阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The subject of what separates art and design has been debated for a long time. Artists and designers both create visual works using a/an 1 knowledge background, but their reasons for doing so are 2 different. Some designers consider themselves artists, but few artists consider themselves 3 .
So what exactly is the difference between art and design? Perhaps the most fundamental difference that we can all agree on is their 4 . Typically, the process of creating a work of art starts with nothing, a blank sheet of paper. A 5 of art is born from a view or value that the artist holds within himself or herself. They create the art to share that feeling with others, to 6
the viewers to relate to it, learn from it or be 7 by it. The most renowned and successful art today is something that establishes the strongest 8 connection between the artist and their
9 .
By contrast, when a designer sets out to 10 a new piece, they almost always have a
11 starting point, whether a message, an image, an idea or an action. The designer’s job isn’t to invent something 12 , but to communicate something that already exists, for a purpose. That purpose is almost always to motivate the audience to do something: buy a product, use a
13 , visit a location, or learn certain information. The most 14 designs are those that most effectively 15 their message and motivate their consumers to carry out a task.
A．unique B．separate C．shared D．accepted
A．entirely B．occasionally C．hardly D．unnecessarily
A．inventors B．designers C．writers D．viewers
A．purpose B．product C．interest D．cost
A．love B．type C．part D．work
A．stop B．allow C．require D．move
A．understood B．fooled C．inspired D．discouraged
A．political B．social C．physical D．emotional
A．supporters B．audiences C．buyers D．enemies
A．sell B．imagine C．create D．draw
A．fixed B．good C．strange D．positive
A．surprising B．special C．creative D．new
A．phone B．service C．language D．name
A．important B．creative C．successful D．unusual
A．learn B．receive C．confuse D．communicate
School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of my ____1___ to get home. Sitting at the front makes you __2_____ out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.
Janie, the driver, tries to break the ____3____ atmosphere by striking the match of ___4_____ . I try to mind my manners and ____5____ listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day, ___6_____, her conversation was worth listening to.
“My father’s sick,” she said to no one in ___7___. I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. With a sudden change of attitde and interest, I asked, “What’s wrong with him?” With her eyes wet and her voice tight from ____8____ the tears, she responded, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes lowered as she ____9____. “I’ve already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can stand losing him.”
I couldn’t respond. I was ____10____. My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great ____11____ my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was, ____12____ still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to go ____13___ that.
Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was ____14____ her job. She had a whole world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as __15______ but a driver.
I suddenly felt I was very ___16____. I realized I had only thought of people as__17____as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by job and brushed her off as ____18_____.
For all I know, I’m just another person in ____19_____ else’s world, and may not even be important. I ___20_____ not have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go, people to see and appointments to keep. Understanding people is an art.
1.A. anxiety B. determination C. decision D. attempt
2.A. find B. make C. think D. stand
3.A. unpopular B. uncomfortable C. unusual D. unforgettable
4.A. fire B. topic C. conversation D. discussion
5.A. politely B. devotedly C. carelessly D. sincerely
6.A. however B. therefore C. thusD. otherwise
7.A. surprise B. common C. silence D. particular
8.A. fighting B. avoiding C. clearing D. keeping
9.A. told B. lasted C. repeated D. continued
10.A. for sure B. at ease C. in shock D. in despair
11.A. mercy B. pain C. pity D. disappointment
12.A. but B. yet C. and D. or
13.A. over B. round C. through D. without
14.A. almost B. nearly C. ever D. just
15.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
16.A. sad B. embarrassed C. selfish D. worried
17.A. far B. long C. much D. well
18.A. unfit B. unselfish C. unnecessary D. unimportant
19.A. everyone B. someone C. anyone D. no one
20.A. must B. may C. can D. should
Mother came from our home village. She stayed with us for ten days. When she was ___1____ to leave, she wanted to buy us something ____2___ a present.
“You’ve got ___3____,” she said, “but you seem to have got ___4____. The TV set is yours, but the people who walk back and forth in it are all ___5____, even murderers, corrupt officials and thieves come in and ___6____ it from time to time. The radio cassette player is yours, but it’s all others who __7____ in it. The books on the shelf are yours, but they are all ___8____ by others. The fridge is yours, but all the year round it’s ____9____ frost that comes from God knows where. __10___they make your life easy and comfortable, ___11___ of them BELONGS to you in the real sense of the word.
