课时作业(二) Unit 1 Section Ⅱ Learning About Language
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
We see art everywhere around us. In parks, city squares, shopping streets and public buildings, we find modern art objects on display. Classical art, such as valuable paintings and precious sculptures, usually ends up as the collections of museums, companies or rich people.
Both art and architecture have a history of ages. All forms and ways of expressing the beautiful things have been explored. In the case of architecture, many buildings designed in the past have proven beautiful and served their purposes. Governments and companies could save millions of dollars by copying the architecture of buildings from the past. There are still many designs for buildings made by famous architects that were never realized. Besides, some people find modern architecture ugly. So why should we make an investment in architecture for designing new buildings?
The same holds for modern art, both paintings and statues, Many storerooms contain enough art to decorate all public buildings and other public places. There is no need to create more art, and as with modern architecture, many people find new art difficult to understand or appreciate.
Given these facts, why are architects and artists asked to create new artworks? The answers have to do with the function of art in society today. First of all, the function of art is to decorate things. Artworks make our living environment more beautiful. Another function of art is enriching real life. Art helps people to learn to think creatively. In art things are not always what they seem to be. Very often you can hardly tell what the funny art objects are. People need such creative moments. Finally, art is often seen as a way to instruct the audience. Statues of heroes from the past remind us of our history. Paintings and other art objects can also help us realize what goals we should set for ourselves.
Because ideas about social change and every period of time have their own tastes, there is always a need for new art. We can still appreciate the beautiful artworks made in the past, but they are often too valuable to be placed in public buildings. Besides, they also often need special protection.
1．According to the passage, who owns collections of ancient statues and paintings?
A．Parks or city squares.
B．Shopping streets or public buildings. C．Museums, companies or rich people. D．Some historic sites.
2．What's the writing purpose of Paragraph 2?
A．To explain why some people find modern art ugly. B．To introduce the necessity of new art.
C．To show the benefits of copying designs from the past. D．To prove both art and architecture have a long history. 3．Why can't we use old art to decorate public buildings?
A．Because they need longlasting restoring. B．Because more people prefer modern art.
C．Because of the changes and difference in taste. D．Because of their value and need for protection. 4．What does the fourth paragraph mainly talk about? A．The functions of art in society today. B．The functions of architecture. C．The reason why art is difficult. D．The reason why art is precious.
B
Part drama, part dark comedy, the film To the Bone talks about a young woman's struggle with anorexia (厌食症). Though the film already got generally positive reviews at this year's Sundance Film Festival, it has caused a hot debate about whether it could be harmful to those with eating disorders.
Critics of the film have focused on the leading role Lily: a young, thin, white woman with anorexia. They think there're some plots that have made eating disorders look like trends instead of lifethreatening illnesses. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, anorexia has the highest death rate of any mental illness. Thirty million Americans struggle with eating disorders at some point in their life.
Director Marti Noxon based the film on her own battle with anorexia. She was aware of the film's potential to have harmful effects and then tried to be really careful in the way she showed how Lily looked. “You want to help other people understand something that they've never experienced, but you also want people who have experienced it to feel understood and seen and to give people hope, ” she added. “We are balancing a lot. I want to avoid the idea that the perfectionist quality of anorexics is their most obvious character. ”
The film caught the attention of Liana Rosenman, who founded Project HEAL, an organization that helps eating disorder sufferers afford treatment. “I think it is very powerful, ” Rosenman said. “There is a sense of humor and wisdom in it as well as just understanding what it's like to have an eating disorder. ” Project HEAL recently played To the Bone in New York and Los Angeles, but it has faced sharp criticism from members of their community on social media.
5．What do we know about the film To the Bone from Paragraph 1? A．People have no interest in it. B．It has received mixed comments. C．It is popular among young people.
D．It tells the growth story about a girl.
6．What do Noxon's words in Paragraph 3 suggest? A．She admitted the film is harmful to people. B．She tried hard to make the film benefit people. C．People suffering from anorexia want to be perfect.
