Salvador Dali (1904—1989) was one of the most popular of modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly The Persistence of Memory. There is also L’Enigme sans Fin from 1938, works on paper, objects, and projects for stage and screen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artist’s showman qualities.
The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, the world of birth. The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain.
The exhibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities (无限). ＂From the infinity small to the infinity large, contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus: amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre in Figueras,＂ explains the Pompidou Centre.
The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration (合作) with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg.
1.Which of the following best describe Dali according to Paragraph 1?
A.Optimistic. B.Productive.
C.Generous. D.Traditional.
2.What is Dali’s The Persistence of Memory considered to be?
A.One of his masterworks. B.A successful screen adaptation.
C.An artistic creation for the stage. D.One of the beat TV programmes.
3.How are the exhibits arranged at the World of Dali?
A.By popularity. B.By importance.
C.By size and shape. D.By time and subject.
4.What does the word ＂contributions＂ in the last paragraph refer to?
A.Artworks. B.Projects.
C.Donations. D.Documents.
I went to a group activity, ＂Sensitivity Sunday＂, which was to make us more _______the problems faced by disabled people. We were asked to ＂_______a disability＂ for several hours one Sunday. Some members, _______, chose to use wheelchairs. Others wore sound-blocking earplugs(耳塞) or blindfolds(眼罩).
Just sitting in the wheelchair was a _______experience. I had never considered before how_______it would be to use one. As soon as I sat down, my _______made the chair begin to roll. Its wheels were not _______. Then I wondered where to put my _______. It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into _______. I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of ________for several hours. For disabled people, ＂adopting a wheelchair＂ is not a temporary________.
I tried to find a ________position and thought it might be restful, ________kind of nice, to be ________around for a while. Looking around, I ________I would have to handle the thing myself! My hands started to ache as I ________ the heavy metal wheels. I came to know that controlling the ________of the wheelchair was not going to be a(n) ________ task.
My wheelchair experiment was soon ________. It made a deep impression on me. A few hours of ＂disability＂ gave me only a taste of the ________, both physical and mental, that disabled people must overcome.
1.A.curious about B.interested in C.aware of D.careful with
2.A.cure B.prevent C.adopt D.analyze
3.A.instead B.strangely C.as usual D.like me
4.A.learning B.working C.satisfying D.relaxing
5.A.convenient B.awkward C.boring D.exciting
6.A.height B.force C.skill D.weight
7.A.locked B.repaired C.powered D.grasped
8.A.hands B.feet C.keys D.handles
9.A.place B.action C.play D.effect
10.A.operation B.communication C.transportation D.production
11.A.exploration B.education C.experiment D.entertainment
12.A.flexible B.safe C.starting D.comfortable
13.A.yet B.just C.still D.even
14.A.shown B.pushed C.driven D.guided
15.A.realized B.suggested C.agreed D.admitted
16.A.lifted B.turned C.pressed D.seized
17.A.path B.position C.direction D.way
18.A.easy B.heavy C.major D.extra
19.A.forgotten B.repeated C.conducted D.finished
20.A.weaknesses B.challenges C.anxieties D.illnesses
—What makes you so unhappy?
— .
A.Because I’ve put on weight
B.Putting on weight
C.For I’ve lost some weight
D.Because of my putting on weight
Luckily, the loss _______ great; otherwise, our company would have closed down.
A.isn’t B.hadn’t been C.hasn’t been D.wasn’t
—Tom, you’ve got an A in the final English exam .Congratulations!
—Thanks.But I never thought the result came out so fast.The papers________when I left the teacher’s office just now.
A.had been marked
B.were still being marked
C.are still marking
D.had been marking
In my opinion, your composition is not as interesting as his but yours is_______in writing.
A.the best organized B.better organized
C.so organized as D.as organized as
