人教版高中英语选修六unit1练习题(含参考答案)

高中英语选修六第一单元练习题

一、写出下列单词或短语的基本含义。

1.abstract(adj./n.)________________________

2.sculpture(n.)__________________________

3.gallery(n.)____________________________

4.faith(n.)______________________________

5.aim(n.)_______________________________

6.typical(adj.)___________________________

7.evident(adj.)___________________________

8.adopt(v.)______________________________

9.superb(adj.)____________________________

10.a great deal___________________________

11.shadow(n.)____________________________

12.coincidence___________________________

13.attempt(v./n.)__________________________

14.predict(v.)____________________________

15.specific(adj.)__________________________

16.figure(n.)_____________________________

17.exhibition(n.)__________________________

18.scholar(n.)____________________________

19.avenue(n.)____________________________

20.preference(n.)_________________________

21.appeal to_____________________________

22.reputation(n.)_________________________

23.visual(adj.)___________________________

24.civilization(n.)_________________________

25.permanent(adj.)________________________

26.district(n.)____________________________

27.signature(n.)___________________________

二、选词填空。根据语境选择合适的单词或短语填入空格内，必要时单词或短语需要变形。

可供选择的单词或短语如下：

shadow, district, fragrant, typical, signature, bunch, avenue, café, reputation, painting.

文章如下：

Once there was a poor artist who wanted to enter an important competition. One day he took his paints and brushes to a local(1)___________to drink his coffee and get inspiration. The(2)___________where he lived was full of trees which formed a leafy(3)___________. As he looked around him, he noticed how the(4)__________of the trees were growing longer as time passed. He decided to paint them in the (5)___________style of the Impressionists. Taking a(6)___________of brushes from his bag, he chose one that was suitable for painting and began. The(7)__________was completed soon. It looked so real that one could even smell the (8)_________flowers that hung from the branches of the trees. Happily he wrote his(9)__________at the bottom of the painting and sent it to the competition committee. His painting was given high marks by the judges and it also won him a(10)__________as a famous Impressionist painter.

三、课文语法填空。

Art is 1 (influence) by the customs and faith of a people. Styles in Western art have changed many times. As there are so many different styles of Western art, it would be impossible to describe all of them in such a short text. Consequently, this text will describe only the most important ones, 2 (start) from the sixth century AD.

The Middle Ages(5th to 15th century AD)

During the Middle Ages, the main aim of painters was to represent religious themes. A 3 (convention) artist of this period was not interested in showing nature and people as they really were. A typical picture at this time was full of religious

symbols, 4 created a feeling of respect and love for God. But it was evident that ideas were changing in the 13th century when 5 (paint) like Giotto di Bondone began to paint religious scenes in a more realistic way.

The Renaissance (15th to 16th century)

During the Renaissance, new ideas and values gradually replaced those held in the Middle Ages. People began to concentrate less 6 religious themes and adopt a more humanistic attitude to life. At the same time painters returned to classical Roman and Greek ideas about art. They tried to paint people and nature as they really were. Rich people wanted to possess their own paintings, so they could decorate their superb palaces and great houses. They paid famous artists to paint pictures of themselves, their houses and 7 (possess) as well as their activities and achievements.

Impressionism (late 19th to early 20th century)

In the late 19th century, Europe changed a great deal, from a mostly agricultural society to a mostly industrial one. Many people moved from the countryside to the new cities. There were many new inventions and social changes. Naturally, these changes also 8 (lead) to new painting styles. Among the painters who broke away from the traditional style of painting were the Impressionists, who lived and worked in Paris.

The impressionists were the first painters to work outdoors. They were eager to show how light and shadow fell on objects at different times of day. However, because natural light changes so quickly, the impressionists had to paint quickly. Their paintings were not as detailed as those of 9 (early) painters. At first many people disliked this style of painting 10 became very angry about it. They said that the painters were careless and their paintings were ridiculous.

Modern Art (20th century to today)

At they time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were controversial, but today they are accepted as the beginning of what we call “modern art”......

四、语法练习（本单元语法重点：虚拟语气, 如I wish; I could/did/would; If I did...,

I would do...）。

注:该语法高考考查较少，但学生在阅读文章中要能识别虚拟语气。

认真体会下面句子中使用虚拟语气的地方。

1.If I were a big tree, I would grow so tall that I’d touch the sky.

2.If the rules of perspective had not been discovered, no one would have been able to paint such realistic pictures.

3.If he did not have to work, he would come to the party.

4.If I had enough money, I would buy a new car.

5.I wish I had gone with you yesterday but I’m too busy these days.

参考答案

一、单词复习：略（见教材后面单词表）。

二、选词填空。

(1) café; (2) district; (3) avenue; (4) shadow; (5) typical;

(6) bunch; (7) painting; (8) fragrant; (9) signature; (10) reputation.

三、课文语法填空。

1. influenced

2. starting

3. conventional

4. which

5. painters

6. on

7. possessions

8. led

9. earlier 10. and

四、语法练习，略。