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The Writing"s on the Wall

Is it art or is it just vandalism (野蛮行为)? Well, it"s still a crime, but graffiti (涂鸦) has changed since the days of spraying your name on a wall to mark your territory. Street art has become much more sophisticated since a 17-year-old called Demetrius started spraying his "tag", TAKI 183, all over the New York underground in 1971, and hip-hop culture was born. Hip-hop is a mixture of art, music and dancing, poetry, language and fashion. It came from young inner-city.
People who fell left out by their richer classmates and who were desperate to express themselves in any way they could. An experiment to control the spread of graffiti in Rochdale, Creator Manchester, has been so successful that plans have been made by local street artists for an international convention in June. "We"re planning to get people together from different countries like France and Germany for a week," says Liam, one of the organizers. The scheme started in 2000, and has attracted people of all age groups and both sexes. We all share a common interest and get on really well with each other. The first site to be chosen was a subway. Before we began, people were afraid to use the subway. We had it cleaned up and now, with all the artists hanging out down there, people are using it again. People can relate to graffiti much more now. By providing places to display their talents legally, there has been a fall in the amount of "tagging" on people"s private property.
Street artists Temper developed his drawing skills at a young age. In art classes at school he was really frustrated because the Art teacher didn"t spend time with him. They thought he was already very good at art and so spend more time with other students. So, at 12 years old, Temper started painting with all these guys he"d hooked up with who were about 22 years old. He looked up to them and loved what they were doing on the streets of Wolvehampicn, England. "The whole hip-hop scene was built up of different things and I did a bit of everything. But it was always the graffiti I was best at." he says.
单选题 Demetrius was a teenager born in New York.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 题干大意:Demetrius来自纽约。相关信息:文章第一段,故答案选C。
单选题 The graffiti scheme in Rochodale was for teenagers only.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 题干大意:在Rochodale,涂鸦是专属青少年的。相关信息:文章的第二段,故答案选B。
单选题 People did not like using the subway before an organized group of graffiti artists came.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 题干大意:涂鸦艺术家来之前,人们不喜欢乘坐地铁。文中没有说到人们是否喜欢乘坐地铁。所以本题给出的信息文中没有提及。故答案选C。
单选题 Since the scheme started, new wall in the town were sprayed with graffiti.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 题干大意:自从这项计划开始了,涂鸦就喷上了新的墙壁。相关信息:文章第二段,故答案选B。
单选题 Most of the other graffiti artists in England were about ten years older than Tem- per.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 题干大意:英国的其他涂鸦艺术家比Temper大十岁。相关信息:第三段第四句,故答案选A。
单选题 Temper, a street artist, is now head of graffiti club in England.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 题干大意:Temper是一个街头艺术家,现在是英国一家涂鸦俱乐部的负责人。相关信息:文章最后一段,故答案选B。
单选题 Temper is involved in many different aspects of hip-hop culture.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 题干大意:Temper参加了很多有关嘻哈文化的活动。相关信息:文章最后一段,故答案选A。