Throughout the history of the arts, the nature of creativity has remained constant to artists. No matter what objects they select, artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause change-to find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before.

Landscape(风景) is another unchanging element of art. It can be found from ancient times through the 17th-century Dutch painters to the 19th-century romanticists and impressionists. In the 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists, continued this practice. Leslie sought out the same place where Thomas Cole, a romanticist, had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before. Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature, Leslie paints what he actually sees. In his paintings, there is no particular change in emotion, and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background. He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography(摄影术) to help both the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom.

Besides, all art begs the age-old question: What is real? Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another. The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects, the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes, and the Cro-Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient forests. To sum up, understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of all periods.

Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant. Past or present, Eastern or Western, the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience. Many and different are the faces of art, and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings.

1.The underlined word “poetry” most probably means __________.

A. an object for artistic creation                                    B. a collection of poems

C. an unusual quality                                                        D. a natural scene

2.Leslie's paintings are extraordinary because.

A. they are close in style to works in ancient times

B. they look like works by 19th-century painters

C. they draw attention to common things in life

D. they depend heavily on color photography

3. What is the author's opinion of artistic reality?

A. It will not be found in future works of art.

B. It does not have a long-lasting standard.

C. It is expressed in a fixed artistic form.

D. It is lacking in modern works of art.

4. What does the author suggest about the arts in the last paragraph?

A. They express people's curiosity about the past.

B. They make people interested in everyday experience.

C. They are considered important for variety in form.

D. They are regarded as a mirror of the human situation.

5. Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?

A. History of the arts.

B. Basic questions of the arts.

C. New developments in the arts.

D. Use of modern technology in the arts.

You may not realize it, but you are doing much more than just studying when you are at school．School is also the place where you learn to get along well with people．But this is not always easy．What can you do if you just don't like one of your classmates?

If you discover that you have problems getting along with your classmates or friends, the most important thing to learn is tolerance．Tolerance is the ability to realize and respect the differences in others．We cannot change the way that other people do, so it is important to learn to live happily with them．

Tolerance will make everyone get on better with each other．Knowing others constantly makes us understand others' differences．

Something different does not exactly mean that it is bad．Tolerance teaches us to keep an even temper and an open mind．

You need to remember an old saying ,“Treat others how you want to be treated．”You would like to be treated kindly by your classmates, so         . If you tolerate something, it does not mean that you have to like it．No one is asking you to change who you are or what you believe in．Tolerance just means that you should respect the differences in others and not try to make them change．

It is important to practice tolerance, because it will make everyone's life easier．Learn to accept people for their different abilities and interests．The world is very different, and practicing tolerance in your own school and city can help make a difference．

1.What is the passage mainly about?（No more than 10 words）

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2.Why is it not always easy to get along with people around you?（No more than 10 words）

                                                                        .

3.Complete the following statement in paragraph 5 with proper words（No more than 3 words）

You would like to be treated kindly by your classmates, so                            .

4.Why is tolerance important to people according to the passage?（No more than 10  words）

                                                                        .

5.What does “it” refer to in the last paragraph?（No more than 3 words）

                                                                        .

First there was England. Wales was___1.__  to it in the thirteenth century. Now when people __2.__England you find Wales included as well. Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the_3._  century and the name was changed to "Great Britain". _4._ this was accomplished without__5.__ when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales __6.__. Finally the English government tried in the early twentieth century to form the United Kingdom by __7._ Ireland __8.__ in the same peaceful way. However, the southern part of Ireland was unwilling and broke away to form its own government. So only Northern Ireland joined with England, Wales and Scotland to become the United Kingdom and this was  9.  to the world in a new flag called  10. .

单词拼写（10×0.5=5分）

1.A  r ______ person is a king, queen, or emperor, or a member of their family.

2.F_______ the letter and put it in an envelope.

3.A marriage has been a_________ between Mr Brown and Miss White.

4.She studied __________(建筑学) and art history at the university.

5.He shouted after them, vainly trying to _______(吸引) their attention.

6.It is hard for me to ______（放弃） religious beliefs.

7.His speech won round after round of _______（热情） applause.

8.His past experience qualified him to h________ such a matter.

9.I'm afraid I have some pressing business to _________(处理) to.

10.They intended to c_________ the legality of his claim in the courts.

写一篇介绍台湾的短文，字数要求100字左右。提示如下：

1.台湾的地理位置。

2.台湾是我国最大的岛屿。其面积约三万六千平方公里，人口两千多万。

3.自然资源丰富，香蕉、稻米、茶叶等农产品驰名中外。

4.风景优美，气候宜人，世界各地的游客纷至沓来。

5.台湾自古以来就是我国的一部分。岛内绝大多数居民来自福建和广东。海峡两岸人民都有统一祖国的强烈愿望。

It is important to keep ______ in an emergency (紧急情况).

A. quiet        B. calm            C. silent           D. still

______ get a better score, she has been studying hard all day.

A. So as to            B. In order to

C. So that           D. In order that

— Can you help me _________ all the money that I should pay?

— Very sorry. Please wait a minute, madam.

A. add up           B. add up to     C. add to                   D. add together

This exam is very difficult. Many students are concerned ________the results.

A. about         B. with            C. in                     D. of

It is said that more than ten thousand workers have ______ the strike(罢工).

A. joined            B. joined in

C. attended                 D. take part