一、完形填空
Street art is a very popular form of art. It is 1 quickly all over the world. You can find it on buildings and street signs from Beijing to Paris.
Art experts (专家) say that the movement began in New York in the 1960s. Young adults would use paint in special cans to put their words and other images (形象) on walls and cars 2 the city. One well - known street artist is Swoon. She 3 paper images of people and puts them on walls. Swoon didn't start her career as a street artist. She studied art, but 4 time went on, she got bored with the works she saw in museums or galleries (美术馆). The people in New York enjoy Swoon's strong and interesting 5.
Some artists choose street art because it is 6 to people. Some artists try to express their opinions (观点) in their works. Advertising (广告) companies also use street art in their advertisements because it gives the deep impression (印象) and energy. The New York store Saks Fifth Avenue 7 used a street artist's design for its shop windows and shopping bags.
In today's world, the Internet has a big 8 on street art. Artists can show their pictures to the people all over the world on the Internet. Many people, 9, say that seeing a picture on the Internet is never as good as seeing it live. Street art lives with the energy and life of a big 10. There it will continue to change and grow.
() 1. A. watching
B. making
C. spreading
D. searching
() 2. A. behind
B. by
C. over
D. around
() 3. A. cuts down
B. cuts out
C. turns down
D. runs out
() 4. A. as
B. after
C. before
D. while
() 5. A. style
B. story
C. problem
D. programme
() 6. A. safer
B. lower
C. closer
D. stranger
() 7. A. hardly
B. recently
C. seldom
D. never
() 8. A. success
B. discount
C. present
D. influence
() 9. A. anyway
B. however
C. otherwise
D. therefore
() 10. A. museum
B. country
C. city
D. street

1. C
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. D
9. B
10. C

1. 第一空：根据前文“Street art is a very popular form of art”（街头艺术是一种非常受欢迎的艺术形式），这里表达它在全世界迅速“传播”，spread有“传播”的意思，watch观看，make制作，search搜索都不符合语境，所以第一空选C。
2. 第二空：“around the city”表示“在城市周围”，这里说年轻人用特殊罐子喷漆在城市周围的墙上和车上留下他们的文字和形象，behind在……后面，by在……旁边，over在……上方，都不如around合适，所以第二空选D。
3. 第三空：“cut out”有“剪出”的意思，这里说她剪出人物的纸制形象并贴在墙上，cut down削减，turn down调小，run out用完，均不符合，所以第三空选B。
4. 第四空：“as time went on”是固定表达，意为“随着时间的推移”，after在……之后，before在……之前，while当……时候，都不符合，所以第四空选A。
5. 第五空：根据语境，纽约人喜欢Swoon强烈而有趣的“风格”，style风格，story故事，problem问题，programme节目，所以第五空选A。
6. 第六空：一些艺术家选择街头艺术是因为它更“贴近”人们，closer更接近，safer更安全，lower更低，stranger更奇怪，所以第六空选C。
7. 第七空：这里说纽约的Saks Fifth Avenue“最近”在店铺橱窗和购物袋上使用了街头艺术家的设计，hardly几乎不，seldom很少，never从不，都不符合，recently最近，所以第七空选B。
8. 第八空：“have a big influence on”是固定短语，意为“对……有很大影响”，success成功，discount折扣，present礼物，所以第八空选D。
9. 第九空：前面说艺术家可以在网上展示作品，这里说很多人“然而”认为网上看不如现场看，however然而，anyway无论如何，otherwise否则，therefore因此，所以第九空选B。
10. 第十空：街头艺术与大“城市”的活力与生机共存，museum博物馆，country国家，street街道，city城市更符合语境，所以第十空选C。