1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What do we know about the woman?

A．She adores Andy Lau very much.

B．She is to join Andy Lau’s fan club.

C．She saw Andy Lau’s interview on DVD.

2. What does the woman have?

A．All Andy Lau’s films on DVD.

B．All Andy Lau’s albums.

C．All Andy Lau’s posters.

3. What did the woman buy last month?

A．Two copies of a magazine.

B．Several posters of Andy Lau.

C．Andy Lau’s early films on DVD.

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What was the Renaissance mainly about?

A．The Latin language.

B．Arts and science.

C．The Christian religion.

2. When did Leonardo da Vinci live?

A．In the 1300s.

B．In the 1400s.

C．In the 1600s.

3. What does the term “renaissance man” mean?

A．Someone doing many things well.

B．Someone living in Italy in the past.

C．Someone being very famous throughout history.

4. What is da Vinci best known for?

A．His paintings.

B．His inventions.

C．His songs.

3 . 阅读有关莫奈和印象派的文章。用方框中单词或短语的正确形式填空。

be fond of            emerge             influential             in particular purchase            realistic             subjective                 theme

Unlike the earlier Realists who painted in a     1     style, Impressionist painters focused more on their     2     feelings of things and instant impressions. When Impressionism     3     in France in the late 19th century, artists became more interested in everyday subject matter. They were also fascinated by modern objects. As one of the most     4     Impressionist painters, Claude Monet was impressed by the visual effects of the steam engine     5    , and he later produced twelve paintings of a train station in Paris. In 1883, Monet and his large family moved to Giverny, where he     6     a house and some land for his gardens. During his days at Giverny, Monet     7     painting his own gardens, with the water lilies, the pond, and the arched bridge. From this we can see that there were two clear     8     apparent in his work throughout his career: colours and reflections in water.

4 . Mary Shelley bends over her latest creation. Although the carving is only half complete, the image of a waitress holding a plate of eggs comes out from the board. Of Shelley’s nearly seven hundred carvings, many show scenes with cows on farms and people in restaurants.

From memories to carvings

“My work is a visual diary, ” Shelley says. “The carvings describe things I have experienced and felt at different times in my life.”

Every one of her carvings tells a story. Many of the stories in Shelley’s woodcarvings come from memories of her childhood in a rural (乡村的) area outside of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Shelley’s family managed a small farm. Mary was a serious girl who spent a lot of time raising animals, exploring outdoors, and reading. Although Shelley never felt especially artistic as a child, there was always an art project in the works in the Shelley household. Her grandmother painted. Her father was a commercial artist, who drew and wrote to make a living.

______

Shelley attended Cornell University and hoped to become a writer, but an unusual present took her in another direction. At age 23, she received a gift her father had made-a woodcarving of her as a girl on the farm. The gift caught her interest. After gathering boards from a building site where she worked as a carpenter, Shelley bought some tools and taught herself to carve.

Shelley soon realized that she loved the slow, thoughtful process of working with wood and painting. “A carving is like a jigsaw puzzle (拼图游戏),”   she explains. “I didn’t know how it would all fit together, but the process of solving the puzzle kept me going.”

The Shelley style

Early in her career, people hired Shelley to carve special pieces that took four or five weeks to complete. The money she received motivated her to try more complicated scenes created by carving deeper in the wood. Over time, Shelley’s art began to have its own style. In a typical Shelley woodcarving, some objects seem to reach out of the frame while others drop back, creating a feeling of depth.

1. What can we infer from the “From memories to carvings” part?

A．Art is from but beyond life.	B．Life is short and art is long.
C．It is great art to laugh at your own misfortune.	D．Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist

2. Which can be the best title for the second part?

A．Life in School	B．A Dream Come True
C．A Life-Changing Gift	D．Jigsaw Puzzles and Carving

3. What made Mary take up carving?

A．The dream to be an artist in her childhood.	B．Her father’s low-relief carving for her.
C．The rugs hooked by her grandmother.	D．Her school life in Cornell University.

4. According to the text, Shelley’s art ______.

A．is very popular	B．is very expensive
C．has simple scenes	D．creates a feeling of depth

5 . Derek Paravicini is lucky to be alive. Born three and a half months early, he weighed only 0.6 kilograms and almost _______ three times while he was in hospital. _______, Derek’s early birth left him with some disabilities — he is blind; he can’t tell left from right; he can _______ count to ten.

