单元质量检测（三） Ⅰ.阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Julia Koceva, who is only a 23 year old girl, has taken the Internet by storm with her impressive drawings — stippling (点彩). Stippling is an old technique — creating a pattern and applying varying degrees of solidity or shading to it by using small dots. Julia Koceva works in a police station at daytime. She spends her nights working on her amazing drawings. She takes between 40 and 100 hours to finish a piece, trying her best to apply tiny black dots to a large piece of paper, using nothing but a ballpoint pen. As Alphonso Dunn, author of “Pen and Ink Drawing: A Simple Guide，” says, stippling creates a unique texture (神韵) but requires patience and a very careful approach. It's a technique that requires mountains of patience, but the end results are awe inspiring. Julia Koceva, the young Swedish artist, draws all kinds of things, from realistic animals and flowers to musical instruments, but her most impressive artworks are obviously the celebrity portraits (名人肖像). Her collection features portraits of pop persons like David Bowie and Jack Nicholson, with everything but their hair made up of thousands of tiny black dots. Thousands of hours devoted to creating these beautiful works of art have taken_a_toll_on her health. She has several diseases that were caused by drawing for so long a time every day. But Julia Koceva continues to draw and catches the imagination of her fans with every new piece she posts on Instagram. Now she has over 68,000 followers on Instagram. 1．Julia Koceva, a 23 year old girl, _____. A．didn't devote herself to her work B．received high praise from Alphonso Dunn C．attracted many people's attention because of her impressive drawings D．became famous because of what she did as a policewoman 2．What is best needed for Julia Koceva to create her drawings A．Courage. B．Patience. C．Confidence. D．Imagination. 3．The underlined phrase “taken a toll on” probably means _____. A．damaged B．improved C．regained D．changed B It all started a few years ago in the quiet village of Mollington after a number of burglaries (盗窃). Those living in the village came up with the idea that they themselves could keep an eye on their neighbours' property (财产) while they were away on holiday. Since then, with the help of the government and police, more than 50,000 “Neighbourhood Watch” schemes (项目) have been set up in the UK. The object of each “Watch” group is to prevent things like this from happening again in any street or area. Each villager who is a member of the scheme agrees to do their best to stop anyone stealing something in the village. Everything is done calmly and carefully — it is the police who check out each report and find out what is happening. Villagers who are part of the group are not supposed to act as police or put themselves in any danger. When a new “Neigh ... ...
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