阅读下面的文字，完成下列各题。

梵  高

张  炜

我们终于谈到梵高了，神圣的梵高。在当代，他已经是不同艺术领域中的崇拜人物。他的作品在商人那儿已经化为金子，或者是远比金子还要昂贵十倍的珍奇。但是像他那样的心灵不仅用金钱无法沟通，就是用一般的艺术和精神也无法接近。他会在任何时候任何地点，拒绝那些流行的艺术热望者、大知音和中产阶级的高雅情调。因为他只是最平凡的人群中的一个灵魂，一个底层的感受者和传达者，一个不屈服者和抗争者，一个实践善良和使用决心的人。他是贫民的儿子，是他们痛苦而尖锐的眼睛。在这样的一双眼睛面前，我们往往只有在无可奈何的沉默中压住自己心底的惊叹才行。他的境界是高不可攀的，因为那是底层艺术家所守护的最后一道防线，也是权利。这其实也是人的防线与权利。梵高可以让我们明白，当一个人面对无情的外部世界时，顽强的精神会怎样迸溅出火花，直至燃烧为熊熊烈焰。

我走在慕尼黑、曼哈顿、巴黎等最著名的艺术博物馆里，在星光灿烂之中，在无法穷尽的艺术、不同时代不同流派的大荟萃面前，常常有一种无可逃匿的眩晕感。在跨越时空而来的多角度多层次、频繁急促和陡然有力的各种撞击之下，那根本来敏感的神经已经麻木疲萎。可是，几乎是无一例外，只要一走近梵高，一走近他的展出单元，立刻就会感到一片辉煌之光扑面而来。就这样，最昂扬的音乐陡然奏响。世界马上改变了，双眼睁大了，一切又重新开始了。

这是怎样神秘的力量，这力量又从何而来？

当然，一切只能源于他的这个生命。他的生命仍然在持续不断地发散----首先是从源头，从他执笔之时，从那一刻的怦怦心跳开始震动我们，使我们至今不能安宁。他眼中的一切原来与我们有巨大区别，就是这区别让我们双眼大睁、心上一凛。这区别当然是来自他的目光，它有强大的剥落和穿凿的力量：世界上的所有事物都被我们的眼睛蒙上了一层庸常的布幔，但这布幔在梵高那儿马上被刺破，或被抽揭一空。世界裸露了，本真显现了，所以他让我们看到的就是强烈的光，是逼人的颜色，是疾旋与燃烧，是轰响和炸裂，是呼叫和奔突......我们每个人本来都拥有这种直视的能力，不幸的是后来的生活给予我们每个人无尽的磨损，我们丧失了这种能力，而只有神奇的梵高保留了。

梵高做过教师、画店营业员、传教士、书店店员、画家。这些职业是那么不同，可是在梵高那儿并没有人们想像的那么大的差异。因为他以同样的心情去做，同样用力，同样真实。他赋予任何工作的，都仅仅是一份生命的虔诚。也正是由于这种对于工作的非同常人的理解，他差不多把每一样工作都给做“砸了”。最后是作画----他现在被公认为最伟大的画家之一，可是当时却被看成是最不成功的画家，几乎没有卖出过一幅作品。他没有一般专业人士看好的技法，简直没有受到什么正规的、更不要说是深入独到的专业训练了。他的画被看成可笑的涂抹，形式上一塌糊涂。那些直接而强悍的笔触、生猛可怖的画面，能够毫不费力地逼退那些艺术沙龙的宠儿。其实比起梵高而言，许多人等于生活在温室中，他们没有经历真实的风雨阳光，当然也没有接受过催逼，没有倾听过号叫，没有接受过起码的人生打击。他们怎么具有理解梵高的能力呢？

真实的生活，底层的生活，有时候、许多时候都是刺目的。但是在漫长的人生旅途中，生活的真实面目还是要显现----最后总是要显现。这是一个顽强的规律。每到这个时刻，人们也就开始理解了梵高，只不过稍微晚了些。

梵高的艺术，像许多真正的艺术一样，是直到最后才被接受下来的。

他保留下了大量书信。人们阅读这些书信时，才知道他是多么热情、对生活多么挚爱的人。人们读得泪眼汪汪。其实他的画作已经再好不过地表达了这种热烈。他的巨大的慈爱并不需要直接说出，他的柔情也并不需要，因为他全部都画出来了。他正是为这种爱，而不是为这种艺术，交出了自己全部的生命。

