Book 6 nit 1 Period One 一.doc

Unit 1　Art Period One　Warming Up Reading (Ⅰ) 基础落实 Ⅰ.课文理解 1．It can be inferred from the text that classical Roman and Greek ideas were . A．imaginary B．perspective C．impressionistic D．realistic 2．Which of the following are the styles of paintings about Modern Art? A．Abstract and realistic. B．Abstract and natural. C．Religious and natural. D．People and objects. 3．In which period can we find more paintings about people and nature? A．20th century to today. B．5th to the 15th century AD. C．15th to 16th century. D．Late 19th to early 20th century. 4．What is the relationship between the Impressionists and Modern Art? A．The Impressionists teach the modern artists how to draw things in perspective. B．By learning modern art，the Impressionists begin to look at their environment in new ways. C．With the modern artists’ help，the Impressionists know how to paint outdoors. D．Without the Impressionists，maybe we would not see many kinds of modern art styles. 5．What can we learn from the text? A．Many people liked the Impressionist paintings at first. B．The first painters to work outdoors were the Impressionists. C．Styles in Western art have changed little and are easy to describe. D．Oil paints were developed in the late 19th century to make the colours look richer and deeper. Ⅱ.课文缩写 Art 1.________________ (influence) by the customs and faith of a people.Styles in Western art have changed many times.During the Middle Ages，the main aim of painters was to represent religious themes.A 2.________ (convention) artist of this period was not interested in showing nature and people 3.________ they really were.A 4.________ (type) picture at this time was full of religious symbols.5.________，during the Renaissance，new ideas and values gradually replaced those 6.________ (hold) in the Middle Ages.People began to concentrate less on religious themes and adopt a 7.________ (much) humanistic attitude to life.One of the most important discoveries during this period was how to draw things in pe