If you are a modern art lover, you should be sure to drop by the Saatchi Gallery during your visit to London. The original gallery was by Charles Saatchi, a British art collector for founding the Saatchi and Saatchi advertising agency with his brother. It moved from its old in St. John’s Wood to its new home in County Hall near the Thames in the spring of 2003.
Anyone who has heard in the past of the often shocking but always inspiring works on at the Saatchi Gallery will not be when visiting the gallery’s new location. Along with the of new British artists, the gallery still the works of Damien Hirst, the Chapman brothers, and Tracy Emin in its permanent .
Of the artworks, one can see in the Saatchi Gallery, Hirst’s works are probably the most . Hirst’s work first made headlines in the early 1990s when he art from dead animals.
Along with Hirst, the Chapman brothers, Dinos and Jake, also a certain amount of their fame to the Saatchi Gallery. It was through Saatchi these two brothers came to public attention. At the gallery, visitors can see the brothers’ vision of Hell, made from 30, 000 plastic toy soldiers.
Another artist featured at the gallery who has grabbed with her art is Tracy Emin. In 1998, Emin gave to argument when she sold her messy, unmade bed to Saatchi as a work of art My Bed at ￡150, 000.
Are any of these works really art? That is a question you will have to answer for when you visit the Saatchi Gallery. Charles Saatchi himself says, “I don’t have any ground rules for art. Sometimes you look and don’t feel very with it—but that doesn’t tell you very much. It doesn’t reveal much about the quality of the work.”
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A．keen B．suitable C．eager D．famous
A．location B．history C．city D．society
A．concerts B．reports C．rumors D．advice
A．store B．board C．display D．sale
A．addicted B．interested C．disappointed D．worried
A．business B．story C．exhibits D．tradition
A．produces B．publishes C．revises D．includes
A．collection B．station C．memory D．basement
A．ready-made B．well-known C．well-prepared D．easy-going
A．copied B．created C．invented D．discovered
A．devote B．suggest C．bring D．owe
A．when B．why C．that D．while
A．headlines B．position C．advantages D．occupations
A．way B．rise C．anxiety D．hope
A．adapted B．written C．referred D．titled
A．yourself B．it C．them D．one
A．praising B．judging C．appreciating D．studying
A．surprised B．confused C．comfortable D．acceptable
A．necessarily B．exactly C．completely D．likely
It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon（马车）and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of 11 to where he was going. Pretty soon 12_ that he was lost, but he continued todrive, expectingtorefindhiswayorto13 someone who could tell him how to get back to the 14 .
It was a long15 road. For many __16__ he kept ondriving. When itwasalmost dark ，hesaw in a field a tall 17 ploughing（犁地） the land. He stopped his 18 team of horses near the fence and called out，“Hello，farmer.”
“Hello，yourself，”thefarmer___19____，still ploughing .
“Where does the horse go？”he asked without knowing his language mistakes.
“I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It 20 stays right where it is，”said the farmer，withoutstopping his work.
“How far is it to the next town？” said the city man，speaking a little more 21 .
“Don’t know. I never 22 it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 23 .“What do you know？You’re thebiggest foolIever saw.”
Finally stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time 24 at the city man. Then he said，“Maybe I don’t know much. 25 I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost！”
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A．realized B．recognized C．accepted D．received
A．miss B．meet C．look D．lose
A．town B．country C．capital D．village
A．lonely B．busy C．dirty D．crowded
A．driver B．policeman C．farmer D．worker
A．strong B．tired C．weak D．tiring
A．asked B．demanded C．replied D．ordered
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A．politely B．friendly C．loudly D．angrily
A．judged B．measured C．saw D．studied
A．sad B．lovely C．friendly D．angry
A．gladly B．immediately C．silently D．excitedly
A．Generally B．Fortunately C．Certainly D．Perhaps
I used to live selfishly, I should admit. But one moment changed me.
I was on my lunch break and had 41 the office to get something to eat . On the way, I 42 a busker (街头艺人)，with a hat in front of him. I had some 43 in my pocket, but I would not give them to him, thinking to myself he would 44 use the money to feed his addiction to drugs or alcohol. He 45 like that type---young and ragged. 46 what was I going to spend the money on ? Only to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate! I then 47 I had no right to place myself above 48 just because he was busking.
I 49 and dropped all the coins into his 50 , and he smiled at me. I watched for a while. As 51 as it sounds, I expected something more to come from that moment—a feeling of 52 or satisfaction, for example. But nothing happened. 53 , I walked off. “It proved to be a waste of 54 ,” I thought.
On my way home at the end of the 55 , I saw the busker again and he was _56 . I watched him pick up the hat and walk 57 a cafe counter. There he poured the 58 contents into a tin collecting 59 an earthquake fund-raising (募捐) event. He was busking for charity!
Now I donate any 60 I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of giving.
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A．led B．chose C．saw D．fooled
A．chocolates B．coins C．tins D．drugs
A．almost B．only C．rather D．still
A．acted B．looked C．sounded D．smelt
A．Though B．For C．Therefore D．But
A．declared B．realized C．expected D．guessed
A．it B．all C．him D．them
A．waited B．followed C．stopped D．arrived
A．rag B．hat C．pocket D．counter
A．selfish B．awkward C．innocent D．special
A．happiness B．sadness C．love D．hate
A．Disappointedly B．Unfortunately C．Coincidentally D．Comfortably
A．words B．effort C．space D．money
A．moment B．day C．break D．event
A．walking around B．passing by C．packing up D．running off
A．around B．in C．behind D．to
A．chief B．basic C．actual D．total
A．by B．for C．on D．with
A．work B．time C．energy D．change
One afternoon, many years ago, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early so I 21 the car by the roadside and waited for her.
