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Some people like modem art, while others say that is rubbish. But a cleaner who works in the Tate Gallery in London isn’t able to tell the difference. The woman, whose name isn’t known, mistook a work of art by the German painter Gustav Metzger for a bag of rubbish, and threw it out with other bags. The plastic bag, which contained pieces of paper and cardboard, was later recovered outside the gallery, but the artist thought that it was too damaged to be put on show again. 78-year-old Mr Metzger explained that the exhibit, which he said was a copy of a similar work he had created in 1960, was meant to show that all art is temporary and “finite” (有限的).
Embarrassed officials at the museum said that they had to call a meeting with cleaners to explain which things should not be touched. They would not say whether Mr Metzger would be paid any compensation for the incident. However, to make absolutely sure the same thing would not happen again, they decided to cover Mr Metzger’s work every evening with a colored cloth. In this way the cleaners arriving after the gallery had closed to the general public would realize they should not touch it.
This is not the first time that museum cleaners have had trouble distinguishing exhibits from rubbish. In 2001, in another London gallery, a cleaner threw away a work by the well-known British artist Damien Hirst. It was an arrangement of empty beer bottles, coffee cups, and overflowing ashtrays, which were meant to indicate the chaos in the life of an artist.
However, cleaners don’t always throw things away—sometimes they clean them! This was the case with a dirty bath, which was on show in a gallery in Germany. Without asking what the bath was doing in the gallery, the cleaners simply scrubbed it clean.
1.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Cleaners mistake modem art for rubbish
B. Modem art shouldn’t be cleaned
C. What makes a great work of art
D. Cleaners don’t always throw things away
2.The officials of the museum covered Mr Metzger’s work so that .
A. the visitors couldn’t get close in the evening
B. they could get recovered soon
C. the cleaners wouldn’t make the same mistake
D. they would return to normal
3.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. People have different opinions on modem art
B. Mr Metzger would be paid much compensation
C. A work of Damien Hirst was thrown away by a cleaner in 2001
D. Some modem work is about artists’ chaos of their life
4.The last paragraph is written to show that .
A. cleaners often make exhibits as clean as possible
B. cleaners can’t always differ exhibits from rubbish
C. exhibits are usually difficult to clean
D. exhibits are not always so beautiful
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Some people like modern art, while others say that is rubbish.But a cleaner who works in the Tate Gallery in London isn't able to tell the difference.The woman, whose name isn't known, mistook a work of art by the German painter Gustav Metzger for a bag of rubbish, and threw it out with other bags. The plastic bag, which contained pieces of paper and cardboard, was later recovered outside the gallery, but the artist thought that it was too damaged to be put on show again. 78yearold Mr Metzger explained that the exhibit, which he said was a copy of a similar work he had created in 1960, was meant to show that all art is temporary and “finite (有限的)”．
Embarrassed officials at the museum said that they had had to call a meeting with cleaners to explain which things should not be touched. They would not say whether Mr Metzger would be paid any compensation for the incident. However, to make absolutely sure the same thing would not happen again, they decided to cover Mr Metzger's work every evening with a coloured cloth. In this way the cleaners arriving after the gallery had been closed to the general public would realize they should not touch it.
This is not the first time that museum cleaners have had trouble distinguishing exhibits from rubbish. In 2001, in another London gallery, a cleaner threw away a work by the wellknown British artist Damien Hirst. It was an arrangement of empty beer bottles, coffee cups, and overflowing ashtrays, which were meant to indicate the chaos in the life of an artist.
However, cleaners don't always throw things away — sometimes they clean them! This was the case with a dirty bath, which was on show in a gallery in Germany. Without asking what the bath was doing in the gallery, the cleaners simply scrubbed it clean.
1.The officials of the museum covered Mr Metzger's work so that ________.
A．the visitors couldn't get close in the evening
B．they could get recovered soon
C．the cleaners wouldn't make the same mistake
D．they would return to normal
2.Which of the following is NOT true?
A．People have different opinions on modern art.
B．Mr Metzger would be paid much compensation.
C．A work of Damien Hirst was thrown away by a cleaner in 2001.
D．Some modern work is about the chaos of an artist's life.
3.The last paragraph is written to show that________.
A．cleaners often make exhibits as clean as possible
B．cleaners can't always differ exhibits from rubbish
C．exhibits are usually difficult to clean
D．exhibits are not always so beautiful
4.What's the best title of the passage?
