Question

    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 pictured 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(美术馆)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 tags B.magic spells C.animals and people D.romantic messages

2.Which is the correct order according to the passage?

①Demetrius wrote his tags on walls.

②Many graffiti artists made pictures too.

③Other teenagers wrote their own tags on walls.

④There have been exhibitions of street art in galleries.

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

A.①③⑤②④ B.①③⑤④②

C.④③①②⑤ D.④①③②⑤

3.What does the underlined word "permitted" mean in Paragraph 3?

A.protected B.allowed C.punished D.warned

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

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

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

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

本文介绍了涂鸦的发展历史。

1.细节理解题。根据“In prehistoric(史前的)times, people in Africa and Europe painted pictures of animals and people in caves……including political and romantic messages, and even some magic spells!”可知，古代涂鸦的主题有动物和人，还有政治的和浪漫的信息，甚至一些魔咒，因此不包括名字和标签，故选A。

2.推理判断题。根据“In the 1970s, young people in New York used pens to write their names, or "tags", on walls around the city…..was Demetrius, a teenager from a Greek family.”可知，在20世纪70年代，Demetrius把他的标签写在墙上。根据“Other teenagers saw Demetrius's tag and started writing. their own tags on walls, buses and subway trains all over New York.”可知，然后，其他的青少年在墙上写他们自己的标签。根据“Their tags were bigger and more colourful and appeared on trains, buses and walls around the world.”可知，之后，火车、公共汽车和墙壁上出现了更丰富多彩的标签。根据“In the 1990s and 2000s, a lot of graffiti artists started to make pictured too.”可知，在20世纪90年代和21世纪初，许多涂鸦艺术家也开始创作图画。根据“There have been exhibitions of street art in galleries in Paris, London and Los Angeles.”可知，现在画廊里有街头艺术展览。因此正确的顺序为：①③⑤②④，故选A。

3.词义猜测题。A. protected保护，B. allowed允许，C. punished惩罚，D. warned警告。根据 “Nowadays, street art is more popular with the public.”可知，在墙上作画在有些地方是允许的。故选B。

4.推理判断题。根据“One of the first "taggers" was Demetrius, a teenager from a Greek family.”可知，Demetrius是第一批“标记者”之一，不是第一个，因此A项不正确。根据“Street art can be seen in galleries(美术馆)too.”可知，街头艺术也可以在美术馆里看见，因此B项不正确。根据“Many of them use the Internet to communicate and share photos of their pictures with other street artists around the world.”可知，街头艺术家开始在网上分享他们的作品，因此C项正确。根据“In Bristol in the UK, there is a street art festival in August every year.”可知，布里斯托尔每年八月举办街头艺术节，不是每年九月，因此D项不正确。故选C。