1、2A proceeded B activated C followed D prompted3A digits B numbers C amounts D sums4A moderate B normal C unusual D extreme5A with B in C from D by6A progress B absence C presence D favor7A reality B phenomenon C concept D notice8. Aover B for C among D to9A stay up B crop up C fill up D cover up10A
2、as B if C unless D until11A excessive B enormous C significant Dmagnificent12Acategories B examples C patterns D samples13A imparted B immerse C injected D infected14A released B relayed C relieved D remained 215A placing B delivering C taking D giving16A feasible B available C reliable D applicable
3、17A prevalent B principal C innovative D initial18A presented B restricted C recommended D introduced19A problems B issues C agonies D sufferings20A involved in B caring for C concerned with D warding off SectionSection n Reading comprehensionPart A Read the following four passages. Answer the quest
4、ions below each passage by choosing A, B ,C and D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points)The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst, “ BeautifulInside My Head Forever ”at, Sotheby ins London on September 15th 2008
5、(see picture). All but two pieces sold, fetching more than a 70m, a record for a sartist. It was a last hurrah. As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks onWall Street, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy.The world art market had already been losing momentum for a whil
6、e after rising vertiginously since 2003. At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firmdouble the figure five years earlier. Since then it may have come down to $50 billion. But the market generates interest far beyond its size b
7、ecause it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries.In the weeks and months that followed Mr Hirst ssale, spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable, especially in New York, where the bail-out of the banks coincided wit
8、h the loss of thousands of jobs and the financial demise of many art-buying investors. In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector for Chinese contemporary artthey were down by nearly
9、 90% in the year to November 2008. Within weeks the world s two biggest auction houses, Sotheby s and Chto pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them.The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at the
10、 end of 1989, a move that started the most serious contraction in the market since the second world war. This time experts reckon that prices are about 40% down on their peak on average, though some have been far more volatile. But Edward Dolman, Christie s chief exe“I m pretty confident we re at th
11、e bottom. ”What makes this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the market, whereas in the early 1990s, when interest rates were high, there was no demand even though many collectors wanted to sell. Christie s revenues in the first half of 2009 were still higher
12、thatn in the firsI I t I ”abelacsatuvsiect_o_ry_. ”half of 2006. Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell. The three Ds death, debt and divorcestill deliver works of art to the mark
13、et. But anyone who does not have to sell is keeping away, waiting for confidence to return.21.In the first paragraph,Damien Hirsts sale was referred to asA.the art market had witnessed a succession of victoryiesB.the auctioneer finally got the two pieces at the highest bidsC.Beautiful Inside My Head
14、 Forever won over all masterpiecesD.it was successfully made just before the world financial crisis22.By saying “spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable -2,Para”.3)(,Lthineea1uthor suggeststhat .A.collectors were no longer actively involved in art-market auctionsB.people stopped every kind
15、of spending and stayed away from galleriesC.art collection as a fashion had lost its appeal to a great extentD.works of art in general had gone out of fashion so they were not worth buying23.Which of the following statements is NOT ture?A .Sales of contemporary art fell dramatically from 2007to 2008
16、.B.The art market surpassed many other industries in momentum.C.The market generally went downward in various ways.D.Some art dealers were awaiting better chances to come.24.The three Ds mentioned in the last paragraph are A.auction houses favoritesB.contemporary trendsC.factors promoting artwork ci
17、rculationD.styles representing impressionists25.The most appropriate title for this text could be _A.Fluctuation of Art PricesB.Up-to-date Art AuctionsC.Art Market in DeclineD.Shifted Interest in ArtsI was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virginia living room - a womens group that had invi
18、ted men to join them. Throughout the evening one man had been particularly talkative frequently offering ideas and anecdotes while his wife sat silently beside him on the couch. Toward the end of the evening I commented that women frequently complain that their husbands dont talk to them. This man q
19、uickly concurred. He gestured toward his wife and said Shes the talker in our family. The room burst into laughter; the man looked puzzled and hurt. Its true he explained. When I come home from work I have nothing to say. If she didnt keep the conversation going wed spend the whole evening in silenc
20、e.This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations they often talk less at home. And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late 70s. Sociologist Catherine Kohle
21、r Riessman reports in her new book Divorce Talk that most of the women she interviewed - but only a few of the men - gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces. Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year - a
22、virtual epidemic of failed conversation.In my own research complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his or doing far more than their share of daily life-support work like cleanin
23、g cooking social arrangements and errands. Instead they focused on communication: He doesnt listen to met talk to me. I found as Hacker observed years before that most wives want their husbandsto be first and foremost conversational partners but few husbands share this expectation of their wives.In
24、short the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face while a woman glares at the back of it wanting to talk.26.What is most wives main expectation of their husbands?A.Talking to them.B.Trusting them.C.Supporting their careers.D.Shsring housework.27.Judging from the context ,the phrase “ wreaking havoc ” (Line
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