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The Peales were a famous family of American artists. Charles Willson Peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution. He painted portraits of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of George Washington. His life-size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture. Charles Willson Peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the Peale museum, which he founded in Philadelphia. The world’s first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by Peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings. Peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelike. The museum’s most popular display was the skeleton (骷髅) of a huge, extinct elephant, which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in 1801. Three of Peale’s seventeen children were also famous artists. Paphaelle Peale often painted still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheese. His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted people, including one of George Washington. Another brother, Rubens Peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits. James Peale, the brother of Charles Willson Peale, specialized in miniatures (小画像). His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America. |
1. What is the main topic of the passage? |
A. The life of Charles Willson Peale. B. Portraits in the 18th century. C. The Peale Museum. D. A family of artists. |
2. The author mentions in Paragraph 1 that Washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting to show that _______. |
A. Charles Willson Peale’s painting was very lifelike B. Washington respected Charles Willson Peale’s work C. Washington was friendly with Raphaelle and Titian Peale D. the painting of the two brothers was very large |
3. Which of the following is NOT the child of Charles Willson Peale? |
A. Titian Peale. B. Rubens Peale. C. Raphaelle Peale. D. Sarah Miriam Peale. |
4. The author’s attitude toward the Peales is in general _______. |
A. puzzled B. excited C. admiring D. disappointed |
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On receiving my learner driver license a couple of months ago, I started driving lessons straight away. In New Zealand, the 1 driving age is 15. However it wasn"t 2 two days ago that Dad finally allowed me to drive on the motorway. Our 3 was Urawa, a seaside town about 60 kilometers away from my home in Auckland. That morning I 4 sure I had enough to drink and went to the toilet (厕所) about three times 5 we left. I thought I was totally 6 for the journey, but nothing could have prepared me for my family"s 7 . "Relax! Don"t hold the steering wheel (方向盘) so 8 . The car is going zigzag (弯弯曲曲的), called a nervous voice from the 9 . "Speed up. 70km/h isn"t fast enough. You are holding up the traffic," another voice ordered from the seat next to mine. How 10 ! My parents were really starting to get on my nerves. To satisfy them I sped up and within a second, an angry voice began to yell again. "Stop! 11 ! Are you crazy? " Everything did not go fine until I pulled off the motorway and drove into the city, 12 the speed limit was only 50km/h. My family seemed relieved (放心的) and 13 telling me what to do. They all looked out of the windows and enjoyed the scenery. 14 , that silence didn"t last very long. My mum suddenly cried out, "Look at those birds above us. 15 they lovely?" How did she expect me to look up in the 16 ? As the driver I had to 17 . Who knows what would have happened if I had taken my eyes off the 18 ? Four hours later we drove home. This time the journey was much 19 than before as everyone else 20 fast asleep. So, I just took my time and enjoyed the drive. |
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College graduation brings both the satisfaction of academic achievement and the expectation of a well-paid job. But for 6,000 graduates at San Jose State this year, there"s uncertainty as they enter one of the worst job markets in decades. Ryan Stewart has a freshly minted(新兴的) degree in religious studies, but no job prospects. "You look at everybody"s parents and neighbors, and they"re getting laid off and don"t have jobs," said Stewart. "Then you look at the young people just coming into the workforce... it"s just scary." When the class of 2003 entered college, the future never looked brighter. But in the four years they"ve been here, the world outside has changed dramatically. "Those were the exciting times, lots of dot-com opportunities, exploding offers, students getting top dollar with lots of benefits," said Cheryl Allmen-Vinnidge of the San Jose State Career Center. "Times have changed. It"s a new market." Cheryl Allmen-Vinnidge ought to know. She runs the San Jose State Career Center, sort of a crossroads between college and the real world. Allmen-innidge says students who do find jobs after college have done their homework. "The typical graduate who does have a job offer started working on it two years ago. They"ve postured(定位)themselves well during the summer. They"ve had several internships(实习)," she said. And they"ve majored in one of the few fields that are still hot, like chemical engineering, accounting, or nursing, where average starting salaries have actually increased over last year. Other popular fields (like information systems management, computer science, and political science) have seen big declines in starting salaries. Ryan Stewart (he had hoped to become a teacher) may just end up going back to school. "I"d like to teach college some day and that requires more schooling, which would be great in a bad economy," he said. To some students, a degree may not be a ticket to instant wealth. For now, they can only hope its value will increase over time. |
1. The expression "dot-com" in the fourth paragraph probably means " _____ ". |
A. a well-known website B. jobs related to high-technology C. a company making dots D. teaching on the Internet |
