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• (，安徽高考，C篇)When Frida Kahlo’s paintings were on show in London，a poet described her paintings as“a ribbon(丝带)around a bomb”．Such comments seem to suggest KaMo had a big influence on the art world of her time．Sadly，she is actually a much bigger name today than she was during her time．

      Born in 1907 in a village near Mexico City，Kablo suffered from polio(小儿麻痹症)at the age of seven．Her spine(脊柱) became bent as she grew older．Then，in 1925，her back was broken in several places in a school-bus accident．Throughout the rest of her life，the artist had many operations，but nothing was able to cure the terrible pain in her back．However，the accident had an unexpected side effect．While lying in her bed recovering，Kablo taught herself to paint．

      In 1929，she got married to Diego Rivera，another famous  Mexican artist．Rivera’s strong influence on Kahlo’s style can be seen in her early works，but her later works from the 1940s，known today as her best works，show less influence from her husband．

      Unfortunately，her works did not attract much attention in the 1930s and 1940s，even in her home country．Her first one—woman show in Mexico was not held until 1953．For more than a decade  after her death in 1954，Kablo’s works remained largely unnoticed  by the world，but in the 1970s her works began to gain international fame at last．

  40．What does the phrase“a much bigger name”In Paragraph l  most nearly mean?

  A．a far better artist

  B．a far more gifted artist

  C．a much stronger person

  D．a much more famous person

  41．The terrible pain Kahlo suffered was caused by______．

  A．polio   

  B．her bent spine   

  C．back injuries  

  D．the operations she had

  42．Kahlo’s style had become increasingly independent since  the______．

  A．1930s 

  B．1940s   

  C．1950s 

  D．1970s

  43．What is the author’s attitude toward  Kahlo?

  A．Devotion．

  B．Sympathy．

  C．Worry．

  D．Encouragement．

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•     Betty and Harold have been married for years．But one thing still puzzles old Harold．How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa talking，go out to a ballgame，come  back three and a half hours later，and they’re still sitting on the sofa? Talking?

  What in the world，Harold wonders，do they have to talk about?

  Betty shrugs．Talk? We’re friends．

      Researching this matter called friendship．psychologist Lillian  Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and  men．N．o matter what their age，their job，their sex，the results were  completely clear；women have more friendships than men，and the

   difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is “marked and unmistakable”．

      More than two-thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could  not name a best friend．

  Those who could were likely to name a woman．Yet three  quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend，and almost always it was a woman．More married men than women  named their wife／husband as a best friend，most trusted person，or  the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress(感情危机)．“Most women，”says Rubin，“identified(被认定)at least one，usually more，trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubling  moment，and they spoke openly about the importance of these  relationships in their lives．”

      “In general．”writes Rubin in her new book．“Women’s  friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support，but  men’s relationships are marked by shared activities．”For the most  part，Rubin says，interactions(交往)between men are emotionally  controlled—a good fit with the social requirements of “manly  behavior”．

      “Even when a man is said to be a best friend．”Rubin writes．“the two share little about their innermost feelings．Whereas a woman’s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage，it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know this friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa．”

  44．What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that______．

  A．he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband

  B．women have so much to share

  C．women show little interest in ballgames

  D．he finds his wife difficult to talk to

  45．According to the text，which type of behavior is NOT expected  of a man by society?

  A．Ending his marriage without good reason．

  B．Spending too much time with his friends．

  C．Complaining about his marriage trouble．

  D．Going out to ballgames too often．

  46．The research done by psychologist Rubin centers around______．

  A．happy and successful marriages

  B．friendships of men and women

  C．emotional problems in marriage

  D．interactions between men and women

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•    (,重庆高考，D篇)Willam Butler Yeats．a most famous Irish writer，was born in Dublin on June 13，1865．His childhood lacked the harmony(和睦)that was typical of a happy family．Later，Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered “little of childhood but its pain”．In fact，he inherited(继承) excellent taste in art from his family-both his father and his brother were painters．But he finally settled on literature，particularly drama(戏剧)and poetry．

    Yeats bad strong faith in the coming of new artistic movements．He set himself the fresh task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s．His early theatrical experiments，however，were not received favorably at the beginning．He didn’t lose heart，and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama．

    Compared with his dramatic works，Yeats’poems attract much admiring notice．The subject matter includes love，nature，history，time and aging．Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms，he brought modern sensibility to them．As his literary life progressed，his poetry grew finer and richer，which led him to worldwide recognition．

    He had not enjoyed a major public life since winning the Nobel Prize in 1923．Yet，he continued writing almost to the end of his life．Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40，he would probably now be valued as a minor poet，for there is no other example in literary history of a poet who produces his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75．After Yeats’s death in 1939．W．H．Auden wrote．among others，the following lines：

      Earth，receive an honoured guest：

      William Yeats is laid to rest．

      Let the Irish vessel(船)lie．

      Emptied of its poetry．

  47．Which of the following can describe Yeats’s family?

  A．It filled Yeats’s childhood with laughter．

  B．It was shocked by Yeats’s choice．

  C．It was a typically wealthy family．

  D．It had an artistic atmosphere．

  48．According to the passage，what do we know about Yeats’s life?

  A．Yeats founded the first Irish theatre．

  B．Yeats stuck to modern forms in his poetry．

  C．Yeats began to produce his best works from the 1910s．

  D．Yeats was not favored by the public until the 1923 Nobel  Prize．

  49．What kind of feeling is expressed in W．H．Auden’s lines?

  A．Envy．

  B．Sympathy．

  C．Emptiness．

  D．Admiration．

  50．What is the passage mainly about?

  A．Yeats’s literary achievements．

  B．Yeats’s historical influence．

  C．Yeats’s artistic ambition．

  D．Yeats’s national honor．

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