Unit 1 Great scientists 1.1 Warming Up & Pre-reading & Reading & Comprehending 一、根据中文提示进行填空。 1．This tells you that there is a ____________(确切的) distinction between the right and the wrong. 2．The open ____________(展览) will allow local artists to show their talents. 3．The central ____________(人物)in the painting is the artist's daughter. 4．The international situation is very ____________(脆弱的)at present. 5．Some patients are ____________(过敏的) to penicillin，so there is a test before injection. 6．Animals can become unusually ____________( 侵略的；好斗的 ) when they are upset by a sudden environment change. 7．Your name exactly appears on your ____________(永久的) resident card. 8．Having a ____________ (偏爱)for serious novels gives him a chance to improve his writing. 9．The judge has a good ____________(名誉) for his justice and kindness. 10．He had devoted his whole life to the study of ____________(当代的) art. 【答案】 1.specific　 6.aggressive　 2.exhibition　 7.permanent 3.figure　 8．preference　 4.delicate 9.reputation　 5．allergic　 10.contemporary 二、根据首字母进行填空（须用本单元的单词和词汇） 1. The word “honesty” is an a____________ noun. 2. Which do you like better, his paintings or s______________? 3. There are many art g_____________ in New York. 4. They are put on an e______________ of French paintings next week. 5. An a________________ country is always ready to start a war 6. His a_______ is to be a successful writer. 7. You’ll soon be c____________ that she is right , though you think not now. 8. The prisoners a___________ to escape, but failed. 9. The keys are in the p________________ of the boss. 10. She was the f__________ of everyone’s attention at the party. 【答案】 1.abstrcat 2.sculptures 6.aim 3.galleries 4.exhibition 5.aggressive 7.convinced 8.attempted 9.possession 10.focus 三、课文缩写。 Art Art is influenced by the customs and faith of a people. Styles in Western art have changed a lot. During the Middle Ages, the main aim of painters was to represent religious themes. 1_________________ it was 2________________(evidence) that ideas changed when painters began to paint in a more realistic way. People in the Renaissance 3________________ (adopt) a more humanistic attitude to life. During this period, rich people paid famous artists to paint pictures of themselves, their houses and 4________________ (possess) as well as their activities and achievements. 5________________ coincidence，oil paints were also________________ developed. From the late 19th century, the Impressionists 6________________ paintings were thought ridiculous drew 7________________ (quick) to show how light and shadow fell on objects. Today, they 8________________ (accept) as the beginning of modern art. On the one hand, some modern art is abstract, but on the 9 ________________ hand, some is realistic. It is not easy to 10________________ (prediction) the painting styles in the future. 【答案】 1. But 2. evident 3. adopted 6. whose 7. quickly 4. possessions 5. By 8 are accepted 9. other 10. predict