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 ______.
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A．Picasso is considered to be the foremost figure in the French art |
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B．Picasso is a famous Spanish painter |
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C．Picasso spent much time in Paris, living there from 1904 to 1947 |
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D．Picasso’s life and art |
2. According to the writer, Picasso was ______.
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A．more important than any other French artist in international influence |
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B．more important than any other Spanish artist in international influence |
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C．the most important figure in Spain |
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D．the most important figure in France |
3. How long did he stay in Spain and France?
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A．Over 19 years in Spain and the rest life in France. |
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B．15 years in Spain and 43 years in Paris. |
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C．15 years in Spain and the rest life in Paris. |
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D．He did not stay so long in Pads than in Spain. |
4. Picasso moved from style to style with ease. It means ______.
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A．he did not like only one style |
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B．he changed his style without difficulty |
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C．he liked not only sculpture, but also pottery design |
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D．he showed great interest in other fields of art |
This is news on the Hour, Ed Wilson reporting. The president and First Lady will visit Africa on a goodwill tour in May. They plan to visit eight African countries.
Reports from Chinese want close ties between China and the US and Western Europe. A group of top Chinese scientists start in ten-nation tour next month.
Here in Miami, the mayor is still meeting with the leaders of the Teachers’ Union to try to find a way to end the strike. City schools are still closed after two weeks.
In news about health, scientists in California report findings of a relationship between the drinking of coffee and the increase of heart disease among women. According to the report in the American Medical Journal (杂志), the five-year study shows this: Women who drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a greater chance of having heart disease than women who do not.
In sports, the Chargers lost again last night. The BBS beat them 1 to nothing. The Wingers had better results. They beat the Rifles 7 to 3. It was their first win of their last five matches. That’s the news of the Hour. And now back to more easy listening with Jan Singer.
1.To improve the ties between China and the US and Western Europe, China ______.
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A．will send a group of Chinese scientists to visit the US and. Western Europe |
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B．has expressed its strong wishes |
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C．will send some scientists to visit the US only |
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D．has given many reports to improve the ties |
2.From the news in Miami we know ______.
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A．a peaceful way will soon be found |
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B．students can’t go into the school because the classrooms are locked |
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C．students haven’t been to school for two weeks |
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D．the teachers’ strike will last long |
3.The news about health tells us that ______.
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A．no heart disease will be found if people don’t drink coffee |
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B．no one should drink more than two cups of coffee a day |
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C．the more coffee people drink, the more chance they’ll get to have heart disease |
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D．women’s heart disease has something to do with their drinking coffee |
4.From the last news we do not know ______.
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A．the results of the two matches |
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B．the number of the teams which played last night |
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C．how many wins the BBS has had altogether |
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D．the Wingers played against the Rifles |
Ask three people to look out the same window at a busy street comer and tell you what they see. Chances are you will receive three different answers. Each person sees the same scene, but each perceives(察觉) something different about it.
Perceiving goes on in our minds. Of the three people who look out the window, one may say that he sees a policeman giving a motorist a ticket. Another may say that he sees a rush-hour traffic jam at the intersection. The third may tell you that he sees a woman trying to cross the street with four children in tow. For perception(感知) is the minds’ interpretation of what the senses — in this case our eyes — tell us.
Many psychologists(心理学家)today are working to try to determine just how a person experiences or perceives the world around him. Using a scientific approach, these psychologists set up experiments in which they can control all of the factors. By measuring and charting the results of many experiments, they are trying to find out what makes different people perceive totally different things about the same scene.
1.Perceiving is an action that takes place ______.
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A．in our eyes |
B．only when we think very hard about something |
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C．only under the direction of a psychologist |
D．in every person’s mind |
2.People perceive different things about the same scene because ______.
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A．they see different things |
B．they can not agree about things |
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C．some have better eyesight |
D．none of these |
3. Psychologists study perception by ______.
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A．setting up many experiments |
B．asking each other what they see |
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C．looking out of windows |
D．studying people’s eyes |
4.The best title for this article is ______.
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A．How We See |
B．Learning About Our Minds Through Science |
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C．What Psychologists Perceive |
D．How To Become An Experimental Psychologist |
People who travel a lot fly with BA because they know they will get what they want and what they need. First of all, they want to go safely, and they also want to go quickly, across the country, across the sea, or right across the world — and they know BA will take them where they want to go, when they want to go. BA flies all the newest and fastest planes, to more towns and cities, in more countries of the world, than any other airline.
Do you want to go to Paris, Washington, or Beijing? BA will take you there, at all time of the day and night, right through the week. BA flies not only to the big cities, we also fly three or four times a week to towns and cities in the very heart of Asia, Africa and South America.
People who travel a lot fly with BA, because they know that they will leave on time, and arrive on time. They know the food they will receive and the films they will watch will be of the very best.
BA should be considered second to none. When you fly, fly with BA.
1.The writer thinks that the most important thing for the passengers is ________.
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A．to fly freely |
B．that the planes arrive on time |
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C．to fly at a fast speed |
D．to travel safely |
2.BA flies to many big cities of the world ________.
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A．every day |
B．every three days |
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C．twice a week |
D．every other week |
3.The underlined sentence of the text means ________.
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A．BA is the second best |
B．BA is the best of all |
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C．BA has a long way to go |
D．BA is growing larger and larger |
4. If you fly with BA, ________.
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A．you’ll be the happiest one in the world |
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B．you’ll receive the best service |
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C．you’ll enjoy delicious meals that other airlines don’t have |
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D．you can travel to any place you like |
The old scientist has been invited to a party ________ next Monday evening.
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A．holding |
B．hold |
C．being held |
D．to be held |
As soon as she entered the room, the girl caught sight of the flowers ________ by her mother.
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A．buying |
B．being bought |
C．were bought |
D．bought |
