1 . 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。

Following his recent four sold-out concerts in Shanghai, Jay Chou has taken on a new role as the curator (馆长) of an art exhibition titled “Art Encounters with Jay”,     1     opened to the public on October 16. This unique exhibition, located in a cultural space on Hengshan Road, features the works of 20 famous contemporary (当代的) artists, including Anselm Kiefer, Ed Ruscha     2     Wang Yuyang. Many of the artworks on display have influenced Chou’s pop songs.

Apart from the artworks, there is an interactive area     3     visitors can take photos with     4     (item) related to the renowned singer.

Jay Chou expressed his goal to make art accessible and     5    (attract) for everyone,     6     (add) that curating is like starting     7     new journey, and that he fell in love with art     8     first sight.

    9     (wide) known as the king of Chinese pop, Jay Chou has been collecting for many years, with his home filled with pieces acquired from galleries. In 2019, the then 42-year-old     10     (name) as one of their “50 Art Collectors to Watch”, and it was reported that he had spent almost all of his earnings on art.

2 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Bob Dylan wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature

US music legend Bob Dylan won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the first songwriter to win the prestigious award in a decision     1     surprised prize watchers.

The 75-year-old Dylan —best known for tunes like “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “Like a Rolling Stone”     2     (honor) “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”, the Swedish Academy said.

The choice was met by gasps and a long round of applause from reporters     3     (attend) the prize announcement. The folk singer has been mentioned in Nobel speculation in the past few years,     4     he was never seen as a serious competitor.

“Dylan has the status of     5     important symbol. His influence on contemporary music is profound,” the academy wrote in biographical notes about the famously private singer.

The Nobel is the latest award for the singer, who has come a long way from his humble beginnings as Robert Allen Zimmerman, born in 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, and who taught     6     to play the harmonica, guitar and piano.

Initially     7     (encourage) by the music of folk singer Woody Guthrie, Robert Allen changed his name to Bob Dylan and began performing in local nightclubs.

    8     dropping out of college, he moved to New York in 1960. His     9     (early) album contained only two original songs, but the 1963 breakthrough The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan featured a number of his own songs,     10     (include) the classic Blowin’ in the Wind.

3 . In 1867, Caroline Shawk Brooks and her husband, Samuel, had a farm in Arkansas. Life on the farm was not easy. From sunrise to sunset, Caroline and Samuel milked cows, gardened, and picked cotton. This left Caroline no time for her dream of becoming an artist.

Time was not the only problem. Money was a worry too. The cotton crops were failing. What could Caroline and Samuel do?

Caroline decided to make butter (黄油) from their cows’milk and sell it at market. But other farms also made and sold butter. How would Caroline set her butter apart from the rest? This is where Caroline’s artistic talent came in. To draw attention to her butter, she began making small butter sculptures (雕塑). She used many different tools, such as butter paddles (搅拌器的浆叶), broom straws, and tree sticks. She also put the butter in a shallow tin pan, which sat in a larger tin pan filled with ice to stop the butter sculpture from melting.

Caroline’s butter sculptures were a hit. Before long, she was displaying them at fairs and exhibitions. One of her largest butter sculptures was a life-size statue called A Study in Butter. It was transported all the way to Paris for the 1878 world’s fair.

Caroline also made sculptures using marble (大理石). She eventually opened a studio in New York City where she created many marble sculptures, some of which were shown at the 1893 world’s fair in Chicago.

But Caroline never stopped making butter art. She considered butter a superior material to work with. At the 1893 fair, she also displayed her butter techniques with a sculpture of Christopher Columbus.

Caroline Shawk Brooks died in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1913. She is remembered as the first known American butter sculptor.

1. Why did Caroline make butter sculptures?

A．To realize her dream.	B．To make her butter stand out.
C．To make her farm famous.	D．To display her sculptures at the fair.

2. What do we know about Caroline and her sculptures?

A．Caroline made her art works all by machine.

B．The sculptures were all made from cow's milk.

C．Ice was used to keep the butter sculptures in shape.

D．Caroline stopped making sculptures after being world-famous.

3. Which words best describe Caroline?

A．Talented and successful.	B．Confident and caring.
C．Creative and rich.	D．Brave and famous.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．A Farming Pioneer.	B．A Great Sculptor.
C．The Butter Sculptures.	D．The Butter Artist.

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When did Mozart begin to compose music?

A．At the age of four.

B．At the age of five.

C．In his early teens.

2. Where was Mozart’s first major opera performed?

A．In Milan.

B．In Vienna.

C．In Salzburg.

3. What did Mozart do when he stopped performing?

A．He did business.

