2017届高考英语一轮复习《创新大课堂》课时作业：26（新人教版含解析）_高考复习指南

2017届高考英语一轮复习《创新大课堂》课时作业：26（新人教版含解析）

　　20．A.smile B．welcome

　　C．surprise D．hug

　　D　[考查名词辨析。hug与前文中的“More than anything—maybe even more than basketball—David loved hugs.”吻合，此处指他给了我一个大大的拥抱。]

　　.阅读理解

　　(2016·山西省太原五中高三第一学期测试)Western artist R．V.(Ron) Jahns creates his unique western wildlife paintings by tapping into (利用) his vast experience of true life.He has rich western experiences out in the mountains in the great Northwest.

　　Ron paints from the heart and his experience as a cowboy in the west.He has a particular passion for the mountains from Eastern Oregon to Alaska and draws from his many years of mountain adventures as inspiration for his western paintings.Born and raised on a farm, this cowboy artist is well knowledgeable with the subjects of his western art.Ron struggles for historical accuracy in his western cowboy paintings when an artist gives a false description of the facts about cowboys in the west!

　　Living in Alaska for 17 years added a new factor to Ron’s western art.As a hunter and fisherman he observed the wildlife in its natural setting and has conveyed this spirit to his canvas.Ron’s western art can be viewed throughout the United States, in Europe and through occasional private showings.You can find western wildlife paintings by Ron at various art shows throughout the year.For a list of art shows the cowboy artist will be attending, visit his Art Show page.Although he is a selftaught western artist, Ron himself has taught painting in colleges and through private lessons.Ron is quite a storyteller and the last of an old kind of cowboy poets and western storytellers.If you’ve met Ron at the Flea Markets in Sumpter, Oregon then you no doubt have already had a taste of his knack (技能) for telling tall tales and sharing his original cowboy poems of true life on the ranch.