——《远逝的风景》

文章指出梵高的“心灵不仅用金钱无法沟通，就是用一般的艺术和精神也无法接近”，为什么？尽量用文中的语言作答，不超过14个字。

文章第三自然段：“这是怎样神秘的力量”中“这”所指代的具体内容是什么？

画线的句子问：“这力量又从何而来？”文中除从总的方面回答：“源于他的这个生命”以外，还说了两个具体的答案，请用自己的话予以归纳。

下列对文章的理解有误的两项是：（     ）

    A．梵高的作品现在已经成为商人们以高价竞相购买的收藏品，而且成了商人们心中的无价之宝。

    B．梵高让我们明白了顽强的精神可以使人在面对无情的外部世界时迸溅出火花，以至成为熊熊燃烧的烈焰

    C．由于在慕尼黑等地的最著名的艺术博物馆里，艺术家众多，不同时代的艺术流派纷至沓来，使人常常有一种无可逃匿的眩晕感，故尔使作者对他们的作品产生了反感。

    D．梵高现在已被公认为最伟大的画家之一，但在梵高的一生中做过教师、画店营业员、传教士、书店店员、画家，均未达到成功的目的，虽然他如同做画那样以同样的心情去做，同样用力，同样真实。

    E．梵高的画以逼人的颜色，强烈的光，强悍的笔触，生猛可怖的画面，裸露、显现了世界的真实面目，逼退了当时艺术沙龙中的宠儿，因而遭到当时人们的否定。

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 　26 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 　27 but a failure.” After five years of 　28 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the beatific 　29 that could have happened to me. I 30 I wanted to do something positive (积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to 31 that what people said about me was 　32 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s 　33 it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my 　34 and went to college. My first novel 　35　 while I was at college. After college I taught during the 　36 in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a 　37 in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 　38 that job to write full time 　39 I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself — 　40 was a working-class boy who’d 　41 school early, now teaching at the university. My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and 　42 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 　43 what does it mean? I 　44 wish all the people that have put me down had 　45 : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

26. A. bright　　 　　　　 B. useless 　　　　　　　　 C. simple　　　 　　　　 D. hopeful

27. A. anything 　　　　 B. something 　　　　　　 C. everything　 　　　　　 D. nothing

28. A. low　　 　　　　 B. poor　 　　　　　　　 C. good　　　 　　　　 D. useful

29. A. support　　 　　 B. happiness 　　　　　　 C. surprise　　 　　　　　 D. thing

30. A. admitted　 　　　 B. decided　　 　　　　　 C. planned　　 　　　　　 D. told

31. A. me　　　 　　　　 B. them　　　 　　　　　 C. her　　　　 　　　　　 D. it

32. A. wrong　 　　　　　 B. right　　　 　　　　　 C. stupid　　　 　　　　 D. faulty

33. A. see　　 　　　　　 B. know　　　 　　　　 C. understand　 　　　　 D. face

34. A. experiment 　　　 B. practice　 　　　　　　 C. writing　　　 　　　　 D. composition

35. A. came on　 　　　 B. came in　　 　　　　　 C. came out　 　　　　　 D. came back

36. A. day　　 　　　　 B. night　　　 　　　　　 C. month　　　 　　　　 D. year

37. A. graduation　 　　 B. pass　　　 　　　　　 C. degree　　 　　　　　 D. success

38. A. giving in　 　　　 B. giving back 　　　　　 C. giving out　　 　　　 D. giving up

39. A. while　　 　　　 B. if　　　　 　　　　　　 C. when　　　 　　　　 D. or

40. A. there　　 　　　　 B. here　　 　　　　　　　 C. it　　　　　 　　　　 D. that

41. A. left　　 　　　　　 B. attended　　 　　　　 C. changed　　 　　　　 D. graduated

42. A. tired　　 　　　　　 B. calm　　　 　　　　 C. nervous .　　 　　　　 D. famous

43. A. And　　　 　　　 B. But　　　 　　　　　 C. However　 　　　　　　 D. Well

44. A. just　　　 　　　 B. exactly　　 　　　　　 C. so　　　　 　　　　 D. very

45. A. praised　　 　　 B. said　　　 　　　　　 C. answered　　 　　　　　　 D. advised

语篇理解

　　Mr．Frank shot well and once he had come in fourth(得第四名) in a competition．

　　Then he went to a big city on business．There he joined the local rifle club．The club had a very good team, which used to take part in a lot of important shooting competitions．One of these took place while Frank was with them．But one of the members of the club's team suddenly fell ill just before the match．The captain had heard of Mr． Frank．He therefore invited Mr．Frank to take the sick man's place．

