What did the artist offer to the beggar in the end？

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第1题

What did Hanks play in Philadelphia Story？

A、a gay lawyer with AIDS

B、a soldier

C、a writer

D、an artist

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听力原文： An artist who did not have much money but was a very kind than, was coming home

by train one day. He gave his last coins to a beggar, but then he saw another one, and forgot that he did not have any money. He asked the man if he would like to have lunch with him, and the beggar accepted, so they went into a small restaurant and had a good meal. At the end, the artist could not pay the bill, of course, so the beggar had to do so.

The artist was very unhappy about this, so he said to the beggar, "Come home with me in a taxi, my friend, and I'll give you back the money for lunch."

"Oh, no!" the beggar answered quickly. "I had to pay for your lunch, but I'm not going to pay for your taxi home too!"

What kind of man was the artist？

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A．Not rich but kind.

B．Rich and kind.

C．Neither rich nor kind.

D．Rich but mean

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听力原文：An artist who did not have much money, but was a very kind man, was coming home b

听力原文： An artist who did not have much money, but was a very kind man, was coming home by train one day. He gave his last few coins to a beggar, but then he saw another one, and forgot that he did not have any money. He asked the man if he would like to have lunch with him, and the beggar accepted, so they went into a small restaurant and had a good meal.

At the end, the artist could not pay the bill, of course, so the beggar had to do so.

The artist was very unhappy about this, so he said to the beggar, "Come home with me in a taxi, my friend, and I'll give you back the money for lunch."

"Oh, no !" the beggar answered quickly. "I had to pay for your lunch, but I' m not going to pay for your taxi home too !"

What kind of man was the artist？

A．Neither rich nor kind.

B．Not rich but kind.

C．Rich and kind.

D．Rich but mean.

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Poetry can be compared to painting. When you look at a work of art, you first see it for

what it is—a depiction of a person, an animal, a place, or a thing. You 11 notice the colors and the textures, and maybe how the light shines across a window or【M1】______ highlights a patch of flowers. These are the things what you see on【M2】______ the surface. Then you look a little close at some of the fine details.【M3】______ How did the painter make white paint to look silver against blue【M4】______ drapery？ How did the artist catch that sad look in the eyes of the child？ How on earth did it actually make an apple look so real that【M5】______ you could always reach out and grab it off the table？【M6】______ Now what about abstract art？ What do you see in these paintings？ Strange shapes and images—are they recognized？ Do【M7】______ they make you feel a certain way？ When you look at abstract art, maybe you don t necessary see as much as you are actually feeling. To some people, poetry is like abstract art. Some people feel that poetry is too objective to the artist for the reader to be able to【M8】______ fully understand it. How can you make the sense of words that【M9】______ dont necessarily say a story？ To appreciate art, you must first【M10】______ appreciate your own sensibilities, and then you must appreciate form. and texture. With poetry, you start with an appreciation of and trust for your own feelings, and then you examine your appreciation of words and the magic they make when theyre used together.

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It is often difficult for a man to be quite sure what tax ought to be paid to the gove

rnment because it depends on so many different things: whether the man is married; how many children he has; whether he supports any relations; how much he earns; how much interest he receives; how much he has spent on his house during the year, and so on and so forth.All this makes it difficult to decide exactly how much the tax is.

There was a certain artist who was always very careful to pay the proper amount.

One year, after posting his check as usual, he began to wonder if he had paid enough, and after a lot of work, with a pencil and paper, he decided that he had not.He believed that he owed the government something.

He was just writing another check to send to the tax-collector when the postman dropped a letter into the box at the front door.Opening it, the artist was surprised to find inside it a check for five pounds from the tax-collector.The official explained that too much had been paid, and that therefore the difference was now returned to the taxpayer.

21.It is mentioned in the passage that one has to pay tax according to().

A.how much education one has received

B.whether one is single or married

C.how old one's children are

22.The underlined word "proper" in the second paragraph means().

A.small

B.big

C.right

23.After a lot of work, the artist thought that he had paid the government()

A.less tax than he should have

B.more tax than he should have

C.as much tax as usual

24.What did the artist receive()

A.A check from the bank clerk.

B.A check from the tax-collector.

C.A gift from the tax-collector.

25.Why did that tax-collector send a letter to the artist()

A.To send him a new tax form.

B.To return the money over-paid.

C.To remind him of paying the tax.

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第6题

Why did the tax-collector send a letter to the artist？A．To send him a new tax form.B．To re

Why did the tax-collector send a letter to the artist？

A．To send him a new tax form.

B．To return the money over-paid.

C．To remind him of paying the tax.

D．To explain the rules of tax-paying.

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第7题

The Tail of Fame An artist who seeks fame is like a dog chasing his own tail who, when he captures

The Tail of Fame

An artist who seeks fame is like a dog chasing his own tail who, when he captures it, does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it. The cruelty of success is that it often leads those who seek such success to participate in their own destruction.

"Don't quit your day job!" is advice frequently given by understandably pessimistic family members and friends to a budding artist who is trying hard to succeed. The conquest of fame is difficult at best, and many end up emotionally if not financially bankrupt. Still, impure motives such as the desire for worshipping fans and praise from peers may spur the artist on. The lure of drowning in fame's imperial glory is not easily resisted.