D．People having not experienced anorexia can't understand it. 7．What's Rosenman's attitude towards the film? A．Uncertain. B．Negative. C．Supportive. D．Unconcerned.
8．Where's the passage probably from? A．A film review. B．A health column.
C．A medical magazine. D．A newspaper report. Ⅱ.七选五
Why people collect art?
Many people through history have gone to great lengths to collect art. But what
motivates these collectors?
One popular explanation for collecting art is that they can have financial gain. Some resell artworks, earning enormous profit. __1__. Immorally, some “collectors” purchase art as a form of money laundering (洗钱), since it is far easier to move art than cash between countries without examination.
__2__. For them, art is important for other reasons. The best way to understand the underlying drive of art collecting is as a means of creating and strengthening social bonds, and as a way for collectors to communicate within these new networks.
Not only are collectors fond of creating social links, but they are also motivated by the messages they can send once these social networks are created. We all know art is a powerful way for the artist to express thoughts and feelings. __3__. Displaying art can send a message about who the collector really is—at least who he sees himself as.
__4__. Through the collections, collectors convey messages not just about themselves, but about the world as a whole. For example, the kid with the shoebox made of bird feathers might show others her collection not just to make friends, but to convince them of the importance of protecting endangered species.
People collect art for various reasons. __5__. A．Some gain artworks in an illegal way
B．But most collectors think little of profit
C．Artworks preserve the qualities of their makers
D．No doubt art collecting is an addiction hard to overcome E．Some get large tax reductions for donating art to museums
F．It also serves as an effective way for collectors to express themselves G．Other art collectors see their collections as having a broader power
课时作业(二)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇议论文。古代艺术和建筑确定是文化的传承和体现，但我们也不能忽略投入新的艺术和建筑，因为它们和古代艺术和建筑一样，在社会中起着重要的作用。
1．答案与解析：C 细节理解题。根据第一段中的Classical art, such as valuable paintings and precious sculptures, usually ends up as the collections of museums,
companies or rich people.可知，古代雕像和绘画收藏品常被博物馆、公司或富人收藏。故选C。
2．答案与解析：B 推理判断题。根据本段的主要内容，尤其是So why should we make an investment in architecture for designing new buildings？可推测本段的目的是引出新艺术品的必要性。故选B。
3．答案与解析：D 细节理解题。根据最后一段中的We can still appreciate the beautiful artworks made in the past, but they are often too valuable to be placed in public buildings. Besides, they also often need special protection.可知，古老的艺术品太珍贵了，不能被用来装饰公共建筑，它们还经常需要特殊的保护。故选D。
4．答案与解析：A 主旨大意题。根据本段的主要内容，尤其是关键句The answers have to do with the function of art in society today.可知本段主要介绍了当今社会中的艺术品的作用。故选A。
B
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇议论文，主要讨论人们对电影To the Bone的不同评价。 5．答案与解析：B 考查细节理解。根据第一段第二句“Though the film already got generally positive reviews at this year's Sundance Film Festival，it has caused a hot debate about whether it could be harmful to those with eating disorders”可知，尽管这部电影在圣丹斯电影节上得到了积极的评价，但是也有很多批评的声音。这说明人们对这部影片的评价有好有坏。故B项正确。
6．答案与解析：B 考查推理判断。根据第三段中的“‘You want to help other people understand something...is their most obvious character.’”可知，导演Marti Noxon努力让人们从这部电影中受益，让没有患过厌食症的人理解这一疾病，让患过厌食症的人感觉自己被理解。故B项正确。
7．答案与解析：C 考查观点态度。根据最后一段中的“‘I think it is very powerful，’ Rosenman said.‘There is a sense of humor and wisdom in it as well as just understanding what it's like to have an eating disorder.’”可知，Rosenman认为这部电影充满了幽默和智慧，让人们理解了厌食症的有关情况。这说明她是支持这部电影的。故C项正确。
