Russian-born Max Weber grew up in New York, studied art there, and then went back to Europe to familiarize himself with contemporary artistic developments, on returning to the United States, Weber worked in the new styles he had discovered in Paris and soon became recognized as a pioneer of American abstract painting. An example of his work at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D. C. is a 1915 painting entitled "Rush Hour, New York. " Using abstract, geometrical forms, Weber has expressed the movement, noise, and vibrancy of the great metropolis. The picture blends elements of two European styles: cub- ism, which shows subjects from a number of different angles of vision at the same time, and futurism, which portrays speed and objects in motion. Forceful lines and spiky forms throughout the composition convey the energy and vitality of the city, Weber expresses the city’s diversity by juxtaposing forms with rounded and angular shapes to suggest specific elements of the urban landscape: skyscrapers, flashing lights, and hurrying people. The mood of the painting "Rush Hour, New York" can be best described as()
A. depressing
B. vigorous
C. hostile
D. cheerful
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当市场处于弱式有效状态或半强式有效状态时,投资管理者是积极进取的,会在选择资产和买卖时机上下功夫,努力寻找价格偏离价值的资产。()
A. 对
B. 错
TEXT A1 MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters)-The personal fortunes of Russia’s 100 richest businessmen are as big as a quarter of the nation’s entire economy, business journal Forbes says.2 "Capital in Russia is not only concentrated in the hands of a small group of people, but also associated with just one city," Forbes said in a press release ahead of publishing a list of Russia’s 100 wealthiest.3 "No other city in the world can boast such a large number of billionaires as Moscow."4 Russia’s biggest billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the main shareholder in oil company YUKOS, will find it hard to enjoy his fiches, although he too is in the Russian capital.5 Khodorkovsky is worth $15.2 billion, but is languishing in a Moscow jail awaiting trial for fraud and tax evasion.6 The charges against Khodorkovsky are widely seen as part of a Kremlin campaign to destroy the politically ambitious magnate’s influence.7 His arrest has found wide support in Russia, the world’s second largest oil exporter, where the vast majority of people have gained little from the privatisations of the early 1990s.8 "By contrast, the combined net worth of all American billionaires is equivalent to just six percent of the gross domestic product of USA," said Forbes.9 In this year’s Forbes full list of the world’s billionaires published in February, Khodorkovsky was followed among Russians by Roman Abramovich, the owner of English premier league football club Chelsea. Abramovich’s wealth was valued at $10.6 billion.10 On the Forbes list published on February, the other names making up the Russian top 10 were Mikhail Fridman on $5.6 billion, Vladimir Potanin on $4.9 billion, Mikhail Prokhorov on $4.8 billion, Vladimir Lisin on $3/8 billion, Alexei Mordashov on $3.5 billion, Oleg Deripaska and Viktor Vekselberg, both on $3.3 billion, and Vagit Alekperov on $2.7 billion. What can be concluded from the third paragraph
A. Moscow is the richest city in the world.
Billionaires like to live in Moscow.
C. Moscow is the home of Russia’s rich.
D. Moscow don’t have as many millionaires as it claims.
If we view a science as a body of systematized knowledge, then chemistry is usually called a natural science because it (26) knowledge of the natural world. At times we may wonder (27) there is no complete system (28) all of chemistry fits perfectly. Gaps in the present system, however, show that chemistry is still a(n) (29) subject and that we (30) all of its facts, laws, and theories. (31) , chemistry as a science is very much (32) us today, and its future holds the bright promise (33) much more to come. Man’s knowledge about himself and nature has grown into (34) sciences. The growth of the separate sciences has been more developmental than intentional. The separation of the natural sciences into physical and biological sciences, and physical sciences into physics and chemistry, happily (35) a larger body of knowledge into more manageable parts. At the same time we should remember that the concepts, techniques, and applications of the various sciences are interdependent and not exclusively a part of one science or (36) . In this (37) , chemistry is a key science among the natural sciences because everyone, (38) the area of natural science he wishes to pursue, needs at least an introduction to the principles and simpler applications of chemistry as a foundation for his specialty. Chemistry deals with the (39) of matter, changes in matter, the laws and principles (40) these changes, and the concepts and theories that interpret them.
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TEXT I Rolling Stones The rock group, members Mick Jagger (1943 -) vocals, Keith Richards (1943 -) guitar, Bill Wyman (1936 -) bass, Charlie Watts (1941 -) drams, Ron Wood (1947 -) guitar, former member Brian Jones (1942 - 69) guitar, one of the longest-running and most successful popular music groups to emerge in the 1960s. They first performed together in 1962. At first, they were very much in the shadow of The Beatles, but their less boyish, more rebellious style together with their more aggressive music soon won them a large following. Although their uninhibited life styles and overtly sexual lyrics often hit the headlines, it was the excellence of their com- positions (usually by Jagger and Richard) that ensured their continuing success. Among their early hits were "The Last Time" and "Satisfaction". Later albums include Exile on Main Street (1972) and Tattoo You (1981).1964 The Rolling Stones1965 The Roiling Stones Now!1966 Big Hits (High Tide, Green Grass)1967 Between the Buttons1968 Beggars Banquet1969 Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits, Vol. 2)1970 The Stones Detroit1971 Sticky Fingers1972 Exile On Main Street1973 Goat’s Head Soup1974 It’s Only Rock and Roll1975 Made in the Shade1975 Metamorphosis1976 Black and Blue1977 Love You Live1978 Some Girls1980 Emotional Rescue1981 Sucking in the Seventies1982 Still Life1983 Undercover1984 Rewind (1971-1984)1986 Dirty Work1989 Steel Wheels1991 Flashpoint1993 Jump Back: the Best of the Rolling Stones1994 Voodoo Lounge1995 Stripped1996 Rock and Roll Circus1997 Bridges to Babylon1998 No Security Which one of the following is NOT the factor contributing to the success of the Rolling Stones group
A. Less boyish.
B. More aggressive music.
C. Uninhibited life style.
D. More rebellion style.