VII. Insert a suitable word in each of the blanks to complete the following passage.
EDVARD MUNCH
Edvard Munch, one of the greatest artists of his (66) ______, was bom in Norway in 1863. In 1899 he travelled to Paris, where he became familiar (67) ______ the current trends in French art. He began to (68) ______ an unusual artistic style, in which he tried to (69) ______ his deep inner feelings rather than the appearance of what he was painting. This style later became known as Expressionism, and many 20th century artists were influenced by him.
At the time, though, Norwegian critics could not understand his work and(70) ______ it shocking. Munch moved to Germany in 1892, but met with the same reaction there. An exhibition of his paintings in a Berlin gallery caused such strong protests (71) ______ the gallery had to be closed after only a few days. When people slowly started to accept his (72) ______ of painting, his work became well-known for the powerful emotions it showed. His (73) _____ famous work, a painting called “The Scream”, is an image of a terrified, screaming figure in a twisted landscape. As (74) ______ as painting, he was also interested in print making.
When Edvard Munch died in 1944, he left many of his paintings and prints to the city of Oslo in Norway. The (75) ______ can be found in museums and in famous collections around the world.
VIII. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer for each question.When we accept the evidence of our unaided eyes and describe the Sun as ayellow star, we have summed up the most important single fact about it - at this moment in time, it appears probable, however, that sunlight will be the color we know for only a negligibly small part of the Sun's history.
Stars, like individuals, age and change. As we look out into space, we see around us stars at all stages of evolution. There are faint bloodred dwarfs so cool that their surface temperature is a mere 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit; there are searing ghosts blazing at 100,000 degrees Fahrenheit and almost too hot to be seen, for the great part of their radiation is in the invisible ultraviolet range. Obviously, the “daylight” produced by any star depends on its temperature; today (and for ages to come) our Sun is at about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and this means that most of the Sun’s light is concentrated in the yellow band of the spectrum, falling slowly in intensitytoward both the longer and shorter light waves.
That yellow “hump” will shift as the Sun evolves, and the light of day will change accordingly. It is natural to assume that as the sun grows older, and uses up its hydrogen fuel - which it is now doing at the spanking rate of half a billion tons a second - it will become steadily colder and redder.
76. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Faint dwarf stars. B. The evolutionary cycle of the Sun.
c. The Sun's fuel problem. D. The dangers of invisible radiation.
77. What does the author say is especially important about the Sun at the present time?
A. It appears yellow. B. It always remains the same.
c. It has a short history. D. It is too cold.
78. Why are very hot stars referred to as “ghosts”?
A. They are short-lived. B. They are mysterious,
c. They are frightening. D. They are nearly invisible.
79. According to the passage, as the Sun continues to age, it is likely to become what color?
A. Yellow. B. Violet. c. Red. D. White.
80. In the passage, to which of the following does the word “it" refer?
A. Yellow “hump”. B. Day. c. Sun. D. Hydrogen fuel.
