1 . “In the future, everybody will be famous for 15 minutes,” said US artist Andy Warhol (1928—1987). And he is quite right. Now it seems that anybody can become an instant online celebrity.

Warhol is best noted for his paintings that represent celebrity faces and US consumer goods, like Coca-Cola bottles or Campbel’s soup cans. As a great influence on the twentieth century pop art movement, Andy Warhol rose to become a cornerstone in the contemporary art world, devoted to bringing his views on materialism, politics and economics to the art. Actually, the visual world Warhol created is directly connected to his background.

In the mid-1950s, the working class gathered a great deal of fortune. They wanted to achieve a higher status in society. The consumer goods and Hollywood faces are a “working-class-coded iconography (肖像；意象) that is often misinterpreted as generally ‘American’.” Anthony E. Grudin, author of Warhol’s Working Class commented. Reproducing these themes in his work meant that people outside of the art world could immediately connect with Warhol’s pictures. Considered “a creature of transformation”, Warhol constantly explored with different forms of media to evoke resonance among people.

For example, in addition to being a painter, Warhol was, in the words of UK writer Peter Wollen: “A filmmaker, a writer, a photographer, a TV soap opera producer.” Warhol, in short, was what we might call a ‘Renaissance (文艺复兴) man’, even though he was a leader in pop or perhaps post-modern art.”

In his later years, he founded Interview Magazine and wrote several books, including The Philosophy of Andy Warhol. But UK artist Gillian Wearing said, “Warhol left his mark in many more ways than his actual work.” Warhol’s works are all about “America, money, fame and death”, UK writer Jon Savage remarked. “He summed up, defined and in many ways symbolized the world in which we now live.

1. What’s Andy Warhol’s purpose of creating his paintings?

A．To highlight Renaissance style.	B．To attain fame and higher status.
C．To combine art with materialism.	D．To challenge traditional art forms.

2. What do Andy Warhol’s paintings focus on?

A．Popular drinks.	B．Average people.
C．Commercial products.	D．Living scenes of working class.

3. What does the underlined phrase “evoke resonance” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Inspire connection.	B．Receive recognition.
C．Raise inspiration.	D．Gain sympathy.

4. What kind of person is Andy Warhol according to the text?

A．Creative and critical.	B．Conservative and realistic.
C．Optimistic and encouraging.	D．Constructive and multi-talented.

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When did Van Gogh decide to become an artist?

A．In 1853.

B．In 1880.

C．In 1886.

2. How were Van Gogh’s paintings in his early period?

A．Meaningful and exciting.

B．Colorful and happy.

C．Serious and sad.

3. Why was it hard for Van Gogh’s friends to stay with him?

A．He was easy to get angry.

B．He always behaved nervously.

C．He was too dependent on them.

4. What do we know about Van Gogh?

A．He began to use light colors when he was in Holland.

B．He cut off his ear at the end.

C．He shot himself in May 1890.

3 . About 20 years ago, Daniel Hoffman, a classically trained violinist met a young musician playing in the town square in Marrakech, an ancient city in Morocco. They communicated in the little French they both knew, but their main common language was music. On the back of a motorbike of the fellow violinist, Hoffman weaved through the back streets of the city and then learned his first lessons in Andalusian music, the classical music of North Africa.

That experience gave birth to an idea: What would it be like to try to learn how to play different violin styles around the world in just one week? Oh. yes, and at the end of that week, play a concert. He even got a name for the concept “musical extreme sports”.

It took him almost two decades to launch that dream with a friend, who introduced him to the wonders of Kickstarter, a funding platform for creative projects. Up to now, the dream has taken the form of a new documentary currently airing on American public television stations called “Otherwise, It’s Just Firewood.”

In the documentary, Hoffman travels to County Clare, Ireland, where he takes lessons with James Kelly, a master Irish violin player, for less than a week and then performs together with him in front of an audience, many of whom are star Irish musicians.

The film is what Hoffman hopes will be the first of an eventual series of short documentaries, showing him learning to play the violin in a variety of styles, including the folk music of south India, Sweden, Greece, Romania, and West Virginia.

