3. The writer was _____ in his writing that he forgot to flick the ashes from his cigar.

　 A concentrated　　　　 B devoted　　　 C absorbed　　　　 D fixed

2. Did you ____ the meeting yesterday afternoon?

　 A join　　 　　　　　　B attend　　　　 C take part in　　　 D join in

1. In Britain today women ______ 44% of the work force, and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work.

　 A build up　　　　　　 B stand for　　　　 C make up　　　 D turn up

75. The author’s attitude toward the Peales is in general _______.

　　　 A. puzzled 　　　　　 　B. excited 　　　　　 　C. admiring 　　　　　　　 　D. disappointed

74. 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.

73. The underlined word “unearthed” is closest in meaning to“ ______”.

　　　 A. showed 　　　　　 　B. dug up　 　　　　 　C. invented　 　　　　　　　 　D. looked over

72. 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

71. 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.

55. The speaker implies________.

A. parents can never hope to teach their children new sounds

B. children no longer imitate people after they begin to speak

C. children who are good at imitating learn new words more quickly

D. even after they have learnt to speak, children still enjoy imitating

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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.

54. The problem of deciding at what point a baby’s imitations can be considered as speech________.

A. is important because words have different meanings for different people

B. is not especially important because the changeover takes place gradually

C. is one that should be properly understood because the meaning of words changes with age

D. is one that should be completely ignored(忽略)because children’s use of words is often meaningless