1 . 音乐节即将来临，作为一名音乐爱好者，你迫不及待地要给校报投稿写你熟悉的一名音乐家。要点如下：
（1）音乐家的风格和他努力的过程；
（2）他的音乐给听众的感受。
注意：适当加入情节使内容连贯流畅，字数80字。
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2 . Claude Monet spent the winters of 1899, 1900 and 1901 freezing on a balcony of London’s Savoy Hotel, painting a series of famous images of Waterloo Bridge and Charing Cross Bridge.

Now, scientists at Birmingham University have used solar geometry and historical weather data to figure out exactly which balcony Monet was standing on, and what time of day he was likely working.

“We know that Monet, in the mornings, used to work on the sun rising over Waterloo Bridge,” John Thornes says. “By midday, the sun would be shining directly along the Thames, and Monet usually moved on to Charing Cross Bridge, before finishing the day watching the sun set over the Houses of Parliament.”

The sun occupies the same position in the sky today as it did in 1900 and 1901, which helped Thornes figure out the time of day. Monet also included another London landmark, the obelisk (方尖纪念碑) known as Cleopatra’s Needle, in some of his paintings of Charing Cross Bridge. Thornes says that examining the position of the needle relative to the bridge helped him determine that Monet stayed in rooms 610 and 611 at the Savoy during the winter of 1899, and one floor down at 510 and 511 a year later.

“The Savoy Hotel actually advertises theMonet Suite, which they sell to the public,” Thornes says. “And they in fact use the suite farther down from where Monet actually was.”

But the hotel is upgrading, and when it reopens, it will have the correct rooms as the Monet Suite —thanks in part to his research.

Monet’s images of London aren’t just great art. Thornes says they also provide an accurate record of the city’s fogs, which were common in the days before clean-air law was passed in the 1950s.

“That’s one of the things we’re very interested in,” he says, “Maybe, the visibility (能见度) in Monet’s painting will help me to study how the air quality has improved since those days.”

1. What has helped the researchers to determine Monet’s rooms?

A．The hotel’s historical documents.	B．The weather records about London.
C．The signatures in some of the paintings.	D．The visibility in Claude Monet’s paintings.

2. Which building is most probably in the image painted in the morning?

A．Waterloo Bridge.	B．Cleopatra’s Needle.
C．Charing Cross Bridge.	D．the Houses of Parliament.

3. What can be inferred about the new Monet Suite?

A．It is open for the public now.

B．Claude Monet didn’t stay in it.

C．It consists of more than four rooms.

D．It should be on the sixth or fifth floor.

4. What was the purpose of the research?

A．To help the Savoy Hotel redesign the Monet Suite.

B．To study the effects of the clean-air law passed in the 1950s.

C．To find out when and where Claude Monet worked on some of his paintings.

D．To analyze if Claude Monet honestly recorded the air quality in London.

3 . At just 21 years old, Nija Charles is one of today's most popular songwriters.

She has been ________ with Beyonce, Jay Z, Cardi B, and many other today's popular music artists. Their works have been ________ . And she was even included in three Grammy nominations（提名）.

But just a few years ago, Charles was only a（n） ________ in the crowd. She was ________ in a musical family. "My dad is a DJ. My mom is a dancer," Charles ________ . "So growing up in this family, I was always ________ by music and crazily chased after musicians."

Charles said she first ________ music at age 13, when she asked her mom for a mini keyboard because she was ________ to produce. "So she got one for me, and I started tapping on the keys," she said.

Charles continued to learn music at New York University, where she'd make songs in her dormitory and post them online. Soon she was ________ in flying across the country on weekends, performing on stage and then studying at school.

"It was tough for me. There were some classes I ________ had to skip. But yeah, it was must time management and 1 had to ________ and finish my homework before I got on the plane or I'd finish the ________ on the plane. I wrote songs during the weekend. I made sure I studied hard so I could finish ________ that year," she said.

Talking about her success, Charles said, "It's ________ that my favourite artists are now the people I cooperate with. Several years ago, I was at their ________ but now I'm in the studio with them."

1.

A．working

B．competing

C．arguing

D．entertaining

2.

A．unaddressed

B．labour-saving

C．award-winning

D．unsearchable

3.

A．clerk

B．artist

C．focus

D．fan

4.

A．born

B．introduced

C．invited

D．forced

5.