___12___ the day she was to leave for home, she got up early in the morning and ____13____ back a pickle(泡菜) pot from the market.
“___14____ some pickle in it,” she said, “and have something ____15____ suits your own taste.”
Since then pickles of our own ____16_____ had been added to our diet. When we had guests, we often had pickles ____17____ wine. Slightly intoxicated(excited greatly), everyone would say, “A country flavor, not bad, Not bad, a country flavor (特别的风味)”.
____18___ we had something to our own taste. When we looked at the ___19____, it was standing quietly at the corner. Amid the hustle and bustle of our ____20___ life and in the apartment of reinforced concrete, the pot stood there by itself, brewing an old and simple flavor.
1.A. on B. about C. for D. of
2.A. since B. because C. as D. for
3.A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything
4.A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything
5.A. murderers B. thieves C. actors D. strangers
6.A. out B. out of C. into D. along
7.A. sing B. dance C. plays D. act
8.A. writing B. written C. read D. reading
9.A. full B. filled of C. filled with D. full with
10.A. As B. But C. Because D. Though
11.A. no one B. none C. neither D. either
12.A. On B. In C. During D. Of
13.A. took B. brought C. fetched D. carried
14.A. Do B. Cook C. Make D. Prepare
15.A. what B. / C. that D. as
16.A. smell B. sound C. feel D. taste
17.A. to go with B. went with C. to drink D. drinking
18.A. But B. So C. And D. Or
19.A. pot B. TVset C. radio D. shelf
20.A. ordinary B. usual C. every day D. everyday
My earliest bee experience took place at a summer camp. One day our teacher told us to head up the hill nearby. We all began to ___1____ our destination. The girls took the concrete stairs, but the boys ran ___2___ up the grassy hill, at the top of which sat a long wooden fence. Without __3___ the boys ahead of me vaulted over the fence bravely.
What should I do? Take the stairs and ____4___ a girl, or jump the fence and look ___5____? Then I took my chance with the fence. I placed both ____6___ on the top and jumped, feeling uneasy.
I didn’t ___7___ it. As I tried, my foot ___8___ on the top of the fence. Down I went! I landed on my backside. I tried to ____9___ off the accident, but then I felt something ___10____ under me. Just then I saw ___11____ seemed like hundreds of bees flying toward me. I had landed on a beehive! I ___12___ up and rushed as fast as I could. But the bees flew faster. What a/an __13____ situation I was in!
My clothes were covered with __14____ . I parked myself in the camp and I was at a loss. __15____ this, my teacher quickly took off all my clothes but underwear. Bees flew out of my clothes and ___16___ out of my mouth!
I had gained the __17____ of all the campers, but I didn’t feel cool. I had been __18____ almost 40 bees stings(蛰) all over my body. I learned a most ___19____ lesson that day. When we are led by the ___20___ to show off, we might find ourselves sitting on a beehive.
1.A. get B. walk C. set D. race
2.A. already B . happily C. straight D. fast
3.A. fear B. fun C. help D. luck
4.A. feel like B. look like C. care about D. wait for
5.A. excited B. worried C .strong D. cool
6.A. hands B. feet C. arms D. legs
7.A. do B. climb C. make D. succeed
8.A. arrived B. got C. caught D. stepped
9.A. fall B. laugh C. put D. take
10.A. beating B. putting C. flowing D. moving
11.A. that B. what C. which D. if
12.A. sat B. stood C. picked D. jumped
13.A. difficult B. hopeless C. embarrassing D. pleasing
14.A. bees B. grass C. dust D. tears
15.A. At B. For C. In D. With
16.A. almost B. again C. even D. still
17.A. attention B. experience C. knowledge D. respect
18.A. gotB. given C. found D. put
19.A. successful B. deepest C. difficult D. valuable
20.A. courage B. desire C. goal D. teacher
One morning I stood beside the window. Across the river, the __1___ decorated the edge of the shore in white. I stood __2____ and looked at what the night’s storm had ___3___.