That would add to his extensive repertoire (全部曲目), which already includes Balkan, Middle Eastern, and Turkish styles. “The big joke is what’s the difference between the fiddle and the violin? It’s the person who plays it,” says Niall Keegan, a traditional flute player. “It’s the music you make on it that makes it Irish or English or French or classical or jazz or whatever else. It’s how we imagine it and how we create through it that make it and give it character.”

“Otherwise, it’s just firewood,” he says, words that became the film’s title.

1. Where does Hoffman’s idea of musical extreme sports come from?

A．His exploration of the local music.

B．His cooperation with the young violinist.

C．His sightseeing tour on a motorbike seat.

D．His constantly changing taste in violin styles.

2. According to the passage, the series of documentaries ________.

A．help Hoffman to become a master violin player

B．are funded by American public television stations

C．introduce different styles of musicians around the world

D．record Hoffman’s experience in learning various violin styles

3. The title of the documentary “Otherwise, It’s Just Firewood” is used to emphasize ________.

A．the power of diversified artistic expression

B．the pleasure in learning traditional music

C．the technique of instrument playing

D．the importance of famous artists

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。1.

A．Birds in different postures.	B．Visitors to those lakes and wetlands.
C．National parks along the Yellow River.	D．The liveliness and beauty of nature.

2.

A．Birds’ motions and postures are too stunning.

B．Bad weather and some terrible wild creatures.

C．Worsened environment and misunderstanding.

D．Local residents’ complaints on their actions.

3.

A．Yue’s pictures of birds are a reflection of the improved environment.

B．Taking pictures of wild life is not as difficult as expected.

C．Yue got rich through posting bird photos on social media.

D．The locals set many habitats for birds on their migration routes.

5 . There is more to Vincent Van Gogh’s body of works than sunflowers. His complete painting life as an artist, short as it was, can be seen on June 27 during an exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts(MFA) Texas.

This exhibit leans heavily on the Kröller- Müller Museum’s lending Van Gogh’s works. The Kröller- Müller Museum, which is in Otterlo, Netherlands, is well-known for its works by Van Gogh in the world. The MFA, Texas serves as the only site for the exhibit presenting more than 50 works from Van Gogh’s early sketches(素描) to late oil paintings.

“There has been no major Van Gogh exhibition in Texas for decades, and few of this degree and ambition anywhere in the country. ” David Bomford said. “The upcoming exhibition covers the whole of Van Gogh’s all-too-brief ten-year career. It offers people in Texas and even people all over the country a chance to step into the world of Van Gogh. The works selected for exhibit shows Van Gogh’s career which began in dark, realistic style reflecting mid-19th century France and concluded in the wild, psychological paintings of his final years. ”

Van Gogh successfully experimented with artistic techniques from the Barbizon-school’s (巴比松画派的) representative, Millet, whose works he liked above all others, to Cezanne. Van Gogh didn’t care for Cezanne before landing on Cezanne’s unique style which continued amazing audiences for more than 125 years after his death. Cezanne’s style is hard to ignore in many of Van Gogh’s works.

Van Gogh wasn’t a lone talent working in isolation(隔离). He was influenced. He was a great student of art. In order to enable visitors to have a good knowledge of his private thoughts about the works he created, the exhibit will present the extraordinarily rich letters which existed between him and his brother Theo. “In some 820 letters, Van Gogh described his projects and his whole attention. All letters were dotted with sketches of his paintings, ” a worker said. “The MFA uniquely admits us to the workings of his mind and his motivations. And this has inviting appeal to us today. ”

So, take the chance and go to buy a ticket for the upcoming exhibition.

1. What can learn about the MFA’s exhibition on June 27?

A．It is specially held to show many great painters’ works.

B．It will present all the works of Van Gogh.

C．It will soon be held in Otterlo, Netherlands.

D．It gets big support from the Kröller- Müller Museum.

2. What’s David Bomford’s attitude to the upcoming Van Gogh exhibition?

A．Favorable.

B．Critical.

C．Neutral.

D．Indifferent.

