Unit-2-Looking-into-the-Future假期预习成果自我检测(含答案)-.pdfVIP

Unit2LookingintotheFuture假期预习成果自我检测

一、阅读理解（每小题2.5分，共20分）

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WhenKathrynwas6yearsold，shesatoutsideherhomeforthreehoursanddidnotmakea

sound.Herparentswonderedwhyshewassoquiet，onlytodiscoverthatshewasdrawinga

pictureofaflagoutside.Sherecalled.“That’swhatIwantedtodothatday，”saidKathryn，whois

now23yearsold.Andinthefuture，shecontinuedtodoartasahobby.

Recently，KathrynwasnamedLakePlacid’sfirstartistintheneighborhood.Shewillbethere

foratleastfourweeksandpossiblymore.Duringthattime，shewillteachanartclassandfocuson

herownart.Muchofherworkincludescreatingphotos.Shesaid，“Thereisalwayssomething

therethatyouhaven’tincluded，soyoucanneverstopwhenpaintingaphoto.”

Kathrynendedupasthefirstartistjustbychance.Shesaidhersisterwasonvacationin

FloridaandlookingforajobinLakePlacid.Thesistergotthejobandmovedthere.

Kathrynsaidshevisitedhersisterandwasorderedtodowallpaintingsinsidea

building.Later，hersistersawademandforanartistonlineandsuggestedsheshouldapply.

Kathrynsaidshe’sthefirstartistinherfamily，butaddedthatherparentsarecreative.Her

fatherlovestocreatethingsfromwood.“Anythingyoucanmakeoutofwood，hehasmadeit，”

shesaid.

Herowncreativitywithartcontinuedthroughcollege.Whileatcollege，shewasonce

employedtorecreateaphotoofacoupleonavacationtoFloridaandoneofasunsetineither

NorthCarolinaorSouthCarolina.

Kathrynsaidshe’slookingatotherformsofart.“ThetimeIspendherewillhelpmetofigure

outwhoIamasanartist，”shesaid.

1.Fromthefirstparagraph，wecanknowthat.

A.KathrynhadfewwordsatherearlyageB.Kat