1 . From its origins in the California hills in the US to its acceptance on urban streets worldwide, the history of skateboarding spans (跨越) seven decades over which it has developed from an unwelcome sport to an Olympic event in 2020. Now, a London exhibition is to show the path from those humble homemade boards of the 1950s to today’s hi-tech professional models.
The exhibition will feature about 90 rare and unique boards along with more than 100 other related objects, including safety equipment and magazines. Half of the skateboards will be on loan from the Skateboarding Hall of Fame Museum in California. A highlight will be a 1967 Bilbo board produced by European Surfing Company, which was set up at Newquay in Cornwall in southwestern England in 1965 and marketed the first skateboards in the UK.
Also on display will be the famous skateboarder Tony Hawk’s first professional model, from 1982, with its adaptations for the vert style of skateboarding which uses vertical ramps (垂直坡面) rather than level ground; early homemade boards from 1950s California modeled on the design of roller-skates and surfboards; and the first two models to feature a kicktail —the raised tail enabling skaters to turn or balance the board on the back wheels.
It will also feature Laura Thornhill’s Logan Earth Ski from the 1970s, the first women’s professional model. Sky Brown, who at 13 won bronze for Team Great Britain at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, is represented through her first professional model, the Sky Brown & Skateistan Almost model.
“Skateboards, often misunderstood as being just toys, are now hi-tech products responding to constantly changing urban environments,” said Jonathan Olivares, the show’s director. “This exhibition is centred around a single question: how did the skateboard get to positioning the skateboard as a truly unique object.”
1. When were skateboard s invented?A.In the 1950s. | B.In the 1960s. | C.In the 1970s. | D.In the 1980s. |
A.It is a homemade board with a kicktail. |
B.It is probably suitable for vertical camps. |
C.It is designed to skate on the level ground. |
D.It is modeled on the design of roller-skates. |
A.Bilbo. | B.Newquay. | C.Sky. | D.Logan Earth Ski. |
A.Skateboards are still low-tech products. |
B.Skateboarding won its acceptance immediately. |
C.Skateboarding will be very popular around the world. |
D.Skateboarders were always admired by the public. |
2 . ANCIENT CHINESE ART ON SHOW
The Richfield Museum of Fine Art is proud to present our new exhibition, “From Shang to Qing: Chinese Art Through the Ages.” Join us as we explore more than 3,000 years of wonderful art from the Middle Kingdom. From bronze bowls to ceramic vases, and jade sculptures to ink wash paintings, our goal is to display the Chinese artistic genius from ancient times.
The highlight of this exhibition is the painting Clearing After Snow on a Mountain Pass, one of the great works of Tang Yin(1470-1524). Born during the Ming Dynasty, Tang sought and failed to gain entry into the civil service, so he turned to painting instead. In time, he gained recognition as one of the greatest artists China has ever known. This painting, showing high mountains, trees, and houses covered in snow, was made with extraordinary skill. Though it is over 500 years old, it looks as fresh and full of life as the day it was created.
Also of primary note is a collection of nearly 100 bronze objects from the Shang Dynasty(1600 BCE-1046 BCE). While the artists who made these great works are not known, they showed great skill in creating these beautiful pieces. Some of the items on display are thought to have come from the collection of Emperor Qianlong(1711-1799), a great admirer of Shang Dynasty bronze.
Finally, we have many fine examples of Tang Dynasty (618-907) sculptures. Most of these are of Buddhist origin. Even though Buddhism entered China much earlier, it did not really begin to show expansion until the seventh century.
During this same period, trade along the Silk Road also boomed. Chinese sculpture thus found itself highly influenced by Buddhist art brought from India and Central Asia through the Silk Road. These works were intended to spread Buddhism and they are of exceptional beauty and quality. Looking at the faces of the figures in these sculptures, one sees the faces of the past. History is brought to life.
This is just a small taste of what is in store for you in this exhibition. We guarantee that “From Shang to Qing: Chinese Art Through the Ages” will transport you to another time with its amazing collection of works.
“From Shang to Qing: Chinese Art Through the Ages” will run until November 25.
Opening hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., from Tuesday to Sunday (the museum is closed on Mondays). No one will be admitted into the exhibition after 4:30 p.m.
Admission: $10 for adults: $8 for students; $5 for children under 12; free for children under 5.
No photos or food and drink are allowed in the museum.
