高中英语选修六-Unit1-Art-核心考点专练.doc

Unit 1-Art
核心考点专练
I. 根据下面各句句意以及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示词，写出该单词的正确形式（每空一词）。
1. To be honest, the performance last night didn’t a_____ to me much.
2. The manager said this year’s sales _______ (数字) were excellent.
3. Newspapers p_______ that Davis would be re-elected.
4. Many elderly people expressed a strong ________ (偏爱) to live in their own homes.
5. Her paintings are being shown at a g_____ in London.
6. They closed the road in an a______ to reduce traffic in the city.
答案：appeal；figures；predicted；preference；gallery；attempt
II. 选用方框内合适的形容词填空（每个单词限用一次）。
controversial, fragrant, specific, fragile, ridiculous 
1. Can you be more ________ about where your back hurts?
2. Be careful with that vase — it’s very ________.
3. The air was ________ with the smell of orange blossoms.
4. Whether the buildings in this area should be pulled down has remained _____________.
5. It’s __________ that nobody’s done anything to stop them before now.
答案：specific；fragile；fragrant；controversial；ridiculous
III. 用适当的介词或副词填空。
1. Gary is late again. It is typical ____ him to keep others waiting.
2. Just ___ coincidence, John and I both ended up at Yale.
3. I’ve seen her perform on television, but never ____ the flesh.
4. I’d like to eat out, but ___ the other hand I should be trying to save money.
5. I’ve just been looking ________ your cookbooks for inspiration.
6. George took out a bunch ____ keys and went to work on the complicated lock.
答案：of；by；in；on；through；of
IV. 用括号内单词的正确形式填空。
1. If we _____ (know) her address, we would go to visit her.
2. I am so happy that I feel as if I _____ (can) fly.
3. —Where are the children? The dinner’s going to be cold.
—I wish they ________ (be, not) always late.
4. —Want to try rock climbing?
—No way! I ________ (will, not) do it even if you paid me a million dollars!
答案：knew；could；weren’t；wouldn’t
V. 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
How can a piece of art create a monster? Easy, it can inspire an entire city 1. ________ (hold) a huge arts festival. It happened in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2. ________ a huge piece of sculpture was installed in a downtown plaza (广场).
In 1969, a type of abstract sculpture, called a stabile, 3. ___________ (place) downtown in front of City Hall. Twentieth century American artist Alexander Calder created it. Calder’s stabiles are constructed of flat curving shapes of metal welded (焊接) together and 4. ______ (usual) painted red or black. His stabiles are 5. ________ (amaze) creations that look great in parks and plazas.
Once the sculpture was 6. __ place, the people of Grand Rapids started thinking 7. ____ they needed an arts festival to celebrate Calder’s work. More importantly, they needed an arts festival to celebrate the arts in West Michigan.
So, this three-day arts celebration, held 8. _____ first full weekend in June of 1970 in downtown Grand Rapids, attracts thousands of participating artists. It 9. __________ (grow) into the nation’s largest all-volunteer arts festival so far, with more than 20,000 volunteers and more than 500,000 people 10. _________ (attend). It is so large that it is spread out over almost all of downtown — that’s a monster of a festival!
答案：to hold；when；was placed；usually；amazing；in；that；the；has grown；attending