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The following text is for questions 1 to 5
Russian – born Max Webber grew up in New York, studied art there, and then went back to Europe to familiarize himself with contemporary artistic developments. On returning to the United States Webber worked in the new styles he had discovered in Paris and soon became recognized as a pionner of American abstract painting. An example of his work at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is a 1915 painting entitles “Rush Hour, New York”. Using abstract, geometrical forms, Webber has expressed the movement, noise, and vibrancy of the great metropolis. The picture blends elements of two European styles: cubism, which shows objects from a number of different angles of vision at the same time, and futurism, which portrays speed and objects in motion. Forceful lines and spiky forms throughout the composition convey the energy and vitality of the city. Webber expresses the city’s diversity by juxtaposing forms with rounded and angular shapes to suggest specific elements of the urban landscape: skyscrapers, flashing lights, and hurrying people.
1.Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for this passage?
(A)Cubism
(B)American Art
(C)Works of the National Gallery of Art
(D)An innovative American Artist
(E)European Art
2.The word “recognized” in the second sentence could best be replaced by ….
(A)accomplished
(B)authorized
(C)publicized
(D)established
(E)known
3.According to the passage, which of the following best describes the development of Webber’s art?
(A)It began as hobby late in his life
(B)It gradually inspired diversity among his European contemporaries
(C)It evolved as one of America’s earliest examples of abstract painting
(D)It came to represent the first purely American style
(E)It did not influence the art style
4.The word “abstract” in the second sentence is closely in meaning to ….
(A)blended lines
(B)geometrical forms
(C)noisy expression
(D)unknown title
(E)unique
5.The painting discussed in the passage can be found in ….
(A)Washington, D.C.
(B)Paris, France
(C)New York
(D)Moscow, Russia
(E)European Countries
The following text is for questions 6 to 10
The United States court system, as part of the federal system of government, is characterized by dual hierarchies: there are both state and federal courts. Each state has its own system of courts, composed of civil and criminal trial courts sometimes intermediate courts of appeal, and a state supreme court. The federal court system consists of a series of trial courts (called district courts) serving relatively small geographic regions (there is at least one for every state), a tier of circuit courts of appeal that hear appeals from many district courts in a particular geographic region, and the Supreme Court of the United States. The two court system are to some extent overlapping, in that certain kinds of disputes (such as claim that a state law is in violation of the Constitution) may be iniated in either system. They are also to some extend hierarchical, for the federal system stands above the state system in that litigant (person engaged in lawsuit) who lose their cases in the state supreme may appeal their cases to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Thus, the typical court case begins in a trial court‐a court of general jurisdiction‐ in the state or federal system. Most cases go no further than the trial court: for example, the criminal defendant is convicted (by a trial or a guilty plea) and sentenced by the court and the case ends: the personal injury suit results in a judgment by a trial court (or an out –of‐court settlement by the parties while the court suit is pending) and the parties leave the court system. But sometimes the losing party at the trial court cares enough about the cause that the matter does not end there. In these cases, the “loser” at the trial court may appeal to the next higher court.
The United States court system, as part of the federal system of government, is characterized by dual hierarchies: there are both state and federal courts. Each state has its own system of courts, composed of civil and criminal trial courts sometimes intermediate courts of appeal, and a state supreme court. The federal court system consists of a series of trial courts (called district courts) serving relatively small geographic regions (there is at least one for every state), a tier of circuit courts of appeal that hear appeals from many district courts in a particular geographic region, and the Supreme Court of the United States. The two court system are to some extent overlapping, in that certain kinds of disputes (such as claim that a state law is in violation of the Constitution) may be iniated in either system. They are also to some extend hierarchical, for the federal system stands above the state system in that litigant (person engaged in lawsuit) who lose their cases in the state supreme may appeal their cases to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Thus, the typical court case begins in a trial court‐a court of general jurisdiction‐ in the state or federal system. Most cases go no further than the trial court: for example, the criminal defendant is convicted (by a trial or a guilty plea) and sentenced by the court and the case ends: the personal injury suit results in a judgment by a trial court (or an out –of‐court settlement by the parties while the court suit is pending) and the parties leave the court system. But sometimes the losing party at the trial court cares enough about the cause that the matter does not end there. In these cases, the “loser” at the trial court may appeal to the next higher court.
6.What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A)Civil and criminal courts
(B)Typical court cases
(C)The court system in the United States
(A)Civil and criminal courts
(B)Typical court cases
(C)The court system in the United States
(D)The appeal court process
(E)The criminal process in European Countries
(E)The criminal process in European Countries
7.The possessive “its” in the second sentence refers to ….
(A)state court
(B)federal court
(C)each state
(D)federal system
(E)criminal
8.According to the passage, district courts are also known as ….
(A)circuit courts
(B)supreme courts
(C)intermediate courts
(D)trial courts
(E)top courts
(A)state court
(B)federal court
(C)each state
(D)federal system
(E)criminal
8.According to the passage, district courts are also known as ….
(A)circuit courts
(B)supreme courts
(C)intermediate courts
(D)trial courts
(E)top courts
9.In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the phrase “engaged in” could be replaced by which of the following?
(A)committed to
(B)involved in
(C)attentive to
(D)engrossed to
(E)object to
(A)committed to
(B)involved in
(C)attentive to
(D)engrossed to
(E)object to
10.The passage indicates that litigant who lose their cases in the state trial court may take them to a ….
(A)different trial court in the same state
(B)court in a different geographic region
(C)federal trial court
(D)state supreme court
(E)regional prison or jail
(A)different trial court in the same state
(B)court in a different geographic region
(C)federal trial court
(D)state supreme court
(E)regional prison or jail
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