1、高考资源网() 您身边的高考专家Unit 6 课时跟踪检测(十一) Warm up & Lesson 1 Pre eading阅读理解AFamous art museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art have one of the largest collections of art under one roof.Located in New York Citys Museum Mile area, it has over two million works of art within its permanent collection, wh
2、ich is divided into 19 sections of interest. The Mets American paintings section also has one of their earliest sculptures from 1870 on display.Hiram Powers California was one of the first pieces that inspired them to focus building the museum around American art.Their art section features paintings
3、 by Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Van Gogh amongst its 11,000 paintings on hand.The JPaul Getty Museum in Los Angeles is a privatelyrun museum that has a wide collection of European art, Greek and Roman sculptures, and classic drawings.The museum also has an extensive collection of American photograph
4、y collection, which is one of the only areas within its museum that focuses on American areas of interest.There is also a research center that was opened in 1985, where staff researches information about the artifacts that exist and makes sure that the information being presented can be used in publ
5、ications and workshops for presentation purposes. The Musee du Louvre in Paris, France is one of the oldest, famous and most visited museums in the world, known as a place where artists were allowed to showcase their art since the early days in the 1700s.The museum was formally opened in 1750, and m
6、uch of Frances much neglected artists were allowed to present their works in this museum.They have owned collections of famous artists like Rembrandt and Da Vinci for years and have them up on display to the public.Visitors can view some of the favorite famous pieces, like the Venus de Milo and the
7、Mona Lisa, which has called the Louvre home for centuries.语篇解读:本文介绍了纽约大都会艺术博物馆、J.Paul Getty艺术博物馆和巴黎卢浮宫的建馆时间和收藏的艺术作品的情况。1According to the passage, _.Athe JPaul Getty Museum has 11,000 paintings in storeBthe Musee du Louvre is the home to Mona Lisa for centuriesCthe Metropolitan Museum opened a resear
8、ch center in 1985Dworks of Rembrandt were only exhibited in the JPaul Getty Museum解析:选B细节理解题。文章最后一段提及米洛的维纳斯和蒙娜丽莎已在卢浮宫珍藏数百年之久。2What is the title of the passage?AThe Best Art Museum in the World BFamous Works of Art Around the WorldCFamous Art Museums Around the WorldDMost Popular Artists Around the W
9、orld解析:选C标题归纳题。综合全文可知,本文介绍了几个享誉世界的艺术博物馆,因此C项正确。3What does the underlined word “They” refer to in the last paragraph?AFrances neglected artists. BThe Musee du Louvre. CWorks by the artists who were not famous.DVisitors.解析:选B代词指代题。根据后面的“have owned collections of famous artists like Rembrandt and Da Vi
10、nci for years”可以判断,they此处代指“the Musee du Louvre”。4What is the purpose of the writer writing this article?AHe wants to make an introduction of some of the most famous art museums in the world.BHe intends to attract the tourists to visit the museums he has described.CHe attempts to tell the readers th
11、at there are many valuable works of art in the art museums.DHe wants to tell us that the Musee du Louvre is the home of the Venus de Milo and the Mona Lisa.解析:选A写作意图题。综合全文内容可知,作者写作本文的目的在于介绍世界上的著名艺术博物馆。BEvery artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public.Not only does he want to
12、 say it well, but he wants it to be something which has not been said before.He hopes the public will listen and understand he wants to teach them, and he wants them to learn from him. What visional (视觉的) artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain, because paint
13、ers translate their experience into shapes and colors, not words.They seem to feel that feel certain selection of shapes and colors, out of the countless billions possible, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us.Without their work we should never have noticed these particular
14、shapes and colors,or have felt the delight which they brought to the artists. Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and repose (静态)Their choices show that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, and that they contain beautiful sig
15、hts.Contemporary artists might say that they only choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern that there is nothing more in it.Yet even they do choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects.If one painter chooses to paint a bad leg and another a lake in moonlight, each
