1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Which date was Van Gogh born on?

A．March 30.

B．March 20.

C．March 13.

2. What did Van Gogh do when he was 15?

A．He began to learn French.

B．He decided to be an artist.

C．He started to work.

3. Which country did Van Gogh move to in 1886?

A．France.

B．Germany.

C．Britain.

4. How did Theo support Van Gogh according to the talk?

A．He made paintings for Van Gogh.

B．He sold Van Gogh’s paintings to others.

C．He bought Van Gogh’s works from others.

2 . 阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Latin American music is one of the most popular music in the world. Sometimes it     1    (call) Latin music, which includes the music of many countries and comes in many varieties. Some critics have defined Latin music as a    2     (combine) of four elements: music style, geography, cultural background of artist and language, the first of which contains all music styles generated from Latin countries, such as salsa, merengue, bachata as well as others     3       (gain)   from more mainstream styles, such as Latin pop, rock, jazz and hip- hop. Latin music     4     (influence)   American popular music, jazz, rhythm and blues and even country music for long.

The Argentine tango was     5    worldwide success in the 1930's,     6     it was common in dance halls for a Latin orchestra to alternate with a big band. Latin music was    7       (extreme） popular with dancers.

    8     (start)   in the mid-1980's, Billboard introduced the Top Latin Albums and Hot Latin Tracks charts for Latin music albums and singles. During the next decade, Latini music gained interest into the mainstream. Ricky Martin’ s performance of Spanglish (含有西班牙语及英文的) version The Cup of Life at the 41st Grammy Awards in 1999 was     9    made him well-known and earned him much press attention. Today most mainstream artists and producers tend to feature more on songs     10    Latin artists.

3 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Where did Aretha Franklin grow up?

A．In Memphis.

B．In Detroit.

C．In Atlantic City.

2. When did Aretha Franklin sign with Columbia Records?

A．In 1980.

B．In 1967.

C．In 1960.

3. Which was Aretha Franklin’s most popular music in the 1960s?

A．“Respect”.

B．“Freeway of Love”.

C．“Chain of Fools”.

4. What does the speaker mainly talk about?

A．Aretha Franklin’s life story.

B．Aretha Franklin’s musical style.

C．Aretha Franklin’s famous songs.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容 (1个单词) 或括号内的正确形式。

Rowan Atkinson is an English comedian and writer, who is famous around the world for his character Mr. Bean. He     1       (list) in the top 50 funniest people ever by a group of comedians and shot to fame in Britain in the late 1970s. In the early 1990s, his     2       (perform) in Mr. Bean brought him worldwide fame.

    3       (bear) in the north of England in 1955, he went to very good schools and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.     4     he studied for a Master’s degree at Oxford University, he fell in love     5     acting and comedy and joined an amateur theatre company. After university, Atkinson got a lucky break and made a comedy show for a British TV company. He quickly set out     6     (appear) in the hit comedy show Not the Nine O’clock News, which made him one of Britain’s     7       (popular) comedians ever. From 1983, he starred in the successful Black Adder series,     8     he also co-wrote.

Mr. Bean came along on New Year’s Day, 1990. It was     9     (original) just a one-off show. The character was a hit and Atkinson made more throughout the 1990s. It was eventually made into a movie which made Atkinson an international star. His visual comedy style     10     (earn) him the nickname “the man with the face” since then.

5 . Wang Fang, a Suzhou native, has given her heart and soul to Kunqu Opera. Wang, who has twice won the Plum Performance Award — China’s top award for theater and opera performances-started to learn the traditional art form in 1977.

Born with a melodic voice, Wang loved to sing and dance when she was little. She performed frequently, and was recruited by the Suzhou Kunqu Opera Troupe (剧团) when she was in middle school. However, her parents refused the troupe’s invitation, insisting that she should concentrate on her studies and not drop out of school. After members of the troupe visited the parents repeatedly and showed great sincerity,Wang’s parents finally agreed.