8．答案与解析：A 考查文章出处。本文是一篇议论文，主要讨论了人们对电影To the Bone 的不同评价。文章内容属于影评，所以A项正确。
Ⅱ.七选五
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文，分析了人们收藏艺术品的原因。
1．答案与解析：E 本段讲的是收藏艺术品的一个原因是收藏者可以获得经济利益。本空前说一些人转售收藏品以赚取巨额利润，本空后说一些“收藏者”购买艺术品进行洗钱，可知设空处说的也是利用艺术品获得经济利益的做法。E项指出有些人因为向博物馆捐赠艺术品而获得了大幅减税，符合语境，故选E。
2．答案与解析：B 根据本空后的For them，art is important for other reasons.可知，对他们来说，艺术之所以重要另有其因。由此可推知此处说的是一些人收藏艺术品不是看重经济利益，B项指出大多数收藏者很少考虑利润，符合语境，故选B。
3．答案与解析：F 根据本空前的We all know art is a powerful way for the artist to express thoughts and feelings.可知，艺术是艺术家表达想法和情感的有力方式，F项谈到它也是收藏者表达情感的一种有效方式，承接上文，故选F。
4．答案与解析：G 根据本空后的Through the collections，collectors convey messages not just about themselves, but about the world as a whole.可知，收藏者通过收藏品不仅传递关于他们自己的信息，还传递关于世界的信息，此处是说收藏者认为自己的收藏品有重要意义，G项表明其他艺术品收藏者认为自己的收藏品有更广泛的影响力，符合语境，故选G。
5．答案与解析：D 根据本空前的People collect art for various reasons.可知，人们收藏艺术品有各种各样的原因，D项直接说出“毫无疑问，艺术品收藏是很难戒掉的瘾”总结全文，
故选D。
Unit 1 Art
课时作业(三) Unit 1 Section Ⅲ Using Language & Assessing Your Progress
阅读理解
A
Every year in May, art galleries and museums prepare shows to honor Leonardo da Vinci, who died in France on May 2, 1519. He is remembered as one of the most influential artists and creative thinkers of all time. His most famous and representative paintings are Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Recently, researchers have been studying a painting—Landscape 8P, which they think is Da Vinci's earliestknown artwork. They used special lighting to study the artwork and discovered there are two images, not one. One drawing is on the back of the piece, which dates back to August 5,1473.
The drawing on the front was painted when Leonardo was 21 years old. It shows a river valley and a castle outside the city of Florence. There is little left of the drawing on the back, perhaps because it was wiped off. Only a bridge over a river can be seen. But there is writing on both sides.
The writing on the front gives the date and goes from right to left. Some people would call this “mirror writing”. It's a way Leonardo often wrote in his notebooks. The writing on the back goes from left to right and tells about an agreement, probably to produce a work of art.
Cecilia Frosinini is an art historian. She said, “Leonardo was born lefthanded, but was taught to write with his right hand from a very young age. By looking at his writing, we can see his righthanded handwriting is educated and well done. ”
Experts compared the two handwriting samples (样本) and said they were both made by Leonardo. They show he could write well using his left hand or his right hand.
The artwork is known as Landscape 8P from its number in an art list. It will be part of an exhibition at the Uffizi Gallery in Italy. The gallery director, Eike Schmidt, said the artwork is worthy of our attention, and that by studying it, researchers gave us a new way of looking at Leonardo's drawing techniques and his abilities in writing.
1．What does the writing on the back probably tell about? A．A statement about the painting. B．An agreement to produce a painting. C．An introduction of Leonardo.
D．Something about the city of Florence.
2．What can we learn about Leonardo from Cecilia's words? A．He did badly in righthanded handwriting. B．He wasn't good at writing with his left hand. C．He could write with both of his hands.
D．He taught himself to write with the right hand.
3．What's Eike Schmidt's attitude towards the research? A．Unclear. B．Indifferent. C．Positive. D．Doubtful.