3. The author mentions Millet and Cezanne to show that ________.

A．they created a painting style with Van Gogh

B．they played a big role in Van Gogh’s paintings

C．they admired Van Gogh’s paintings

D．they learnt painting techniques from Van Gogh

4. What is the purpose of the letters in the exhibit?

A．To express the public’s admiration for Van Gogh’s talents.

B．To show Van Gogh’s good relationship with his brother.

C．To help the public better understand Van Gogh’s paintings.

D．To search for the cause of Van Gogh’s short painting career.

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The highlight of this exhibition is the painting Clearing After Snow on a Mountain Pass,    1    of Tang Yin (1470-1524).    2    , Tang sought and failed to     3    , so he turned to painting instead. In time, he     4    China has ever known. This painting, showing high mountains, trees, and    5     was made with extraordinary skill. Though it is over 500 years old, it looks     6     the day it was created.

7 . Hedy Lamarr, a Hollywood actress, who was called “the most beautiful woman in the world,” starred in dozens of films over a career that lasted decades. But there was more to Lamarr than met the eye. An enthusiastic inventor, she worked on everything from a tablet to frequency hopping — a World War II-era secure communications technology that’s used today in wireless internet, GPS, and cellphones, which makes her regarded as the “mother of Wi-Fi.”

The Austrian-born Lamarr grew up in Vienna without a lot of education in science. Her natural curiosity drove her to explore and understand the world around her.Therefore, her father, who was also interested in science and technology, often walked with her around the city, pointing out what made things work.

Lamarr's informal scientific training continued when, as a young girl in 1933, she married a wealthy arms merchant who worked with the German and Italian military. When all of these generals and admirals were coming around, she listened, absorbed and learned.

The marriage didn’t last, and Lamarr set out to seek her acting career. When she got to Hollywood in the 1930s, she quickly became an international icon(偶像). After watching World War II break out, with growing concern, Lamarr began inventing on her own. As an Austrian, she thought she should do more to contribute to the allies’s(同盟国) war efforts.

In Hollywood, Lamarr met George Antheil, a composer who would become her cooperator on the frequency-hopping technology. Together, they invented a system that made it harder for the enemy to track or jam signals on radio-guided weapons. However, it wasn’t until 1997, three years before her death, that Lamarr received professional acknowledgment(认可) for her invention.

Lamarr played the role she expected to play in Hollywood-a beautiful object to admire on the big screen. However, She never yielded to society’s expectation to women. Her story really encouraged young people, and especially young women, to go into fields that are traditionally male-oriented, and not to judge a book by its covers.

1. What mainly made Lamarr develop her interest in science?

A．Her father.	B．Her first husband and his friends.
C．Her own curiosity.	D．Her teachers.

2. What was special about Hedy Lamarr?

A．She was the most beautiful woman in the world at one time.

B．She was gracefully beautiful as well as scientifically intellectual.

C．She encouraged young women to invent.

D．She decided to give up her acting career after World War II broke out.

3. What does the underlined phrase “yielded to” most probably mean in the last paragraph?

A．worried about	B．looked down on
C．disagreed with	D．gave in to

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

A．A Great Inventor.

B．A Famous Actress.

C．A Film Star With A Great Contribution.

D．A Wireless Communication.

8 . The exact location in France where Dutch master Vincent van Gogh painted his last work of art has been discovered.

A Dutch researcher figured out that a scene described in the artist’s last work, Tee Root, was visible on a postcard showing a man standing next to a bicycle on a back street of the village Auvers-sur-Oise. Van Gogh spent the last weeks of his life in the village. Helpfully, the card even included the name of the street.

Researchers were given a unique glimpse (体验) into the famous painter’s final hours. He was at work right up to the end.

Wouter van der Veen, scientific director of the Van Gogh Institute in France, made the discovery. While stuck at home, van de Veen used the extra time to organize the numerous files and documents on van Gogh, including images such as the old postcard from Auvers-sur-Oise. One day in late April, he saw the card on his computer screen and it suddenly struck him that he was looking at the location of Tree Roots. Next to the man and his bicycle, roots and trees are clearly visible. He took a virtual trip down the site using Google’s Street View.