Learning the traditional art form was never easy. She started to learn how to pronounce words, sing them lyrically and make gestures gently. As an actress playing martial artists roles at first, she had to spend extra time practicing kung fu movements. Years later, Wang used the word “unimaginable” to describe how hard the days were when she first learned Kunqu. She was soaked in sweat when practicing movements in summer, while in winter she often had chilblains (冻疮) on her hands when training in shabby classrooms with broken windows. “But I was young and determined at the time. No matter how difficult, I always got up early the next morning to practice,” Wang recalls.

Wang says she did not love Kunqu at first, but in her early 20s,when she watched the show Peony Pavilion performed by Zhang Jiqing, a master of the art form, it clicked. “I was shocked,” Wang says. “Her every movement was full of elegance and delicacy. Each of her lines and songs was perfect. I was overwhelmed by the beauty of Kunqu for the first time in my life, and it has stayed with me since.” Now, Wang has herself become a master of Kunqu. Her performances have impressed generations and helped to promote the art form among young people.

1. Why did Wang’s parents turn down the troupe’s invitation at first?

A．They didn’t think Wang had artistic talent.

B．They saw no future in learning Kunqu Opera.

C．They didn’t want Wang to ignore her studies.

D．They regarded members of the troupe as insincere.

2. What does paragraph 3 mainly tell us?

A．Wang has made great efforts to learn Kunqu well.

B．Artists should be given more attention and care.

C．Traditional culture needs to be further promoted.

D．Wang has played a key role in the development of Kunqu.

3. What changed Wang’s attitude towards Kunqu Opera?

A．Winning the Plum Performance Award.

B．Joining the Suzhou Kunqu Opera Troupe.

C．Watching Zhang’s masterly performance.

D．Being greatly admired by the audience.

4. What does Wang’s story show us?

A．It is never too late to learn.	B．Rome was not built in a day.
C．Doing is better than saying.	D．Don’t judge a book by its cover.

6 . In August 2018, Yo-Yo Ma began a two-year journey to perform solo cello(大提琴) in 36 locations around the world. The project is motivated not only by his six-decade relationship with Bach’s music, but also by Bach’s ability to speak to our shared humanity at a time when our civil conversation is so often focused on culture division.

Bach’s 300-hundred-year-old music is one extraordinary example of how culture connects us and can help us to imagine and build a better future. For Ma, culture includes not just the arts, but everything that helps us to understand our environment, each other, and ourselves, from music and literature to science and food. The Bach Project explores and celebrates all the ways that culture makes us stronger as individuals, as communities, as a society, and as a planet.

“Bach’s music has been my constant musical companions. For almost six decades, they have given me support, comfort, and joy during times of stress, celebration, and loss. What power does this music possess that even today, after three hundred years? Does it continue to help us navigate through troubled times?” Ma said in a conference. He is more convinced than ever of the Bach’s music has the ability to create shared meaning that extends far beyond the here and now. “Over the years,” writes Ma, “I came to believe that, in creating these works, Bach played the part of a musician-scientist, expressing precise observations about nature and human nature.”

In the next few years, Ma will play cello across six continents, in familiar and unlikely locations. Accompanying each performance will be events that seek to put culture in action by bringing people and organizations together to address present social issues.

1. Why did Yo-Yo Ma want to release the project?

A．To convey his appreciation to Bach.

B．To focus more on civil conversations.

C．To perform in different locations around the world.

D．To celebrate the 300-anniversary of Bach’s birthday.

2. What does the author mainly tell us about culture in paragraph 2?

A．Its significance.	B．Its long history.
C．Its wide popularity.	D．Its target audience.

3. What do we know about Bach’s master pieces?

A．They were composed six decades ago.

B．Bach worked with some scientists to write them.

C．They concern not only nature but also human nature.

D．They have been used to treat mental illness like stress or loss.

4. In which column will you probably find the text in a newspaper?

A．History.	B．Art.
C．Travel.	D．Sport.