The history of pop art begins with abstract art. Pop art emerged from the foundation of abstract art in the 1950s, first gaining recognition in Great Britain, then establishing itself in the United States in the 1960s.
In the 1930s and 1940s, abstract art was greatly popular, but people began to hate this art form. Most abstract art produced in this era could be found in art galleries or the homes of the elite(名流), not in the homes of everyday people. Pop art sprung onto the scene as the people's art.
Some art critics say pop art is a rebellion against abstract art; others say it is an extension of abstract art. You can see elements of abstract art in many pop art prints, especially those that consist of a collage（拼贴画） of images. However, some pop art pieces have nothing to do with abstract art, looking more like a photo of a popular consumer item, which impressed people deeply.
Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi were two of the first contemporary pop art pioneers recognised in Great Britain. They were a part of the Independent Group, an organised group of British artists who wanted to challenge ruling modernist approaches to culture. They recognised the value of modern advertising and comic book images. They used these popular images in art as a social commentary, often building irony and humour into their artworks, thus creating a new form of art. These pieces were mass-produced and sold at affordable prices.
When pop art took off in the United States, it expanded to include a celebration of kitsch and the common images found in movies and television. Andy Wharhol is perhaps the most famous American pop art artist, known for his prints of the actress Marilyn Monroe, the singer Elvis Presley and of Campbell's soup cans. Andy Wharhol was inspired by images from advertisements and common consumer items. He also made a series of paintings which showed images of car accidents.
1. Why did people dislike abstract art?| A．People found it hard to understand. | B．Ordinary people couldn't afford it. |
| C．People disliked enjoying it in galleries. | D．It wasn't based on everyday life. |
| A．They are a rebellion against abstract art. | B．They have many elements of abstract art. |
| C．They are created so real. | D．They are products of advertisers. |
| A．introduce a new art form to the world | B．develop modern advertising further |
| C．create new comic book images | D．make British culture better known |
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【推荐1】Whether you’re looking for a gift idea, or you’re hoping to find a way to help your teen make better choices, there are a variety of motivational books on the market that can help you.
1. Do Hard Things
Written by twin brothers, Alex and Brett Harris, Do Hard Things says that low expectations are the reason teens are not motivated to create a better world for themselves or the next generation. By encouraging readers to take the hard road and put challenges in front of themselves, teens can gain motivation to achieve greater things in life.
2. Who Moved My Cheese?
Who Moved My Cheese? written by Spencer Johnson, has been a life changing book for many adults. The teen version will help teens create positive change in their lives as well. Adolescence (青春期) is filled with change and uncertainty and this book helps young people learn how to adapt. Rather than refuse change, teens can learn how to accept change. It will undoubtedly help teens create positive change in their lives as well.
3. The Code: The Five Secrets of Teen Success
The author, Mawi Asgedom, overcame difficulties when he grew up during civil war in Ethiopia and became a student on scholarship to Harvard. In this quick read, your teens will learn valuable lessons from Asgedom’s own real-life example, and receive practical guidance.
4. Success Express for Teens
The author, Roger Leslie, offers simple and thoughtful activities that will motivate your teen to set clear and attainable goals. This book encourages self-awareness(自我意识) and offers plans to anyone who wants to live their best life.
5. What Color Is Your Parachute for Teens
Written by career authorities Carol Christen and Richard N. Bolles, this book will helps teen discover their interests, which could be helpful in their decision on a future career. The book is a quick read and has been updated to include the social media aspect of finding a career and job.
1. Which book should one read if he has trouble getting used to a new environment?| A．Do Hard Things. |
| B．Who Moved My Cheese? |
| C．The Code: The Five Secrets of Teen Success. |
| D．Success Express for Teens. |
| A．Who Moved My Cheese? |
| B．The Code: The Five Secrets of Teen Success. |
| C．Success Express for Teens. |
| D．What Color Is Your Parachute for Teens. |
| A．Alex and Brett Harris’ | B．Spencer Johnson’s |
| C．Roger Leslie’s | D．Carol Christen and Richard N. Bolles’. |
| A．Parents. | B．Students. |
| C．Educators. | D．Businessmen. |
Long March exhibit
The Shanghai History Museum is putting on an exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of the Long March. On show are more than 220 photos and 40 items that explain with pictures how the communist Red Army drew back from its besieged （被围困的） bases in Jiangxi Province and fought its way to northern Shanxi province in the mid-1930s. Explanations are all in Chinese. The show will end on November 20.