B
Chinese painting, also known as the traditional national painting, one of the traditional paintings with a long history, has its unique and independent system. Using brushes, ink, and Chinese pigments (颜料), Chinese painting is drawn on a special kind of paper (Xuan paper) or silk. The traditional subjects are figures, landscapes, flowers and birds.
In comparison with Western painting, Chinese painting has its own artistic characteristics. After a careful study of the object, a painter can discover the rules of its structure and frames, and then produce it by the mind's eye. It is not only a simple copy, but it combines the object with the artistic concept of the painter, turning a natural image into an “artistic image”. The object can convey the artist's feelings and personality to achieve the effect of “being alike not only in spirit, but also in appearance”. Not all objects are to be drawn on the paper, and much space is left for imagination. The use of lines is important in Chinese painting. Clear, swift, sharp and changeable lines are combined with the push, point and press of the brush and ink to show the quality of the object and variations of the tone (色调). Ancient Chinese artists listed 18 different ways of drawing lines with the brush in figure painting. Different ways of creating lines were used when painting a landscape, flowers and birds, clouds and bamboos.
Traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy are different branches of art dating from the same origin. They use the same kind of tools and all the lines used in painting are variations of the points and lines of calligraphy. Though they are different artistic forms, they are closely linked in terms of their expression of thoughts and feelings. They influence each other to create another artistic feature.
4．The writer believes that a traditional Chinese painter's picture________. A．reflects social problems of his times B．describes mainly a natural image C．expresses his thoughts D．tells a true story 5．It can be inferred that a traditional Chinese painter spent much time________. A．traveling
B．learning to draw lines C．reading
D．studying calligraphy before drawing
6．What do traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy have in common? A．Using the similar techniques. B．Starting from the same period.
C．Belonging to the same artistic form. D．Covering the same themes.
C
Art researchers have found a hidden painting of a man under one of Pablo Picasso's masterpieces, The Blue Room. By using infrared (红外线的) imagery they discovered that the hidden man under the painting was a man with his face resting on his hand. Now the question that scientists at The Phillips Collection hope to answer is simple. Who is he?
The finding of the hidden man in The Blue Room leads to new research about the 1901 painting, which was created by Picasso in Paris at the start of his blue period
of unhappiness. Researchers discovered that the hidden man was painted in a reworked composition by Picasso. They are sure that it is not a selfportrait. They think it might be the Paris art dealer Ambrose Villard who hosted Picasso's first show in 1901, but there's no record or evidence to prove this, so the research continues.
Hidden pictures have been found under Picasso's other important paintings, such as La Vie and Woman Ironing. A technical analysis of La Vie at the Cleveland Museum of Art also found that Picasso reworked the painting's composition. And scientists found a portrait of a man under Picasso's painting Woman Ironing at the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan.
Dorothy Kosinski, director of The Phillips Collection, said more new knowledge about Picasso's paintings can be discovered through hightech cooperation among museums. “Our audience are curious about the hightech research because it can help them know more about the paintings. It's giving them a doorway to make them understand Picasso's paintings more, ” she said. “The more we can understand, the greater our appreciation of the paintings will be. ”
7．What do researchers agree according to Paragraph 1? A．A man is hiding behind The Blue Room.
B．A painting of a man is hidden under The Blue Room. C．The Blue Room is Pablo Picasso's favorite masterpiece. D．A man is taking a rest in The Blue Room of Pablo Picasso. 8．What can we know about the hidden man in The Blue Room? A．He first showed up in 1901.
B．He is Ambrose Villard from Paris. C．Nobody knows for sure who he is. D．He was not painted by Pablo Picasso.
9．What's the similarity among The Blue Room, La Vie and Woman Ironing? A．They are painted by Dorothy Kosinski. B．They have a hidden picture under them. C．They are exhibited at the same museum. D．They have a hidden selfportrait in them. 10．What can we know from the last paragraph?
A．The research on Picasso's works can add mystery to him. B．The audience are curious about the doorway of the museums. C．More people will be crazy about researching Picasso's life.
