Unit 1 Art第一节、 语法填空:Art 1._(influence) by the way of life and beliefs. During the Middle Ages, the main aim of painters was to represent religious themes. Artists were interested in 2._(create)Respect and love for God. In the Renaissance, people focused 3._(much) on humans and less on religion. Artists tried to paint people and nature 4._ they really were. Masaccio used perspective in his paintings 5._ made people 6._(convince) that they were looking through a hole in a wall 7._ a real scene. The impressionists were the first painters to paint outdoors. They had to paint quickly and their paintings were not detailed as 8._(that) of earlier painters. Today people accept Impressionists paintings 9._ the beginning of modern art. Some modern art is abstract 10._some is realistic.第二节、 短文改错:Great changes have been taken place over the past five years in my hometown, that is a famous historic city. The streets used to be narrow, filling with small shops.Rubbish can be seen everywhere. Nowadays the streets are wider and clean with trees and flowers planted along the sidewalks. Besides, four new parks have been opened for the public and a number of high buildings has arisen in the city. However, some of the historic buildings have been torn down to make rooms for the high buildings. Our city now is modern and clean and it doesnt have its own special characteristics. In my opinion, we should try to protect all the historic buildings in process of urban development.第三节：七选五：(36)_You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Heres how:Plan your time carefully. When planning your work, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. (37)_ A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you realize what is happening to your time.Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television. When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.Make good use of your time in class. (38)_. Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes, review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material. (39)_If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and youll remember it longer.Develop a good attitude towards tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world wont end if you dont pass a test, so dont be over worried.(40)_You will probably discover many others after you have tried these. A. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says. B. Dont forget to set aside enough time for entertainment. C. There are other methods that might help you with your studying. D. Maybe you are an average student. E. No one can become a top student unless he or she works hard. F. Make full use of class time to take notes of what the teacher says in class. G. This will help you understand the next class. 第四节：阅读理解We know the famous onesthe Thomas Edison and the Alexander Graham Bells but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper(雨刮器)？Shouldnt we know who they are?Joan Mclean thinks so. In fact, Mclean, a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range, feels so strongly about this matter that shes developed a course on the topic. In addition to learning “who” invented “what”, however, Mclean also likes her students to learn the answers to the ”why” and ”how” questions. According to Mclean, “When students learn the answers to these questions, they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try.”So, just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well, Mary Anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit to Mew York City. The day was cold and stormy, but Anderson still wanted to see the sights, so she jumped aboard a streetcar. Noticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snow covering the windshield, she found herself wondering why there couldnt be a built-in device for cleaning the window. Still wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham, Alabama, Anderson started drafting out solutions. One of her ideas, a lever(操作杆)on the inside of a vehicle that would control