题目
A.They arose from cultural differences.
B.Indian team didn’t finish their job on tim
C.American didn’t give Indian team enough tim
D.Indian team and American team didn’t work at the same tim
第1题
What has changed about art on British transport, according to the report?
A.It has been copied from the art on foreign transport systems.
B.It no longer inspires people to visit places.
C.It no longer provides information about places.
D.It has been put in different places.
第2题
A.family life, religion and art
B.the differences between science and arts
C.human beings
D.different cultures
第3题
According to the author, science differs from religion in that ______.
A.it is unaware of ultimate goals
B.it is unimaginative
C.its findings are exact and final
D.it resembles society and art
第4题
A、is expected
B、expects
C、expected
D、is expecting
第5题
(1) Which of the fol1owing sentences is WRONG according to the passage?
A、Franciso Goya was perhaps the first truly political artist.
B、Art history concentrates on religious beliefs, enoti ons and psychology only.
C、hrt can provide information about the everyday activities of anci ent people.
D、Infornation and facts about politics are given objectively in history.
(2) History books are objective because ( ).
A、it can help us understand historical facts better
B、opinions about facts are not expressed
C、personal and emotional opinions are expressed through it
D、it vill nake the vievers angry and sad about history
(3) The two pictures The Third of May, 1808 and Guernica mentioned in paragraph 2 show that ().
A、art can reflect political life of a country
B、history books present objective inf ornation
C、artists are very similar even over a hundred years
D、art is subjective
(4) According to the passage, what might be found in Islamic paintings?
A、Buildings.
B、Wonen.
C、Men.
D、Horses.
(5) The passage is mainly discussing ( ).
A、the influence of artists on art history
B、the difference betreen general history and art history
C、the development of art history
D、what we can learn from art
第6题
A.Dishes are always cooked with butter, cheese and cream.
B.Spices are popularly used to enhance the flavor of foods.
C.Fish is used as staple food.
D.The art of swift cooking at very high temperature is supreme.
第7题
In the years after the Civil War most American painters received their training in Europe, the majority studying in the French schools at Paris or Barbizon, and a smaller number in Germany at Munich(慕尼黑) and Dusseldorf(杜塞尔多夫). The teaching of the Barbizon school, which stressed the use of color and the creation of an impression or a mood, influenced many American artists. One group of American painters, led by James McNeill Whistler and John Singer Sargent, expatriated(移居国外) themselves from the American scene and settled in Europe. Whistler, who is often ranked as the greatest genius(天才) in the history of American art, was a versatile(多才多艺的) and industrious(勤奋的) artist who was equally proficient(熟练的) in several media-oil, watercolor, etching(铜版画)-and with several themes-portraits and his so-called "nocturnes(夜景画)", impressionistic sketches(印象画) of moonlight on water and other scenes. He was one of the first to appreciate the beauty of Japanese color prints and to introduce Oriental concepts into Western art.
1. For a period after the Civil War, the majority of American painters ____.
A、was influenced by the Barbizon school
B、painted in the impressionist style
C、studied art in Europe
D、used striking color in their work
2. According to the passage, one group of American painters ____.
A、left America never to return
B、turned their back on the American art tradition
C、copied the style. of Whistler and Sargent
D、were unaffected by the European style. of painting
3. From the passage we are led to believe that Whistler ____.
A、did much of his painting at night
B、produced a large number of pictures
C、combined several media and themes in his paintings
D、was most proficient in impressionistic sketches
4. According to the passage, Whistler was one of the first Western painters to ____.
A、use Japanese ideas in his own work
B、become interested in Japanese printing
C、admire Japanese oil paintings
D、start producing Japanese sketches
5. The main theme of this passage is ____.
A、Whistler's influence on Western art
B、The influence of European art on American painters
C、The influence of Oriental art on Whistler
D、The American painters' influence in Europe
第8题
It has been argued that art does not reproduce the visible-it makes things
visible-but this does not go far enough. In fact, visual art explores and reveals
the brain's perceptual capabilities and the laws governing it, among which two
Line stand supreme: law of constancy and law of abstraction. According to the law of
(5) constancy, the visual brain's function is to seek knowledge of the constant
properties of objects and surfaces: the distance, the viewing point, and the
illumination conditions change continually, yet the brain is able to discard these
changes in categorizing an object. It was an unacknowledged attempt to mimic
the perceptual abilities of the brain that led the founders of Cubism, Picasso and
(10) Braque, to alter the point of view, the distance and the lighting conditions in
their early, analytic period.
The second law is that of abstraction, the process in which the particular is
subordinated to the general, so that the representation is applicable to many
particulars. This second law has strong affinities with the first, because without
(15) it, the brain would be enslaved to the particular; the capacity to abstract is also
probably imposed on the brain by the limitations of its memory system, because
it eliminates the need to recall every detail. Art, too, abstracts and thus
externalizes the inner workings of the brain, so that its primordial function is a
reflection of the function of the brain.