2. What does Cheryl Allmen-Vinnidge mean when she says students have "done their homework"? |
A. They have spent time preparing themselves to find a job. B. They have gone to summer school for further studies. C. They are good students who have finished their homework on time. D. They have found full-time jobs as their future career before graduation. |
3. The purpose of a college career center is probably to ____. |
A. help students do their homework B. find jobs for students while they are in school C. prepare students to find jobs after they graduate D. help high school students get accepted to college |
4. Ryan Stewart is probably going to _____ . |
A. change his major B. become a religious leader C. get a job teaching D. go back to school |
5. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean? |
A. Having a college degree does not provide travel discounts. B. A college degree doesn"t promise a person a high-paid job. C. Most students with degrees will be able to find jobs. D. The best way to get rich is to get a college degree. |
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The True Story of Treasure Island It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson"s imagination. 1 , recent research has found the true story of this exciting work. Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived 2 for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a 3 . With him were his American wife and his son 4 . Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long 5 over the hills. They had been 6 this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn fro the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days 7 . To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some 8 . One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert 9 that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of 10 ."What is that?" he asked. " That"s the 11 treasure ,"said the boy. Robert suddenly 12 something of an adventure story in the boy"s 13 .While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the 14 a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate (海盗) ? Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the 15 of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to 16 such a man in a story . 17 Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was 18 . So, thanks to a 19 September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest 20 stories in the English language. |
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When you"re lying on the white sands of the Mexican Riviera, the stresses (压力) of the world seem a million miles away. Hey. stop! This is no vacation - you have to finish something! Here lies the problem for travel writer and food critic (评论家) Edie Jarolim. "I always loved traveling and always liked to eat, but it never occurred to me that I could make money doing both of those things." Jarolim said. Now you can read her travel advice everywhere-in Arts and Antiques, in Brides, or in one of her three books The Complete Idiot Travel Guide to Mexico"s Beach Resorts. Her job in travel writing began some eight years ago. After getting a PhD in English in Canada. she took a test for Frommer"s travel guides, passed it, and got the job. After working at Frommer"s, Jarolim worked for a while at Rough Guides in London, then Fodor"s, where she fell so in love with a description of the Southwest of the U.S. that she moved there. Now as a travel writer, she spends one-third of her year on the road. The rest of the time is spent completing her tasks and writing reviews of restaurants at home in Tucson, Arizona. As adventurous as the job sounds, the hard part is fact-checking all the information. Sure, it"s great to write about a tourist attraction, but you"d better get the local (当地的) museum hours correct or you could really ruin someone"s vacation. |
1. Which country does Jarolim live in now? |
A. Mexico. B. The U.K C. The U.S. D. Canada |
2. What is most difficult for Jarolim? |
A. Working in different places to collect information B. Checking all the facts to be written in the guides. C. Finishing her work as soon as possible. D. Passing a test to write travel guides |
3. What do we know about Jarolim from the text? |
A. She is successful in her job. B. She finds her life full of stresses. C. She spends half of her time traveling. D. She is especially interested in museums. |
4. What would he the best titlefor the text? |
A. Adventures in Travel Writing B. Working as a Food Critic C. Travel Guides on the Market D. Vacationing for a Living |
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I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. "What is it?" I 1 . I turned it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled (手写的) address. Immediately my mind traveled 2 many years. I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of 3 on my shoulder. On my rounds that day, I came to that company finally, whose owner, Mr Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers 4 they wanted any magazines. Shaking off the 5 like a wet dog, I entered Mr. Rader"s office. After a quick glance he 6 me over to the fire-place. Noticing the 7 in the top of my 8 , he said, "Come with me!" pulling me into his pickup truck. We pulled to a stop before a shoe store. Inside, a salesman fitted me with the finest pair of shoes I had 9 seen. I felt about 10 feet tall when I got up 10 them. "We"d like a pair of new socks too," Mr. Rader said. Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a 11 , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With 12 eyes, I read, "Do to others as you would have them do to you." He said affectionately, "Jimmy, I want you to 13 I love you". I said good-bye, and for the first time I sensed a flicker of hope that somehow things would be 14 . With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love that would always make a 15 . |
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