A．proposed

B．complained

C．sighed

D．recalled

6.

A．annoyed

B．surrounded

C．changed

D．rejected

7.

A．appreciated

B．evaluated

C．accessed

D．composed

8.

A．empty-handed

B．longing

C．absent-minded

D．unwilling

9.

A．honest

B．lacking

C．weak

D．engaged

10.

A．definitely

B．slightly

C．scarcely

D．indirectly

11.

A．call back

B．get along

C．hurry up

D．settle down

12.

A．favorites

B．assignments

C．advertisements

D．ambitions

13.

A．performance

B．career

C．school

D．training

14.

A．incredible

B．ridiculous

C．simple

D．obvious

15.

A．classes

B．concerts

C．families

D．weddings

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

Toby Mott was just an ordinary person working as an artist. But then, at the age of 36, he had an idea that made him famous. It started when he wanted     1     (earn) some money for the holidays one year. His product was simple­­­ a short message of five words     2     a T­shirt.

He took the T­shirts   to a clothing store and they sold 40 in a week.     3     (immediate), he decided to start     4     (he) own business. The product was good. In the past 12 months, he has sold 60,000 T­shirts worldwide.

The     5     (phrase) for the T­shirts come from things he thinks of during the day and from conversations with friends at dinner. His customers,     6     (include) the rich and the famous, enjoy his imaginative phrases. They include things like I will spend your money, and I do things I shouldn’t.Mott says, “I’m successful,     7     it hasn’t changed my     8     (person) life. I still     work at home on the same small desk. My friends, whom I     9     (know) for more than 20 years, are still my friends. In fact, they’re as     10     (surprise) about my success as I am.”

5 . Tod Morgan was born blind, mentally challenged, and autistic. So he couldn't see, he could not learn like other children, and he didn't interact with people very much. He did not seem to have much of a chance. Then, when he was two years old, he began to play little songs on his tiny toy piano. He could play perfectly some of the children's tunes he had heard.

Today, Tod works as a professional pianist. He plays jazz, Broadway songs, and classical pieces. After hearing a tune, he can imitate it almost perfectly the first time he plays it. He doesn't only imitate; Tod is creative too. He can change a classical piece to a jazz, a jazz to a polka, and a polka to a waltz. In addition to the p1ano, Tod plays 13 other instruments and also sings. Tod's list of musical heroes includes Louis Armstrong, Mozart, and Beethoven. How can this be? How can such a severely challenged person be so musically talented?

Tod has what is called “savant syndrome'' — a condition in which a mentally challenged person has a tightly developed talent of a specific kind. Savant syndrome is a mystery to medical researchers. One person who is studying savant syndrome is Dr. David Brighton. He says that he has never seen a musical savant like Tod. Most musical savants are limited to simply repeating tunes they hear. Dr. Brighton points out that Tod's ability to come up with his own tunes is a giant step beyond memorization.

As for Tod, after studying jazz piano at the Music School at Rivers in Massachusetts, he attended and graduated from the famous Berklee College of Music in Boston. Tod is encouraged by his parents as he performs all over the world, appearing on TV and radio shows.

1. What does the author mean by saying that Tod “did not seem to have much of a chance"?

A．Tod was not likely to be completely cured.

B．Tod's chances of success in life were small.

C．Tod's ability to learn music was very limited.

D．Tod would have few opportunities to meet others.

2. A person with savant syndrome is ________.

A．mentally disabled but specially gifted

B．socially inactive but musically talented

C．physically disabled but highly intelligent

D．psychologically challenged but physically gifted

3. What distinguishes Tod from most musical savants?

A．His memory.	B．His creativity.
C．His sociability.	D．His learning speed.

4. What can be concluded from the text?

A．Tod is a typical case of a serious disease.

B．Family support is vital to Tod's recovery.

C．Music connects Tod to the world around him.

D．Music education is a cure to the mentally disabled.

6 . Musicians born after the year 2000 kicked off the Project Spring Bird music season at the Blackstone Music Plus, showcasing the passion and creativity of Generation Z.

The small orchestras were among the biggest surprises in the festival. Each of the pieces in their repertoire (全部剧目)was performed for the first time. Homewood Symphony Orchestra directors and audience alike marveled at the talent of the young performers.

