2 . Most kids grow up learning they cannot draw on the walls. But it might be time to abandon that training — this summer, a group of culture addicts, artists and community organizers are inviting New Yorkers to write all over the walls of an old house on Governor’s Island. The project is called Writing On It All, and it’s a participatory writing project and artistic experiment that has happened on Governor’s Island every summer since 2013.

“Most of the participants are people who are just walking by or are on the island for other reasons, or they just kind of happen to be there,” Alexandra Chasin, artistic director of Writing On It All, tells Smithsonian.com.

The 2016 season runs through June 26 and features sessions facilitated by everyone from dancers to domestic workers. Each session has a theme, and participants are given a variety of materials and prompts (提词) and asked to cover surfaces with their thoughts and art. This year, the programs range from one that turns the house into a collaborative essay to one that explores the meaning of exile (流放).

Governor’s Island is a national historic landmark district long used for military purposes. Now known as “New York’s shared space for art and play,” the island, which lies between Manhattan and Brooklyn in Upper New York Bay, is closed to cars but open to summer tourists who flock for festivals, picnics, adventures, as well as these “legal graffiti (涂鸦)” sessions.

The notes and art scribbled (涂画) on the walls are an experiment in self-expression. So far, participants have ranged in age from 2 to 85. Though Chasin says the focus of the work is on the activity of writing, rather than the text that ends up getting written, some of the work that comes out of the sessions has stuck with her.

“One of the sessions that moved me the most was state violence on black women and black girls,” says Chasin, explaining that in one room, people wrote down the names of those killed because of it. “People do beautiful work and leave beautiful messages.”

1. What does the project Writing On It All invite people to do?

A．Exhibit their artistic creations in an old house.

B．Participate in a state graffiti show.

C．Abandon their training in drawing.

D．Cover the walls of an old house with graffiti.

2. What did the project participants do during the 2016 season?

A．They were free to scribble on the walls whatever came to their mind.

B．They were required to cooperate with other creators.

C．They learned the techniques of collaborative writing.

D．They expressed their thoughts in graffiti on the theme of each session.

3. What kind of place is Governor’s Island?

A．It is a place in Upper New York Bay formerly used for exiles.

B．It is a historic site that attracts tourists and artists.

C．It is an area now accessible only to tourist vehicles.

D．It is an open area for tourists to enjoy themselves year round.

4. What does Chasin say about the project?

A．It helped expand the influence of graffiti art.

B．It has created some meaningful artistic works.

C．It has started the career of many creative artists.

D．It just focused on the sufferings of black females.

3 . Memories of my sophomore (高二学生）dance     1     (be) still vivid in my mind.

It was 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and I had put on my red party dress and my host mother was doing up my hair. My schoolmate Chris     2    (show) up at the front door     3     his suit and tie. He handed me a red corsage (小花束）that     4     (perfect) matched my dress. We headed for school, and started our dance? To be honest, I am not sure     5     I should call what we did “dancing”. We jumped, yelled and laughed with people we knew or had just met for the first time. We twirled in circles, threw our arms in the air and, as my English teacher later put it, ran wild around the place. In those few     6     (hour)，nothing seemed to matter     7     than having fun.

With music playing and everybody     8     (have) a good time, Chris asked me a question, "How is the dance different from dances in China?"

“Well, we don’t usually have dances in China.”

“What? How do you express     9     (you) then?”

    10     (lose) in thought. I was silent for a while.

Now, I have an idea for everyone: Just dance.