The Peales were a famous family of American artists. Charles Willson Peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution. He painted portraits of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of George Washington. His life-size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture.
Charles Willson Peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the Peale museum, which he founded in Philadelphia. The world’s first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by Peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings. Peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelike. The museum’s most popular display was the skeleton (骷髏) of a huge, extinct elephant, which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in 1801.
Three of Peale’s seventeen children were also famous artists. Paphaelle Peale often painted still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheese. His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted people, including one of George Washington. Another brother, Rubens Peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits.
James Peale, the brother of Charles Willson Peale, specialized in miniatures (小畫像). His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America.
【小題1】What is the main topic of the passage?

A．The life of Charles Willson Peale.B．Portraits in the 18th century.
C．The Peale Museum.D．A family of artists.
【小題2】The underlined word “unearthed” is closest in meaning to“ ______”.
A．showed B．dug upC．inventedD．looked over
【小題3】Which of the following is NOT the child of Charles Willson Peale?
A．Titian Peale.B．Rubens Peale.C．Raphaelle Peale.D．Sarah Miriam Peale.
【小題4】The author’s attitude toward the Peales is in general _______.
A．puzzled B．excited C．a(chǎn)dmiring D．disappointed


【小題1】D
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】C

解析試題分析：這篇文章講的是一個(gè)藝術(shù)之家。家庭的成員和他們主要的藝術(shù)成就。
【小題1】主旨題：從第一段的句子：The Peales were a famous family of American artists.可知這篇文章講的是一個(gè)藝術(shù)之家。選D
【小題2】猜詞題：從這句話The museum’s most popular display was the skeleton (骷髏) of a huge, extinct elephant, which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in 1801.可知大象的骷髏是從紐約的一個(gè)農(nóng)場挖掘出來的。選B
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：從倒數(shù)第二段的句子：Three of Peale’s seventeen children were also famous artists. Paphaelle Peale …. His brother Rembrandt ….Another brother, Rubens Peale, 可知沒有D項(xiàng)，而最后一段可知Sarah Miriam Peale.是 Charles Willson Peale的侄女。選D。
【小題4】作者態(tài)度題：從第一段的詞：best，realistic等詞，可知作者對這個(gè)藝術(shù)之家是很敬佩的，選C
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點(diǎn)評：這篇文章講的是一個(gè)藝術(shù)之家。家庭的成員和他們主要的藝術(shù)成就�？疾檩^為全面合理，要求考生在閱讀時(shí)，把握大意，注意細(xì)節(jié)。要迅速抓住要抓住文章的中心思想，還有相關(guān)細(xì)節(jié)。關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù)，認(rèn)真核查題支和原文的異同。帶著問題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀。

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D．The young men regarded the author as a follower of the authorities.
【小題5】Several phrases have been underlined and numbered in the passage; which two of them actually refer to the same people?
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A．Fighting against the physical pain.
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We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had brought me to this spot in a small town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered why.
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At school the next day, I secretly poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to serve it to mother at dinner. The plan worked perfectly. She swallowed one spoonful and sputtered（噴濺出） “ The cook must have gone mad！” Quickly I told her what I had done, and Mother stated firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day!
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【小題1】 The author’s father took her to the top of a church tower to ____________.

A．enjoy the beautiful scenery of the whole town
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【小題2】What did the author want her mother to do earlier that day?
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C．Dismiss the mad cook.　　　　　　　　
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【小題3】The underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph suggests that_____________.
A．the cook agreed to serve the soup to the writer’s mother.
B．the author’s mother was angry with the cook.
C．her father persuaded her mother successfully.
D．the method the author thought of was effective.
【小題4】What did the author’s mother think of her lunch soup after she tasted it?
A．It was delicious.
B．It wasn’t so bad as the author said.
C．It is terrible.
D．It was as good as her cook did.
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A．when one road is blocked, try another
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