The small orchestras and musicians are the products of a nurturing program aimed at developing the skills and artistic creativity of young talent. It is strongly supported by Mellon Swift, music director of the Homewood Symphony Orchestra. “For young musicians, growth not only takes time, but also a starting point to bigger stages,Mellon said. “We want to help them cross the barriers and explore their artistic passion.”

Young musicians at the beginning of their careers usually emerge from well-known competitions, but Mellon said he wants to see opportunities become more expansive. “We insist on giving them as much freedom and support as possible, so that they don’t get sidetracked by concerns about some practical elements at the beginning of their careers,” he explained. “All they are required to do is to grow artistically and explore their creative potential and ideas, ” he added.

“If a voice tells us:Just do whatever you want, and we will support you all the way, just imagine what kind of potential could emerge?” wrote conductor Karajan, who is only 21, “The future belongs to us, and it can belong to us now! ”

1. What can we learn about the small orchestras in the festival?

A．Their songs were considered as classics.	B．Their performances amazed the audience.
C．They have got chances to be world known.	D．They are faced with few developing problems.

2. What can we infer about the young musicians from the text?

A．They rose to fame from fashion shows.

B．It was they who spread the popular pieces.

C．They are budding talents in the music world.

D．It takes them little time to peak in their career.

3. What message does Mellon Swift seem to convey?

A．Young talents need help and improvement.

B．It is a long shot to explore music potential.

C．Big stages have been set for the music lovers.

D．Freedom is the only source of music inspiration.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．A Big Success: the Project Spring Bird	B．Music Directors: Passion and Creativity
C．Generation Z:A Group of Musical Talents	D．Young Musicians: “The future belongs to us”

7 . Frida Kahlo was one of the most influential Latin American figures of the 20th century. As the daughter of a German father and a Mexican mother, she was born on July 6, 1907. She grew up in Coyoacan, on the outskirts of Mexico City.

When she was seven, a viral disease called polio made her very sick, weakening the muscles in her right leg. While in school, Kahlo witnessed a number of bloody struggles between armed groups in Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution. It was essentially a fight for better living conditions for the disadvantaged. Because of her experiences in Mexico City, Kahlo became a strong supporter of peasants' rights. Later, in 1925, she was in a bus accident that broke her backbone, dislocated her shoulder, and caused other terrible injuries.

To relieve the boredom of recovery and to help deal with the pain and sadness of the accident, she began to paint. In her paintings, Kahlo really explored her identity. Her Work deals wither status as a woman, her mixed ancestry, her turbulent marriage to Mexican communist painter Diego Rivera, the pain of her injuries, and her commitment to revolutionary politics. Many people consider her paintings examples of surrealism, since much of what she painted was fantastical, but Kahlo never considered herself a surrealist. Kahlo's work is unique because she took the bright colors and dramatic symbolism of Mexican culture and combined them with traditions from European art.

In the most famous painting called "Two Fridas," she paints two versions of herself, one in traditional Mexican clothes and another in European clothes of an earlier century. A vein (静脉) connects the hearts of the two women, and blood is dripping out from one end. This was painted just after she and Rivera got divorced. If you look closely. you can see that the Mexican Kahlo holds a portrait of Rivera. Symbols such as the exposed hearts and stormy sky suggest the pain that Kahlo felt. Check out how one of the hearts is broken. and the other one's whole. She seems to be suggesting that Rivera only loved the Mexican part of hers.

In a lot of ways, Kahlo had an unhappy life. She died when she was only 47 years old. Her art is filled with sadness, but it also expresses pride in her Mexican heritage and the joy of being a woman.

1. What led Kahlo to support the rights of poor laborers?

A．The fact that her father was a German migrant laborer.

B．The time she spent working as a laborer during the 1920s.

C．Her marriage to the Mexican nationalist painter Diego Rivera.

D．Her experiences in Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution.

2. Place the following events in time order: ①Kahlo was hurt in a bus accident; ②Kahlo witnessed the Mexican Revolution; ③Kahlo began painting.

A．①②③

B．②①③

C．②③①

D．③①②

3. The underlined word "turbulent" in Paragraph 3 most probably means________.

A．artistically well-matched	B．fantastic and extremely loving
C．filled with dramatic ups and downs	D．very politically conscious

4. How were Frida Kahlo's paintings similar to those of the surrealists?

A．They both focused on gender identity.	B．They both promoted socialist politics.
C．They both contained dreamlike imagery	D．They both combined Mexican and European art.

