Question

    Painting and writing on walls is nothing new. In prehistoric 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 neighborhood 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 colorful and appeared on trains, buses and walls around the city. In the 1990s and 2000s, a lot of graffiti artists started to draw pictures on buildings in public places.

In many countries, it is a crime to paint on public walls and street artists can have problems with the police. In some 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 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 neighborhood 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 the passage is closest in meaning to ________.

A.drawings and writing on public walls

B.exhibitions of street art in galleries

C.street art festivals around the world

D.photos of art works on the Internet.

2.Graffiti in ancient times includes all the following EXCEPT ________.

A.pictures of animals B.magic spells

C.romantic messages D.names of people.

3.What's the correct order of the development of graffiti art in New York?

①A teenager called Demetrius wrote his own tag on walls in his neighborhood.

②Many graffiti artists started to draw pictures on public walls around the city.

③Some teenagers wrote their tags on walls, buses and subway trains around the city.

④Bigger and more colorful tags appeared on trains, buses and walls all over the city.

A.①③④② B.③①②④ C.②④③① D.④①③②.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The first graffiti artist appeared in ancient America.

B.Many street artists share their works online nowadays.

C.It's not allowed to hold street art festivals in England.

D.There is an exhibition of street art in Italy every year.

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

这篇短文介绍了街头涂鸦自古就有。作者介绍了纽约的街头涂鸦的发展及不同国家对待街头涂鸦的态度。

1.

推理判断题。根据上文“Painting and writing on walls is nothing new. In prehistoric times, people in Africa and Europe painted pictures of animals and people in caves.”可知Graffiti指Painting and writing on walls，故选A。

2.

细节理解题。根据“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!”及“In prehistoric times, people in Africa and Europe painted pictures of animals and people in caves.”可知古代的涂鸦没有提及人名，故选D。

3.

细节理解题。根据短文第二段介绍纽约的涂鸦发展可知，首先是一个叫德米特里厄斯的少年在他附近的墙上写了他自己的签名。而后一些青少年把他们的标签写在墙上，公共汽车和地铁上，然后更大、更丰富多彩的标签出现在火车、公共汽车和城市的墙上，最后许多涂鸦艺术家开始在城市周围的公共墙上画画。故选A。

4.

判断正误题。根据“In prehistoric times, people in Africa and Europe painted pictures of animals and people in caves”可知最初的街头涂鸦起源于非洲和欧洲，不是美洲，A选项表述错误；根据“In Bristol in the UK, there is a street art festival in August every year”，可知每年八月英国都会有艺术节，C选项表述错误；根据“There have been exhibitions of street art in galleries in Paris, London and Los Angeles”，可知每年巴黎、伦敦和洛杉矶会举办街头艺术展，没提及意大利，D选项表述错误；根据“Many of them use the Internet to communicate and share photos of their pictures with other street artists around the world.”可知现在许多街头艺术家在网上交流并分享他们的作品，B选项表述正确，故选B。