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你想了解涂鸦和街头艺术的发展历史吗?阅读下文一起来了解吧!
Painting and writing on walls is nothing new. In prehistoric(史前的) times, people in Africa and Europe painted pictures of animals and people in caves. Graffiti has been found at ancient sites in Greece, Italy, Syria and Iraq. In the Roman town of Pompeii in Italy, archaeologists found a lot of graffiti written in Latin, including political and romantic messages, and even some magic spells!
In the 1970s, young people in New York used pens to write their names, or “tags”, on walls around the city. One of the first “taggers” was Demetrius, a teenager from a Greek family. He wrote his tag on walls in his neighbourhood and in subway stations on the way to school. Other teenagers saw Demetrius’s tag and started writing their own tags on walls, buses and subway trains all over New York. Then, some teenagers stopped using pens and started using paints. Their tags were bigger and more colourful and appeared on trains, buses and walls around the world. In the 1990s and 2000s, a lot of graffiti artists started to make pictures too.
In many countries, it is a crime to paint on walls and street artists can have problems with the police. In other countries, street art is permitted in certain places. Nowadays, street art is more popular with the public. In some cities, there are street art festivals. In Bristol in the UK, there is a street art festival in August every year. Artists paint all the buildings in a street. Lots of people come to watch the artists and take photos. Street art can be seen in galleries(美术馆) too. There have been exhibitions of street art in galleries in Paris, London and Los Angeles.
Most street artists are young people who paint in their neighbourhood or home city. Many of them use the Internet to communicate and share photos of their pictures with other street artists around the world. Although we don’t know what will happen to street art in the future, we can be sure that it is here to stay!
1. Graffiti in ancient times includes different kinds of themes EXCEPT ______.
A. names and tags
B. magic spells
C. animals and people
D. romantic messages
2. 中考新考法 事件排序 Which is the correct order according to the passage?
①Demetrius wrote his tags on walls.
②Many graffiti artists made pictures too.
③Other teenagers wrote their own tags on walls.
④There have been exhibitions of street art in galleries.
⑤More colourful tags appeared on trains, buses and walls.
A. ①③⑤②④
B. ①③⑤④②
C. ④③①②⑤
D. ④①③②⑤
3. What does “permitted” mean in Paragraph 3?
A. Protected.
B. Allowed.
C. Punished.
D. Warned.
4. According to the passage, we can learn that ______.
A. Demetrius was the first graffiti artist
B. street art can be only seen in the street
C. street artists begin to share their works online
D. Bristol holds a street art festival every September
5. 中考新考法 推断作者写作意图 The main purpose of the article is ______.
A. to tell why graffiti and street art will disappear
B. to tell the development of graffiti and street art
C. to tell what will happen to street art in the future
D. to tell the relationship between graffiti and street art

答案： [文章大意]本文主要介绍了涂鸦和街头艺术的发展。
1. A [解析]细节理解题。根据“In prehistoric(史前的) times, people in Africa and Europe painted pictures of animals and people in caves.”和“including political and romantic messages, and even some magic spells”可知,涂鸦有洞穴里的动物和人,政治和浪漫的信息,甚至一些魔法咒语。故选A。
2. A [解析]事件排序题。根据“One of the first ‘taggers’ was Demetrius”可知,①排在第一;根据“Other teenagers saw Demetrius's tag and started writing their own tags on walls”可知,③排在第二;根据“Their tags were bigger and more colourful and appeared on trains, buses and walls around the world.”可知,⑤排在第三;根据“In the 1990s and 2000s, a lot of graffiti artists started to make pictures too.”可知,②排在第四;根据“Street art can be seen in galleries(美术馆) too.”可知,④排在第五。上述顺序为①③⑤②④。故选A。
3. B [解析]词义猜测题。根据“In other countries, street art is permitted in certain places. Nowadays, street art is more popular with the public.”可知,当今街头艺术更受公众欢迎,因此可推知前句表达街头艺术在一些城市是被允许的。故选B。
4. C [解析]细节理解题。根据“Many of them use the Internet to communicate and share photos of their pictures with other street artists around the world.”可知,他们中的许多人使用互联网与世界各地的其他街头艺术家交流并分享他们的照片。故选C。
5. B [解析]写作意图题。根据“Although we don't know what will happen to street art in the future, we can be sure that it is here to stay!”可知,虽然我们不知道未来街头艺术会发生什么,但我们可以肯定的是,它将继续存在!所以本文主要告诉我们涂鸦和街头艺术的发展。故选B。