A．Cleaners mistake modern art for rubbish
B．Modern art shouldn't be cleaned
C．What makes a great work of art
D．Cleaners don't always throw things away
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. Some people say more but do less ______ others do the opposite.
A．once
B．when
C．while
D．as
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Some people like to listen to the Beatles．while others prefer Gregorian chants．When it comes to music , scientists find that nurture can overpower nature．
A study shows musical preferences seem to be mainly shaped by a person’s cultural upbringing and experiences rather than biological factors．“Our results show that there is a profound cultural difference in the way people respond to consonant(和谐的)and dissonant(不和谐的)sounds，and this suggests that other cultures hear the world differently,” says Josh McDermott．a scientist in Cambridge．
Some scientists believe that the way people respond to music has a biological basis and that this would overpower any cultural shaping of musical preferences , effectively making them a universal phenomenon．Some musicians．by contrast , think that such preferences are more a product of one’s culture．If a person’s upbringing shapes their preferences，then they are not a universal phenomenon．
The trick to working out where musical preferences come from was to find and test people who hadn’t had much contact with Western music．McDermott and his team travelled by aeroplane，car and canoe to reach the remote villages of the Tsimane’ people，who are largely isolated from Western culture．
In their experiments，McDermott and his colleagues investigated responses to Western music by playing combinations of notes to three groups of people：the Tsimane’ and two other groups of Bolivians that had experienced increasing levels of exposure to Western music．The researchers recorded whether each group regarded the notes as pleasant or unpleasant．
The Tsimane’ are just as good at making acoustic(声响的)distinctions as the groups with more experience of other types of music，the scientists find．Most people prefer consonant tones，but the Tsimane’ have no preference between them．“This pretty convincingly rules out that the preferences are things we’re born with，’’ McDermott argues．
“Culture plays a role．We like the music we grew up with，”agrees Dale Purves，a scientist at Duke University．“Nature versus nurture is always a fool’s errand．’’It’s almost always a combination，he adds．
1.Why does the author mention Beatles in the first paragraph?
A．To arouse reader’s interest．
B．To stress the importance of music．
C．To introduce the topic to be discussed．
D．To encourage readers to listen to their music．
2.McDermott would most probably agree that __________．
A．people’s music preference is a universal phenomenon
B．Chinese and Japanese have different music preferences
C．the way people respond to music is biologically decided
D．parents have nothing to do with children’s music preference
3.What do we know about the Tsimane’ in the experiment?
A．They prefer consonant tones．
B．They are born with excellent music talent．
C．They do well in telling acoustic distinctions．
D．They have never had contact with Western music．
4.What does the underlined phrase “a fool’s errand” in the last paragraph refer to?
A．Something meaningless． B．Something significant．
C．Something reliable． D．Something sensitive．
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Do you like chocolate? Most people do. Some like it in bars. Others just like big squares of it.
Say you just got a box of chocolate. Which piece do you pick first? A study carried out by a professor in the University of Virginia showed that people’s choices of chocolates show their personality. If you choose a round piece, you are a person who likes to party. If you select an oval shape, you are a person who strives(努力). You like to make things and push yourself to be successful. Picking a square shape shows that this is an honest and truthful person you can depend on.
What kind of chocolate do you pick? Maybe you like milk chocolate. This shows you have warm feelings about the past, while dark chocolate means something else -- the person who chooses it ________. What about white chocolate? Would you like to choose it? If so, you may find it hard to make up your mind. Those who like chocolate with nuts are people who like to help others.
Do you believe these ideas? Can chocolate tell all these things? It doesn’t matter. There is one sure thing about eaters of chocolates – they eat it because they like it.
1.What is the best title of the text? (Please answer within 8 words.)
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2.Which sentence in the text can be replaced by the following one?
In that case, it will be difficult for you to make a decision.
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3.Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 6 words.)
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4.What’s the writer’s attitude towards the information about chocolate in the text? (Please answer within 15 words)
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5.Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.