Yet Derek is a _______ talent. The 41-year-old remembers every one of the thousands of pieces of music he has ever heard and can play them without _______ on the piano — even if he only heard the song once. years ago. Because he is blind, he cannot _______ music. All of the music he plays is in his _______. His brain has been described as a perfectly programmed musical _______. When he hears a chord with ten notes in it, he can even _______ all ten, while most professional musicians can only recognise about five.

Derek was two years old before his family discovered his ________. When he was given an old keyboard, he ________ his family by reproducing the songs he had heard outside. His family then arranged for him to go to a school for the ________ where he met a university professor who helped him to ________ his musical talent.

By the age of nine, Derek had ________ at a large concert hall in London with a famous orchestra, Since then, he has appeared on TV shows and travelled the world ________ performances. He has recorded his own CDs and there is even a book about his life.

1.

A．smiled

B．cried

C．died

D．survived

2.

A．Strangely

B．Quickly

C．Secretly

D．Unluckily

3.

A．almost

B．hardly

C．still

D．even

4.

A．math

B．future

C．musical

D．natural

5.

A．words

B．numbers

C．mistakes

D．sounds

6.

A．read

B．improve

C．create

D．hear

7.

A．head

B．hands

C．eyes

D．mouth

8.

A．bank

B．hospital

C．community

D．computer

9.

A．count

B．send

C．recognize

D．leave

10.

A．voice

B．talent

C．book

D．illness

11.

A．moved

B．confused

C．shocked

D．annoyed

12.

A．blind

B．poor

C．needy

D．sick

13.

A．discover

B．turn

C．end

D．develop

14.

A．hosted

B．lectured

C．served

D．performed

15.

A．recording

B．giving

C．improving

D．supplying

6 . Matilda Browne (1869-1947) was a successful artist in the early 20th century. Unfortunately, few people know her name or her art today.

Matilda Browne showed promising artistic talent early in her life. Growing up in Newark, New Jersey, she got an introduction to art by watching her neighbor, painter Thomas Moran. Her parents supported their budding young artist.     1    And it paid off. Matilda Browne participated in her first major exhibition when she was just twelve years old.

Browne loved to paint animals, especially cows and other animals.     2     Her bold brushwork gave her paintings a live appearance. Her style is best described as Impressionism.

Matilda Browne quickly became a respected and successful artist. Her list of honours opened doors that would have been otherwise inaccessible for a female artist of her time. As an adult, she moved to Connecticut, where she painted in Old Lyme.     3    She even had the honor of painting a door of their workshop. Some sources say that her good sense of humor helped her fit in with the boys, while others claim that her seriousness is what won them over.     4    

Browne was a successful artist throughout her life. She won numerous awards and exhibited in many important shows. However, very few people know about her today. This is a more common story for female artists than one might think. So, why has Browne faded into being unknown?     5    She was American, while books about American Impressionists tend to focus on the male artists.

A．She was the only woman accepted into the male artists’ circle there.

B．It was her artistic style that hadn’t aroused people’s interest.

C．Her impressive skill brought her under everyone’s notice.

D．She also painted many flowers in colorful garden landscapes.

E．It could result from her double minority — in gender and nationality.

F．Her mother took her to Europe for training while she was quite young.

G．Either way, her great skill as a painter made these other artists take notice.

7 . This was going to be a year of great jazz centennials (百年纪念) for 1920 marked the birth of several jazz musicians who either changed the course of the music or deeply enriched it. So let’s raise a glass to some of them:

Charlie Parker(August 29, 1920-March 12, 1955)

Of all the jazz languages that coursed through the 20th century, no one did more than Parker, for he developed complex improvisational methods that transformed the way musicians understand harmony and dissonance. The fact that Parker also happened to be a most influential saxophone player broadened the scope of his achievements.

Dave Brubeck (December 6, 1920-December 5, 2012)

Early in his long career, pianist-composer Brubeck was laughed at by some jazz lovers. How could a musician so popular among the masses possibly have anything to offer those who considered themselves “masters”? The joke was on them, of course, as Brubeck’s music was filled with new ideas in rhythm, embracing elements of Western classical music. No one played the piano quite the way Brubeck did.