Time: 10:00 am—4:00 pm.
Address: 1286 Hongqiao Road
Admission: 8 yuan for Chinese/ 15 yuan for foreigners
Thai elephants
Eight elephants from Thailand are entertaining visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bikes, playing basketball, balancing on a beam, dancing and blowing a mouth-organ. People are encouraged to have a tug-of-war （拔河比赛） with the animals or lie on the ground and have the elephants walk over them. The elephants give three shows a day at 9:30 am, 3:30 pm and 8:00 pm and there is an additional show at 1:30 pm at weekends. The show will end on November 15.
Address: 189 Daduhe Road
Admission: 30-40 yuan
Dancing dolphins
Dolphins jumping from the water to touch a ball, swaying their bodies to music, kissing people and solving math by tapping their tails have made the dolphinarium in Peace Park an attraction for children. Seals and sea lions also perform.
Hours: 10:30 am, 4:00 pm, and 7:30 pm
Admission: 20 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children.
1. If you go to visit the Long March exhibit with an Australian, how much will you
pay altogether for the admission?
| A．16 yuan | B．23 yuan | C．30 yuan | D．20 yuan |
| A．many articles written by famous writers |
| B．many things left by the Red Army |
| C．books on the Long March |
| D．many photos and pictures about the Long Match. |
| A．Riding bicycles. | B．Blowing a mouth-organ |
| C．Doing math | D．Having a tug-of-war with people. |
| A．not only dolphins but also seals and sea lions perform |
| B．only seals and sea lions perform |
| C．only dolphins perform |
| D．only seals perform |
【推荐3】Canada is a very large country .It is the second largest country in the world .By contrast it has a very small population. There are only about 30 million people there. Most Canadians are of British or Frenchorigin, and French is an official language of Canada as well as English. About 45% of the people are of British origin, that is, they or their parents or grandparents, etc, come from British. Nearly 30% are of French origin. Most of the French –Canadians live in province of Quebec.
Over the years, people have come to live in Canada from many countries in the world. They are from many countries in the world. They are from most European countries and also from China, besides other Asian countries.
However, Canada was not an empty country when the Europeans began to arrive. Canadian Indians lived along the coast, by the rivers and lakes and in forests. Today, there are only about 350 000 Indians in the whole country, with their own languages. In the far north live the Inuit. There are only 27 000 Canadian-Inuit. Their life is hard in such a difficult climate.
1. About ________ live in Quebec.| A．35% of the French –Canadians | B．45% of the Canadians |
| C．30 000 000 people | D．8 700 000 French –Canadians |
| A．English and Chinese | B．French and English |
| C．Indian and French | D．Chinese and Inuit |
| A．血统 | B．后裔 | C．先驱 | D．猿人 |
| A．China | B．England | C．France | D．some other countries except France and Britain |
| A．There are 27 000 Canadian-Indians in Canada |
| B．More than 13 million people have come from Britain and France recent years. |
| C．There are 30% of the population whose parents or grandparents come from France |
| D．There are no people when the Europeans began to arrive in Canada |
【推荐1】September is a difficult month for all students as they return to continue their education, but for high school and university green hands, it is not just the heavy study tasks they need to follow. They will also go through military(军事的) training, which aims to help students improve their health and help them adapt to college life. The Ministry(部) of Education requires that universities should carry out at least 14 days' military training for freshmen(新生).
Hou Zhengfang, an education expert, questioned the benefits of military training. “It does little to improve students' physical health over only two weeks' time,” she said. “Maybe some disaster prevention training, such as earthquake survival or escaping from fires, would be of greater benefit.”
A freshman who fainted(晕倒) during training said that many students, especially girls, are unwilling to train in direct sunshine. “For me, military training is physically challenging and even damages my health,” said the 19-year-old.
Although Chu Jinjing, a Tsinghua University freshman, did feel some discomfort while training in the heat, the 18-year-old did recognize the benefits of military training. “By going through this tough(艰难的) training, I've become more independent and determined,” said Chu. “I have also managed to make a lot of friends.”
Wang Hui from Xi'an Jiaotong University sees the advantages of military training besides character building. “From senior high school to college, we join military training to start a new journey,” said Wang. “I would feel a bit incomplete without it.”