D．The hightech research can help people know more about Picasso's paintings.
课时作业(三)
阅读理解
A
【语篇解读】 这是一篇说明文。研究人员在研究达·芬奇的艺术作品Landscape 8P时发现里面有两张图像和两处文字，专家们比较了这两种笔迹样本，认为它们都是达·芬奇所作。意大利乌菲齐美术馆馆长认为研究人员通过研究这件艺术作品为我们了解达·芬奇的绘画技巧和书写才能提供了一种新的方式。
1．答案与解析：B 细节理解题。根据第四段中的The writing on the back goes from left to right and tells about an agreement, probably to produce a work of art.(背面的文字从左往右写着一份协议，可能是要创作一件艺术品。)可知，背面的文字可能是一份创作一幅画的协议。故选B。
2．答案与解析：C 推理判断题。根据第五段中的She said，“Leonardo was born lefthanded, but was taught to write with his right hand from a very young age. By looking at his writing, we can see his righthanded handwriting is educated and well done.”可知，达·芬奇能用两只手写字。故选C。
3．答案与解析：C 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的The gallery director, Eike Schmidt, said the artwork is worthy of our attention, and that by studying it, researchers gave us a new way of looking at Leonardo's drawing techniques and his abilities in writing.可知，美术馆馆长Eike Schmidt说，研究人员通过研究这件艺术作品为我们了解达·芬奇的绘画技巧和书写才能提供了一种新的方式。由此推断Eike Schmidt对这项研究的态度是积极肯定的。故选C。
B
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文，介绍了中国画。中国画又称传统国画，是历史悠久的传统绘画之一，有其独特而独立的体系。中国传统绘画和书法是不同的艺术分支，它们有着相同的起源。
4．答案与解析：C 推理判断题。根据第二段中的The object can convey the artist's feelings and personality to achieve the effect of “being alike not only in spirit，but also in appearance”．可知，作者认为一个中国传统画家的画表达了他的思想。故选C。
5．答案与解析：B 推理判断题。根据第二段中的Ancient Chinese artists listed 18 different ways of drawing lines with the brush in figure painting. Different ways of creating lines were used when painting a landscape，flowers and birds, clouds and bamboos.可知，在人物画中，中国古代画家列举了18种不同的用画笔画线的方法；在画风景、花鸟、云彩和竹子时，他们会使用不同的方法来创造线条。由此推知，一位传统的中国画家要花很多时间学习画线条。故选B。
6．答案与解析：A 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的Traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy are different branches of art dating from the same origin. They use the same kind of tools and all the lines used in painting are variations of the points and lines of calligraphy.可知，中国传统绘画和书法是不同的艺术分支，它们有着相同的起源，它们使用同样的工具，绘画中使用的所有线条都是书法的点和线的变体。由此可知，书法和绘画使用类似的技巧。故选A。
C
【语篇解读】 研究者们运用红外成像(技术)发现毕加索的作品中有隐藏的画。 7．答案与解析：B 考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“Art researchers have found a hidden painting of a man under one of Pablo Picasso's masterpieces, The Blue Room”可知，研究者们发现《蓝色房间》画中有画，里面有一个隐藏的男子肖像。
8．答案与解析：C 考查推理判断。根据第二段中的“but there's no record or evidence to prove this, so the research continues”可知，没有记录和证据表明画中隐藏的男子的身份，研究还需继续，由此可推知目前还没有定论。
9．答案与解析：B 考查细节理解。根据第一、第三段可知，这三幅画都是毕加索的杰作，都有隐藏的画在其中。
10．答案与解析：D 考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的“ ‘Our audience are curious about the hightech research because it can help them know more about the paintings. It's giving them a doorway to make them understand Picasso's paintings more, ’ she said.‘The more we can understand, the greater our appreciation of the paintings will be.’ ”可知，对毕加索的画进行
高科技研究会帮助人们进一步认识他的作品。
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