【正文】 The French painter spent his early childhood in Peru before returning to France. As an adult, he continued to travel a lot. Most famously, he spent much of the last decade of his life in Tahiti, an island in southern Pacific Ocean. Indeed, Gauguin is best known for his colorful paintings of Tahitians and their culture. The restlessness of this great painter has been normal among modern artists since the middle of the 19th century. They39。re never satisfied for long with a certain style or way of life. Once something bees conventional, it39。s turned down. The artistic culture that Gauguin developed from was that of Impressionism (印象派). Painters like Claude Monet had wanted to paint how they saw the world, not how their teachers taught them it should be seen. Gauguin, and similar artists like his friend Vincent van Gogh, moved even further away from respectable art than the Impressionists. For them, it was not simply a matter of seeing the world differently, but feeling and thinking about it differently, too. Gauguin saw, felt and thought differently from most members of European society. He thought that European culture was too fancy and not spontaneous. This is why he turned to the traditions of other parts of the world, like Africa, and, eventually, Tahiti. Artists like Gauguin used the word primitive for these cultures, but not as a negative term. For him, Europe, in being modem, industrial and scientific, seemed less natural than other parts of the world. In truth, Gauguin39。s paintings may be unconventional but they are certainly not primitive. They are the work of a painter with great awareness of what he was doing. It was this awareness that made him such an important painter for those that came after, in the 20th century. When we look closely at the works of Gauguin we begin to understand Pablo Picasso, and especially Henri Matisse, a little better.（1）What can we infer about Gauguin39。s life? A.He had an unhappy childhood.B.He lived most of his life in Peru.C.He enjoyed painting in Tahiti.D.He preferred a traditional life style.（2）What39。s the main purpose of Paragraph 4? A.To explain why Gauguin39。s works were popular.B.To point out where Gauguin39。s inspiration came from.C.To show Gauguin39。s different understanding of painting.D.To pare Gauguin39。s painting style with Vincent van Gogh39。s.（3）Which of the following best explains spontaneous underlined in Paragraph 5? A.NaturalB.ModernC.IndustrialD.Scientific（4）The author mentions Picasso and Matisse in the last paragraph to show ________. A.their styles are different from Gauguin39。sB.great artists share many similaritiesC.they are as important as GauguinD.Gauguin39。s influence on their works【答案】 （1）C（2）C（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇人物傳記，今年是Gauguin誕辰170周年。他只活了54年，但他短暫的一生充滿了活力。這篇文章介紹了著名畫家Gauguin的生平及其作品。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Indeed, Gauguin is best known for his colorful paintings of Tahitians and their culture.“事實(shí)上，Gauguin最為人所知的是他對(duì)塔希提人和他們的文化的豐富多彩的繪畫?！笨芍矚g在塔希提島畫畫。故選C。 （2）考查段落大意。根據(jù)第四段中的“The artistic culture that Gauguin developed from was that of Impressionism (印象派).”Gauguin發(fā)展起來的藝術(shù)文化是印象派；以及“Gauguin, and similar artists like his friend Vincent van Gogh, moved even further away from‘respectable’ art than the Impressionists. ”Gauguin和他的朋友文森特梵高（Vincent van Gogh）等類似藝術(shù)家比印象派畫家更遠(yuǎn)離“受人尊敬的”藝術(shù)。可知第四段的目的是“展示Gauguin對(duì)繪畫的不同理解?！惫蔬xC。 （3）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第五段中的“For him, Europe, in being modem, industrial and scientific, seemed less natural than other parts of the world.”在他看來，歐洲在走向現(xiàn)代化、工業(yè)化和科學(xué)化的過程中，似乎沒有世界其他地區(qū)那么自然?！庇纱送浦狧e thought that European culture was too fancy and not spontaneous. 中劃線詞的意思是“自然的”。故選A。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“It was this awareness that made him such an important painter for those that came after, in the 20th century. When we look closely at the works of Gauguin we begin to understand Pablo Picasso, and especially Henri Matisse, a little better. ”正是這種意識(shí)使他成為20世紀(jì)后來者的重要畫家。當(dāng)我們仔細(xì)觀察Gauguin的作品時(shí)，我們開始更好地理解畢加索，尤其是馬蒂斯?！笨芍?，作者在最后一段中提到了畢加索和馬蒂斯，以展示Gauguin對(duì)他們作品的影響。故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷，詞義猜測(cè)和段落大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人物類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 Sally Dawly is a woman from Auburn, California. Over the last three and a half years, the antilittering woman has spent most of her free time picking up cigarette butts (煙頭) from the streets of her home city. Called the Butt Lady by her local munity, Dawly began her mission to rid the streets of her city of cigarette butts in October, 2014. The woman looked for cigarette butts, picked them up and threw them in the trash. To keep a count of how many butts she picks up, the Butt Lady has been using a tablet, and earlier this month, she hit a historic milestone—one million cigarette butts. I got tired of going on my walks and seeing cigarette butts everywhere, Sally Dawly said. I39。m just shocked that I had to pick up so many. I39。ve ever picked up 3,000 butts in one day, she said. Don39。t throw away your butts。 better yet, stop smoking. With so many cigarette butts littering the streets, can one person39。s efforts really make a difference? Surprisingly, the answer seems to be yes. Soon after the Butt Lady of Auburn started her mission and word of her efforts spread, cigarette cans started appearing around bars and restaurants in the city. Members of the local munity even came out to cheer her on as she approached her onemillionbutt milestone. Sally knows her city39。s cigarette butt littering problem won39。t be solved anytime soon, but she hopes her work will inspire people to at least think twice before dropping cigarette butts in the streets. She has decided to continue cleaning up after irresponsible smokers, and already has a new milestone in her sights—two million cigarette butts. Word of the Butt Lady39。s efforts to keep the streets cigarette buttfree has reached neighboring munities as well, and CBS Sacramento reports that other cities have started seeking her he