Picasso, the famous Spanish painter, was born in 1881. His father was an art teacher. Picasso began to paint very early. He was admitted to the Royal Academy at the age of 15. After 1900, he spent much time in Paris, living there from 1904 to 1947, when he moved to the south of France.

Throughout his career, Picasso moved from style to style with ease. He practiced sculpture, illustrated books and also showed great interest in pottery design and other fields of art.

Picasso produced a great number of drawings during his lifetime. No later artist of the School of Paris has replaced him in international influence.

Picasso is generally considered to be the foremost figure in 20th century French art. His paintings are now exhibited in leading European and American galleries.

1.The main idea of the passage is ______.

2. According to the writer, Picasso was ______.

3. How long did he stay in Spain and France?

4. Picasso moved from style to style with ease. It means ______.

John Philips在青岛博爱中学任教期间，工作相当出色，最近他获该市“友谊”奖章。为此，China Daily准备刊登他的照片。请你就下表中所列的内容，写一篇120个单词左右的文字说明，简要介绍他的情况。   

—You've made great progress in your English study, haven't you?

—Yes, but much        .

While we were listening to the speech attentively, a voice _____ to announce the result of the election.

—The terrible accident is under investigation.

—Actually, quicker action _____ those workers trapped in the mine.

__will I give up. I believe I can manage it.

_______ progress it is, you can’t stop moving forward.

For centuries, the body’s blood has been linked closely with the emotions．People who show no human emotions or feelings, are said to be cold-blooded killer．For example, the police are searching for a cold-blooded killer．He seems to kill for no reason, and no emotion, as if taking someone’s life as nothing．

Cold can affect other parts of the body．The expression “get cold feet” has nothing to do with cold or your feet．The expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to do．For example, you agree to be president of an organization．But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned, and all the work of the organization will be your responsibility．You are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation.

The expression “give someone the cold shoulder” probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face to face．You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you．Or, to someone who has lied about you to others．

A cold fish is not a fish．It is a person．But it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love or warmth．A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone．Someone who is a cold fish could be cold-hearted．Now a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathy．Several popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of their lovers．

Out in the cold means not getting something that everybody else got．A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise---he was left out in the cold．And it is not a pleasant place to be．

1.When you refuse to speak to a man and treat him in a distant way, you may express by “_________”．

2.If Sue shows absolutely no reaction to those awful pictures of starving children in Africa, you will say _________．

3.We can use the expression “__________” to describe a man who abandons or hurts his lover without mercy．

4.The topic of this passage is about _________．

Violin prodigies (神童), I learned, have come in distinct waves from distinct regions. Most of the great performers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were born and brought up in Russia and Eastern Europe. I asked Isaac Stern, one of the world’s greatest violinists the reason for this phenomenon. “It is very clear,” he told me. “They were all Jews and Jews at the time were severely oppressed and ill-treated in that part of the world. They were not allowed into the professional fields, but they were allowed to achieve excellence on a concert stage.” As a result, every Jewish parent’s dream was to have a child in the music school because it was a passport to the West.

Another element in the emergence of prodigies, I found, is a society that values excellence in a certain field to nurture (培育) talent. Nowadays, the most nurturing societies seem to be in the Far East. “In Japan, a most competitive society, with stronger discipline than ours,” says Isaac Stern, children are ready to test their limits every day in many fields, including music. When Western music came to Japan after World War II, that music not only became part of their daily lives, but it became a discipline as well. The Koreans and Chinese as we know, are just as highly motivated as the Japanese.

That’s a good thing, because even prodigies must work hard. Next to hard work, biological inheritance（遗传） plays an important role in the making of a prodigy. J. S. Bach, for example, was the top of several generations of musicians, and four of his sons had significant careers in music.

1.     Jewish parents in Eastern Europe longed for their children to attend music school because ________.

2.     Nurturing societies as mentioned in the passage refer to societies that ________.

3.     Which of the following contributes to the emergence of musical prodigies according to the passage?

4.     Which of the following titles best summarizes the main idea of the passage?

Most Americans would find it hard to think that what life   1.          

would look like without a car. But, some have realized                         2.          

the serious question of the pollution caused by the car.                         3.          

The polluted air becomes harmful and dangerous to health             4.          

One way to getting rid of the polluted air is to build a             5.          

car that doesn’t cause pollution. That is how several of the          6.          

large car factories have been tried to do. But to build               7.          

a clean car is more easier said than done. Progress in this           8.          

field has been slow.

Another way is to take place of the car engine by a                      9.          

steam one. Inventors are now working on steam cars as well as

electric cars. Many makers believe that it will spend                 10.          

years to develop a practical model that pleased people