题目内容
If you are a modern art lover, you should be sure to drop by the Saatchi Gallery during your visit to London. The original gallery was by Charles Saatchi, a British art collector for founding the Saatchi and Saatchi advertising agency with his brother. It moved from its old in St. John’s Wood to its new home in County Hall near the Thames in the spring of 2003.
Anyone who has heard in the past of the often shocking but always inspiring works on at the Saatchi Gallery will not be when visiting the gallery’s new location. Along with the of new British artists, the gallery still the works of Damien Hirst, the Chapman brothers, and Tracy Emin in its permanent .
Of the artworks, one can see in the Saatchi Gallery, Hirst’s works are probably the most . Hirst’s work first made headlines in the early 1990s when he art from dead animals.
Along with Hirst, the Chapman brothers, Dinos and Jake, also a certain amount of their fame to the Saatchi Gallery. It was through Saatchi these two brothers came to public attention. At the gallery, visitors can see the brothers’vision of Hell, made from 30, 000 plastic toy soldiers.
Another artist featured at the gallery who has grabbed with her art is Tracy Emin. In 1998, Emin gave to argument when she sold her messy, unmade bed to Saatchi as a work of art My Bed at ￡150, 000.
Are any of these works really art? That is a question you will have to answer for when you visit the Saatchi Gallery. Charles Saatchi himself says, “I don’t have any ground rules for art. Sometimes you look and don’t feel very with it—but that doesn’t tell you very much. It doesn’t reveal much about the quality of the work.”
1.A．repaired B．opened C．built D．rented
2.A．keen B．suitable C．eager D．famous
3.A．location B．history C．city D．society
4.A．concerts B．reports C．rumors D．advice
5.A．store B．board C．display D．sale
6.A．addicted B．interested C．disappointed D．worried
7.A．business B．story C．exhibits D．tradition
8.A．produces B．publishes C．revises D．includes
9.A．collection B．station C．memory D．basement
10.A．ready-made B．well-known C.well-prepared D.easy-going
11.A．copied B．created C．invented D．discovered
12.A．devote B．suggest C．bring D．owe
13.A．when B．why C．that D．while
14.A．headlines B．position C．advantages D．occupations
15.A．way B．rise C．anxiety D．hope
16.A．adapted B．written C．referred D．titled
17.A．yourself B．it C．them D．one
18.A．praising B．judging C．appreciating D．studying
19.A．surprised B．confused C．comfortable D．acceptable
20.A．necessarily B．exactly C．completely D．likely
1.B
2.D
3.A
4.B
5.C
6.C
7.C
8.D
9.A
10.B
11.B
12.D
13.C
14.A
15.B
16.D
17.A
18.B
19.C
20.A
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试题分析：本文主要介绍了萨奇画廊里的一些作品及作品所属的艺术家。
1. 故选B。
2. famous for，因为……而出名， 故选D。
3. from……to（从……移动到……）可知为位置，故选A。
4.of the often shocking but always inspiring works经常是关于令人震惊但又令人鼓舞的作品可知是报告，消息，故选B。
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8. Hirst的作品，故选D。
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12. A献身于，B建议，C带来，D拥有，享有，由于此处是搭配宾语fame（名声）的，，故选D。
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14.考查名词的辨析。A标题，B位置，C优点，D工作，职业，由another（又一个）可知此处所选词可在前文中找出对应的词即headline，故选A。
15.考查词组的搭配。A方式，B上升，C焦虑，D希望，此处考查词组give rise to产生，引起，导致，造成，故选B。
16.考查动词的辨析。A适应，改编，B写有，C指的是，D标有，由文章可知是作品上标有售卖的价格，故选D。
17.考查代词的辨析。A你自己，B它，C他们，D一个,由于该句主语为you，所以是你自己，故选A。
18.考查动词的辨析。A赞扬，B判断，C欣赏，D学习，由文章可知是没有判断作品好坏的标准（rules），故选B。
19.考查形容词的辨析。A令人吃惊的，B令人迷惑的，C舒适的，轻松的，D可接受的，由文章可知有时你欣赏的作品并不令你感觉非常轻松，且给你舒适感，故选C。
20.考查副词的辨析。A必要地，B精确地，C完全地，D好像，似乎，由全文可知一个作品并没有必要向你揭示它的质量的好坏，故选A。
考点：考查说明文阅读。
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
Theme | A long summer vacation isn’t 1. in today’s world. | |
Basic Information | 2. length | 13 weeks in most American schools |
Students’ 3. | ·Sending messages and watching TV ·Playing video games ·Doing shopping | |
Disadvantages | · 4. student’s academic skills and putting academic futures at risk. ·Being a 5. to families for they have to watch kids. ·Hurting students’ academic achievement and resulting in 6. significant ground. | |
Suggestion | A longer school year does not have to 7. to hard boring work. Richer and more imaginative lessons should be 8. , such as athletics, languages, music and the arts. | |
9. | Though being a ground thing, summer vacation might be out of 10. in the 21st century. | |