1．Her success lies in never losing faith in herself.

　　2．She has tried to describe a man who is typical of New York.

　　3．-How did you take possession of the old valuable house?

　　　-It used to be in the possession of my uncle. He left it to me in his will.

　　4．David had prepared carefully for the chemistry exam so that he could be sure of passing it at his first attempt.

　　5．We are living close to each other, so I see him a great deal.

　　6．I don't want to go to the supermarket. For one thing, I have no time; for another, I have no money.

　　7．By coincidence I will go too. Let's go together.

　　8．I find it hard to concentrate on my studies with some people having small talks around me.

　　9．Facing up to your problems rather than breaking away from them is the best approach to working things out.

　　Ⅳ.课文语法填空

　　Art 1.is influenced (influence) by the way of life and beliefs. During the Middle Ages, the main aim of painters was 2.to represent (represent) religious themes. Artists were interested in 3.creating (create) respect and love for God. In the Renaissance, people focused more 4.on humans and less on religion. Artists tried to paint people and nature 5.as they really were. Masaccio used perspective in his paintings, 6.which made people convinced they were looking through a hole in the wall at a real scene. The Impressionists were the first 7.to paint (paint) outdoors. They had to paint 8.quickly (quick) and their paintings were not as detailed as those of earlier painters. Today people accepted Impressionist paintings as the 9.beginning (begin) of modern art. Some modern art is abstract 10.while some is realistic.

　　Ⅴ.串点成篇微表达

　　从爱迪生身上，我们能学到很多(a great deal)东西。老师曾预言(predict)他将一事无成，他的妈妈不相信(have no faith in)那个老师的话，不久她发现她的孩子拥有(possess)丰富的想象力。然后她尝试(attempt)用各种方法来帮助孩子实现当科学家的梦想(achieve one's aim)。

　　From Thomas Edison, we could learn a great deal. His teacher once predicted he would do nothing. However, his mother had no faith in the teacher's words and soon found her child was possessed of rich imagination. And then she attempted various ways to help him achieve his aim as a scientist.

　　二、勤练高考题型，多练自能生巧

　　Ⅰ.完形填空

Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503. He was working 1 a special painting for a church at that time, 2 the church painting was not 3 well. An Italian