Question

Street art is a very popular form of art. It is    quickly all over the world. You can find it on buildings and street signs from Beijing to Paris.

Art experts(专家) say that the movement began in New York in the 1960s. Young adults would use paint in specialcans to put their words and other images on walls and cars    the city. One well-known street artist is Swoon. She   paper images of people and puts them on walls. Swoon didn’t start her career as a street artist. She studied art, but      time went on, she got bored with the works she saw in museums or galleries(美术馆). The people in New York enjoy Swoon’s strong and interesting    .

Street artists do their work for a reason. Some of them choose street art because it is    to the people. Some artists try to express their opinions in their works. Advertising companies also use street art in their advertisements because it gives the deep impression(印象)and energy. The New York store Saks Fifth Avenue    used a street artist’s design for their shop windows and shopping bags.

In today’s world the Internet has a big    on street art. Artists can show their pictures to the audience all over the world on the Internet. Many people,    , say that seeing a picture on the Internet is never as good as seeing it live. Street art lives with the energy and life of a big    . There it will continue to change and grow.

1.A．watchingB．makingC．spreading    D．searching

2.A．behind    B．byC．overD．around

3.A．cuts downB．cuts outC．turns downD．runs out

4.A．as    B．afterC．beforeD．while

5.A．styleB．story    C．problemD．program

6.A．saferB．lower    C．closerD．stranger

7.A．hardly    B．recentlyC．seldomD．never

8.A．success    B．discountC．presentD．influence

9.A．anyway    B．however       C．otherwise      D.therefore

10.A．museumB．country        C．city           D．street

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：街头艺术是一个非常受欢迎的艺术形式。它迅速在世界各地传播。从北京到巴黎的建筑和街道标志你都可以找到它。

1.考查动词及语境理解。句意：它迅速在世界各地传播。watching看；making制造；spreading传播；searching搜索。故选C。

2.考查介词及语境理解。句意：年青人用特殊罐子漆把他们的话和其他图像涂在城市周围的墙壁上和汽车上。Behind在后面；by在旁边；over在上边；around在周围。故选 D。

3.考查动词短语及语境理解。句意：她剪纸人张贴在墙上。cuts down削减；cuts out剪下；turns down调小，关低，拒绝；runs out用光，耗尽。故选B。

4.考查连词及语境理解。句意：她学的是艺术，但随着时间的流逝，她对她看到的博物馆或画廊的作品感到无聊。as像，像……一样; 由于; 同时，当……时; after在之后；before在之前；while当……的时候。故选A。

5.考查名词及语境理解。句意：在纽约，人们喜欢Swoon强烈而有趣的风格。style风格；story故事；problem问题；program项目。故选A。

6.考查形容词及语境理解。句意：有些人选择街头艺术是因为它更接近人们。Safer更安全；lower更低；closer更接近；tranger更陌生。故选C。

7.考查副词及语境理解。句意：纽约的一家商店最近用一个街头艺人的设计他们的橱窗和购物袋。Hardly几乎不；recently最近；seldom很少；never从不。故选B。

8.考查动词及语境理解。句意：在当今世界，互联网对街头艺术有很大影响。success成功；discount打折；present目前的；influence影响。故选D。

9.考查副词及语境理解。句意：然而，许多人说在网上看到一幅画永远不如看现实的那么好。anyway无论如何；however然而；otherwise否则；therefore因此。故选B。

10.考查名词及语境理解。句意：街头艺术充满了生命能量和城市生活。Museum博物馆；country 国家；city 城市；street街道。故选C。

考点：文化类短文。