1. Hou Zhengfang might advise the Ministry of Education to ________．| A．cut students' heavy study tasks |
| B．introduce other trainings for students |
| C．encourage students to work out |
| D．shorten the time of military training |
| A．developing friendship |
| B．improving students' health |
| C．building character |
| D．preparing students for college |
| A．He supports it very much. |
| B．He is strongly against it. |
| C．He doesn't express his own opinions. |
| D．He thinks it's good for his health. |
【推荐2】ChatGPT is a prototype (原型) dialogue-based AI chatbot (聊天 机 器人 ) which can understand natural human language and creating impressively detailed human-like written text. The new AI was created by OpenAI, a research center founded by Elon Musk. Musk co-founded the new company with other bosses. The research centre aims to advance digital intelligence in a way that benefits humans.
ChatGPT works by being trained on a large amount of text from the Internet using AI and machine learning. The system is designed to provide information and answer questions through a traditional interface (界面) .
Early users have described the technology as a tool to replace to Google because it can provide descriptions, answers, and solutions to different kinds of questions. Real-world applications could include producing content for websites, answering customer questions, providing recommendations (推荐) , and creating automated (自动化的) chatbots. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the system is “an early model of what’s possible.” He hopes to produce helpful assistants that talk to users, answer questions, and give advice. In the future, these assistants could periorm tasks for users and even discover new knowledge.
There has been prediction that jobs dependent on content production, such as playwrights, protessors, programmers, and journalists, could be obsolete because of ChatGPT. However, at its current stage, the chatbot lacks slight differences, critical thinking skills, and ethical (道德的) decision-making ability which are necessary for successful journalism. In addition, its knowledge base ends in 2021, which means that some questions and searches are useless now. ChatGPT can also provide incorrect or misleading answers, because it is short of a source of truth in the data used to train the model.
In short, ChatGPT is a powerful AI chatbot and it may be used in various industries, but it is still in its early stages and has limitations. As AI technology continues to evolve, we can expect more advanced chatbots like ChatGPT in the future.
1. What is the purpose of OpenAI?| A．To produce content for giving advice. |
| B．To train ChatGPT as a super computer. |
| C．To use ChatGPT as a tool to replace Google. |
| D．To improve digital intelligence that can benefit humans. |
| A．By answering questions for websites. |
| B．By being trained on a large amount of text. |
| C．By providing information and giving advice. |
| D．By producing detailed human-like written text. |
| A．They will only answer questions and give advice. |
| B．They will replace jobs dependent on content production. |
| C．They will have slight differences and critical thinking skills. |
| D．They will perform tasks for users and discover new knowledge. |
| A．Curious. | B．Responsible. | C．Outdated. | D．Humorous. |
| A．A health article. | B．A science fiction. |
| C．A nature magazine. | D．A science website. |
【推荐3】Finding a California condor in the wild would be the most unusual treat. perhaps even more unusual than finding a wolf in Yellowstone National Park. In fact, the wolf was what opened my eyes to the fact that humans could bring an animal back to the place where it had disappeared.
In 1987, there were only 27 California condors left, none of which were in the wild, only in captive breeding programs, It was those breeding programs that contributed to their population rise, enough that by 1991 some of them could be freed into the wild.
Still, the hope of seeing a California condor, which remains an endangered species, is very low, let alone getting a photo of one. California condor population dropped mostly due to human factors, such as poaching and living areas destruction-these are challenges California condors still face today.
Although this is just a bird’s-eye view of the challenges California condors face and there are many others, it is part of why the opportunity to work with the US Fish and Wildlife Service team and their partners helping their recovery is so special to me as a photographer. I am not only able to photograph the birds in their wild living areas, but also understand and record how difficult the work is of those people on the front lines of the protection.
I am grateful for the work of the team, and my hope is that California condor population will continue to rise allowing future generations an opportunity I never had when I first got here-to look to the sky and see one flying around.
1. What helped the increase of the California condor population in 1987?| A．Rules for hunters. | B．Captive breeding programs. |
| C．The improved natural environment. | D．The enlargement of wild living areas. |
| A．It is difficult. | B．It is easy. | C．It is boring. | D．It is dangerous. |
| A．He guided ways for them. | B．He made records by photos. |
| C．He helped the birds to recover. | D．He rebuilt the birds’ living areas. |
| A．New Way, New Hope | B．Wolves and California Condors |
| C．A Photo of a California Condor | D．The California Condor’s Coming Back |
