Street art is very popular around the world. You can find it on buildings, street signs and trash cans from Tokyo to Paris, from Moscow to Cape Town. Street art has become a global culture and even art museums are collecting the works of street artists.
People have different opinions about street art. Some think it is bad, but others think it is a very beautiful new culture.
Street art began in New York in the 1960s. This style of drawing and writing became know as graffiti. Graffiti art showed that young people wanted to rebel(反对)against the rules. They traveled around cities to make paintings that everyone could see.
One well-known New York street artist is Swoon. She cuts paper pictures of people and puts them on walls. Swoon didn’t start as street artist. She studied art but, later, got bored with the works she saw in museums. Then she fell in love with graffiti. The people in New York enjoy Swoon’s style. Some museums have already bought some of her works.
Street artists do their work for some reasons. A number of them choose street art because it is closer to the everyday life.
Nowadays the Internet has a big influence on street art. Artists can show their pictures to people around the world. Many people in the city, however, say that seeing a picture on the Internet is never as good as seeing it live(在现场).The underlined word “global” means “________”in Chinese.
| A．全镇的 | B．全市的 | C．全国的 | D．全球的 |
Where did street art begin?
| A．In Paris. | B．In New York. |
| C．In Tokyo. | D．In Cape Town. |
In the 1960s in New York, young people_______.
| A．hated(讨厌) graffiti art |
| B．liked to paint for museums |
| C．traveled everywhere to enjoy street art |
| D．wanted to say no to the rules through graffiti art |
Swoon studied _____ in the past.
| A．geography | B．history | C．art | D．science |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．The people in New York like Swoon’s works. |
| B．The Internet has little influence on street art. |
| C．Young people all think street art is a very beautiful new culture. |
| D．Lots of street artists choose street art because it can help them become rich. |
Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries.Most American families have one or two parents and one or two children each.
Children in the US will leave their parents’ home when they grow up.They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs.They often write to their parents or telephone them.And they often go to visit their parents on holiday.
Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs.Americans think it is important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves.
Parents ask children to do some work around their house.And in many families, parents pay their children for doing some housework so that hey learn how to make money for their own use.The size of most American families is ____ that of other countries’.
| A．larger than |
| B．smaller than |
| C．as big as |
| D．as small as |
When children grow up, they leave their parents’ home to __.
| A．get married |
| B．be free |
| C．find good jobs |
| D．study |
They visit their parents ______ .
| A．on weekdays |
| B．on weekends |
| C．at any time |
| D．on holiday |
Which of the following is NOT true ?
| A．Children have the freedom to choose their own job. |
| B．Parents don’t ask their children to do the housework. |
| C．When children grow up, they usually live far away from their home. |
| D．Parents think it is important for children to make their own decision. |
Some parents pay their children for doing housework because _____ .
| A．they want their children to learn how to make money for themselves |
| B．their children asked them to do so |
| C．they are rich |
| D．the law requires(要求)them to do so |
What will the future be like? What do you think of it? Here are some answers from some students.
Roy Burns: I think life in the future will be better.Most people in the world will use “green cars” by 2020, so there will be less pollution and people will live to be 200 years old.As for space travel, I would say, we will travel to Mars(火星) and some other stars in about fifty years.
Helen Lester: If we don’t take good care of the earth now, our children and grandchildren will be born into a world with too much pollution.There will be fewer trees and more buildings, because there will be more people.
Kitty Smith: I agree with Helen Lester.Things will be worse.The weather in the future will be much hotter.Human beings will have to look for another planet to live on.What are the students doing?
| A．They are talking about space travel. |
| B．They are predicting the future. |
| C．They are talking about pollution.. |
| D．They are predicting the weather in the future. |
How many things does Roy Burns predict?
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Five | D．Six |
What does Helen Lester think life will be like in the future?
| A．People will live much longer. |
| B．People will have to live on the moon. |
| C．Everybody will drive a green car. |
| D．There will be more buildings and fewer trees. |
What does the underlined word “planet” mean in Chinese?
| A．太空站 | B．宇宙 | C．星球 | D．南极 |
Why does Kitty Smith think human beings will have to live on another planet?
| A．The earth will be too crowded for human beings to live on. |
| B．There will be too much pollution everywhere. |
| C．There will be too many people. |
| D．The earth will be too hot to live on. |
| UFO Reports |
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| Date |
Time |
Places |
Description(描述) |
| January 14,2007 |
00:24 |
Leeds |
There were two bright lights (发光体).They were round and orange in color. |
| February 4,2007 |
20:00 |
Bridlington North Bay |
A group of lights in the sky were moving to the west.They seemed to move slowly. |
| February 15,2007 |
01:00 |
Selby |
A white light was moving slowly in the direction(方向) of Hull.It looked like it was floating(漂浮). |
| February 23,2007 |
19:45 |
Eastleigh |
The light was bright green in color, and it looked like a rocket.It was high in the sky and was traveling fast. |
| December 24,2007 |
21:20 |
Whitstable |
There were three bright, orange lights in the sky, and then a fourth orange light came out and followed the other three. |
Someone saw a group of lights in the sky moving to the west at ____.
| A．12:24 am on January 14 |
| B．1:00 am on February 15 |
| C．8:00 pm on February 4 |
| D．9:20 pm on December 24 |
There were more reports about UFOs in _____ than in other months.
| A．January | B．February |
| C．December | D．January and December |
What happened on February 23?
| A．Three bright lights were seen in the sky. |
| B．The person saw something that looked like a rocket. |
| C．Something strange happened in Selby. |
| D．A white light was moving slowly. |
Where would you probably read the reports?
| A．On the radio. |
| B．On a TV show. |
| C．On the Internet. |
| D．In a clothes store. |
We can learn from the passage that UFOs ________.
| A．all have the same shape |
| B．always have the same color |
| C．all have the same speed(速度) |
| D．usually have bright lights |
Many people think that we will do more work if we spend more time.So students have to spend the whole day doing their schoolwork except during the 61 .We can often see that students are busy with their schoolwork 62 at school and at home.
Students today usually have many 63 .They love music and sports.They like 64 TV.A two-day weekend can get them away from too much schoolwork, and they can have a 65 time.But because of too much schoolwork, they have no time to enjoy 66 .Students really don’t like their weekend homework, so they usually don’t like doing their weekend homework 67 Sunday night.And because there is not 68 time for so much work, students usually finish it in a hurry.The poor weekend homework often makes teachers 69 .Too much schoolwork also 70 students lose interest in learning.
A horse runs faster after a rest.We should give students less homework and more free time.
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Dear Zhang Qian,
Thanks for your letter. You want to know about my favorite sport and instrument(乐器). Now let me tell you. I like swimming very much, and I like volleyball, basketball, and ping-pang, too. Swimming is my favorite sport. I am good at playing the guitar and the violin, too. My favorite instrument is the violin. I often play the violin on weekends. What about you? What’s your favorite sport? Do you like to play the violin or the guitar? Please write to me soon.
Yours,
Li PingThis is ____________.
| A．a message | B．an ad(广告) | C．an e-mail | D．story |
______ is Li Ping’s favorite sport.
| A．Swimming | B．Running | C．Jumping | D．the violin |
_______ is Li Ping’s favorite instrument.
| A．guitar and Piano | B．guitar and violin |
| C．piano and violin | D．the violin |
Li Ping often plays the violin on ________.
| A．Monday | B．Friday | C．Saturday and Sunday | D．weekdays |
Li Ping doesn’t like ________.
| A．basketball | B．soccer | C．volleyball | D．Ping-Pong |
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