16、 of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world.Each painter is telling us something, showing us something, emphasizing (强调) something all of which means that, consciously or unconsciously, he is trying to teach us.语篇解读:画家把他们的经历和感受通过绘画转变成各种形态和色彩,而不是通过文字告诉我们。本篇介绍画家是如何通过绘画告诉人们某种东西
17、的。5It is hard to explain what a painter is saying because _.Amost painters do not express themselves wellBa painter uses unusual words and phrasesCa painter uses shapes and colors instead of wordsDmany painters do not say anything解析:选C细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“What visional (视觉的) artists like painters .transla
18、te their experience into shapes and colors, not words.”可知。6A painter chooses certain shapes and colors because he feels that they _.Ahave been used frequently in the pastBare easy to work withCare worth showing to the publicDwill be most attractive to the public解析:选C细节理解题。根据第二段第二句“They seem to feel
19、that feel certain selection of shapes and colors .worth showing to us.”可知。7The writer says that contemporary artists might say their choices of subjects _.Acarry a message to the public Bonly provide interesting patternsChave no pattern or formDteach the public important truths解析:选B细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句“C
20、ontemporary artists .provide an interesting pattern that there is nothing more in it.”可知。8Compared with a painter of unpleasant subjects, a painter who draws a lake in the moonlight is _.Ahaving more meaningsBpointing out different thingsCmore skilledDgiving less information解析:选B细节理解题。根据最后一段倒数第二句“If
21、 one painter chooses to paint a bad leg and another a lake in moonlight,each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world.”可知。CImagine looking for your lost dog.You step into a cave.But instead of the dog, you find beautiful cave paintings.You see paintings of horses, deer, an
22、d bison (野牛) that were drawn in black, brown, red and yellow.Your first question would probably be “Who did this?”This is what happened to four French boys in 1940.They found the Lascaux caves.The paintings the boys discovered in those caves are about 17,000 years old.They were drawn by the ancient
23、people called CroMagnons.CroMagnons looked much like people of today.They used tools, such as fishing nets.But their art was extremely good.The main cave at Lascaux is called Great Hall of Bulls, which has a picture of bulls and horses in many colours.The largest animal is 18 feet long.There are sma
24、ller animals, such as bison, stags and a bear.There is also a strange spotted twohorned (两只角的) animal.To the left of the main cave are the most famous paintings that are the drawings of animals in many different colours.One painting is called Little Horses.On the ceiling are horses and cows.The most
25、 unusual sight may be in the Shaft of the Dead Man where there is a rhinoceros (犀牛), a carefully drawn dead man, an injured bison and a bird.Why did CroMagnon artists do these beautiful drawings on cave walls? Did the drawings call upon some magic power? Did the CroMagnon people hope that the drawin
26、gs would bring good luck? There is one thing the paintings seem to tell us.The CroMagnons were interested in the world.They looked at beauty and they understood it.语篇解读:本文为说明文。文章主要介绍了法国Lascaux caves(拉斯科洞窟)内的壁画。9The author uses the word “you” in Paragraph 1 to_.Aattract readers attentionBmake it clea
27、r that this is a true storyCgive readers good directions to find the cavesDcompare modern people with CroMagnon people解析:选A推理判断题。第一段虚构了一个以读者为主人公的场景,目的是引起读者的注意。10Most of the drawings in the caves are about_.AboysBtoolsChumans Danimals解析:选D细节理解题。根据第三、四段对壁画的描述可知,洞内的绝大多数壁画是关于动物的。11What does the passage
28、mainly tell us?AThe cave paintings are beautiful.BWho found the beautiful cave paintings.CThe Lascaux caves hold colourful ancient paintings.DDrawings of horses are on the walls of the Lascaux caves.解析:选C主旨大意题。文章开头介绍了发现壁画的过程,接下来描述了这些壁画。只有C项能够全面概括全文内容。A项范围太广,且有些偏题;B、D两项只是文中的细节,不能概括全文。12The passage is most probably taken from _.Aa research paperBa cultural magazineCa science newspaperDa travel guide解析:选B文章出处题。本文主要介绍了法国Lascaux caves (拉斯科洞窟)内的壁画。这些古老的壁画本身就是宝贵的文化遗产,因此本文最有可能来自文化方面的杂志。- 5 - 版权所有高考资源网