(20) Through a process that has yet to be physiologically charted, cells in the
brain seem to be able to recognize objects in a view-invariant manner after brief
exposure to several distinct views synthesized by them. The artist, too, forms
abstractions, through a process that may share similarities with the
physiological processes now being unraveled but certainly goes beyond them, in
(25) that the abstract idea itself mutates with the artist's development. But
abstraction, a key feature of an efficient knowledge-acquiring system, also
exacts a heavy price on the individual, for which art may be a refuge and the
abstract "ideal" can lead to a deep discontent, because the daily experience is
that of particulars. Michelangelo left three-fifths of his sculptures unfinished,
(30) but he had not abandoned them in haste: he often worked on them for years,
because time and again the sublimity of his ideas lay beyond the reach of his
hands, impressing on him the hopelessness of translating into a single work or a
series of sculptures the synthetic ideals formed in his brain. Critics have written
in emotional and lyrical terms about these unfinished works, perhaps because,
(35) being unfinished, the spectator can finish them and thus satisfy the ideals of his
or her brain. This is only qualitatively different from finished works with the
inestimable quality of ambiguity-a characteristic of all great art-that allows
the brain of the viewer to interpret the work in a number of ways, all of them
equally valid.
The author argues that aesthetic creation is useful to an understanding of the visual brain because it
A.allows abstract ideas to mutate into new and hitherto untested forms
B.helps scientists synthesize several distinct views of the operation of the brain
C.manifests in an observable form. the laws by which the brain functions
D.subordinates the particular to the general, streamlining the artistic process
E.establishes the constant and essential properties of objects and surfaces
第9题
"We realized in the mid-1970s that it was missing," says Effie Kapsalis, head of the Smithsonian Insitution Archives. "It was noted as missing and likely taken by an intern (实习生), from what the FBI is telling us. Word got out that it was missing when someone asked to see the letter for research purposes," and the intern put the letter back. "The intern likely took the letter again once nobody was watching it."
Decades passed. Finally, the FBI received a tip that the stolen document was located very close to Washington, D.C. Their art crime team recovered the letter but were unable to press charges because the time of limitations had ended. The FBI worked closely with the Archives to determine that the letter was both authentic and definitely Smithsonian's property.
The letter was written by Darwin to thank an American geologist, Dr. Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, for sending him copies of his research into the geology of the region that would become Yellowstone National Park.
The letter is in fairly good condition, in spite of being out of the care of trained museum staff for so long. "It was luckily in good shape," says Kapsalis, "and we just have to do some minor things in order to be able to unfold it. It has some glue on it that has colored it slightly, but nothing that will prevent us from using it. After it is repaired, we will take digital photos of it and that will be available online. One of our goals is to get items of high research value or interest to the public online."
It would now be difficult for an intern, visitor or a thief to steal a document like this. "Archiving practices have changed greatly since the 1970s," says Kapsalis, "and we keep our high value documents in a safe that I don't even have access to."
81.What happened to Darwin's letter in the 1970s____
A.It was recovered by the FBI
B.It was stolen more than once.
C.It was put in the archives for research purposes.
D.It was purchased by the Smithsonian Archives.
82.What did the FBI do after the recovery of the letter____
A.They proved its authenticity.
B.They kept it in a special safe.
C.They arrested the suspect immediately.
D.They pressed criminal charges in vain.
83.What is Darwin's letter about____
A.The evolution of Yellowstone National Park.
B.His cooperation with an American geologist.
C.Some geological evidence supporting his theory.
D.His acknowledgement of help from a professional.
84.What will the Smithsonian Institution Archives do with the letter according to Kapsalis____
A.Reserve it for research purposes only.
B.Turn it into an object of high interest.
C.Keep it a permanent secret.
D.Make it available online.
85.What has the past half century witnessed according to Kapsalis____
A.Growing interest in rare art objects.
B.Radical changes in archiving practices.
C.Recovery of various missing documents.
D.Increases in the value of museum exhibits.
第10题
Passage Three
Romeo and Juliet was probably written in 1595, when Shakespeare was a young successful playwright. He had already written comedies and history plays, but had not yet developed his shill in tragedy.
The power of fate is strong to Shakespeare’s play. Chance and evil eventually join to bring tragedy. Chance involves Romeo in a murder, chance prevents a message from reaching Romeo in time, chance brings about a deadly meeting in a cemetery.
Many Elizabethans were followers of astrology(星相术) and believed that the stars could control events. Thus, Romeo and Juliet art referred to as” star-crossed lovers” whose stars doomed(命中注定)them to disaster.
Elizabethans also had a concept of fate in the person of Dame Fortune (命运女神). By spinning her wheel, she could raise the state of a beggar or a lower that of a king. One of the fascinations of Shakespeare is the way in which he put these ideas into the play.
One of the most difficult things to decide about this play is the question of responsibility. Did irresistible fate bring tragedy to Romeo and Juliet, or were they themselves to blame? The fact that this question is not resolved by the author also helps to make Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet a fascinating work.
44. According to Para.1, Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet ____.
A when he succeeded in comedy and history plays
B after he had developed his skill in tragedy
C before he wrote comedies and history plays
D when he was no longer young
第11题
A.The ancient Tell el-Amarna was famous for its art records.
B.The artistic exhibition of ancient Tell el-Amarna was trustworthy.
C.The art records of Tell el-Amarna showed ancient Egyptians real life.
D.Life was really tough for average Egyptians in ancient Tell el-Amarna.
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