Those who gain fame most often gain it as a result of exploiting their talent for singing, dancing, painting, or writing, etc. They develop a style that agents market aggressively to hasten popularity, and their ride on the express elevator to the top is a blur. Most would be hard-pressed to tell you how they even got there. Artists cannot remain idle, though. When the performer, painter or writer becomes bored, their work begins to show a lack of continuity in its appeal and it becomes difficult to sustain the attention of the public. After their enthusiasm has dissolved, the public simply moves on to the next flavor of the month. Artists who do attempt to remain current by making even minute changes to their style of writing, dancing or singing, run a significant risk of losing the audience's favor. The public simply discounts styles other than those for which the artist has become famous.

Famous authors' styles—a Tennessee Williams play or a plot by Ernest Hemingway or a poem by Robert Frost or T.S. Eliot—are easily recognizable. The same is true of painters like Monet, Renoir, or Dali and moviemakers like Hitchcock, Fellini, Spielberg, Chen Kaige or Zhang Yimou. Their distinct styles marked a significant change in form from others and gained them fame and fortune. However, they paid for it by giving up the freedom to express themselves with other styles or forms.

Fame's spotlight can be hotter than a tropical jungle—a fraud is quickly exposed, and the pressure of so much attention is too much for most to endure. It takes you out of yourself: You must be what the public thinks you are, not what you really are or could be. The performer, like the politician, must often please his or her audiences by saying things he or she does not mean or fully believe.

One drop of fame will likely contaminate the entire well of a man's soul, and so an artist who remains true to himself or herself is particularly amazing. You would be hard-pressed to underline many names of those who have not compromised and still succeeded in the fame game. An example, the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, known for his uncompromising behavior, both social and sexual, to which the public objected, paid heavily for remaining true to himself. The mother of a young man Oscar was intimate with accused him at a banquet in front of his friends and fans of sexually influencing her son. Extremely angered by her remarks, he sued the young man's mother, asserting that she had damaged his "good" name. He should have hired a better attorney, though. The judge did not second Wilde's call to have the woman pay for damaging his name, and instead fined Wilde. He ended up in jail after refusing to pay, and even worse, was permanently expelled from the wider circle of public favor. When things were at their worst, he found that no one was willing to risk his or her name in his defense. His price for remaining true to himself was to be left alone when he needed his fans the most.

Curiously enough, it is those who fail that reap the greatest reward: freedom! They enjoy the freedom to express themselves in unique and original ways without fear of losing the support of fans. Failed artists may find comfort in knowing that many great artists never found fame until well after they had passed away or in knowing that they did not sell out. They may justify their failure by convincing themselves their genius is too sophisticated for contemporary audiences.

Single-minded artists who continue their quest for fame even after failure might also like to know that failure has motivated some famous people to work even harder to succeed. Thomas Wolfe, the American novelist, had his first novel Look Homeward, Angel rejected 39 times before it was finally published. Beethoven overcame his father, who did not believe that he had any potential as a musician, to become the greatest musician in the world. And Pestalozzi, the famous Swiss educator in the 19th century, failed at every job he ever had until he came upon the idea of teaching children and developing the fundamental theories to produce a new form of education. Thomas Edison was thrown out of school in the fourth grade, because he seemed to his teacher to be quite dull. Unfortunately for most people, however, failure is the end of their struggle, not the beginning.

I say to those who desperately seek fame and fortune: good luck. But alas, you may find that it was not what you wanted. The dog who catches his tail discovers that it is only a tail. The person who achieves success often discovers that it does more harm than good. So instead of trying so hard to achieve success, try to be happy with who you are and what you do. Try to do work that you can be proud of. Maybe you won't be famous in your own lifetime, but you may create better art.

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第8题

Benjamin West was an （eighteenth-century) American artist （who) influenced British painter

Benjamin West was an (eighteenth-century) American artist (who) influenced British painters (just so much) as he did (other) American artists.

A．eighteenth-century

B．who

C．just so much

D．other

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第9题

Benjamin West was an Aeighteenth-century American artist Bwho influenced British painters

Cjust so much as he did Dother American artists.

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第10题

听力原文：Elvis Presley is often referred to as the"King of Rock and Roll"or simply"the Kin

听力原文： Elvis Presley is often referred to as the"King of Rock and Roll"or simply"the King".He achieved unusually wide success in country music,pop ballads and blues.

When Elvis Presley died on August 16,1977,he began to be recognized as an American myth.Today, there are over 625 active Elvis fan clubs worldwide.Graceland,Elvis'home and eternal resting place,is one of the most-visited historic homes in America.

So why, after years,is the world stuck on Elvis？The answers lie in culture: Elvis Presley is American myth personified.He is greater than the sum of his songs and movies;he symbolizes the American dream.Born in poverty in 1935,Elvis used his innate talent and started his career in 1954.He rose above his condition and achieved his dreams,without coming from a socially connected,politically powerful,or wealthy family.Globally,he has sold over ten billion records,more than any other artist,only to die young and leave behind a growing legion of fans.

Those fans choose to overlook Elvis'drug dependency and other excessive behavior,preferring instead to recall what they saw as his better nature.During his lifetime,Elvis donated money to charities and bought gifts for the poor and for his family and friends.Furthermore,the hometown boy,young Elvis,who made good, never left the comfort of Memphis,always keeping close to his roots,remembering the people and the places from which he came.

What did Elvis Presley succeed in？

A．Opera music.

B．Drama.

C．Country music.

D．Polities.

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What did the artist offer to the beggar in the end？A．He invited the beggar to another lunc