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Do you like chocolate? Most people do．Some like it in bars．Others just like big squares of it．
Say you just got a box of chocolate．Which piece do you pick first? A study carried out by a professor in the University of Virginia showed that people's choices of chocolates show their personality．If you choose a round piece, you are a person who likes to party．If you select an oval shape, you are a person who strives．You like to make things and push yourself to be successful．Picking a square shape shows that this is an honest and truthful person you can depend on．
What kind of chocolate do you pick? Maybe you like milk chocolate．This shows you have warm feelings about the past, while dark chocolate means something else—the person who chooses it looks forward to the future．What about white chocolate? Would you like to choose it?________, you may find it hard to make up your mind．Those who like chocolate with nuts are people who like to help others．
Do you believe these ideas? Can chocolate tell all these things? It doesn't matter．There is one sure thing about eaters of chocolates - they eat it because they like it．
1.What is the best title of the text? （Please answer within 8 words．）
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2.Fill in the blank with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．（no more than 5 words）
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3.What does the underlined word “this” refer to?
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4.What’s the writer’s attitude towards the information about chocolate in the text? (Please answer within 15 words)
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5.According to the passage, what of chocolate can show your characteristics and qualities.
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Strangely, some people find that they can smell one type of flower but not another, while others are _____ to the smells of both flowers.
A. sensitive B. native
C. familiar D. obvious
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(2013·吉林长春三校高三调研)You know that some people say more but do less ________ others do the opposite.
A．once B．while C．when D．as
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Some people have travelled to Canada while others may have just heard of it . As is known to all, the Canadian red and white maple leaf flag is officially called The National Flag of Canada. The Canadian flag shows a stylized red maple leaf with 11 points on a white background, with red borders down each side. The Canadian flag is twice as long as its width. The white square containing the red maple leaf is the same width as the flag. Canada is a very large country, too. It is the second largest country in the world.By contrast, it has a very small population. There are only about 29 millinon people there. Most Canadians are of British or French origin, and French is an official language as well English. About 45 % of the people are of British origin, that is, they or their parents or grandparents, etc, come from Britain. Nearly 30 % are of French origin. Most of the French-Canadians live in the province of quebec. Over the years people have come to live in Canada from many countries in the world. They are mostly from European countries and also from China, as well as other Asian countries.
However , Canada was not an empty country when the Europeans began to arrive. Canadian-Indian lived along the coast, bythe rivers and lakes and in forests. Today there are only 350,000 Canadian-Indians in the whole country, with their own language. In the far north live the Inuits. There are only 27, 000 Canadian-Inuits. Their life is hard in such a harsh climate.
1.What is the populatin of Quebec?
A. More than 29, 000.000
B. About 30% of the total population.
C. Over 45% of th etotal population
D. Less than 30% of the French-Canadians.
2.Which of the following stands for Canada?
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?
A. The Canadian flag I stwice as wide as its length.
B. Most Indians are now forced to live along the coast.
C. Nowadays Inuit still have difficult living conditions.
D. Nobody existed when the Europeans began to arrive in Canada.
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There is an old saying----“The only good snake is a dead snake“ I disagree .I know some people like their smooth pets，but I hate them. I shake from head to foot even whenＩ see them on TV
One day I stepped over one in my front yard,, and I probably set a record for the fastest runner and the loudest screamer in my town. And I almost had a heart attack when I walked through my house that night after I saw the snake. For that my husband received a serious warning about leaving his belt on the floor. So you can imagine my response when I saw the news about the lost 8-foot long cobra of a zoo in the Orlando area where I had lived a few weeks ago and it still frightened me . After days of search, they gave up. Then a few days ago, I read about its return. A young lady went out to the car in her garage. There she heard hissing coming from under the car. She immediately called the officers at Animal Control. You guessed it. An 8--foot king cobra was hanging out under the car. It was frightening.
We might not have a king cobra hanging out around us, but maybe a snake is hiding around to see how it can damage us. We need to keep our guard up. I think if the young lady had kept her garage door shut, the king cobra might not have made it to the garage.
1.What almost caused the author to get a heart attack?
A. Seeing a snake on TV
B. Seeing her husband’s belt on the floor.
C. Stepping over a snake in her front yard.
D. Reading the news about the lost king cobra.
2.What happened to that 8--foot king cobra?
A. It was killed by the young lady.
B. It was sent back to the wild.
C. It ran away from the garage.
D. It was returned to the zoo.
3.In the last paragraph, the author mainly suggests that we_____.
A. kill all snakes.
B. watch out for snakes.
C. know where snakes are.
D. always keep our doors shut
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