2023年在职硕士英语阅读理解练习和答案三.pdfVIP

在职硕士英语阅读理解练习和答案三

Everyartistknowsinhisheartthatheissaying

somethingtothepublic.Notonlydoeshewantsosay

itwell,buthewantsittobesomethingwhichhasnot

beensaidbefore.Hehopesthepublicwilllistenand

understand-hewantstoteachthem,andhewantsthem

tolearnfromhim.Whatvisualartistslikepainters

wanttoteachiseasytomakeoutbutdifficultto

explain,becausepainterstranslatetheirexperiences

intoshapesandcolors,notwords.Theyseemtofeel

thatacertainselectionofshapesandcolors,outof

thecountlessbillionspossible,isexceptionally

interestingforthemandworthshowingtous.Without

theirworkweshouldneverhavenoticedthese

particularshapesandcolors,orhavefeltthedelight

whichtheybroughttotheartist.Mostartiststake

theirshapesandcolorsfromtheworldofnatureand

fromhumanbodiesinmotionandrepose;theirchoices

indicatethattheseaspectsoftheworldareworth

lookingat,thattheycontainbeautifulsights.

Contemporaryartistsmightsaythattheymerelychoose

subjectsthatprovideaninterestingpattern,that

thereisnothingmoreinit.Yeteventheydonotchoose

entirelywithoutreferencetothecharacteroftheir

subjects.Ifonepainterchoosestopainta

gangrenous(生坏疽旳)legandanotheralakein

moonlight,eachofthemisdirectingourattentionto

acertainaspectoftheworld.Eachpainteristelling

ussomething,showingussomething,emphasizing

somethingallofwhichmeanthat,consciouslyor

unconsciously,heistryingtoteachus.

1.Allartistsarecommoninthat_____.

[A]theyuseshapesandcolorsinsteadofwords

[B]theyaretryingtoteachthepublic

[C]whattheywanttoteachisdifficulttoexplain

[D]theywanttolearnfromthepublic

2.Apainterchoosescertainshapes