“Villagers know the spot and the main tree root well, even giving it the name ‘the elephant’ because of its shapes,” van der Veen said. “It was really hiding in overt sight.”

The discovery provides tourists with an extra reason to visit Auvers-sur-Oise. “They travel a lot just for one reason — to walk in the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh. Now they can stand at the very place where he painted his last painting,” van der Veen said. “And that’s a very moving thing for a lot of people. So I’m very happy to be able to share that with all those who love van Gogh.”

1. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．What the postcard revealed.	B．How Tree Roots was discovered.
C．Why Auvers-sur-Oise became known.	D．Where van Gogh painted his works.

2. How did van der Veen confirm his discovery?

A．He studied a picture of Auvers-sur-Oise.

B．He organized his data on van Gogh.

C．He traveled to France to see for himself.

D．He paid a visit to the spot online.

3. What does the underlined word “overt” in paragraph 5 mean?

A．Mixed.

B．Obvious.

C．Lovely.

D．Strange.

4. What can we infer about tourists to Auvers-sur-Oise?

A．They enjoy exploring how to paint.	B．They share their love for van Gogh.
C．They admire van Gogh very much.	D．They want to experience the life there.

9 . Beethoven is regarded as one of the greatest composers (作曲家）in the history of music. In his twenties, he had been very famous for his ________ on the piano, but then he began to lose his hearing. Beethoven thought about   ________ , but he continued to write music. Inspired by his ________ with deafness, he produced some amazing ________, including his Symphony No 9 in D minor.

One day in 1824, at fifty-four years old，Beethoven’s ninth symphony was finally ________. Before the performance, the backstage atmosphere at a very famous theatre in Vienna was ________. Beethoven was afraid the performance would be a disaster. After all, what use is a ________ who could not hear his music — even if he is a musical ________ ?

The audience did not hesitate to ________ loudly as the famous composer walked out onto the ________ for the first time in 12 years. For more than an hour, Beethoven jumped about in front of the symphony, waving his ________wildly in the air, and ________ turning the pages of his score.

As the final, joyous note ________ the end of the symphony, the audience ________ to their feet, clapping, cheering. But Beethoven ________ conducting. It was not until Caroline, one of the singers, took his arm and turned him to ________ the audience that the great man realized his symphony was a (n ) ________. Beethoven was not the only one who got a surprise. The audience was ________ as well.

Most of them had no ________ that the one person who didn’t hear the ________ and never would was the very man who composed it.

1.

A．skills

B．adventures

C．voyages

D．tricks

2.

A．cheering up

B．pulling up

C．giving up

D．turning up

3.

A．treatment

B．struggles

C．presence

D．drawbacks

4.

A．figures

B．masterpieces

C．organizations

D．songs

5.

A．recommended

B．acknowledged

C．heard

D．accomplished

6.

A．scary

B．complex

C．tense

D．disturbing

7.

A．comedian

B．master

C．conductor

D．candidate

8.

A．agent

B．assistant

C．professional

D．genius

9.

A．applaud

B．leave

C．yell

D．help

10.

A．stage

B．counter

C．stair

D．flight

11.

A．eyes

B．notes

C．arms

D．sticks

12.

A．abruptly

B．steadily

C．gradually

D．madly

13.

A．delayed

B．resembled

C．signaled

D．predicted

14.

A．shouted

B．jumped

C．appeared

D．danced

15.

A．lasted

B．started

C．practised

D．continued

16.

A．watch

B．face

C．tell

D．approve

17.

A．success

B．souvenir

C．version

D．end

18.

A．moved

B．shocked

C．interested

D．satisfied

19.

A．wonder

B．doubt

C．care

D．idea

20.

A．symphony

B．world

C．concert

D．audience

10 . 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
1. How does The Old Guitarist most probably make people feel?

A．Cheerful.

B．Puzzled.

C．Depressed.

2. What do Mother and Child and The Peasants have in common?

A．Both were created for Pablo’s friend.

B．Both belong to the same period.

C．Both have colder colours.

3. What does the creation of Three Musicians show?

A．Pablo liked trying new things.

B．Pablo loved listening to music.

C．Pablo loved to learn from others.