B．He taught for a living.

C．He composed music.

5 . For the creatively minded, snow represents a large blank canvas (空白画布) for art. But often, it’s limited to snowmen or other snow statues. Simon Beck had a different idea, and over the course of a decade he has carved a path for himself in the snow art world. He creates large land art by walking across soccer-field-sized areas covered in untouched snow. Combined with light and shadow (影子) , his artistic designs can only be fully appreciated when viewed from above.

Beck, 59, a former map maker turned into a snow artist, thanks to his decision late in life to pursue his hobby.

            “It started just as a joke one day really,” Beck explained. “After skiing one day, I decided to make a drawing on snow to seek pleasure...”

“I really had no idea how good it would look when I made that first drawing, but it really went beyond my expectation,” he said of his first ever creation that he looked down on from a ski lift.

To create this work, Beck stepped his way through the snow using only snowshoes and a ski pole for measurement with nothing else but the image of a design idea in his head. It was not challenging at all due to his previous work experience. But as his designs developed and became more complex(复杂的), Beck said he began to start drawing them on paper first.   

Beck’s paintings have become a huge hit since his work was first shared.

“Most of the time I had been doing failed careers, and people around me are asking what's the quickest way of getting rid of (摆脱) this person,” Beck said. “And for the first time, I felt people actually wanted me. I felt like a more valued member of society.”

1. Where does Simon Beck create art?

A．On maps.

B．On canvas.

C．On soccer fields.

D．On snowfields.

2. Why did Beck create his first drawing?

A．To have fun.	B．To prove his talent.
C．To entertain the skiers.	D．To develop a new hobby.

3. How did Beck feel about his first artwork?

A．Surprised.

B．Unsatisfied.

C．Annoyed.

D．Indifferent.

4. What contributed to Beck’s art creation?

A．His passion for skiing.	B．His competitive nature.
C．His dream to be an artist.	D．His experience of making maps.

6 . As a physically fit 89-year-old big band singer, Tony Bennett performed timeless ballads (民歌，情歌) perfectly. He was an exception to the belief of aging and decline.

However, the trouble with his _______ concerned Bennett, especially since it might impact his ability to put on his signature fine-tuned show. Eventually, Bennett was _______ with Alzheimer’s disease in 2017.

After receiving the diagnosis, Bennett insisted on continuing to perform. “Tony has always had a very _______ attitude,” his wife Benedetto says. “He was going to keep going straight ahead _______ he always has.”

As one of only a few artists to produce chart-topping records every decade since the 1950s — _______ more than 60 albums — Bennett is an American icon (偶像). His _______ “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” and “Rags to Riches”, among many others — have earned him 19 Grammy Awards.

_______ the disease, Bennett’s desire to help others connect through music remained strong. He felt it _______ to make people feel good.

In February 2021, Bennett _______ shared that he was living with Alzheimer’s in an interview. Shortly after the news, the ________ from the public was overwhelmingly supportive. In October, Bennett and Lady Gaga released ________ is billed as Bennett’s final studio album, “Love for Sale.” Upon its release, Bennett earned the Guinness World Records ________ for the oldest artist to release an album of new material.

As the disease ________, music has a renewed importance in Bennett’s life. Over seven decades, Bennett’s brave and ________ voice is helping people find joy among life’s hardships. “He gives people courage and hope. And he is ________.”

1.

A．memory

B．appearance

C．finance

D．origin

2.

A．charged

B．assigned

C．diagnosed

D．choked

3.

A．negative

B．positive

C．professional

D．confident

4.

A．as

B．like

C．except

D．if

5.

A．adopting

B．discounting

C．packing

D．totaling

6.

A．beats

B．instances

C．plots

D．hits

7.

A．Though

B．Unless

C．Despite

D．Unlike

8.

A．incredible

B．honorable

C．convincing

D．dynamic

9.

A．publicly

B．secretly

C．instantly

D．critically

10.

A．response

B．priority

C．influence

D．resolution

11.

A．how

B．why

C．when

D．what

12.

A．topic

B．title

C．theme

D．model

13.

A．spreads

B．exposes

C．progresses

D．explodes

14.

A．hopeful

B．original

C．faithful

D．merciful

15.

A．moving the goalposts

B．walking on air

C．taking no notice

D．leading the way

7 . 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。

The Yuan Dynasty witnessed the maturity of Chinese landscape painting. The techniques of ink and wash     1     (employ) in this period, which brought Chinese landscape painting     2     the peak of prosperity and splendor. The ink-and-wash landscape painters developed the idea     3     a stretch of landscape represents a stretch of one’s spiritual world.

