden idea.　 The golden mean says moderation in all things is the best way to live one's life.　 It is an idea linked to the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle.　 Similar thoughts exist in Buddhism and Confucianism.（哲学思想）

Ancient Greek myths told of a time long ago when people lived in peace and happiness.　 Poets called it the Golden Age.　 A golden age now describes a historical period of great artistic, scientific or economic progress.　 It can even recall a time of success and popularity for an industry. For example, the nineteen thirties and forties were called the Golden Age of Radio.

You may have heard the proverb silence is golden. This means silence is of great value.　 It is sometimes better to say nothing than to speak.

You might say your child was good as gold when he behaved well at school.　 British writer Charles Dickens used this expression in eighteen forty-three. He was describing the child Tiny Tim in the book "A Christmas Carol."

In nineteen thirty-seven, American playwright Clifford Odets wrote a play called "The Golden Boy." This expression describes a young man who has many good qualities and a bright future.

You might tell someone you are golden when that person does something very well.

Gold digger is another description. But this does not say something nice about a person.　 A gold digger is someone who seeks to marry a rich person because he or she is only interested in that person's money.

Maybe you like old songs from the nineteen fifties or sixties that are still well known and popular today. These are called golden oldies. In the nineteen eighties and nineties, an American television comedy series told about four older women living in Miami, Florida.　 The Golden Girls often dealt with social issues in a funny way.

Today, most older people look forward to reaching their golden years.　 This is when hard-working people can retire to a life of ease and fulfillment.

1.According to the “golden ratio”,which of the following objects in the most pleasant to see?

2.The article mainly tells us ___

A.the value of gold

B.the expressions with “gold”

C.the history of gold industry

D.the purity,beauty and power of gold

3.Which of the foolwing scokcoces is made out of place?

A.The beauty of tolerance and kindness comes from the Confucisn philosophical thought,such as Golden Mean.

B.At the beginning of the twenty first century,computer reached its Golden Age.

C.She only dates guys with money.She’s a Gold Digger.

D.My grandfather is 65 and is looking forward to reaching his Golden Ages

4.What we can infer from the passage is that ___

A.all the expressions in the article are positive deacription

B.the “golden mean” is an idea linked to the Ancient Greek philowpher Aristotle

C.the “golden oldies” refers to the popular soon in the 1950s or 60s which are not well-know today

D.in their golden yearw,older people can still work hard before ther retire

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Throughout modern history, perhaps there has never been a scientist as iconic (偶像的) as Stephen Hawking.

Whether he 1. (educate) the world with his knowledge of the universe, or making fun of himself in TV shows, it is hard to imagine what the world will be like now Hawking is no longer in.

On March 14, 2018, the British physicist passed away in Cambridge. Since then, many people have expressed their condolences (哀悼) on social media, including British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee,2. invented the World Wide Web. “We have lost a great mind and a wonderful spirit,” Berners-Lee wrote.

Hawking was an icon for many reasons, but he will be best remembered 3. his work in the field of science.

Building on German scientist Albert Einstein’s work, Hawking explained his belief that space 4. (start) with the Big Bang, and will end with black holes.

“This complete set of laws can give us the 5. (answer) to questions like ‘How did the universe begin?’” Hawking wrote in his 2010 work The Grand Design. “Where is it going and will it have an end? If so, how will it end?”

Besides his work in science, he also managed to overcome many difficulties in his personal life. While 6. (study) at Cambridge University, he was diagnosed with motor neuron (运动神经元) disease at the age of 21. His 7. (ill) left him paralyzed and he was told he only had a short time to live. However, he went on to become one of the 8. (great) minds the world has ever known.

“I felt it was unfair. Why should this happen to me?” he once recalled. “At the time, I thought my life was over and that I would never realize the potential I felt I had. But now, 50 years later, I can be satisfied with my life.”

Hawking left behind a great legacy (遗产). His signature book A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, 9. (publish) in 1988, became one of the world’s best-selling science publications. And in 2014, UK actor Eddie Redmayne played Hawking in the movie The Theory of Everything, which tells the tale of the physicist’s life.

He may no longer be with us, 10. Hawking will continue to inspire the world for generations to come. As he once said himself, “Look up at the stars and not down at your feet!”

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There’s always been tension（紧张）—throughout our history—a kind of tension between private development and government control, especially when it comes to development of land for agriculture.