As I looked 22 the car window, there was a small park where I saw a little boy, around two years old, 23 freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short 24 . The boy had a big smile on his face 25 he had just been set free from some sort of 26 . The boy would then fall to the grass, 27 , and without hesitation or without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could again, still with a 28 on his face.
Kids, when they fall down, don't view their falling down as failure, but 29 , they treat it as a learning experience. They try and try again until they 30 . While I was touched by the boy's persistence, I was 31 touched by the manner in which he ran. With each attempt, he looked so 32 and so natural — no signs of fear, nervousness, or of being discouraged. His only 33 was to run freely and to do it as effectively as he could. He was just being a 34 — just being himself—being completely in the moment. He was not looking for 35 or was not worrying about whether 36 was watching. He didn't seem to be bothered by the fact that maybe someone would see him 37 and that it would be 38 if he did fall. No, all that 39 to him was to accomplish the task, to feel the experience of running fully and freely. I learned a lot from that 40 and experience, and have successfully brought that lesson with me in my many pursuits（追求) in life.
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A．outside B．down C．toward D．over
A．playing B．smiling C．rolling D．running
A．way B．length C．time D．distance
A．even if B．as if C．so long as D．now that
A．park B．cave C．prison D．castle
A．get up B．take up C．break down D．lie down
A．tear B．smile C．pleasure D．surprise
A．however B．instead C．therefore D．anyhow
A．stop B．win C．achieve D．succeed
A．luckily B．apparently C．actually D．equally
A．confident B．joyful C．quiet D．proud
A．worry B．dream C．aim D．hope
A．boy B．child C．player D．winner
A．chance B．fortune C．approval D．trouble
A．someone B．anyone C．everyone D．one
A．fail B．run C．fall D．cry
A．embarrassing B．disappointing C．frightening D．amusing
A．happened B．contributed C．related D．mattered
A．discovery B．observation C．story D．incident
Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not tell them about it till I’d got one.
I had seen an agency (中介机构) advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out of the 1 in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as 2 as if I were going on the stage. Finding the 3 quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.”
The simple atmosphere of the office 4 me. The woman looked carefully at me 5 through her glasses, and then 6 me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather7 . She wondered why I was looking for this sort of8 . I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be 9 to get a job without10 . I wondered whether I ought to leave, 11 the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say: “ 12 , I’ve got someone in the 13 at this very moment who might 14 .” She wrote down a 15 , and held it out to me, saying: “ Ring up this lady. She wants a 16 immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”
“ Oh yes,” said I — 17 having cooked for more than four in my life. I 18 her again and again, and rushed out to the 19 telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for. I spent the next few hours 20 cook books.
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A．family B．door C．place D．stage
A．calmed B．excited C．frightened D．disturbed
A．as usual B．for a while C．in a minute D．once again
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A．encouraged B．dissatisfied C．hopeless D．pleased
A．place B．job C．advice D．help
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A．ability B．experience C．knowledge D．study
A．after B．since C．until D．when
A．Above all B．As a matter of fact C．As a result D．In spite of that
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A．cook B．help C．teacher D．secretary
A．almost B．never C．nearly D．really
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A．outside B．local C．closest D．nearest
A．borrowing B．buying C．reading D．writing
An 80-year-old man was sitting in his house beside his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow(乌鸦) landed in front of the window. The father___21___ son, "What is that?" The son replied, "It is a crow." ___22___ few minutes, the father asked his son a second time, "What is that?" The son said "I just ___23___ you that it’s a crow." After a little __24____ , the father again asked his son, "What is that?" That time a(n) __25____ tone could be heard in the son’s __26____ . "It’s a crow, a crow!"
A little later, the father went to his room and __27____ with an old diary which he had __28____ for many years. After opening the right page, he asked his son to ___29___ it. When the son read it, tears came to his eyes." Today my __30____ was sitting with me on the sofa.When a crow was__31____ by the window, my son asked me 23 times what it was, and I __32____ to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him __33____each time he asked me the same question. I did not feel__34____ answering the same question."
If your __35____ become old, don’t treat them or look __36____ them as a burden(累赘). Instead be warm and__37____ to them. From today on say this to yourself, "I want to ___38___ my parents happy forever, for they have __39____ for me ever since I was born, and they have always showed their ___40___love to me."
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A．Before B．During C．After D．Within
A．told B．reminded C．called D．consulted
A．sigh B．doubt C．breath D．while
A．sad B．angry C．pitiful D．gentle
A．face B．mind C．voice D．pace
A．came up B．came out C．came back D．came on
A．kept B．gathered C．collected D．searched
A．tear B．read C．write D．recite
A．son B．daughter C．brother D．father
A．lying B．wiping C．sitting D．spying
A．required B．repeated C．recalled D．replied
A．lovingly B．carefully C．deeply D．lightly
A．puzzled B．worried C．Amazed D．annoyed
A．parents B．relatives C．families D．teachers
A．up B．upon C．down D．into
A．wise B．kind C．strict D．generous
A．send B．pray C．own D．see
A．frightened B．hunted C．cared D．waited
A．pleasant B．limited C．useful D．selfless