Unit 1 Art Section Warming Up & Reading-Language Points.单句语法填空1He was the last person (leave) the restaurant that night.2That kind of luck is not real and only happens coincidence.3The thief attempted (escape)，but was caught by the police.4It is typical of him (forget)keys.5She was found in (possess)of stolen goods.6Its cheap，but the other hand，the quality is poor.7Present at the meeting (be)some teachers and students. 【导学号：33100031】8The measures are (aim)at stopping the river from being further polluted.9Tong Dawei，a famous actor，is always (faith)to his wife.10It is (evidence)that he has decided to leave.【答案】1.to leave2.by3.to escape4.to forget5.possession6.on7.were8.aimed9.faithful10.evident.单句改错1He made a brave attempt to saving the childs life. 2Some fortune tellers say that they can predict about future events. 3When her father died，she came into the possession of a large fortune. 4We learned a great deal of from them. 5On the wall is hanging two old paintings. 【答案】1.savingsave/toat2.去掉about3.去掉the4.去掉of5.isare.阅读理解Some of Vincent van Goghs most famous works are his sunflower series. He painted a total of twelve of these canvases (油画), although the most commonly referred to are the seven he painted while in Arles in 18881889. He had painted the other five while in Paris in 1887.While Vincent himself never actually stated why he liked the sunflowers in particular, references to them are made in his many letters, which help give us some ideas. In a letter to his sister dated 21 August 1888, he talked of his friend Gauguin coming to live with him in Arles. Then he went on to say that he would like to decorate the whole studio with nothing but sunflowers.Vincent had quite an attachment to the flowers personally.In the year before his death he wrote to his brother，“It is a kind of painting that rather changes in character，and takes on a richness the longer you look at it.You know the peony (牡丹) is Jeannins, the hollyhock (蜀葵) belongs to Quost, but the sunflower is somewhat my own.” In many of his letters he spoke glowingly (热心地) of the richness of color that he saw in the sunflowers, and his desire to paint them quickly before they faded.But whether Vincent painted the sunflowers because he was trying to please Gauguin, or because he really loved the sunflowers for themselves as they brought his joy in color, he certainly left us works of art to enjoy.1 showed that Vincent liked the sunflowers best.AHis many lettersB12 canvasesCThe hollyhockDThe peony【解析】细节理解题。由短文第二段第一句可知，梵高的一些信件表明他最喜爱向日葵。【答案】A2The best title of this passage would probably be AVincent van Goghs Famous WorksBVincent van Gogh Really Loved SunflowersCVincent van Gogh Was Kind to His FriendDVincent van Goghs Really Interesting Life【解析】主旨大意题。本文介绍了画家梵高喜欢向日葵的事实，作者引入了若干证据加以说明。【答案】B3According to Vincent van Goghs letters we can know that AGauguin was Vincent van Goghs close friendBVincent would like to live with Gauguin all the timeCVincents studio was full of sunflowers every dayDGauguin was clearly interested in sunflowers【解析】推理判断题。根据第二段中的“he talked of his friend Gauguin coming to live with him in Arles”，再结合梵高用向日葵装饰房间以迎接朋友，可以推知Gauguin是他的好朋友。【答案】A4We can know from the third paragraph that Asome sunflowers belong to Vincent van GoghBsunflowers are more beautiful than hollyhockCVincent liked the color of the sunflowers bestDVincent liked painting all kinds of flowers【解析】推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句可以推知他尤其喜欢向日葵的颜色。【答案】C.完形填空Things have been kind of tough lately for Shannon Baker and her little family.They have each others parents and young daughter and for that they are 1 But she and her husband are both 2 currently.And their car is in great need of 3 And then there is the matter of their second child，who is 4 soon.So things are a little tense for the Baker family these days.When Shannon and her daughter were walking through a store 5 lot recently，Shannon picked up an envelope from the ground that 6 $4，000 in cash.There were a 7 of different interpretations(解释)that could be considered.Was this a kind of good 8 ？Could it be an attempt by the universe to balance everything？Could it be simply a gift from God？Shannon didnt know.The only thing she knew was that the cash in that envelope 9 to someone else.Oh，and one other thing she knew：Her young daughter was 10 “My kid was standing right there 11 I found it，”Shannon told WLS