Clark Terry(December 14, 1920-February 21, 2015)

Some musicians are at least as important for the influence they have on others as for the music they create themselves. Trumpet masters such as Miles Davis have credited Terry for having encouraged them in the earliest days of their careers. Terry’s work on trumpet affected those trumpeters and uncounted others.

Peggy Lee(May 26, 1920-January 21, 2002)

Singer-songwriter Lee proved that a vocalist needn’t shout to be heard around the world. Her soft vocals delighted jazz devotees and brought the music to huge audiences across the decades, thanks to hit recordings such as “Fever” and “Is That All There Is?” There were no vocal skills involved. Instead, Lee taught the jazz world the beauty of saying everything with a few well-chosen notes.

1. Who changed the way musicians understand harmony and dissonance?

A．Charlie Parker.

B．Dave Brubeck.

C．Clark Terry.

D．Peggy Lee.

2. Why was Brubeck looked down upon by “masters”?

A．He played music for a longer time.	B．They didn’t recognize his excellence.
C．He played the piano in a traditional way.	D．They had nothing to learn from him.

3. What is special about Peggy Lee?

A．Her unique piano playing.	B．Her great influence on others.
C．Her beautiful singing voice.	D．Her mixture of western music.

8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个词（冠词，介词，代词或连词），或在空白处填入单词的正确形式。

He Jialin, the director of the National Academy of Painting’s art museum, said he     1    (impress) by his colleague painter Chen Peng’s extensive knowledge of birds. He said once they visited a bird museum while     2     (travel) in Kenya years ago, and Chen recognized many species and knew     3     (they) behaviors.

He said many painters     4     specialize in the flower-and-bird genre of classical Chinese paintings     5       (normal) depict(描绘)certain kinds of birds, while Chen paints as many species as he could, as long as he knows about them.

An exhibition at the National Academy of Painting until June 15 shows dozens of Chen’s paintings of flowers and birds     6     (present) a lively world. Chen’s work     7     (reflect) a mastery of the techniques of classical Chinese ink art and an appropriate blend with(融合) the vibrancy of the color scheme and the rules of perspectives of the oil painting.

Huyang, or the desert willow(柳树) poplars in Northwest China, is one of the     8     (theme) appearing repeatedly in Chen’s creation. He steps aside from praising the tough side of the trees like many painters do. He, however, gives a touch of     9     (warm) and softness toward Huyang, which is famous     10     surviving centuries in tough conditions.

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Liu Haisu was one of the most famous Chinese     1    (paint) and art educators in the twentieth century. He was good at Chinese painting and oil painting. He was one of the four pioneers of Chinese modern art who earned the title of “The Four Great Academy Presidents”.

Liu Haisu was born in 1896 in Changzhou, China. When he was a kid, he had     2     great gift for painting. He studied under Wu Changshuo as a youth.

After founding his co-educational public school in Shanghai in 1912, he     3    (invite) to speak at many schools all over China. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Liu organized a number of national and international exhibitions,     4    (travel) first to Japan and then Europe,     5     he studied Western oil painting techniques. His books introduced Western art to the Chinese public. He also     6    (hold) art exhibitions in many countries in Europe, such as France and Italy. Many of Liu’s most important paintings were focused     7     the mountain Huangshan, which he climbed 10 times during his life. Mr Liu died at the age of 98, in 1994 in Shanghai, leaving us too many     8    (value) works. In 1995, the Liu Haisu Art Museum opened in Shanghai,     9    (devote) to life and works of the     10    (art).

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Florentijn Hofman is a Dutch artist,     1     large sculptures are on display all over the world. One way for him     2     (find) inspiration is turning to his children’s toys. These     3     (object) have given him ideas for his animal sculptures, such     4     the famous Rubber Duck. A more recent work of his is the huge Floating Fish, which was set among the beautiful landscape of Wuzhen West Scenic Zone.

Hofman’s inspiration for Floating Fish came from Chinese folk tales     5     (pass) down through the generations. He was     6     (particular) interested in the old story about     7     fish jumping through the “Dragon Gate”. This story     8     (come) to life for Hofman when he visited Wuzhen and saw     9     people lived there.

“During the walk and my stay here in the town, I saw the fish being fed by people. You see also some fish sculpted on the wall.” These sights set Hofman’s idea for Floating Fish     10     motion.