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The Peales were a famous family of American artists.Charles Willson Peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution.He painted portraits(肖像) of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of George Washington.His life-size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture.

Charles Willson Peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the Peale museum, which he founded in Philadelphia.The world’s first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by Peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings.Peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelike.The museum’s most popular display was the skeleton (骷髅) of a huge, extinct elephant, which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in 1801.

Three of Peale’s seventeen children were also famous artists.Raphaelle Peale often painted still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheese.His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted people, including one of George Washington.Another brother, Rubens Peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits.

James Peale, the brother of Charles Willson Peale, specialized in miniatures (小画像).His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America.

12.The author mentions in Paragraph 1 that Washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting to show that ________.

A.Charles Willson Peale’s painting was very lifelike

B.Washington respected Charles Willson Peale’s work

C.Washington was friendly with Raphaelle and Titian Peale

D.the painting of the two brothers was very large

13.The underlined word “unearthed” is closest in meaning to“ ______”.

A.showed           B.invented

C.dug up       D.looked over

14.Which of the following is NOT the child of Charles Willson Peale?

A.Titian Peale.            B.Rubens Peale.

C.Raphaelle Peale.   D.Sarah Miriam Peale.

15.The author’s attitude toward the Peales is in general _______.

A.puzzled                B.admiring

C.excited                 D.disappointed

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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Tips on how t o save money

It’s important for you teenagers to know how to save money. You know that the money you save can be for rainy days and be used to pay through your college education. If you think it’s a difficult task and don’t know how to do it, please do as the following.

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My dad always tells me that if one doesn’t respect money, it will never respect you. Hence, it’s important that you keep a record of your daily expenses. Make it a habit to write down all that you have spent. And when you find out the total expenses at the end of the month, you will realize what you have spent more money in doing.    17

Open a savings account.

Opening a savings account is a better way to save money. You can set a goal; say (for example), the money is for a new notebook or for college, and then save, until you have enough money to buy a notebook or until you go to college.    18

Do not carry mu ch cash.