Ni Yunlin, Wu Zhen, Huang Gongwang and Wang Meng were known as the “Four Masters of the Yuan”,     4     enjoyed the free clouds and green mountains of nature. Of them all Ni Yunlin is considered to be     5     typical.

In Ni’s The Rongxi Studio, colours are completely abandoned and “the level and distant” method is applied to the     6     (compose) of the painting, so as to achieve the effect of peace and detachment (超脱). The world     7    (create) here is the world in the artist’s mind: cold mountains and insignificant waters reveal the     8    (painter) desire to leave the earthly world. Withered (枯萎的) trees convey the artist’s pursuit of freedom, though it sometimes means     9     (pain) loneliness. The small pavilion under the trees is “Rongxi Studio,” the name meaning a studio big enough only     10     (hold) a knee-a reflection of a human being’s inferior position in the universe.

8 . Lian Yang, a young Chinese artist, has made numerous efforts to promote the development of rock paintings during the past several years.

Lian, who developed a deep affection for the exquisite paintings at first sight, was deeply impressed by the rock paintings’ rich colors and mysterious atmosphere. In 2008, Lian graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts in China. Before she began studying rock paintings, Lian devoted her time to creating Chinese wash paintings. As she was good at painting dragons, she was referred to as “the youngest dragon painter in China”. Despite her outstanding achievements, Lian, with an ambition to achieve greater career success, felt a strong need to find another type of painting to understand the essence of traditional Chinese culture more deeply.

During her visit to a temple in Tibet in 2015, she was amazed by the unique beauty of the rock painting in the temple. At that moment, she made up her mind to study rock paintings. Her families suggested that she weigh up her decision, as they believed she was almost past the best age to learn the difficult art of painting. Lian, however, had no second thoughts about it. She was determined to step out of her comfort zone. When she was 28 years old, Lian went to Japan to study the skills needed to create rock paintings. In 2019, Lian studied rock paintings in several grottoes (石窟) in China. As she appreciated the paintings in the grottoes, Lian thought carefully about how she could integrate elements of other art forms into rock paintings, so that people worldwide could better understand the artworks’ unique beauty.

Lian has witnessed the rapid development of both the art form and the revival of traditional Chinese culture. Lian sincerely hopes that the younger generation will show more interest in rock paintings as well as other traditional Chinese art forms.

1. What made Lian decide to study rock paintings?

A．A visit to a temple.	B．Her curiosity about paint.
C．A dragon painter’s persuasion.	D．Her ambition to become a career painter.

2. What is her families’ attitude to her studying rock paintings?

A．Supportive.

B．Negative.

C．Unconcerned.

D．Enthusiastic.

3. What can we know about Lian?

A．She went to Japan in her thirties.

B．She was expert at painting dragons.

C．She contributed many paintings to grottoes.

D．She has devoted herself to rock painting since 2008.

4. Which of the following can best describe Lian?

A．Ambitious and determined.	B．Creative and sincere.
C．Responsible and thoughtful.	D．Intelligent and patient.

9 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Who might the woman be?

A．A TV hostess.

B．A news broadcaster.

C．The hostess of a cultural activity.

2. What did Daniel Robinson do at the age of 10?

A．He wrote his own music.

B．He started learning the piano.

C．He joined the Julliard School.

3. What will Daniel Robinson do?

A．Give a speech.

B．Give a concert.

C．Sign some books.

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。

Chinese writers shine at prestigious sci-fi awards

Chinese sci-fi writers and artists had a     1    (reward) night at this year’s Hugo Awards. Hai Ya took away the Best Novelette award for “The Space-Time Painter”. “I’m     2    (pleasant) surprised and very lucky, it’s like my dream come true,” said Hai Ya.

Hai created the story    3    (inspire) by a painting masterpiece, Qianli Jiangshan Tu (A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains) by Wang Ximeng from the Song Dynasty (960-1279),     4    painted the work at the age of 18.

The Hugo Awards, first presented in 1953 and presented annually since 1955, are science fiction’s prestigious awards. The awards     5    (vote) on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention, which is also responsible for     6    (administer) them.

Chinese artist Zhao Enzhe won the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist,     7    (honour) as “the Liu Cixin in the illustration field” and best domestic artist     8    terms of interstellar sci-fi content. “Of course, I’m very happy to have such an opportunity and a platform to show myself, but I think it is the step-by-step promotion of the predecessors of Chinese science fiction     9     gives me such an opportunity. In the future, I will work harder to promote the progress of science fiction art in China,” Zhao said in     10     interview after the ceremony.