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When Sir Winston Churchill, the great British Prime Minister, reached his eightieth birthday in November, 1954, he was presented with his portrait by a well-known modem artist, Graham Sutherland．The painting had been ordered and paid for to 1 the Grand Old Man of World WarⅡ.

Sir Winston and Lady Churchill were deeply moved by this 2 of respect and affection. 3 of them, of course, allowed the others to see how much they both disliked the portrait. “It makes me look 4 , which I am not!” protested Churchill in private(私下). 5 , he only remarked that it was fine example of modern art. His friends smiled．It was known that Churchill didn't 6 modern art.

Churchill was so unhappy about the portrait that finally his wife had it 7 . Churchill died at ninety in 1965．Land Churchill 8 him in 1977．Shortly after her death, the public learned what had happened to the 9 , and a heated argument broke out. The painter was 10 sad．The artist community, shocked and 11 , said that the destruction of the picture had been a crime (罪行). Historians said that they regretted the disappearance of a(n) 12 document. All agreed that Churchill didn't have the 13 to do what they had done.

Graham Sutherland had told Churchill that he would 14 him “as he saw him”. Churchill never had a chance to see the work in 15 since the painter 16 to show it to him. He found out only 17 he received his present that Sutherland had seen him 18 a heavy, sick, tired old man. Since he hated old age, he was naturally 19 .

Who has the right to a work of art, the owner, the donor, or the artist who created it? Was the portrait a good one, as many(including the painter) said? Or was it bad as others thought? None of these questions have been answered yet to everybody’s 20 .

(D)1． A．give B．regard C．paint D．honour

(A)2． A．mark B．piece C．prize D．trade

(A)3． A．Neither B．Both C．Either D．All

(C)4． A．wise B．gentle C．stupid D．happy

(D)5． A．Fortunately B．Obviously C．Straight D．Publicly

(A)6． A．care for B．look like C．turn down D．make up

(C)7． A．hidden B．hung C．destroyed D．returned

(C)8． A．mourned B．missed C．followed D．buried

(A)9． A．painting B．man C．woman D．artist

(A)10．A．understandably B．unexpectedly C．unreasonably D．unthinkingly

(D)11．A．afraid B．regretful C．curious D．angry

(D)12．A．interesting B．colorful C．expensive D．historical

(B)13．A．chance B．right C．power D．courage

(C)14．A．help B．obey C．paint D．show

(A)15．A．progress B．place C．need D．sight

(C)16．A．agreed B．promised C．refused D．hated

(B)17．A．until B．when C．before D．though

(A)18．A． as B．to C．about D．for

(D)19．A．moved B．worried C．tired D．hurt

(D)20．A．surprise B．disappointment C．delight D．satisfaction

1．【解析】D。人们给他画像是为了向这位二战巨人表示敬意。

2． 【解析】 A。trade表“交易”，此处用mark表示“标记”，与sign同一含义，如a mark of esteem"表示敬意”。

3．【解析】A。从句子含义可知选A。夫妇俩谁也没有让别人看出他们的真实心理状态一一他们不喜欢这幅画。

4．【解析】C。四个选项只有C才能构成让人不喜欢的原因。

5．【解析】D。这种不满只是在私下说的，在公开场合还是赞美它。

6．【解析】A。不喜欢现代艺术，上一句已经委婉表达了他的感受。

7．【解析】C。他妻子把这幅画“毁了”而不“藏起来，还回去”，所以后来引发了下文人们的议论。

8．【解析】C。邱吉尔夫人十二年之后也随他仙逝，下文说“她死后没多久”。

9．【解析】A。人们此时得知那幅画的归宿。

10．【解析】A。understandably在此时指画家此时感到伤心，这是“可以(被人)理解地”。

11．【解析】D。与shocked(震惊)一样的强烈情绪是angry。

12．【解析】D。这句话是历史学家(Historians)说的，因此是考虑其作为“历史文献”的价值。

13．【解析】B。大家一致认为邱吉尔夫妇没权利这么做。

14．【解析】C。这是这位画家说的话，他会真实地描述自己眼中的邱吉尔。

15．【解析】A。从下文可知，直到肖像画好之后邱吉尔才看见这幅画，因此选progress “进展中的作品”。

16．【解析】C。画家在画的过程中不让他看，这一点下文有提示。

17．【解析】B。直到收到这幅画后才看见画像中的人是什么样子。

18．【解析】A。see…as表示 “把……视为”，用as引出画家眼里的形象。

19．【解析】D。他憎恨年迈，看见画中自己的模样，自然会觉得受到伤害。

20．【解析】D。对这些问题,还没有一个使人人满意的回答。

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It was already late when we set out for the next town, 1 according to the map was about fifteen miles away on the other side of the 2 .