8 . 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.

9 . Eric Carle, the author and artist of over 70 books for children, passed away at the age of 91. Mr. Carle's lively, creative, and colorful work was loved by children around the world. The Very Hungry Caterpillar was Mr. Carle's best-known book. Since it was published in 1969, over 55 million copies of the book have been sold, and it has been translated into more than 70 different languages.

Mr. Carle was born in Syracuse, New York in 1929. As he was growing up, his mother died and Mr. Carle spent a lot of time with his father, who would take him out walking in nature. His father would show him small creatures, filling the young boy's head with wonder. Mr. Carle thinks this helps explain why so many of his books are about nature. At the age of 12, Carle began to study art in school, where, with his teachers' help, he drew many pictures for children's books.

In 1952, Mr. Carle got a job as an artist at the New York Times. Though he created pictures for books with other authors, he created many of his most well-loved books completely on his own. Most of Mr. Carle's books are meant for younger readers. He said that he wanted to help make school a fun, welcoming place. "I believe that children are naturally creative and eager to learn." he said.

Children around the world responded to Mr. Carle's work, and Mr. Carle responded to this enthusiasm. Mr. Carle worked hard to reach out to students and teachers. In 2002, Mr. Carle and his wife opened the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. The museum shows off picture books from around the world. It also puts on many art programs for students and teachers.

Mr. Carle will be missed, but his creative art and sweet, funny stories will continue to bring joy to very eager readers all around the world.

1. What inspired Eric Carle to be interested in nature when he was young?

A．His sad childhood experience.	B．The early instruction of his father.
C．The encouragement of the teachers.	D．His cooperation with other authors.

2. What did Mr. Carle want to show to young readers?

A．Learning is both fascinating and fun.

B．Reading can broaden their eyesights.

C．Drawing is the basic skills for students.

D．Writing represents one's love for nature.

3. Why did Mr. Carle and his wife open the Museum of Picture Book Art?

A．To collect picture books from the world.

B．To show off his own books and art works.

C．To help students know more about art works.

D．To express his enthusiasm about picture books.

4. What's the author's purpose in writing the passage?

A．To discuss the meaning of our life.

B．To show his love for children works.

C．To remember Eric Carle, an active artist.

D．To introduce Eric Carle's popular books.

10 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. healing       B. prioritize       C. assigned       D. symbolizing E. secondary       F. peculiar G. featuring       H. engaged       I. patterned       J. followed K. embracing

The Healing Power of Art

Dreams have no age limit. A 79 year old lady who restarts her life by painting proves that it is never too late to     1     oneself.

Meeting the 77-year-old Li Yufeng at her workshop in the Lingang Special Area, I am soon infected by her energy and passion.     2     pumpkins, Hami melons, pebbles and playing cards, a number of her paintings hang on the walls. All her works are inspired by the everyday things in her life. As the Mid-Autumn Festival has just passed when we meet, Li's latest works portrays a moon-cake     3     with a dragon and phoenix.

Natural and peaceful, her paintings have     4     power.   They   enable   viewers to   feel the   beauty of small things, which we easily ignore in our daily lives. Last year, she was invited to hold a painting exhibition at the Xuhui Art Museum. To many people's surprise, Li     5     with art just three years ago.

Li spent her childhood in   the   confusion   of   civil   war.   Her father was     6     to Xinjiang   Uygur Autonomous Region as a teacher in a middle school, and Li and her mother     7     him to   the land of rugged mountains and vast desert basins.

"The green lawn and the camphor tree in front of our house in Human have always been impressed in my childhood memories," said Yin.

    8     prosperity and freshness, green is Li's favorite color, which she frequently uses in her paintings. She recalls that she wore a green tweed coat on her wedding day in 1963.

Li used to work as an electric welde（r   电焊工）. Lacking proper eye protection, the flash from the   welding equipment   eventually   damaged   her vision. However,   that   hasn't   stopped   her from     9     colors.

Li became fully engaged in painting after her husband's passing away in 2017. Painting brought her into the present moment and let her forget the pain of losing her husband and her diseases. In the flow of painting, it is hard to dwell on so many troubles. For Li, her improved painting skills are     10     to the joy that art brings her.