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1、Unit 4 Pygmalion.阅读理解A体裁：记叙文话题：人物与事件词数：288时间：5Eight years ago，I was a busy housewife.My life always revolved (旋转) around my children and husband.I felt my brain was stuck.One day my friend Judy called and told me that she was going to join an oil painting class on Friday evenings.She asked me to joi
2、n the class together with her.I was hesitant to join her because I had never painted before.Judy encouraged me to join for fun.I finally accepted her invitation.The first day in the class，we met our teacher，Mr.Chiou，who just came back from France.He showed us a lot of pictures of paintings of famous
3、 artists all around the world and told us some stories about art history.He said everyone is an artist.Everyone can draw or paint.Art is a silent language which can express human feelings.We started to paint the things we liked or hated.We also painted the most beautiful and ugly thing in our minds.
4、When Im painting，I forget everything that I worry about.Sometimes I even forget the time.Mr.Chiou not only opened the door of art for me but also gave me a way to broaden my life.I started to borrow art books from the library and visit museums in my free time.Im not really good at painting，but I cer
5、tainly enjoy it.Every painting represents the artists personality and feeling.For example，when I imitated(模仿) Vincent Van Goghs painting，I can sense the passion and the energy from his painting.I think this is why，after I started to paint，I felt like my driedout brain began receiving a new source of
6、 refreshing water.【语篇解读】作者通过自己8年前开始学习画画的感受说明了一个问题：发展自己的一项兴趣和爱好能使自己的精神得到恢复，也能使自己学到很多这种兴趣和爱好以外的有价值的东西。1Before learning to paint，the authors life was _Ainteresting Bcolorful Cboring Dfunny答案C推理判断题。从文章第一段中作者对自己生活的描述My life always revolved around my children and husband和I felt my brain was stuck.可以看出，作者在
7、没有画画前的生活是枯燥的。2When Judy asked the author to attend a painting class，she _Apromised to do so happily at onceBwas sure she might do it wellCrefused immediately without any reasonDwondered if she could do that for lack of experience答案D细节理解题。根据短文第一段中的I was hesitant to join her because I had never painte
8、d before.可知作者在受到邀请时有些犹豫，不知道自己能否画好。3It can be inferred from the passage that Mr.Chiou _Aencourages his students to build their confidenceBmust be a famous French painterCmust have given his students some paintingsDdoesnt let his students make any noise when painting答案A推理判断题。由第二段内容特别是He said everyone
9、is an artist.Everyone can draw or paint.可知，Mr.Chiou善于鼓励学生。4We may conclude from the text that _Adeveloping a new interest can make a person refreshedBeveryone should learn painting since it is not difficultCthe first step to learn painting is to imitate famous artists paintingDif you want to broaden
10、 your life，you should learn painting答案A推理判断题。根据最后一段内容特别是最后一句I think this is why，after I started to paint，I felt like my driedout brain began receiving a new source of refreshing water.可知，作者认为发展一种新的爱好和兴趣可以使自己的精神得到恢复。故选A。B体裁：说明文话题：文化词数：341时间：8Many scholarships require that you write an essay in order
11、to be considered for the prize money.However，if youre the sort of person that shivers whenever they have to complete a writing assignment，this may not be the best of news.Luckily for you，there is no reason to fear the scholarship essay.The following tips should help you conquer this notsoeasy aspect
12、 of the scholarship application process.You should always outline your essays.This does not just apply to scholarship essays，either.An outline helps lend focus to your thoughts and helps you create a picture of the “whole” that the essay will become.Judges cant stand when your writing is loose，lacks
13、 coherence(连贯性) or when you fail to connect your main points.They want to see that you can support your argument well with clear and brief examples and that these examples do，in fact，relate to the topic at hand.If you have a choice in the topic you get to write about，always try to select something y
14、ou are personally interested in.Dont write what you think the judges want to hear.This will only amount in an essay that reads like everyone elses，which is not a great way to make yourself stand out.If you are bored with a topic，then your essay will be boring as well.Make sure your ideas follow a cl
15、ear and logical path，meaning they are connected well and the transitions(过渡) easily flow from one idea to the next.Likewise，try to stay away from the obvious or the sad story.Yes，college will be a lifechanging experience，but can you think of an interesting reason why this is so? And yes，it is terrib
16、le that you lost a family member at a young age，but what does it have to do with winning this scholarship? Judges can smell sad stories from a mile away，so only pull at the heartstrings if you have a proper reason for doing so.5When writing a scholarship essay，an outline is necessary because it helps
