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II.GrammarandVocabulary

SectionA

Directions:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammatically

correct.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheother

blanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

IsThisArt?

Haveyoueverlookedatapaintingandthought“Icoulddobetterthanthat”?Haveyoueverseenafilm

withoutanystoryorcharacters?Orheardapieceofmusic___1___doesn’tquitesoundlikemusic?Ifyoucan

answer“yes”toanyofthesequestions,thechancesarethat___2___youwerelookingat,watchingorlistening

towassomething“avant-garde”.

Oneofthemostfamousexamplesofavant-gardeartcomesfromtheworldofmusic.JohnCage’spieceof

music4’33”consistsof4minutesand33secondsofsilence.ItwaswrittenbyCage,aleadingAmericanmember

oftheavant-garde,in1952.Itwasdividedintothreemovements,___3___(perform)withoutasinglenotebeing

played.___4___thecomposer,themusicisactuallythesoundsthelistenerhearswhile“listening”tothe

performance.Thesemightinclude,ofcourse,listeners___5___(ask)eachotherhowtheyknowwhenthepiece

ends.

Cinemahasalwayshadavant-gardedirectors.PossiblythebestknownisAndyWarhol.___6___

betterknownasapainter,between1963and1968Warholmademorethan60films,nearly___7___ofthem

experimental.Onefilm,Eat,consistsofamaneatingamushroomfor45minutes,whileSleepshowspoetJohn

Giornosleepingfor6hours.Empireis8hourslongandonlyshowstheEmpireStateBuildingasthesun

___8___(set)atdusk.Youcouldeatalotofpopcornin8hours.

Somepeopleloveavant-gardeartandsomehateit.Somebelieveavant-gardeartistsaregeniuses,while

otherstend___9___(think)they’repretentious.However,whetheryoulovethemorhatethem,

youwill

probablyhavetoacceptthatthesepeopleare