1、第一学时Reading and ComprehensionDragon，a symbol of Chinese nationThere is no doubt that art is influenced by the customs and faith of a people.And its not amazing that people can see modern paintings，sculptures and designings in public places in our daily life. Its said that in ancient China emperors s
2、howed great respect for dragons and they regarded themselves as dragons, yellow powerful animals，which was a symbol of the Chinese nation.Thats why most of the royal buildings like the Forbidden city, have yellow roofs.Even more amazing the emperors，the sons of Heaven had dragons carved on the stone
3、s of these grand buildings.Task 1仔细阅读课文“A Short History of Western Painting”， 根据课文内容选出最佳选项。1At first most people hated the Impressionists style of painting, because _Atheir paintings were very abstractBtheir paintings were very realisticCthey broke away from the traditional style of painting Dtheir
4、paintings were very ridiculous答案：C2In the Renaissance, painters _.Apainted religious scenes in a more realistic styleBfocused more on religion than on humansCbegan to paint outdoorsDreturned to classical Roman and Greek ideas about art答案：D 3_ discovered how to make paintings look more real by using
5、perspective.AGiotto di Bondone BMasaccioCClaude Monet DPablo Picasso答案：B4What does the text mainly tell us?AHow religious paintings developed.BHow oil paintings developed.CHow Impressionists paintings developed.DHow Western art developed.答案：D Task 2再次阅读“A Short History of Western Painting”，完成下列表格。答案
6、：1aim2.typical3.adopted4.perspective5.coincidence6Impressionism7.outdoors8.shadow9.abstract10On the other hand Task 3根据课文“A Short History Of Western Painting”，在下面空格中填上恰当的词语，使文章连贯完整。Art 1._(influence) by the customs and faith of a people. Styles in Western art have changed many times. During the Midd
7、le Ages，the mains aim of 2._ (paint) was to represent religious themes. A 3._ (convention) artist of this period was not interested in showing nature and people as they really were. 4._ typical picture at this time was full of religious symbols. However，during the Renaissance，new ideas and values gr
8、adually 5._ (replace) those held in the Middle Ages.People began to concentrate less on 6._ (religion) themes and adopt a more humanistic attitude to life. One of the most important discoveries during this period was how to draw things 7._ perspective. As Europe changed a great deal from a mostly ag
9、ricultural society to a mostly industrial one in the late 19th century，these changes led 8._ new painting styles. The Impressionists were 9._ first painters to work outdoors. There are scores of modern art styles，but without the Impressionists，many of these painting styles might not exist. No one can predict10._ painting styles there will be in the future.答案：1is influenced2.painters3.conventional4.A5replaced6.religious7.in8.to 9.the10.what