Catherine Parr Traill—an expert in the nineteenth century—said that the natural beauty of Canada’s wilderness would disappear because of agricultural development. But, fortunately for us, what Catherine Parr Traill had said turned out to be not entirely true. The Quinte Wildflower Project proves that people can come together to keep the beauty of the wilderness. The project continues a trend（趋势）to beautify North American highways that goes all the way back to the 1960s and the beginning of the Adopt-a-Highway programs, the programs that use volunteers to clean up the litter along roadsides. Since the sixties, beautification programs have been broadened to include the planting of native flowers and shrubs（灌木）

    The Quinte Wildflower Project is the largest roadside planting of wildflowers in Ontario. The project was born in 1996, with the help of private sponsors（赞助人）and government gardening experts. Areas along an 18-kilometer stretch of Highway 401—from Trenton to Belleville—most of the sites were planted with one of two native wildflower seed mixtures. Both seed mixtures produce flowers that require little care and are hardy enough to grow in roadside conditions. Each seed mixture contains several different species, and wildflowers grow well, so there’s a steady show of colors from June to October.

The Quinte Wildflower Project has been a huge success. Its greatest success has been in attracting both public interest and private sponsors. It shows that government and citizens can work together and that their joint efforts can and do work.

1.The writer develops the topic of roadside beautification________.

A．by comparing two different ways to the topic

B．by expressing disagreement with past efforts at roadside beautification

C．by discussing an example of a beautification project

D．by describing recent research in flower planting

2.Why does the writer mention the Adopt-a-Highway programs that began in the 1960s?

A．To explain why early beautification projects failed

B．To encourage readers to volunteer for highway cleanup

C．To suggest an increase in supplying money for the programs

D．To describe the history of roadside beautification efforts

3.The word “hardy” in the third paragraph most probably means________.

A．hard—working and likely to make great achievements

B．strong and able to stand difficult living conditions

C．ugly but strong enough to live through to live through very hard times

D．beautiful but likely to grow even better in some cold areas

4.What does the professor think of the work between government and private citizens?

A．They have been shown to work successfully

B．They rely too much on private sponsors

C．They are the best way to get anything done

D．They can cause damage to the environment

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Throughout the history of the arts,the nature of creativity has remained constant to artists.No matter what objects they select,artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause change—to find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before.

Landscape(风景) is another unchanging element of art.It can be found from ancient times through the 17th-century Dutch painters to the 19th-century romanticists and impressionists.In the 1970s Alfred Leslie,one of the new American realists,continued this practice.Leslie sought out the same place where Toomas Cole,a romanticist,had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before.Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature,Lealie paints what he actually sees.In his paintings,there is no particular change in emotion,and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background.He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography(摄影术) to help both the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom.

Besides,all art begs the age-old question:What is real?Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another.The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects,the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes,and the Cro-Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient Forests.To sum up,understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of all periods.

Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant.Past or present,Eastern or Western,the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience.Many and different are the faces of art,and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings.

1.The underlined word “poetry” most probably means______.

2.Leslie’s paintings are extraordinary because______.

3.What is the author’s opinion of artistic reality?

4.What does the author suggest about the arts in the last paragraph?

5.Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?

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Throughout the history of the arts, the nature of creativity has remained constant to artists. No matter what objects they select, artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause change---to find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before.

Landscape (风景) is another unchanging element of art. It can be found from ancient times through the17th-century Dutch painters to the 19th-century romanticists and impressionists. In the 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists, continued this practice. Leslie sought out the same place where ThomasCole, a romanticist, had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before. Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature, Leslie paints what he actually sees. In his paintings, there is no particular change in emotion, and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background. He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography to help both the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom.

Besides, all art begs the age-old question: What is real? Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another. The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects, the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes, and the Cro-Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient forests. To sum up, understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of all periods.

Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant. Past or present, Eastern or Western, the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience. Many and different are the faces of art, and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings.

1.The underlined word “poetry” most probably means ________ .

A. an object for artistic creation

B. a collection of poems

C. an unusual quality

D. a natural scene

2.Leslie’s paintings are extraordinary because ___________.

A. they are close in style to works in ancient times

B. they look like works by 19th-century painters

C. they draw attention to common things in life

D. they depend heavily on color photography

3.What is the author’s opinion of artistic reality?

A. It will not be found in future works of art.

B. It does not have a long-lasting standard.

C. It is expressed in a fixed artistic form.

D. It is lacking in modern works of art.

4. Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?

A. History of the arts.

B. Use of modern technology in the arts.

C. New developments in the arts.

D. Basic questions of the arts.

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Throughout the history of the arts,the nature of creativity has remained constant to artists.No matter what objects they select,artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause change—to find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before.

Landscape(风景) is another unchanging element of art.It can be found from ancient times through the 17th-century Dutch painters to the 19th-century romanticists and impressionists.In the 1970s Alfred Leslie,one of the new American realists,continued this practice.Leslie sought out the same place where Toomas Cole,a romanticist,had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before.Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature,Lealie paints what he actually sees.In his paintings,there is no particular change in emotion,and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background.He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography(摄影术) to help both the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom.

Besides,all art begs the age-old question:What is real?Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another.The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects,the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes,and the Cro-Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient Forests.To sum up,understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of all periods.

Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant.Past or present,Eastern or Western,the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience.Many and different are the faces of art,and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings.

