【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 belief that statues are unholy.1. More can be learned about a culture from a study of art history than general history because art history__.A. show us the religious and emotions of a people in addition to political values.B. provide us with information about the daily activities of people in the past.C. give us an insight into the essential qualities of a time and a place.D. all of the above.2. Art is subjective in that__.A. a personal and emotional view of history is presented through it.B. it can easily rouse our anger or sadness about social problems.C. it will find a ready echo in our hearts.D. both B and C.3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. Unlike Francisco Goya, Pablo and several Mexican artists expressed their political opinions in their paintings.B. History books often reveal the pilers’ political views.C. Religious art remained in Europe for centuries the only type of art because most people regarded the Bible as the Holy Book.D. All the above mentioned.4. The passage is mainly discussing__.A. the difference between general history and art history.B. The making of art history.C. What can we learn from art.D. The influence of artists on art history.5. In may be concluded from this passage that__.A. Islamic artists have had to create architectural decorations with images of flowers or geometric forms.B. History teachers are more objective than general history.C. It is more difficult to study art history than general history.D. People and stories from the Bible were painted on churches and other buildings in order to popularize the Bible.第五篇 (Unit 2Passage 1)If the old maxim that the customer is always right still has meaning, then the airlines that ply the world’s busiest air route between London and Paris have a flight on their hands.The Eurostar train service linking the UK and French capitals via the Channel Tunnel is winning customers in increasing numbers. In late May, it carried its one millionth passenger, having run only a limited service between London, Paris and Brussels since November 1994, starting with two trains a day in each direction to Paris and Brussels. By 1997, the pany believes that it will be carrying ten million passengers a year, and continue to grow from there.From July, Eurostar steps its service to nine trains each way between London and Paris, and five between London and Brussels. Each train carries almost 800 passengers, 210 of them in first class.The airlines estimate that they will initially lose around 15%20% of their LondonParis traffic to the railways once Eurostar starts a full service later this year (1995), with 15 trains a day each way. A similar service will start to Brussels. The damage will be limited, however, the airlines believe, with passenger numbers returning to previous levels within two to three years.In the short term, the damage caused by the 1 million peoplelevels traveling between London and Paris and Brussels on Eurostar trains means that some air services are already suffering. Some of the major carriers say that their passenger numbers are down by less than 5% and point to their rivalsParticularly Air Franceas having suffered the problems. On the Brussels route, the railway pany had less success, and the airlines report anything from around a 5% drop to no visible decline in traffic.The airlines’ optimism on returning traffic levels is based on historical precedent. British Midland, for example, points to its experience on Heathrow Leeds Bradford service which saw passenger numbers fold by 15% when British Rail electrified and modernized the railway line between London and Yorkshire. Two years later, travel had risen between the two destinations to the point where the airline was carrying record numbers of passengers.1. British airlines confide in the fact that__.A. they are more powerful than other European airlines.B. their total loss won’t go beyond a drop of 5% passengers.C. their traffic levels will return in 23 years.D. traveling by rail can never catch up with traveling by air.2. The author’s attitude towards the drop of passengers may be described as__.A. worried.B. delightedC. puzzled.D. unrivaled.3. In the passage, British Rail (Para 6) is mentioned to__.A. provide a parison with Eurostar.B. support the airlines’ optimism.C. prove the inevitable drop of air passengers.D. call for electrification and modernization of the railway.4. The railway’s Brussels route is brought forth to show that__.A. the Eurostar train service is not doing good business.B. the airlines can well pete with the railway.C. the Eurostar train service only caused little damage.D. only some airlines, such as Air France, are suffering.5. The passage is taken from the first of an essay, from which we may well predict that in the following part the author is going to__.A. praise the airlines’ clearmindedness.B. warn the airlines of highspeed rail services.C. propose a reduction of London/Paris flights.D. advise the airlines to follow British Midland as their model.第六篇(Unit 2 Passage 2)Without regular supplies of some hormones our capacity to behave would be seriously impaired。 without others we would soon die. Tiny amounts of some hormones can modify moods and actions, our inclination to eat or drink, our aggressiveness or submissiveness, and our reproductive and parental behavior. And hormones do more than influence adult behavior。 early in life they help to determine the development of bodily form and may even determine an individual’s behavioral capacities. Later in life the changing outputs of some endocrine glands and the body’s changing sensitivity to some hormones are essential aspects of the phenomena of aging.Communication within the body and the consequent integration of behavior were considered the exclusive province of the nervous system up to the beginning of the present century. The emergence of endocrinology as a separate discipline can probably be traced to the experiments of Bayliss and Starling on the hormone secretion. This substance is secreted from cells in the intestinal walls when food enters the stomach。 it travels through the bloodstream and stimulates the pancreas to liberate pancreatic juice, which aids in digestion. By showing that special cells