1. Which of the following is NOT true about the exhibition?A.It covers a history of more than 3,000 years. |
B.It only exhibits bronze bowls, ceramic vases and jade sculptures. |
C.It displays the Chinese artistic genius from ancient times. |
D.Its theme is “From Shang to Qing: Chinese Art Through the Ages”. |
A.He gained entry into the civil service. |
B.He was born in the Qing Dynasty. |
C.He was recognized as one of the greatest artists. |
D.His painting Clearing After Snow on a Mountain Pass was painted 400 years ago. |
A.are imported from the West |
B.were intended to spread Daoism |
C.are of exceptional beauty and quality |
D.are rarely shown in the public |
A.go to the museum on November 26 |
B.visit it on Monday |
C.have lunch in the museum |
D.visit it from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday |
开端 | 纺织业的技术革新 |
时间 | 第一次工业革命:18世纪中期至19世纪中期;第二次工业革命:19世纪中期至20世纪初 |
影响 | 人口从农村转移至城市,交通工具的改变 |
2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
参考词汇 :革新 innovation;纺织业 the textile industry;
蒸汽动力 steam power;轧棉机 cotton gin
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4 . 假定你打算参加你校即将举办的英语作文比赛。请你根据所给要点写一篇介绍大航海时代(the Age of Exploration)的英语短文。
时间:15世纪初至18世纪
目的:开辟新的贸易路线,寻找财富,获取知识
航海线路的开辟 :
1. 葡萄牙人在Prince Henry the Navigator的鼓励下开始在西非开辟新的航线;
2. 西班牙人试图在远东地区寻找新的贸易线路;
3. 法国和英国探险家也努力寻找通往未知地区的大门。
影响:改变了世界,为今日的地理学奠定了科学基础。
注意:
1. 词数150左右;
2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:路线 route;葡萄牙人 the Portuguese
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5 . If you want to tell the history of the whole world, a history that does not privilege one part of humanity, you cannot do it through texts alone, because only some of the world has ever had texts, while most of the world, for most of the time, has not. Writing is one of humanity’s later achievements, and until fairly recently even many literate (有文字的) societies recorded their concerns not only in writing but in things.
Ideally a history would bring together texts and objects, and some chapters of this book are able to do just that, but in many cases we simply can’t. The clearest example of this between literate and non-literate history is perhaps the first conflict, at Botany Bay, between Captain Cook’s voyage and the Australian Aboriginals. From the English side, we have scientific reports and the captain’s record of that terrible day. From the Australian side, we have only a wooden shield (盾) dropped by a man in flight after his first experience of gunshot. If we want to reconstruct what was actually going on that day, the shield must be questioned and interpreted as deeply and strictly as the written reports.
In addition to the problem of miscomprehension from both sides, there are victories accidentally or deliberately twisted, especially when only the victors know how to write. Those who are on the losing side often have only their things to tell their stories. The Caribbean Taino, the Australian Aboriginals, the African people of Benin and the Incas, all of whom appear in this book, can speak to us now of their past achievements most powerfully through the objects they made: a history told through things gives them back a voice. When we consider contact (联系) between literate and non-literate societies such as these, all our first-hand accounts are necessarily twisted, only one half of a dialogue. If we are to find the other half of that conversation, we have to read not just the texts, but the objects.
What does the underlined word “conversation” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A.Problem. |
B.History. |
C.Voice. |
D.Society. |
6 . To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains, but actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against the rain. Its first use was as a shade against the sun! Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese.
We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honour. In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by those in high office.
In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was commonly used in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.
During the Middle Ages, the use of the umbrella practically disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. And again it was considered as a symbol of power. By 1680, the umbrella appeared in France and later in England.
By the eighteenth century, the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe. Umbrellas did not change much in style during all this time, though they became much lighter in weight. It wasn’t until the twentieth century that women’s umbrellas began to be made in a whole variety of colours.
1. According to this passage, the umbrella was probably first used in ancient________.A.China | B.Egypt | C.Greece | D.Rome |
A.during the Middle Ages |
B.by the eighteenth century |
C.in ancient Rome |
D.in ancient Greece |
A.when and how the umbrella was invented |
B.why the umbrella was so popular in Europe |
C.the development of the umbrella |
D.the history and use of the umbrella |
Nowadays, the word “hutong ” has come to mean more
To help them keep control over the city, the Emperors during these Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty
By connecting people’s homes, the hutongs in fact connected people’s lives,
Towards the end of the Qing Dynasty, the conditions in Beijing’s hutongs went down as the political situation cast a dark cloud on China’s economy. Many new hutongs were quickly built to house the
Hutongs are still
1. What did Charles I do with ice cream?
A.He passed a law for it. | B.He improved the recipe. | C.He created a festival for it. |
A.An English woman. | B.A New Jersey woman. | C.A Frenchwoman. |
A.The varieties of ice cream. | B.The flavour of ice cream. | C.The development of ice cream. |
1. Which name isn’t Anglo Saxon in origin?
A.Edgar. | B.Oswald. | C.Robert. |
A.German. | B.French. | C.Greek. |
A.Twin. | B.Home ruler. | C.Friend of horses. |
A team of
They mapped the wall,
The research team found some surprises. The