　　Mr．Frank felt greatly happy to be asked to shoot for such a good team, but he also felt very nervous, because he was afraid of making a fool of himself．

　　In fact, he was so nervous that he could not keep his hands from trembling while he was shooting, with the result that he did very badly in the competition．When he took his score card to his captain, he said: “After seeing my score, I want to go outside and shoot myself．” The captain looked at the card for a few seconds and then said, “Well, you’d better take two bullets with you if you want to do that．”

(1) Mr．Frank once ______ in a competition．

[　　]

A．joined the fourth team

B．took the fourth place

C．was the fourth to start shooting

D．shot with the other three

(2) Why did Mr．Frank feel nervous to be asked to shoot for the team? Because ______．

[　　]

A．actually he was not good at shooting

B．he thought the captain and the other members would fool him

C．he was afraid of losing face before so many good shooters

D．he would lose a lot of money if he should fail

(3) When Frank said, “After seeing my score, I want to go outside and shoot myself”, he meant to say that ______．

[　　]

A．he want to practice shooting all by himself

B．he wanted to find out the reason for his failure

C．he was too ashamed of himself to remain inside and face the captain and the other members

D．he wanted to kill himself with the rifle

(4) By saying “You had better take two bullets with you if you want to do that”, the captain actually meant to say ______．

[　　]

A． “We haven't got so many bullets for you to practice shooting．”

B． “You can't improve your shooting with only one bullet．”

C． “You can't improve you shooting with only one bullet．”

D． “I don't believe you can keep your hands from shaking this time．”

(5) According to this passage, which of the following is wrong?

[　　]

A．He fired several shots and they all missed the target．

B．The captain wasn't satisfied with Frank and laughed at him．

C．In the big city Frank was admitted to the local rifle club．

D．Frank could have done better in the competition．

第II卷（选做题，40分）

友情提醒：

本部分试卷分为A、B两类，同学们可以选做A、B两类中任何一类，但选择要统一，不可两类混做，多做或混做均不得分。

A类题

第四部分单词拼写（共20小题, 每小题1分，满分20分）

76. The castle was once owned by the king, but now it lies in r__________.

77. To my great d__________, my son has passed all his exams.

78. The next day, US President Franklin Roosevelt d________ war against Japan.

79. The United Kingdom c__________ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

80. I got i__________in the quarrel between Tom and Jack.

81. Government promises to _______（创造）more jobs for laid-off workers.

82. Humans ________(不同于) from other mammals in their ability to speak.

83. She is so ____________（特别的；挑剔的）about food that no cook can please her.

84. We should keep the __________(平衡) of nature.  

85. We all hope that there’s no war and the people all over the world can live p___________ (和平地) side by side.

86. Apparently s__________ to criticism, the bull forgot all about the matador and charged at the drunk.

87. When the bull got close to him, he c__________ stepped aside to let it pass.

88. It is not only of immense size, but is extremely a__________ as well.

89. Following in his father’s f__________ many years later, Sir Malcolm’s son, Donald, also set up a world record.

90. Children who play t__________ from school are unimaginative.

91. The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish __________(边界).

92. Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes, they had taken special __________(预防措施) so that no one should recognize them.

93. “Oh, is it?” said the sheriff with a __________(冷笑).

94. She __________(跺，踩) out the letters “SOS” in the snow.

95. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the __________(幸存者) of the plane crash.

1．1.2.take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada．

2．Why they suddenly disappeared still     3.a mystery．

3．At this moment, they see a penniless young man     4.on the pavement outside their house．

4．Just     5.you sit here is a great honour!    6.7.the bill, sir, please forget it．

5．He could not have Yong Hui     8.away with telling people lies．

6．For forty years Jane Goodall has been     9.about making the rest of the world understand and     10.the life of these animals．

7．He made people laugh at a time when they felt     11., so they could feel more     12.with their lives．

8．Tony     13.Julia, touched her shoulder and kissed her on the cheek!

9．With all these attractions, no wonder     14.is increasing     15.there is a Disneyland．

第四节 书法展示

请抄写下面的文章，注意本题是按照书法的好坏评分的，格式与原文一致。

Dear Peter,

       I remember you told me you were interested in teaching in China．Our school now is looking for a native-speaker to teach some courses to senior high students．If you come, you can choose three of the following four courses: Speaking, Writing, Britain Today and American Today, and teach 12 hours a week．The students who are going to take these courses have at least three years of English learning experiences．Besides teaching, you will also work as an advisor to our students’ English club or our school’s English newspaper．

       Please let me know if you are interested and if you have any other questions．I’d be more than happy to help．

       Best,

Li Hua