高考英语（译林版）总复习真题研练38 含解析.docVIP

Task1：请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

(2015·重庆，E)Thevaluesofartisticworks，accordingtoculturalrelativism(相对主义)，aresimplyreflectionsoflocalsocialandeconomicconditions.Suchaview，however，failstoexplaintheabilityofsomeworksofarttoexcitethehumanmindacrossculturesandthroughcenturies.

HistoryhaswitnessedtheendlessproductionsofShakespeareanplaysineverymajorlanguageoftheworld.ItisneverraretofindthatMozartpacksJapaneseconcerthalls，asJapanesepainterHiroshigedoesParisgalleries.Uniqueworksofthiskindaredifferentfromtodayspopularart，eveniftheybeganasworksofpopularart.Theyhavesetthemselvesapartintheirtimelessappealandwillprobablybeenjoyedforcenturiesintothefuture.

Ina1757essay，thephilosopherDavidHumearguedthatbecause“thegeneralprinciplesoftasteareuniform(不变的)inhumannature，”thevalueofsomeworksofartmightbeessentiallypermanent.HeobservedthatHomerwasstilladmiredaftertwothousandyears.Worksofthistype，hebelieved，spoketodeepandunvaryingfeaturesofhumannatureandcouldcontinuetoexistovercenturies.

Nowresearchersareapplyingscientificmethodstothestudyoftheuniversalityofart.Forexample，evolutionarypsychologyisbeingusedbyliteraryscholarstoexplainthelong-lastingthemesandplotdevicesinfiction.Thestructuresofmusicalpiecesarenowopentoexperimentalanalysisasneverbefore.Researchfindingsseemtoindicatethatthecreationbyagreatartistisaspermanentanachievementasthediscoverybyagreatscientist.

【语篇解读】本文是说明文，主要介绍了艺术作品是永恒受欢迎的，原因是人类的审美具有共同性，并且就此展开说明。

1．Accordingtothepassage，whatdoweknowaboutculturalrelativism?

A．Itintroducesdifferentculturalvalues.

B．Itexplainsthehistoryofartisticworks.

C．Itrelatesartisticvaluestolocalconditions.

D．Itexcitesthehumanmindthroughouttheworld.

答案C[细节推断题。根据文章第一句可知相对主义文化是地方社会和经济状况的反应。故选择C。]

2．InParagraph2，theartistsarement