Street art is a very popular form of art that is spreading quickly all over the world. You can find it on buildings, sidewalks, street signs and trash cans(垃圾桶) from Tokyo to Paris, from Moscow to Cape Town. Street art has become a global culture and even art museums and galleries(画廊) are collecting the works of street artists.
Street art started out very secretly because it was criminal to paint public and private things without permission(允许).
People often have different opinions about street art. Some think it is a crime and others think it is a very beautiful new form of culture.
Art experts say that the street art movement began in New York in the 1960s. Young adults painted words and other images on walls and trains. This colorful style of writing became known as graffiti(涂鸦). Graffiti art showed that young people wanted to be against society. They didn’t want to accept rules and travelled around cities to create paintings that everyone could see. In many cases, they had trouble with the police and the local government.
One well-known New York street artist is Swoon. She cuts paper images of people and puts them on walls or sets them up on sidewalks. Swoon didn’t start her career as a street artist. She studied art, but as time went on, got bored with the works she saw in museums and galleries. People in New York enjoy Swoon’s strong and imaginative style. Some museums have already bought some of her works.
Advertising companies also use street art in their ads because it gives people the feelings of youth and energy.
In Today’s world the Internet has a big influence on street art. Artists can show their pictures to the audience all over the world. Many city residents, however, say that seeing a picture on the Internet is never as good as seeing it live.
The street art movement lives with the energy and life of a big city.
小题1:What can we learn from Paragraph1?
A．Street art is an old culture.
B．Street art is of great artistic value.
C．Many big cities are famous for street art.
D．Street art has been accepted by more and more people.小题2:Why do street artists usually get into trouble? Because _____________
A．they can’t make a living by themselves.
B．it was criminal to paint pubic and private things without permission.
C．the local government doesn’t like them.
D．they are threatening (威胁) public safety.小题3:Swoon becomes famous mainly because_____________.
A．her works are full of imagination
B．her works can be seen everywhere
C．she is good at cutting paper images of people
D．her works are collected by some museums小题4:Street artists can show their pictures to the whole world______________.
A．on the Internet
B．by painting them on walls
C．through exhibitions in galleries
D．by drawing them on famous buildings小题5:Which of the following is NOT the reason young artists choose street art?
A．It is closer to people.
B．They want to be against society.
C．It makes cities more beautiful.
D．They are tired of various rules.
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:A
小题5:C
题目分析这篇文章讲的是有关街道艺术的问题。街道艺术作为一种艺术形式在世界上非常流行，文中说明了街道艺术的发展历史以及其中一个著名艺术家Swoon的情况。
小题1:段意理解题。第一段主要讲了街道艺术受到普遍欢迎并成为一种全球文化，所以此题选D。
小题2:细节理解题。根据文中原句because it was criminal to paint public and private things without permission(允许).（因为未经允许在公共场所和私有东西上画画是违法的）此题应该选B。
小题3:细节理解题。根据文中原句People in New York enjoy Swoon’s strong and imaginative style.（在纽约的人们喜欢Swoon那种浓重并有想象力的风格）可知此题选A。
小题4:细节理解题。根据文中所提供的信息In Today’s world the Internet has a big influence on street art. Artists can show their pictures to the audience all over the world.（在今天的世界里，因特网对街道艺术有很大的影响，艺术家们能够向全世界的观众展示他们的作品），所以此题应选A。
小题5:推理判断题。根据文中所提供的信息，尤其是在第四段说明年轻人之所以选择街道艺术A、B、D在文中都有所体现，所以此题选C。