阅读下面短文,短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Living one’s life is really like driving on a highway. First, to make a good driving, the driver must carefully examine the  36  of his car, just as he cares for his health for a good life. Once he enters into the highway, he must  37 certain rules for his own safety. It also can be said that he must obey certain rules of  38  when living as a decent (体面的)adult. For example, on the highway, he is 39 to keep a constant speed which can be compared with his  40 activities through his life. Neither driving nor living must be taken at too  41  a speed nor at too slow a speed. If he drives too  42 ,the police will give him a ticket, just as he will be arrested when he breaks the law.  43  too conservatively (保守地), he will be called an out-of-date person  44  the others driving at the proper speed. When he wants to change his lanes, he must give careful  45  to every direction of his car. It is sometimes  46  to change the way of life  47 he can be sure of completion by doing so. He  48  not make any unnecessary changing of lanes which gives him only danger. Finally, he must  49  where he is now by recognizing some  50   appearing now and then. If he takes the wrong way, he must return to the right as  51  as he can. But he may thus lose 52   and energy both on the road and in life.  53 the whole, driving on a highway and living one’s life are both hard work.  54 if he is careful and serious enough,  55  will provide him much pleasure.

36.A. seat         B. condition     C. petrol        D. passenger

37.A. listen to      B. find         C. follow        D. insist on

38.A. society       B. school       C. group        D. highway

39.A. glad         B. required      C. made        D. anxious

40.A. broken       B. outdoor      C. good         D. continuous

41.A. large         B. high        C. limited        D. expected

42.A. speedily      B. slowly       C. orderly       D. willingly

43.A. Doing        B. Acting       C. Going        D. Working

44.A. persuading    B. getting       C. interrupting    D. refusing

45.A. notice        B. attention     C. signs          D. regards

46.A. dangerous     B. worthy      C. unfit          D. troublesome

47.A. if            B. when        C. unless        D. because

48.A. dare          B. need        C. may          D. should

49.A. think         B. discover      C. prove        D. look

50.A. signs         B. roads         C. posters       D. people

51.A. possible      B. soon          C. much        D. hard

52.A. money       B. luck          C. time         D. trust

53.A. In           B. With         C. About        D. On

54.A. Therefore     B. But          C. And         D. Then

55.A. it            B. he          C. they          D. you

A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about a culture than is possible to learn in general history classes. Most typical history courses concentrate on politics, economics and war. But art history focuses on much more than this because art reflects not only the political values of a people, but also religious beliefs, emotions and psychology. In addition, information about the daily activities of our ancestors can be provided by art. In short, art expresses the essential qualities of a time and a place, and a study of it clearly offers us a deeper understanding than can be found in most history books.

In history books, objective (客观的) information about the political life of a country is presented; that is, facts about politics are given, but opinions are not expressed. Art, on the other hand, is subjective: it reflects emotions and opinions. The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya was perhaps the first truly “political” artist. In his well-known painting The Third of May, 1808, he criticized the Spanish government for its abuse of power over people.

In the same way, art can reflect a culture’s religious beliefs. For hundreds of years in Europe, religious art had been almost the only type of art that existed. Churches and other religious buildings were filled with paintings that described people and stories from the Bible. Although most people couldn’t read, they could still understand the Bible stories in the pictures on church walls. By contrast (对比), one of the main characteristics of art in the Middle East was (and still is) its absence of human and animal images. This reflects the Islamic belief that statues are not holy.

Which of the following statements has the closest meaning to the underlined sentence?

A. General history only focuses on politics.

B. Art history shows us nothing but the political values.

C. General history concerns only religious beliefs, emotions and psychology.

D. Art history gives us an insight (洞察力) into the essential qualities of a time and a place.

Art is subjective in that __________. 

A. it can easily arouse people’s anger about their government

B. it only reflects people’s anger or sadness about social problems.

C. a personal and emotional view of history is presented through it.

D. artists were or are religious, who reflect only the religious aspect of the society.

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? 

A. Francisco Goya expressed his religious belief in his painting.

B. In history books political views of people are entirely presented.

C. For centuries in Europe, painters had only painted on walls of churches.

D. In the Middle East, you can hardly find animal or human figures on church walls.

What’s the main topic of the passage?   

A. The development of art history.   

B. What we can learn from art.

C. The influence of artists on art history.

D. The difference between general history and art history.

Sports shoes that find out whether their owner has enough exercise to warrant time in front of the television have been devised in the UK.

    The shoes — named Square Eyes — contain an electronic pressure sensor and a tiny computer chip to record how many steps the wearer has taken in a day. A wireless transmitter passes the information to a receiver connected to a television, and this decides how much evening viewing time the wearer deserves, based on the day’s efforts.

The design was inspired by a desire to fight against the rapidly ballooning waistlines among British teenagers, says Gillian Swan, who developed Square Eyes as a final year design project at Brunel University to London, UK. “We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out,” she says. “And I wanted to tackle that with my design.”

Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically switches off. And further time in front of the TV can only be earned through more steps.

Swan calculated how exercise should translate to television time using the recommended(推荐) daily amounts of both. Health experts suggest that a child take 12,000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television. So, every 100 steps recorded by the Square Eyes shoes equals precisely one minute of TV time.

Existing pedometers (计步器) normally clip onto a belt or slip into a pocket and keep count of steps by measuring sudden movement. Swan says these can be easily tricked into recording steps through shaking. But her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat. “It is possible, but it would be a lot of effort,” she says. “That was one of my main design considerations.”

66.According to Swan, the purpose of her design project is to ____.

A.keep a record of the steps of the wearer

B.deal with overweight among teenagers

C.prevent children from being attracted by the TV programs.

D.prevent children from being tricked by TV programs

67.Which of the following is true of Square Eyes shoes?

A.They control a child’s evening TV viewing time.

B.They determine a child’s daily pocket money.

C.They have raised the hot issue of overweight.

D.They contain information of the receiver.

68.What is emphasized by health experts in their suggestion?

A.The exact number of steps to be taken.

B.The exact  number of hours spent on TV.

C.The proper amount of daily exercise and TV time.

D.The way of changing steps into TV watching time.

69.Compared with other similar products, the new design ____.

A.makes it difficult for lazy teenagers to cheat

B.counts the wearer’s steps through shaking

C.records the sudden movement of the wearer

D.sends teenagers’ health data to the receiver

70.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A.Smart Shoes Decide on Television Time

B.Smart Shoes Guarantee(保证) More Exercise

C.Smart Shoes Measure Time of Exercise

D.Smart Shoes Stop Childhood Overweight

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