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1、教学点(直属班) 专业班级 学生姓名 学号 答 题 不 要 过 此 装 订 线四川理工学院成人高等教育实用大学英语试卷（A卷）年级 2011/2012 专业 层次 专/本 科题 号一二三四五六七八总 分评阅(统分)人题 分30302020得 分注意事项：1.满分100分。要求卷面整洁、字迹工整、无错别字。2.考生必须将“学生姓名”和“学号”完整、准确、清楚地填写在试卷规定的地方，否则视为废卷。3.考生必须在签到表上签到，否则若出现遗漏，后果自负。得分评阅教师一、阅读理解：（30%，1.5 points for each）Passage OneMost people rest and relax
2、 when they are old. They do not work. And most people certainly are not famous. But Grandma Moses is different. She starts a new job at age 76. This is her story. It begins in 1860. She is born a poor farmers daughter. Her parents name her Anna Mary Robertson.She is one of 10 children. She works on
3、other peoples farms to make money. It is 1887. She marries Thomas Moses. He is a farm worker, too. They both work on a farm.Now it is 1930. Anna Mary Moses is 70 and a grandmother. She paints pictures. She makes paintings of country life. One day, her daughter takes her paintings to a store in town.
4、 Her paintings are put in the window. A man from New York sees the paintings in the window and buys them. And he wants more!The man likes Grandma Moses paintings. He wants to help her. So he takes her paintings to galleries in New York. Otto Kallir has a famous gallery there. He likes the paintings
5、by Grandma Moses. Now it is 1940 and Grandma Moses paintings are in Kallirs gallery. She is 80 years old.Grandma Moses suddenly becomes famous. Everyone wants her paintings. So she paints more and more. She wins many prizes for her paintings. She becomes famous in the United States and Europe.When s
6、he is 100 years old, the state of New York makes her birthday “Grandma Moses Day.” After her 100th birthday, she paints 6 more paintings. She dies at age 101. She leaves 11 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren, and a lot of people who think she is amazing.1. How does Grandma Moses differ from most
7、other old people?A. She has more grandchildren. B. She makes more friends.C. She likes an easy life. D. She starts a new job.2. Grandma Moses doesnt paint pictures until _.A. she is 60 years old B. she becomes a grandmotherC. her husband dies D. her daughter asks her to do that3. Grandma Moses paint
8、ings are first noticed by_.A. her daughter B. the owner of town storeC. a man from New York D. Otto Kallir4. The writer of the passage suggests that _ .A. many people buy her paintings only because she is famousB. Grandma Moses is too old to paint at the age of 100C. many people like her paintings b
9、ut do not like herD. it is never too late to start a new job5. The best title for the passage is _.A. Grandma Moses Day B. Grandma Moses LifeC. Grandma Moses and Fame D. Grandma Moses and PaintingPassage TwoShe is widely seen as proof that good looks can last forever. But, at nearly 500 years of age
10、, time is catching up with the Mona Lisa. The health of the famous picture, painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1505, is getting worse by the year, according to the Louvre Museum where it is housed.“The thin, wooden panel on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked i
11、t two years ago,” the museum said. Visitors have noticed changes but repairing the worlds most famous painting is not easy. Experts are not sure about the materials the Italian artist used and their present chemical state. Nearly six million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted
12、by the mystery of her smile. “It is very interesting that when youre not looking at her, she seems to be smiling, and then you look at her and she stops,” said Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University.“Its because direct vision is excellent at picking up detail, but less suited to lookin
13、g at shadows. Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows.”Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always carried it with him, until it was eventually sold to Frances King Francis I in 1519.During World War II, French hid the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of German forces. Like man
14、y old ladies, the Mona Lisa has some interesting stories to tell.6.In the first paragraph, “catching up with” means _.A. coming up from behind B. having effect onC. making up for D. getting along with7.It is difficult to repair this painting due to its _.A. painting materials B. wooden panel C. long history D. good name8. Mona Lisa is smiling when you look _.A. at her B. from the corners of your eyesC. into the shadows D. for details9. Para. 4 is mainly about _ .A. the history of the Mona Lisa B. the condition of the Mona Lisa
