Street art is a very popular form of art. It is quickly all over the world. You can find it on buildings and street signs from Beijing to Paris.
Art experts(专家) say that the movement began in New York in the 1960s. Young adults would use paint in specialcans to put their words and other images on walls and cars the city. One well-known street artist is Swoon. She paper images of people and puts them on walls. Swoon didn’t start her career as a street artist. She studied art, but time went on, she got bored with the works she saw in museums or galleries(美术馆). The people in New York enjoy Swoon’s strong and interesting .
Street artists do their work for a reason. Some of them choose street art because it is to the people. Some artists try to express their opinions in their works. Advertising companies also use street art in their advertisements because it gives the deep impression(印象)and energy. The New York store Saks Fifth Avenue used a street artist’s design for their shop windows and shopping bags.
In today’s world the Internet has a big on street art. Artists can show their pictures to the audience all over the world on the Internet. Many people, , say that seeing a picture on the Internet is never as good as seeing it live. Street art lives with the energy and life of a big . There it will continue to change and grow.
A．watching B．making C．spreading D．searching
A．behind B．by C．over D．around
A．cuts down B．cuts out C．turns down D．runs out
A．as B．after C．before D．while
A．style B．story C．problem D．program
A．safer B．lower C．closer D．stranger
A．hardly B．recently C．seldom D．never
A．success B．discount C．present D．influence
A．anyway B．however C．otherwise D．therefore
A．museum B．country C．city D．street
I shall never forget the day when the earthquake took place. The time was 5：15 in the afternoon and I was driving along the road to my daughter from school. Our plan was to go together. I had finished work at about 4 o’clock and then gone to the post office. Then I stopped off at a shop in order to get some fruit. We like to have some fruit to eat after our swim when we would feel tired.
I was driving along a high road on my way to the school. Over my road was another way for cars coming the other way. I was so I put the bag of apples in the seat me and started to eat one.
Suddenly I saw the cars in front of me start to move from side to side. I slowed down. Then started to shake. I didn’t know what was happening. something had gone wrong with my car. I drove even slower. I stopped the car and at the same moment the road fell onto the cars in front of me.
I found myself in the dark. I couldn’t move. The bottom parts of both my legs and my were hurting badly and I couldn’t move them. All around me was . But above me I could hear shouts and a lot of noise. Then I remembered what had happened. I had been in an earthquake.
For about two hours nobody came. Luckily I could the bag of apples， so at least I had plenty to eat. Then I people climbing towards me. A team of people had come to see if anyone was under the broken . I called out! “I’m here!” I heard a shout， soon climbed to the side of the bridge near my car， “How are you doing?” he asked. “Not too bad，” I said， “but my feet and legs as if(似乎) they’re broken.” “We’ll have you out of there just as soon as we can，” he said. They didn’t get me out the next morning. I had been in my car for 14 hours.
A．take up B．bring up C．pick up D．send up
A．skating B．shopping C．sightseeing D．swimming
A．fresh B．dried C．expensive D．cheap
A．happy B．hungry C．surprised D．excited
A．before B．beside C．below D．behind
A．the road B．my hands C．my feet D．my car
A．Surely B．Suddenly C．Perhaps D．Quickly
A．hands B．arms C．feet D．fingers
A．quiet B．dark C．cold D．noisy
A．see B．reach C．catch D．hold
A．saw B．smelt C．found D．heard
A．railway B．trees C．car D．road
A．my daughter B．a friend C．a stranger D．a driver
A．appear B．feel C．seem D．look
A．before B．since C．after D．until
My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to pour heavily. When it became lighter, I decided to brave the rain(冒雨) to get my , which was parked at my office three streets away. My friends argued that I shouldn’t go, mainly I was seven months pregnant (怀孕的) then. I told them that I’d be very . One of them wanted to come with me but I insisted that she should stay with another friend who needed with her baby.
I walked out of the and started making my way to the car. At the traffic crossing，a car stopped and the passenger with an umbrella. I knew what was happening, he walked right beside me and told me he’d send me to my destination(目的地). I was very embarrassed(尴尬的) and refused, he insisted on offering me his help. During our walk, he kept telling me to walk slower, as the ground was . When we got to the car parking lot, I him and we parted(分手). I did not get his and may not even recognize(认识) him now. Did he purposely stop for me? I’ll never know.
So how did I pay it forward? I was at home when I two Indian construction(建筑) workers walking in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the construction sitenear my home, which was a long walk. I went out and them an umbrella. The two men were wet through. They were surprised by my action , and I told them they should the umbrella and keep it. They were very . And like me, probably wondered why a stranger was giving such kindness.
A．money B．bag C．car D．raincoat
A．because B．so C．unless D．if
A．active B．strong C．busy D．careful
A．courage B．water C．help D．food
A．hospital B．hotel C．office D．supermarket
A．got off B．got in C．picked up D．took off
A．Before B．Since C．When D．For
A．so B．but C．and D．as
A．wet B．empty C．dry D．hard
A．paid B．asked C．thanked D．left
A．office B．name C．money D．umbrella
A．heard B．left C．noticed D．sent
A．bought B．sold C．threw D．passed
A．take B．bring C．buy D．lend
A．foolish B．sad C．grateful D．cheerful
I walked into the Huddle House Restaurant in Brunswick, Georgia and sat down at the table. I picked up the menu and was to order something for breakfast.
