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【題目】 Painting and writing on walls is nothing new. In prehistoric (史前的) times, people in Africa and Europe painted pictures of animals and people in caves. Graffiti has been found at ancient sites in Greece, Italy, Syria and Iraq. In the Roman town of Pompeii in Italy, archaeologists found a lot of graffiti written in Latin, including political and romantic messages, and even some magic spells!

In the 1970s, young people in New York used pens to write their names, or “tags”, on walls around the city. One of the first “taggers” was Demetrius, a teenager from a Greek family. He wrote his tag on walls in his neighbourhood and in subway stations on the way to school. Other teenagers saw Demetrius’s tag and started writing their own tags on walls, buses and subway trains all over New York. Then, some teenagers stopped using pens and started using paints. Their tags were bigger and more colourful and appeared on trains, buses and walls around the world. In the 1990s and 2000s, a lot of graffiti artists started to make pictures too.

In many countries, it is a crime to paint on walls and street artists can have problems with the police. In other countries, street art is permitted in certain places. Nowadays, street art is more popular with the public. In some cities, there are street art festivals. In Bristol in the UK, there is a street art festival in August every year. Artists paint all the buildings in a street. Lots of people come to watch the artists and take photos. Street art can be seen in galleries (美術(shù)館) too. There have been exhibitions of street art in galleries in Paris, London and Los Angeles.

Most street artists are young people who paint in their neighbourhood or home city. Many of them use the Internet to communicate and share photos of their pictures with other street artists around the world. Although we don’t know what will happen to street art in the future, we can be sure that it is here to stay!

【1】Graffiti in ancient times includes different kinds of themes EXCEPT ________.

A.names and tagsB.magic spells

C.animals and peopleD.romantic messages

【2】Which is the correct order according to the passage?

① Demetrius wrote his tags on walls.

② Many graffiti artists made pictures too.

③ Other teenagers wrote their own tags on walls.

④ There have been exhibitions of street art in galleries.

⑤ More colourful tags appeared on trains, buses and walls.

A.①③⑤②④B.①③⑤④②C.④③①②⑤D.④①③②⑤

【3】What does “permitted” mean in Paragraph 3?

A.protectedB.allowedC.punishedD.warned

【4】According to the passage, we can learn that________.

A.Demetrius was the first graffiti artistB.street art can be only seen in the street

C.street artists begin to share their works onlineD.Bristol holds a street art festival every September

【5】The main purpose of the article is ________.

A.to tell why graffiti and street art will disappear

B.to tell the development of graffiti and street art

C.to tell what will happen to street art in the future

D.to tell the relationship between graffiti and street art

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

短文介紹了涂鴉和街頭藝術(shù)的歷史，詳細(xì)的介紹了它們的發(fā)展過程和在一些國家的受歡迎程度，以及它們現(xiàn)在的交流方式等。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容“people in Africa and Europe painted pictures of animals and people in caves…archaeologists found a lot of graffiti written in Latin, including political and romantic messages, and even some magic spells!” 考古學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)了很多用拉丁語寫的涂鴉，包括政治和浪漫信息，甚至還有一些魔法咒語！可知，包括political and romantic messages； magic spells。這些涂鴉主要是動物和人，沒有names and tags，故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“One of the first “taggers” was Demetrius”可知①排在第一；根據(jù)“Other teenagers saw Demetrius’s tag and started writing their own tags on walls,”可知③排在第二；根據(jù)“Their tags were bigger and more colourful and appeared on trains, buses and walls around the world.”可知⑤排在第三；根據(jù)“In the 1990s and 2000s, a lot of graffiti artists started to make pictures too.”可知②排在第四；根據(jù)“Street art can be seen in galleries (美術(shù)館) too.”可知④排在第五。上述順序?yàn)?/span>①③⑤②④，故選A。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容“In other countries, street art is permitted in certain places. Nowadays, street art is more popular with the public.”可知，街頭藝術(shù)在一些城市是被允許的，可知permit為允許的意思，故選B。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容“Many of them use the Internet to communicate and share photos of their pictures with other street artists around the world.” 他們中的許多人使用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)與世界各地的街頭藝術(shù)家交流和分享他們的照片。可知，街頭藝術(shù)家開始在網(wǎng)上分享他們的作品，故選C。

【5】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容“Although we don’t know what will happen to street art in the future, we can be sure that it is here to stay!” 雖然我們不知道未來街頭藝術(shù)會發(fā)生什么，但我們可以肯定它會留在這里！可知，本文告訴我們涂鴉和街頭藝術(shù)的發(fā)展，故選B。