初高中英语词汇用法突破夯实基础wear和weekly和weather等
wear (wore, worn) [weə]
v. ○1.穿戴： ○2. 蓄留
e.g. I always wear brown shoes. 我总是穿棕色的鞋。
She is wearing a new dress today. 她今天穿了新衣服。
He wears a beard. 他留胡子。
短语：1.wear out a.穿坏：
e.g. He has worn out his shoes. 他的鞋穿坏了。
b. 精疲力竭：
He is worn out. 他精疲力竭。
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weather ['weðə]
n.[U]天气；
e.g.What’s the weather like today ? 今天天气怎么样？
短语：1.weather forecast 天气预报
Wednesday [ˈwɛnzdeɪ]
n.星期三 ：
If today is Wednesday，the day after tomorrow will be Friday.今天要是星期三，后天就是星期五。
短语：1.on Wednesday 在星期三
weekly [ "wi:kli]
adj.每周的，一周一次的
He writes a weekly letter to his parents.他每周给父母写一封信
短语：1.this week 本星期
Frida Kahlo was one of the most influential Latin American figures of the 20th century. As the daughter of a German father and a Mexican mother, she was born on July 6, 1907. She grew up in Coyoacan, on the outskirts of Mexico City.
When she was seven, a viral disease called polio made her very sick, weakening the muscles in her right leg. While in school. Kahlo witnessed a number of bloody struggles between armed groups in Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution. It was essentially a fight for better living conditions for the disadvantaged. Because of her experiences in Mexico City, Kahlo became a strong supporter of peasants' rights. Later, in 1925, she was in a bus accident that broke her backbone, dislocated her shoulder, and caused other terrible injuries.
To relieve the boredom of recovery and to help deal with the pain and sadness of the accident, he began to paint. In her paintings, Kahlo really explored her identity. Her Work deals wither status as a woman, her mixed ancestry, her turbulent marriage to Mexican communist painter Diego Rivera, the pain of her injuries, and her commitment to revolutionary politics. Many people consider her paintings examples of surrealism, since much of what she painted was fantastical, but Kahlo never considered herself a surrealist. Kahlo's work is unique because she took the bright colors and dramatic symbolism of Mexican culture and combined them with traditions from European art.
In the most famous painting called "Two Fridas," she paints two versions of herself, one in traditional Mexican clothes and another in European clothes of an earlier century. A vein（静脉）connects the hearts of the two women, and blood is dripping out from one end. This was painted just after she and Rivera got divorced. If you look closely. you can see that the Mexican Kahlo holds a portrait of Rivera. Symbols such as the exposed hearts and stormy sky suggest the pain that Kahlo felt. Check out how one of the hearts is broken. and the other one's whole. She seems to be suggesting that Rivera only loved the Mexican part of hers.
In a lot of ways, Kahlo had an unhappy life. She died when she was only 47 years old. Her art is filled with sadness, but it also expresses pride in her Mexican heritage and the joy of being a woman.
56. What led Kahlo to support the rights of poor laborers?
A. The fact that her father was a German migrant laborer.
B. The time she spent working as a laborer during the 1920s.
C. Her marriage to the Mexican nationalist painter Diego Rivera.
D. Her experiences in Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution.
57. Place the following events in time order: ①Kahlowas hurt in a bus accident; ②Kahlowitnessed the Mexican Revolution; ③Kahlobegan painting.
A. ①②③ B. ②①③ C. ②③① D. ③①②
58. The underlined word "turbulent" in Paragraph 3 most probably means _.
A. artistically well-matched
B. fantastic and extremely loving
C. filled with dramatic ups and downs
D. very politically conscious
59. How were Frida Kahlo's paintings similar to those of the surrealists?
A. They both focused on gender identity.
B. They both promoted socialist politics.
C. They both contained dreamlike imagery
D. They both combined Mexican and European art.