“Excuse me,”
I looked up and a nice-looking woman standing before me.
“Is your name Roger?” asked.
“Yes,” I answered, feeling rather confused(迷惑) as I had never seen her before.
“My name’s Barbara and my is Tony, “she he said, pointing to a middle-aged man sitting alone at the table by the window. He was and weak.
“Tony White, from Landon School in Jacksonville, Florida.” She added.
I looked at that man for a few seconds, I didn’t recognize(认识) him.
“I’m really sorry. The name doesn’t ring the bell,”I said.
She walked back, began with her husband and once in a while I saw her turn around and look directly at me.
I ordered breakfast and a cup of , sitting there, trying to remember who this Tony was. “I know him,” I thought to myself. “He recognizes me for some reason.” I picked up the coffee cup. All of a sudden it came to me like a flash of lightning.
“Tony, the bully, the bad boy!” I could believe my eyes. “Jesus! He’ s so thin now. Not the big boy that I from back in 1977.”
Everything came up to my mind. The time this boy had made fun of my big ears in front of the girls in my class, and the time this big bully had pushed me against the walls in the hallway just to make himself a big man to all other students.
“I am sorry, Roger,” Tony rolled by me in the wheelchair, being pushed by his wife, raising his thin trembling hand. “I am so sorry for that I did to you.”
“I’m…I’m er…” I didn’t know what to to him.
After a few months later, I received a letter from Barbara. Tony was . Tony had been a fireman and had been seriously wounded in a task.
How I regretted for not saying something to him but I no longer had the chance!
A．heard B．saw C．felt D．told
A．you B．we C．he D．she
A．husband B．father C．brother D．son
A．fat B．thin C．strong D．young
A．but B．and C．or D．so
A．listening B．writing C．talking D．playing
A．tea B．juice C．coffee D．milk
A．needn’t B．need C．mustn’t D．must
A．hardly B．really C．simply D．mostly
A．protect B．remember C．love D．miss
A．clever B．shy C．bad D．friendly
A．look after B．look for C．look at D．look like
A．everything B．nothing C．something D．anything
A．talk B．tell C．say D．speak
A．healthy B．dead C．famous D．blind
Do you know who invented tea? In fact, tea, the most popular drink in the world （after water）, was invented by accident （偶然）. According to an ancient Chinese legend （传说）, the emperor Shen Nong （神农皇帝） tea when he was boiling drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a nearby bush （灌木丛） fell into the water and remained there for .The emperor noticed（注意到） that the leaves in the water produced a smell. Later he decided the hot mixture （混合物）. It was quite delicious. And one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.China is the home of tea, has more than 4,000 years of history. People all over China drink tea daily. the three major drink—tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by people in the world. Tea from China, along silk and porcelain（瓷器）, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export （出口商品） .Tea leaves mainly in the area south of the Yangtze River, in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, becauuse of the mild （温和的） and rich soil there，Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all kinds of tea..Over the past centuries, Chinese people their unique tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making and so on. Tea is a popular topic which is often mentioned in dances, songs, poems and novels.
A．invented B．found out C．discovered D．tried out
A．Sometimes B．some time C．some times D．some days
A．pleasant B．pleased C．bad D．Terrible
A．not to taste B．to taste C．tasting D．Taste
A．by the way B．on the way C．on its way D．in this way
A．who B．which C．where D．When
A．In B．For C．Of D．By
A．the number of B．a number of C．a large number of D．the largest number of
A．between B．with C．except D．Besides
A．at that time B．from now on C．since then D．since now
A．produce B．are produced C．make D．is made
A．climate B．weather C．condition D．environment
A．interesting B．important C．famous D．Normal
A．had developed B．have developed C．developed D．are developing
A．too B．as well C．either D．Also
One day, my father and I went to the supermarket to buy some fruit. After I looked and chose for a long time, my father bought me pomegranates(石榴) instead of others. I was surprised and , "Why are you buying such ugly fruit? Why not buy apples or pears? Pomegranates don't look as nice as apples or pears." my father heard my words, he said nothing at all. He smiled and I felt my father was so mysterious(神秘的). Only when I got home did I find out why he did so.
As soon as we got home, he took me into the and quickly cut one of the pomegranates with a knife. "Now I will you its real face!" he said. "Wow!" I shouted. What was inside the fruit was completely from its outside. The pomegranate had small "rooms" inside it Each "room" held lots of seeds. And each seed looked like a beautiful shiny diamond(宝石). "Do you it is beautiful?' My father asked. "That shows you can never judge something simply its outside. You must always its inside, too." I suddenly realized that my father's words were not only about fruit, but also about some people like pomegranates. They perhaps are not beautiful, but they can still have beautiful . We can't judge a person only by his appearance.
A．asked B．thought C．called D．told
A．If B．Because C．When D．Since
A．even B．still C．just D．again
A．room B．kitchen C．family D．workshop
A．show B．tell C．give D．find
A．far B．free C．special D．different
A．want B．think C．like D．know
A．for B．by C．in D．with
A．look at B．look like C．look after D．look for
A．faces B．seeds C．words D．hearts