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大学英语二级模拟试卷(三) Part I. Reading Comprehension (40%) Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to each question. Passage 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passages: George Bellows (882棗1925) was perhaps the most popular artist America has produced 棗 people loved him because he was one of them. He had a genius for finding subjects to paint in the interesting life around him. He painted prizefights, political power, r evival meetings, and dead-end kids swimming in New York’s East River. His pictures captured the exorbitant vitality of the home-run hitter. Bellows’ prizefight pictures are unsurpassed in American are in spite of the good-humored criticism of professional boxes. One of the best of these paintings, Stag at Sharkey’s, captures the thrilling climax of a brutal professional battle. I’ve never seen so O. K. a picture of two boys throwing leather,” says former world champion boxer Mickey Walker, himself an exhibiting painter, “but as a fighter I am kayoed by the thing. Here is the big guy delivering the knock-out punch, a left hook on the jaw, and a cross to follow, but he has his right foot way up in the air 棗 nobody could flatten nobody with his right foot up in the air. It’m not complaining; it’s a great picture, and as an artist, I’m a bum, just a fighter who can paint a little. Bellows was an artist, and there’s a big difference; that’s why the foot is in the air.” 1. Bellows’ choice of subject fell mainly in the area of _______. athletics everyday activities prizefights circus scenes 2. Stag at Sharkey’s is Bellows’ _______. greatest painting sole painting of a professional prizefight painting of a knock-out punch none of the above 3. According to the selection, Bellows’ prizefight pictures may be called ______. accurate in every detail good-humored criticism the best in American art b