There we felt 3 that we would find a bed 4 the night. Darkness fell soon after we left the village, but luckily we met 5 as we drove fast along the narrow winding road that 6 the hills. As we climbed 7 , it became colder and rain began to fall, 8 it difficult at times to see the road．I asked John, my companion, to drive more 9 .

After we had traveled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign of the town which was 10 on the map. We were beginning to get 11 . Then without warning the car stopped．A quick 12 showed that we had run out of petrol（汽油）. Although we had little food with us, we decided to 13 the night in the car.

Our meal was soon over. I tried to go to sleep at once, 14 John, who was a 15 sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went for a walk 16 the hills. Soon he came back. From the top of the hill he had seen, in the valley below, the 17 of the town we were looking for. We at once unloaded（卸）all our luggage（行李）and with a great effort（努力）, 18 to push the car to the top of the hill. Then we went back to the luggage, loaded the car again and set off down the hill. 19 less than a quarter of an hour we were in the town, where we found a 20 quite easily.

(A)1．A．which B．it C．where D．that[

(B)2．A．rivers B．hills C．towns D．villages

(D)3．A．surprised B．afraid C．pleased D．sure

(D)4．A．at B．in C．through D．for

(C)5．A．everybody B．somebody C．nobody D．anybody

(C)6．A．got to B．arrived C．led to D．belonged to

(B)7．A．taller B．higher C．lower D．faster

(D)8．A．getting B．thinking C．causing D．making

(C)9．A．certainly B．carefully C．slowly D．surely

(A)10. A．marked B．set C．built D．drawn

(B)11．A．excited B．worried C．cold D．warm

(C)12．A．attention B．operation C．examination D．information

(A)13．A．spend B．live C．spare D．stay

(D)14．A．since B．though C．so D．but

(C)15．A．quick B．fast C．poor D．heavy

(D)16．A．across B．through C．down D．up

(A)17．A．lights B．map C．bus D．situation

(D)18．A．ought B．tried C．succeeded D．managed

(B)19．A．For B．In C．Since D．At

(C)20 A．policeman B．friend C．hotel D．cinema

1．【解析】A。分析句子结构可知，后面是一个非限制性定语从句，关系代词应用which。

2．【解析】B。从下文可知，下一个小镇应在“山”的那一边。

3．【解析】D。天已经很迟了，还出发朝下一个小镇赶，这说明他们“坚信”在那儿能找到住宿的地方。

4．【解析】D。for the night“过夜”，for表示“为了”。

5．【解析】C。在一个漆黑的夜晚，在那弯曲狭窄的路上，应该说行车是不走运的，但途中未遇一个行人，就这一点来说还算“幸运”。

6．【解析】C。lead to 意思为“通向”。

7．【解析】B。从下文可知，他们的车子是逐渐向山上爬行的，当油用完时，车子已接近山顶。以致John后来散步时不知不觉中就到了山顶。

8．【解析】D。从词的用法角度可知要用making。

9．【解析】C。由于看不清路面，所以让同伴开慢些。

10．【解析】A。依据常识可知，城镇是“标”在地图上的。

11．【解析】B。开了二十里，仍不见小镇，不免开始“忧虑”起来。

12．【解析】C。简单“检查”发现油没了，另三项表述不清。

13．【解析】A。 spend the night意为“度过夜晚”。

14．【解析】D。填转折连词but。

15．【解析】C。从got out of the car看，John不是一个容易睡着的人。

16．【解析】D。从From the top of the hill可推知，他从车里出来以后是向山顶上走的。

17．【解析】A。根据常识判断。

18．【解析】D。ought to （应该）不合语境，succeed后不接to do故应排除，manage和try均表示“设法”，但有细微差别，前者表示设法做成了某事，后者则不一定成功。故本题答案应为D。

19．【解析】B。 “在不到一刻钟时间内我们就到了镇上”。

20．【解析】C。从第二段后句子可以推知，他们赶赴那个小镇的目的是为了住宿，所以在到达目的地后很快找到的应是旅馆（hotel）。