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2013--2014英语牛津译林版选修8U4同步教案（背景资源） 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1。5分，满分15分) 仔细阅读下面短文，短文中有10个空格。请按照语境以及括号里所给的词完成短文。答案填写在答题卡标号为1L—25的对应位置。 Until about 150 years ago, the most important, expensive and renowned kind of painting was large-scale pictures that told a story, regarded as the 16 (hard) challenge for an artist. 17 (choose) suitable subjects, artists had to be well-read. Then they had to know 18 stories could be told without words, using only gestures and expressions. To create lifelike scenes, they had to understand perspective, lighting and anatomy. So history painting needed a lot of thought and 19 . (imagine). Large-scale pictures used to be reserved for grand religious or patriotic subjects, but that changed in the 19th century, as artists began creating history paintings based 20 contemporary news stories. One of the first of these was The Raft of the Medusa, inspired by the wreck of 21 French ship in 1816, which showed how art could have a powerful political impact. It presents a scene 22 the survivors of the wreck on a raft littered with bodies try to signal to a distant ship. When they 23 ( rescue ), they told how they had been abandoned by their captain, while he sailed to safety in a lifeboat. Starving, they had to eat each other to survive—though this picture makes 24 look heroic rather than violent. The picture caused a huge outcry. Some people thought the artist meant to criticize the French king, 25 had been involved in appointing the ships captain. 【参考答案】 16、hardest 17、To choose 18、how 19、imagination 20、on 21、a 22、where 23、were rescued 24、them 25、who Venice Film Festival the oldest film Festival began in 1932; part of a larger festival which celebrates contemporary art Sundance Film Festival only includes small, independent films, many of which are made by amateur directors and actors; boycotts all Hollywood films Cannes Film Festival give awards to mostly American films; films shown are o