外研版（2019）選擇性必修第一冊《Unit 4 Meeting the muse》2021年單元測試卷（1）

一、選擇題。閱讀下面的短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。

• 1．Louis Wain's Cute Cats Louis Wain was one of the most popular illustrators（插畫師）in the history of England.Born in 1860，Wain was well-known for his anthropomorphic （擬人化的） pictures of cats and his work helped to upraise the profile and popularity of our feline （貓科的） friends to extraordinary heights.Before Wain，cats in England were often thought of without respect but his work humanised them and helped to show them as something to be liked，admired and even loved. "He made the cat his own，" H.G.Wells once remarked. "He invented a cat style，a cat society，a whole cat world."
     In his early years，Wain aimed at becoming a press artist.He specialised in drawing animals and country scenes and had work published in several journals including the popular Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.It wasn't until 1884，when Wain was twenty-four，that he sold his first drawing of a cat to The Illustrated London News.Two years after this he got his first real taste of success when he was appointed to illustrate a children's book.His illustrations seem a lot more traditional when compared to his later work.Yet even in these early examples，we can see signs of his ability to give a cat a personality and a playful nature.
     Despite the happiness seen throughout his work，the tale of Wain's interest in cats is sadly a heartbreaking one.In 1883，Wain married Emily Richardson.Not long after the couple married，Emily became unwell.Over the course of her illness，Wain drew their cat as a way to keep her spirits up.There must have been even more reason for joy when a few months later Wain was appointed again by The Illustrated London News to draw more illustrations based on their cat.His work，A Kitten's Christmas Party was hugely popular and a great success.It set Wain on the road to artistic greatness and wealth but sadly he was unable to enjoy this achievement as a few months later Emily passed away.
     The loss of his wife had a huge impact on Wain and he became increasingly more inward-looking.As his success went from strength to strength，he continued to struggle with anxiety and depression，and despite his professional accomplishments，his personal life was never quite the same again.
  
  （1）What did people in England think of cats in early times？

  
  A．They thought cats were respectful.
  B．They saw cats as their great friends.
  C．They thought cats were like humans.
  D．They regarded cats as negative creatures.
  （2）What can we learn about Wain's early life？

  
  A．He created persons like cats.
  B．He achieved his first success at the age of 26.
  C．He had always dreamt of being a cat illustrator.
  D．He drew animals and country scenes for The Illustrated London News.
  （3）Which of the following is true about Emily？

  
  A．She made Wain earn a lot of money.
  B．Her death changed Wain's mental state.
  C．She married Wain because she liked his illustrations.
  D．She became unwell after A Kitten's Christmas Party was released.
  （4）According to the passage，art is the reflection of its creator's

  .
  A．a(chǎn)bility
  B．fortune
  C．emotion
  D．personality
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二、選擇題。閱讀下面的短文，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

• 2．Monet and His Source of Inspiration Oscar-Claude Monet（1840-1926）was a French painter，internationally recognised as one of the creators of Impressionism；in fact，this art movement is named after the work of Monet Impression，Sunrise.（1）

  Monet，like many other Impressionists，took the environment around him as a reference，something he made clear with this famous quote： "The richness I achieve comes from nature，the source of my inspiration."
     （2）

  Although he spent much of his time in Paris and travelled extensively in France and abroad，Monet preferred the countryside and lived for more than fifty years along the Seine River.His interest in gardening grew over the years，from flowerbeds that brightened his first home at Argenteuil to his magnificent gardens at Giverny，which became a pleasure for the eye，a peaceful place to think about nature and a source of inspiration.
     Monet was especially fond of drawing and painting his own gardens.（3）

  By directly observing nature，Monet captured the momentary effects of light and atmosphere on canvas.
     In 1883，Monet and his family moved to a former cider（蘋果酒）farm in Giverny，a small town about thirty-five miles northwest of Paris.He lived there for the rest of his life.At his new home，Monet created an amazing garden that became the main source of inspiration for his later paintings. （4）

  
     At Giverny，Monet adapted part of the farmhouse into a studio，and he transformed the vegetable garden and the disused two acres surrounding it into complex flowerbeds.He carefully planned out his garden to be beautiful and different as the seasons changed，planting a wide range of annuals，perennials（多年生的），bulbs，and vines（藤）so there were flowers from early spring through late fall.（5）

  He liked the flowerbeds to be intense and plentiful，overflowing with plants，and he built arbors（藤架）to carry the blossoming colour up to the sky.As an enthusiastic and skilled gardener，Monet read gardening publications，traded seed，and collected books on gardening.He even hired a team of gardeners to take care of the plants and inspected the garden daily.
  
  A.The garden was also a living work of art in its own right.
  B.With a painter's eye，Monet thoughtfully arranged plants according to colour and height.
  C.Monet was a painter known for his pioneering role in the development of Impressionism.
  D.Claude Monet combined his love of nature and art by creating gardens wherever he lived.
  E.When Monet travelled to Paris to visit The Louvre，he found painters copying from the old masters.
  F.His artistic production is strongly influenced by nature，the protagonist（主角）in many of his paintings.
  G.Over and over again，he showed the ways light，weather，season，and time of day visually changed them.
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一、填空題。根據(jù)括號中的中文釋義，用本單元出現(xiàn)的單詞的正確形式完成句子。

• 3．The introduction of the new technology is thought to be an incredible

  （革新）.
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• 4．The talented musician has been

  （作曲） a new piece of song for the new year celebration.
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• 5．Newton's law of

  （運動） is the basic regulation in physics.
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• 6．It's difficult to understand his

  （抽象的） painting without rich imagination.
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二、翻譯題。使用括號中所給的單詞或短語將下列句子翻譯成英文。

• 18．史密斯一家上周剛剛搬到鎮(zhèn)上，所以他們對鄰里還不熟悉。（unfamiliar with）
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• 19．這次表演展現(xiàn)出了他自信的一面。（bring out）
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