I leaned forward and stood close to the window. There was a goose out there, quite ___4___, its wings folded to its sides, its feet ___5___ to the ice. Then from the dark skies, I saw a line of swans. They moved in their own ___6___ style, graceful and free.
As I watched, the leader __7___ from the sky and landed on the ice. As the swans surrounded the frozen goose, I __8___ it might be killed by those great swan beaks(鸟喙).
__9__instead, those beaks began to work on the ___10___. The long necks were lifted and curved down, again and again. At last, the goose’s head ___11___; its body pulled. Then the goose was ___12____ and standing on the ice. And the swans stood in the air ___13___. It seemed as if the goose was crying, “I cannot fly.” Four of the swans came down around it. Their powerful beaks cleaned the goose’s ___14___ from top to bottom, chipping off the ice held in the feathers. ___15___at last the goose’s wings were free, the four swans ___16___ and joined the group.They restarted their eastward journey cheerfully.
I watched them until they ___17____ over the tops of the farthest trees. Only then did I realized that __18____ were running down my cheeks. Believe me! This story is __19____. And I will ask “If so for birds why not for ___20____?”
1.A. flower B. tree C. snow D. picture
2.A. quietly B. silently C. happily D. nervously
3.A. washed B.painted C. destroyed D. cleaned
4.A. hungry B. thirsty C. terrible D. still
5.A. frozen B. put C. turned D. tied
6.A. common B. ordinary C. noticeable D. boring
7.A. dived B. moved C. flew D. circled
8.A. frightened B. feared C. hoped D. knew
9.A. Wonderfully B. Puzzlingly C. Surprisingly D. Disappointingly
10.A. ice B. earth C. goose D. swan
11.A. carried B. pushed C. moved D. lifted
12.A. glad B. sad C. free D. lucky
13.A. listening B. hearingC. fighting D. watching
14.A. head B. legs C. feathers D. body
15.A. While B. When C. Before D. Until
16.A. took off B. took up C. got away D. got up
17.A. climbed B. stopped C. disappeared D. landed
18.A. leaves B. hairs C. rivers D. tears
19.A. actual B. real C. true D. right
20.A. animals B. man C. people D. insects
My grandfather took me to the fish pond on the farm when I was seven. He told me to throw a__21____into the water. And he told me to watch the____22___created by the stone. Then he asked me to__ 23__ of myself as that stone.
“You may24 lots of splashes (飞溅 ) in your life,___ 25___the waves that come from those splashes will ___26____the peace of all your fellow___27_____,”he said.
“Remember that you are ___28____for what you put in your circle and that the circle will also___29____many other circles. You will need to live in the ___30____that allows the good that comes from your circle to ___31____the peace of that goodness to___32____. The splash that comes from anger or jealousy will send those___33_____to other circles. You are responsible for____34_____.”
That was the first time I ___35_____each person creates the inner peace or discord (冲突) that ____36_____out into the world. We cannot create world peace if we are ___37____with inner conflicts, hatred, ____38______, or anger. We radiate (流露) the feelings and thoughts that we hold ____39_____,whether we speak them out or not. Whatever is splashing around inside of us is spilling out into the world, creating beauty or discord with all other circles of life.
We are ____40_____to everything and everyone else around in the universe.
21. A. stickB. brickC. stoneD. ball
22. A. holesB. circlesC. dropsD. waters
23. A. thinkB. accuseC. regardD. warn
24. A. produceB. damageC. preventD. create
25. A. butB. becauseC. whileD. for
26. A. cutB. disturbC. bringD. block
27. A. studentsB. friendsC. creaturesD. workers
28. A. proudB. helpfulC. respectful D. responsible
29. A. hearB. leaveC. strike D. touch
30. A. familyB. situationC. way D. hurry
31. A. sendB. provideC. destroy D. keep
32. A. themB. nobodyC. someone D. others
33. A. tastesB. smellsC. feelings D. views
34. A. allB. bothC. neither D. any
35. A. realizedB. recognized C. admitted D. promised
36. A. flowsB. takes C. picks D. brings
37. A. prepared B. filledC. presented D. supplied
38. A. honesty B. truthC. doubt D. modesty
39. A. forward B. outsideC. inside D. upward
40. A. referred B. intendedC. devoted D. connected