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【题目】Throughout the history of the arts, the nature of creativity has remained constant to artists. No matter what objects they select, artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause change—to find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before.

Landscape is another unchanging element (元素) of art. It can be found from ancient times through the 17thcentury Dutch painters to the 19thcentury romanticists (浪漫主义艺术家 ) and impressionists. In the 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists, continued this practice. Leslie sought out the same place where Thomas Cole, a romanticist, had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before. Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature, Leslie paints what he actually sees. In his paintings, there is no particular change in emotions and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background. He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography to help both the eyes and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom.

Besides, all art begs the ageold question: What is real? Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another. The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects, the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes, and the CroMagnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient forests. To sum up, understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of all periods.

Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant. Past or present, Eastern or Western, the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience. Many and different are the faces of art, and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings.

【1】The underlined word “poetry” most probably means ________.

A. an object for artistic creation

B. a collection of poems

C. an unusual quality

D. a natural scene

【2】Leslie’s paintings are extraordinary because ________.

A. they are close in style to works in ancient times

B. they look like works by 19thcentury painters

C. they draw attention to common things in life

D. they depend heavily on color photography

【3】What does the author suggest about the arts in the last paragraph?

A. They express people’s curiosity about the past.

B. They make people interested in everyday experience.

C. They are considered important for variety in form.

D. They are regarded as a mirror of the human situation.

【4】Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?

A. History of the arts.

B. Basic questions of the arts.

C. New developments in the arts.

D. Use of modern technology in the arts.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

纵观艺术的历史，有创造力的特质是艺术家作品得以长青的重要因素。不管他们选择什么主题，艺术家总能给人以新的力量，新的形式让人们看到并感受到以前从未经历过的诗一般的艺术。

【1】C 词义猜测题。根据前文No matter what objects they select，artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause change...可知，他们发现的是与以前不同的东西，故选C项。

【2】C 细节理解题。根据第二段第五、六句话可知，莱斯里描绘那些他所看到的。在他的作品中，情感上没有特别的变化，他涉足那些像是以高速公路为背景的普通的事物。故选C项。

【3】D 推理判断题。根据最后一段的最后一句可知，多样性和不同性都是艺术的不同层面，他们一起表达了人们的希望和基本的需求。故选D项。

【4】B 主旨大意题。文章各段分别分析不同历史时期的作品主题、对现实的不同理解、不同的艺术风格等，故选B项。