1.The underlined word “poetry” most probably means ______.

A.an object for artistic creation

B.a collection of poems

C.an unusual quality

D.a natural scene

2.Leslie’s paintings are extraordinary because ______.

A.they are close in style to works in ancient times

B.they look like works by 19th-century painters

C.they draw attention to common things in life

D.they depend heavily on color photography

3.What is the author’s opinion of artistic reality?

A.It will not be found in future works of art.

B.It does not have a long-lasting standard.

C.It is expressed in a fixed artistic form.

D.It is lacking in modern words of art.

4.What does the author suggest about the arts in the last paragraph?

A.They express people’s curiosity about the past.

B.They make people interested in everyday experience.

C.They are considered important for variety in form.

D.They are regarded as a mirror of the human situation.

5.Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?

A.History of the arts.

B.Basic questions of the arts.

C.New developments in the arts.

D.Use of modern technology in the arts.四、写作(共两节，满分35分)

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D　 Throughout the history of the arts, the nature of creativity has remained constant to artists．No matter what objects they select, artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause change---to find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before．

Landscape (风景) is another unchanging element of art．It can be found from ancient times through the17th-century Dutch painters to the 19th-century romanticists and impressionists．In the 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists, continued this practice．Leslie sought out the same place where ThomasCole, a romanticist, had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before．Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature, Leslie paints what he actually sees．In his paintings, there is no particular change in emotion, and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background．He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography to help both the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom．

Besides, all art begs the age-old question: What is real? Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another．The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects, the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes, and the Cro-Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient forests．To sum up, understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of all periods．

Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant．Past or present, Eastern or Western, the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience．Many and different are the faces ofart, and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings．

1.The underlined word “poetry” most probably means ________ ．

A．an object for artistic creation

B．an unusual quality

C．a collection of poems

D．a natural scene

2.Leslie’s paintings are extraordinary because ___________．

A．they draw attention to common things in life

B．they look like works by 19th-century painters

C．they are close in style to works in ancient times

D．they depend heavily on color photography

3.What is the author’s opinion of artistic reality?

A．It does not have a long-lasting standard

B．It will not be found in future works of art．

C．It is expressed in a fixed artistic form．

D．It is lacking in modern works of art．

4.Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?

A．History of the arts．

B．Use of modern technology in the arts．

C．Basic questions of the arts．

D．New developments in the arts．

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The area south of the Thames at Greenwich has a long history. Throughout time different buildings have been constructed on the same site. The Palace of Placentia, an English Royal Palace built in 1447, no longer exists apart from a few remains under the present buildings.

The grand buildings on the South Bank of the Thames at Greenwich were designed by Sir Christopher Wren, most famous for St. Paul’s Cathedral. The buildings were finally completed in 1745, although some parts started to be used as early as 1705. They’re now part of a university — having served as a naval（海军）hospital and a naval college and the setting for several cinemas.

But the buildings stand on a site which has a much longer history, of which now only a part remains that is below the ground. For nearly two hundred years, from around 1450 to 1650, Greenwich was one of the main royal palaces of England. Some of the most famous English rulers, such as Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, not only lived there, but also were born there.

Henry VIII put an armory（兵工厂）there, and there were also gardens, a great fountain (喷泉) and a mass of buildings. The Palace was also in a strategic location, because at the time either side of Greenwich on the Thames were important Royal Dockyards (船厂).

Eventually, though, the Palace fell into disrepair. In 1664, the King at the time, Charles II, decided to replace it with completely new buildings in a modern style. Only a cellar (地窖) from the former Royal Palace now remains, under one of the new buildings. Its red brick, typical of the 16th century, contrasts (对比) sharply with the white stone above it.

Would you like to join us to have a good view of Greenwich?

1.We can learn from the passage that the Palace of Placentia _____.

A. had served as a university                B. was constructed with white stones

C. was designed by Christopher Wren         D. was of particular importance in a war

2. The buildings on the South Bank of the Thames at Greenwich now _____.

A. are in need of repair                     B. differ from those in the 16th century

C. were designed in the style of Elizabeth I     D. have a history of more than half a century

3.According to the passage, when did the Palace of Placentia disappear from the ground?

A. In the late 1400s.                    B. In the early 1600s.

C. In the late 1600s.                     D. In the early 1700s.

4.Where can we most probably read this passage?

A. In a science report.                   B. In a personal diary.

C. In a geography textbook.              D. In a travel magazine.

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The development of industry has been ____gradual process throughout _____ human existence, from stone tools to modern technology.

A. 不填; the　　　　　　　 B. the; a　　　　　　　　　　 C. a; 不填　　　　　　　　 D. a; a

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．The development of industry has been________gradual process throughout________human existence，from stone tools to modern technology.　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 (2012·浙江，2)

A．/；the                          B．the；a

C．a；/　                         D．a；a

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