Question

"It took me a year to complete,all at night.I used almost 500 liters of paint.It was the biggest illegal graffiti（涂鸦）piece ever.

These are the words of a man named Saber from the United States.Saber is talking about a piece of colourful graffiti that he painted in Los Angeles.Saber did not have permission for this painting.It was on city property.Was the graffiti a piece of art?Or was Saber a criminal because he painted it illegally?

Abdal Ullah,a councilor in London,told TIMES magazine,"Graffiti is a crime.It ruins the environment.It makes our neighborhoods feel less safe.And it costs thousands of pounds each year to clean."

Graffiti artists often use high technology paint.This is hard to remove or paint over.Large cities spend millions of.dollars a year to remove graffiti.Graffiti is also often done in places where other criminal behaviour takes place, including violence and the use of illegal drugs.

Some people say that some kinds of graffiti can be considered art.Saber from Los Angeles said,"My painting shows 22 years of intense art making.And I think art is the number one goal for myself.Graffiti is the way I learn.Art gets a bad name because it is considered something only for a few people in society.It is seen as something only a rich or highly educated person can understand.And that is not true.Every single child in the world drew a picture once and had that excitement."

Luckily,there is a group called Writerz Blok in San Diego,California.They set up 12 walls where people can legally paint graffiti.Marcus Tufono,who works at Writerz Blok,explains,"Our goal is to move the illegal graffiti to a legal wall,and then put it on a computer screen and some software,so hat they can take their art and use it around the community.Then graffiti artists have a chance to succeed through their art."

1.Saber's painting was illegal because      .

A. it was painted at night    B. it was on public property

C. its creator was a criminal    D. it was of poor quality

2.What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A. The advantages of graffiti.    B. The bad effects of graffiti.

C. The cost of removing graffiti.    D. The materials used for graffiti.

3.Which statement may Saber agree with?

A. Graffiti is a type of art.

B. Only a few people understand art.

C. Graffiti is not a good way to create art.

D. Children should be encouraged to draw graffiti.

4.According to the last paragraph,people working at Writerz Blok      .

A. help artists paint graffiti legally

B. encourage people to paint graffiti freely

C. punish people for painting graffiti

D. remove illegal graffiti in their city

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.A

【解析】随意涂鸦到底是犯罪还是艺术呢？涂鸦在很多地方都是违法的，因为侵占了公共财产，幸好，一个叫作Writerz Blok的组织建了12面墙供人们合法的涂鸦。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段的Saber did not have permission for this painting. It was on city property.可知，他没有得到允许画画，而且他的画是侵占了公共财产，所以是违法的，故选B。

2.主旨大意题。根据第四段内容可知，要清楚墙上的涂鸦，每年需要花费很多钱，而且在经常涂鸦的地方，还常有其他的犯罪行为发生，因此这段讲的是涂鸦的坏处，故选B。

3.推理判断题。根据第五段中的And I think art is the number one goal for myself. Graffiti is the way I learn.可知，Saber认为艺术是他最重要的目标，而涂鸦就是他学习的方式，因此可以推断他认为涂鸦是一种艺术。故选A。

4.细节理解题。根据最后一段的Luckily, there is a group called Writerz Blok in San Diego, California. They set up 12 walls where people can legally paint graffiti.可知，这个组织帮助人们合法地进行涂鸦，故选A。

【名师点睛】

主旨大意题的解题技巧

每篇文章都会有一个主旨要义。主旨要义型题范围一般包括：短文标题、主题大意或段落大意等。此题型要求考生在理解文章后归纳文章要点，概括中心思想。考生需要分析文章的篇章结构，抓住文章的开头或结尾，从而找出能概括文章的主题句。

主旨大意题主要的解题策略有：

（1）标题类。文章标题可以是单词，短语，也可以是句子，它的特点是：短小精悍，多为一短语；涵盖性强，一般要求能覆盖全文，其确定的范围要恰当，既不能太大，也不能太小；精确性强，不能随意改变语言表意的程度及色彩。

（2）主旨类。概括主旨的方法是：先看首尾或各段开头再看全文找主题句，若无明显主题句，就通过关键词句来概括(如议论文中寻找表达作者观点态度的词句，记叙文寻找概括情节和中心的动词或反映人物特点的形容词)。文中出现两种或两种以上的不同观点时，务必牢记作者的观点才是体现全文中心的。此时，要注意一些转折词，如but, yet, however, although, in spite of, by contrast, on the contrary等。当文章中表示相反的观点时，往往用到这些词。答题时要弄清哪个是作者的观点，排除迷惑性信息，准确归纳主旨大意。

本文的第2小题是要求总结段落大意，这就要在理解全段的基础上进行总结。本段的前三句都讲到了涂鸦很难清除，需要大量的资金，这说明了涂鸦的坏处，下文的also更体现了除此之外还有其他的坏处，所以这一段的大意应该是涂鸦的坏的影响。