Summary writing摘要写作

In notmore than 80 wordsdescribe whatthe writer saw from the momenthe entered the artgallery.Do not include anything that is not in the last paragraph.

Answer these questions in note form to get your points:

1Whatdidthewriter seewhenheenteredtheartgallery?

2Why did it forbid people to touch the exhibits?

3What did the exhibitionconsist of?

4Whatdidthewritersee againstthe wall?

5What did the spheres do?

6What did thetallstructures in thecentreofthehallcontain?

7What did the coloured lights do?

8What was emitted from black boxes?

9Did redlampsgoonandoff ornot?

Vocabulary词汇

Give another word orphrase to replace the following words as they are used in the passage:on display(1. 4);oddly(1. 10); suspended(1. 11); response(1. 11); familiar (1. 11）; attached(1. 12); flickered continuously (1. 15).

Composition

作文

In not more than 200 words describe an exhibition ofmodern paintings(real or imaginary). Use the ideas given below. Do not write more than three paragraphs.

Title: An interesting exhibition.

Introduction:Work ofmany artists exhibited----greatpublic interest----you went to the artgallery.

Development: Description of some of the pictures on display----the picture you liked best ----the strangest picture of them all.

Conclusion:People's comments overheard---- your opinion of the paintings at the exhibition.

Letter writing书信写作

Write a letter of about 80 words to a friend accepting an invitation to go with him to an exhibition. Supply a suitable Introduction and Conclusion.Usethe following informationto write thePurpose:

thankhim for invitation----looking forward to meeting him again soon----particularly interested in exhibition----why----where you will meet your friend: time and place.

Key structures关键句型

介词(IKS 94) （参见第2册第 94课关键句型）Exercise练习

Supply the missing words in the following sentences. Do not refer to the passage until you finish the exercise.

1Even people who take no interest ______ art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture ______ display in public places.

2We have got quite used ______ them.

3Oddly shaped forms that are suspended ______ the ceiling and move ______ response ______ a gust of wind are quite familiar ______ everybody.

4There were long thin wires attached ______ metal spheres.

Special difficulties

难点

Spelling 拼写

Note the spelling of the words in italics:

I'll pay the bill. He never pays his bills.

He owns a donkey. I own two donkeys.

You'll wake up the baby. Babies often cry.

Will he try again? He never tries very hard.

Exercise 练习



Add－s or－ies to the following words. Make any other necessary changes:

lady, supply, valley, qualify, story, day, say, reply, marry, way, chimney, hurry, stay, enjoy, buy, body, bury, fry.

Multiple choice questions

多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Comprehension 理解

1Modern sculpture rarely surprises us any more because ______ .

a．even if not in museums, we see it in and around other public places

b．despite people's lack of interest in art, it is put on display

c．people not only display it in their houses but in their gardens also

d．museums have been exhibiting it for nearly eighty years

2What surprised the writer when he visited a recent exhibition of modern sculpture?

a．The tact that people were forbidden to touch the exhibits.

b．The oddly shaped forms that were suspended from the ceiling.

c．The way in which electrical energy was used to produce mobile effects.

d．The prehistoric electronic equipment used to activate the exhibits.

3The pieces of sculpture on display at the exhibition were ______ .

a．noticed because they were dangerous

b．either hung on wires or built into the middle of the hall

c．flickering continuously with different coloured lights

d．such that one could not pass them unnoticed though it seemed wiser to pass them untouched

Structure 结构

4----‘modern’pieces ______ on display nearly eighty years ago. (11. 6－7)

a．have been

b．are first

c．were first

d．had been

5The first thing I saw ______ to the art gallery…(1. 9)

a．on my arrival

b．on entering

c．at the entrance

d．having arrived

6The notice prohibited people ______ the exhibits. (11. 9－10)

a．to touch

b．from touching

c．touching

d．not to touch

7The spheres had been magnetized ______ attracted or repelled each other…(1. 13)

a．so that they

b．so they were

c．so as they had

d．in order that they

8These peculiar forms ______ to shock people emotionally and to…(11. 17－18)

a．both seemed designed

b．seemed both designed

c．seemed both designed and

d．seemed designed both

Vocabulay 词汇

9----forms that are suspended from the ceiling and move ______ are…(11. 10－11)a．at one blow

b．all of a sudden

c．with a light touch

d．at the slightest breath

10Small black boxes ______ sparks…(1. 15)

a．gave off

b．sent by

c．gave over

d．throw off

11There were a number of tall structures ______ in different colours. (1. 14)

a．enlightened

b．illuminated

c．alighted

d．burning

12These peculiar forms not only seemed ______ to shock people…(11. 17－18)

a．drawn

b．planned

c．intended

d．created