Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the most popular modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly The Persistence of Memory. There is also L’Enigme sans Fin from 1938, works on paper, objects, and projects for stage and screen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artist’s showman qualities.
The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, the world of birth. The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain.
The exhibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities (无限). “From the infinity small to the infinity large, contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus: amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre in Figueras,” explains the Pompidou Centre.
The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration (合作) with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg.
1.Which of the following best describe Dali according to Paragraph 1?
A. Optimistic.B. Productive.C. Generous.D. Traditional.
2.What is Dali’s The Persistence of Memory considered to be?
A. One of his masterworks.
B. A successful screen adaptation.
C. An artistic creation for the stage.
D. One of the best TV programmes.
3.How are the exhibits arranged at the World of Dali?
A. By popularity.B. By importance.
C. By size and shape.D. By time and subject.
4.What does the word “contributions” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. Artworks.B. ProjectsC. Donations.D. Documents.
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D. spend eight hours on the course
2.Pre-Hospital Emergency Care teaches people ________.
A. special first aid skills
B. advanced first aid skills
C. first aid in childcare
D. injury prevention advice
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When I was eight, I wrote my first poem. My mother read and cried, “Buddy, you didn't really write this beautiful poem!” Shyly, but _____, I said yes. She poured out her ____.“It was nothing short of talent!” “What time will Father be home?” I asked. I could _____ wait to show my work to him. I spent quite some time ____ for his arrival. I wrote the poem out in my finest flourish(花体字), drew a fancy border around it and ____ I placed it right on my father’s plate on the dining table. My father had begun his motion-picture career as a writer. I was sure he would be able to _____ my poem.
At almost 7 o’clock my father burst in. He seemed ____. He circled the dining-room table, complaining about his employees. _____ he paused and glared at his plate. “What is this?” He’s reaching for my poem. “Ben, Buddy has written his first poem!” my mother began. “And it’s beautiful, absolutely amaze...” “If you don’t mind, I’d like to decide for myself.” Father said. I ______ my head as he read that poem. It was only ten lines. But it seemed to take hours. Then I heard him dropping the poem back on the table. Now came the moment of ______. “I think it’s terrible,” he said. I couldn’t look up. My eyes were getting ______.
“Ben, these are the first lines of poetry he’s ever written,” my mother was saying. “He needs encouragement.” “I don’t know why.” My father held his ground. “Isn’t there enough _____ poetry in the world already?” I couldn’t ______it another second. I ran from the dining room crying. Up in my room I ______ myself on the bed and cried the worst of the disappointment out of me.
That may have been the end of the story, but not of its ______ for me. I realized how ____ I had been. I had a mother who said, “I think it’s wonderful!” and a father who drove me to hear with “I think it’s awful.” Every one of us needs that mother force, from which all creation flows; and yet the mother force alone is _____. It needs the balance of the force that _____, “Watch. Listen. Review. Improve.”
Those _______ voices of my childhood ring in my ears through the years, like two opposing winds blowing me. ______ the two poles of confirmation and doubt, both in the name of love, I try to follow my true course.
1.A. proudlyB. slowlyC. anxiouslyD. honestly
2.A. praiseB. surpriseC. criticismD. belief
3.A. seldomB. hardlyC. frequentlyD. instantly
4.A. waitingB. planningC. prayingD. preparing
5.A. embarrassedlyB. confidently
C. nervouslyD. casually
6.A. readB. reviseC. appreciateD. polish
7.A. allergicB. fragileC. tiredD. upset
8.A. ExcitedlyB. SuddenlyC. SurprisinglyD. Instantly
9.A. shookB. raisedC. turnedD. lowered
10.A. truthB. struggleC. discussionD. decision
11.A. wetB. wideC. darkD. blank
12.A. terribleB. elegantC. fluentD. inaccurate
13.A. stopB. seeC. standD. control
14.A. seatedB. threwC. stuckD. kept
15.A. difficultyB. developmentC. significanceD. challenge
16.A. enthusiasticB. fortunate
C. desperateD. ridiculous
17.A. incompleteB. contradictoryC. inappropriateD. constructive
18.A. ordersB. persuadesC. cautionsD. announces
19.A. conflictingB. warning
C. disturbingD. inspiring
20.A. InB. BetweenC. AmongD. For
Among the children ________ by the rich couple ________ a clever boy called Tom.
A. adopted; wereB. adapted; were
C. adopted; wasD. adapted; was
________ about fatness, she still has confidence in her performance of daily life.
A. TeasedB. TeasingC. TeaseD. To tease
They did everything ________.
A. as had been originally planned
B. as originally planned
C. as the original plan
D. as been originally planned
