最新版高中英语全程学习方略配套课件Unit12《Artand literature》Warming Up Reading（大纲版高一上）广西专用.pptVIP

7. He has written ______ articles about air pollution hoping to call the attention of all people to the problem. A. a series of B. a large amount of C. a plenty of D. a great deal of 【解析】选A。句意：他已经写了一系列关于空气污染的文章，希望引起人们对这个问题的注意。a large amount of和a great deal of修饰不可数名词；C项中多了一个a。a series of“一系列，一连串”，符合题意。 8. Many people are still in ______ habit of writing silly things in ______ public places. A. the；the　　　B. /；/　　　C. the；/　　　D. /；the 【解析】选C。in the habit of“有……的习惯”；in public places“在公共场合”。 9. Thanks to so many kind-hearted people, we had no ______ collecting the money for the Hope Project. ［2011平凉高一检测］ A. difficulties in B. trouble with C. difficulty D. troubles in 【解析】选C。have difficulty/trouble（in）doing做……有困难/麻烦，在此短语中difficulty和trouble均为不可数名词，故排除A和D，选C。 10. It is said that in Australia there is more land than the government knows ______. A. it what to do with B. what to do it with C. what to do with it D. to do what with it 【解析】选C。考查“疑问代词+动词不定式”结构。首先排除A、D两项，因为它们的语序有误；再排除B项，因为do with是一个动词短语，不可分开；故选C项。 (A) Pablo Picasso, born in Spain in 1881, was one of the most famous artists of the 20th century. Picasso began painting when he was a small child and took advanced art courses when he was only fifteen. Between 1904 and 1947 Picasso lived in Paris. In 1947 he moved to the Riviera, in the south of France. Many people thought Picasso’s work was strange and unpleasant. Still, he had a great influence on artists in every country. Today, Picasso is regarded as a genius(天才) and his paintings are in the museums all over the world. In 1912, Picasso actually invented a new type of art. He painted a picture, and then he posted bits of paper and something else on the picture. This type of art is called collage(拼贴艺术). Picasso was not only a painter, he was also a sculptor(雕塑家) and a designer of scenery for plays. There are even some photographs of “light paintings” that he created. These paintings were produced by moving a light pe