【经典学案】2015-2016学年高二英语选修六练习：Unit 1　Art 第一学时 Reading and Comprehension.docVIP

第一学时　Reading and Comprehension Dragon，a symbol of Chinese nation 　　There 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 showed 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 stones 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。 　　1．At first most people hated the Impressionists style of painting, because ________． 　　A．their paintings were very abstract 　　B．their paintings were very realistic 　　C．they broke away from the traditional style of painting 　　D．their paintings were very ridiculous 　　答案：C 　　2．In the Renaissance, painters ________. 　　A．painted religious scenes in a more realistic style 　　B．focused more on religion than on humans 　　C．began to paint outdoors 　　D．returned to classical Roman and Greek ideas about art 　　答案：D　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　 　　3．________ discovered how to make paintings look more real by using perspective. 　　A．Giotto di Bondone B．Masaccio 　　C．Claude Monet D．Pablo Picasso 　　答案：B 　　 　　4．What does the text mainly tell us? 　　A．How religious paintings developed. 　　B．How oil paintings developed. 　　C．How Impressionists paintings developed. 　　D．How 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：1．aim　2.typical　3.adopted　4.perspective　5.coincidence 　　6．Impressionism　7.outdoors　8.shadow　9.abstract 　　10．On 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 hav