Question

    Painting and writing on walls is nothing new. In prehistoric (史前的) times, people in Africa and Europe painted pictures of animals and people in caves. Graffiti has been found at ancient sites in Greece, Italy, Syria and Iraq. In the Roman town of Pompeii in Italy, archaeologists found a lot of graffiti written in Latin, including political and romantic messages, and even some magic spells!

In the 1970s, young people in New York used pens to write their names, or “tags”, on walls around the city. One of the first “taggers” was Demetrius, a teenager from a Greek family. He wrote his tag on walls in his neighbourhood and in subway stations on the way to school. Other teenagers saw Demetrius’s tag and started writing their own tags on walls, buses and subway trains all over New York. Then, some teenagers stopped using pens and started using paints. Their tags were bigger and more colourful and appeared on trains, buses and walls around the world. In the 1990s and 2000s, a lot of graffiti artists started to make pictures too.

In many countries, it is a crime to paint on walls and street artists can have problems with the police. In other countries, street art is permitted in certain places. Nowadays, street art is more popular with the public. In some cities, there are street art festivals. In Bristol in the UK, there is a street art festival in August every year. Artists paint all the buildings in a street. Lots of people come to watch the artists and take photos. Street art can be seen in galleries (美术馆) too. There have been exhibitions of street art in galleries in Paris, London and Los Angeles.

Most street artists are young people who paint in their neighbourhood or home city. Many of them use the Internet to communicate and share photos of their pictures with other street artists around the world. Although we don’t know what will happen to street art in the future, we can be sure that it is here to stay!

1.Graffiti in ancient times includes different kinds of themes EXCEPT ________.

A.names and tags B.magic spells

C.animals and people D.romantic messages

2.Which is the correct order according to the passage?

① Demetrius wrote his tags on walls.

② Many graffiti artists made pictures too.

③ Other teenagers wrote their own tags on walls.

④ There have been exhibitions of street art in galleries.

⑤ More colourful tags appeared on trains, buses and walls.

A.①③⑤②④ B.①③⑤④② C.④③①②⑤ D.④①③②⑤

3.What does “permitted” mean in Paragraph 3?

A.protected B.allowed C.punished D.warned

4.According to the passage, we can learn that________.

A.Demetrius was the first graffiti artist B.street art can be only seen in the street

C.street artists begin to share their works online D.Bristol holds a street art festival every September

5.The main purpose of the article is ________.

A.to tell why graffiti and street art will disappear

B.to tell the development of graffiti and street art

C.to tell what will happen to street art in the future

D.to tell the relationship between graffiti and street art

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.B

【解析】

短文介绍了涂鸦和街头艺术的历史，详细的介绍了它们的发展过程和在一些国家的受欢迎程度，以及它们现在的交流方式等。

1.细节理解题。根据文章内容“people in Africa and Europe painted pictures of animals and people in caves…archaeologists found a lot of graffiti written in Latin, including political and romantic messages, and even some magic spells!” 考古学家发现了很多用拉丁语写的涂鸦，包括政治和浪漫信息，甚至还有一些魔法咒语！可知，包括political and romantic messages； magic spells。这些涂鸦主要是动物和人，没有names and tags，故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据“One of the first “taggers” was Demetrius”可知①排在第一；根据“Other teenagers saw Demetrius’s tag and started writing their own tags on walls,”可知③排在第二；根据“Their tags were bigger and more colourful and appeared on trains, buses and walls around the world.”可知⑤排在第三；根据“In the 1990s and 2000s, a lot of graffiti artists started to make pictures too.”可知②排在第四；根据“Street art can be seen in galleries (美术馆) too.”可知④排在第五。上述顺序为①③⑤②④，故选A。

3.词义猜测题。根据文章内容“In other countries, street art is permitted in certain places. Nowadays, street art is more popular with the public.”可知，街头艺术在一些城市是被允许的，可知permit为允许的意思，故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据文章内容“Many of them use the Internet to communicate and share photos of their pictures with other street artists around the world.” 他们中的许多人使用互联网与世界各地的街头艺术家交流和分享他们的照片。可知，街头艺术家开始在网上分享他们的作品，故选C。

5.主旨大意题。根据文章内容“Although we don’t know what will happen to street art in the future, we can be sure that it is here to stay!” 虽然我们不知道未来街头艺术会发生什么，但我们可以肯定它会留在这里！可知，本文告诉我们涂鸦和街头艺术的发展，故选B。