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【題目】The painter Craigie Aitchison was born in Scotland. He came to London intending(打算)to study law, but went to art school instead. There he found the traditional drawing classes diffcult, but still kept on painting.

In his late twenties he was given money by the Italian government to study art and liked early Italian artists, which shows in some of his work. He loved the greens and browns of the Italian fields and the clear light there, and wanted to put this light into his paintings.

This led him to paint colours thinly one on top of another from light to dark, but he insists he's never sure what the results will be. He says, "It's a secret-because I don't know myself. I don't start by painting yellow, knowing I'm going to put anything on top." Like most talented people, Aitchison makes it sound easy. "Anyone can do the colours-you can buy them. I simply notice what you put the colours next to."

Unlike some artists, he never does drawings before he starts a painting, as he feels that if he did, he might get bored and not do the painting afterwards. Instead, Aitchison changes his paintings many times before they are finished. This explains why his favourite models are people who don't ask to see their pictures while he's painting them. "If I feel they're worried and want to look at the painting, I can't do it."

Since moving to London years ago, he has not felt part of the Scottish(蘇格蘭的)painting scene. He says he doesn't want to follow any tradition, but just paints the way he can. However, his work still influences young British painters.

【1】In the passage, the writer is trying to .

A. describe particular works by Craigie Aitchison

B. teach readers how to paint like Craigie Aitchison

C. introduce the artist Craigie Aitchison to the readers

D. explain how Craigie Aitchison has made money from painting

【2】What can the reader learn about Aitchison from the passage?

A. He works in a different way from other artists.

B. He often gets bored easily with his paintings.

C. He found the drawing classes easy at art school.

D. He was sure what his painting was like before drawing.

【3】Aitchison prefers models who don't .

A. keep moving around while he's working

B. ask him about his strange method of working

C. worry about how long the work will take

D. feel worried to see the work as it's developing

【4】What might a visitor at an exhibition say about Aitchison's work?

A. I love his recent painting of Scotland, which are very similar to a number of other Scottish painters.

B. You can still see the influence of his trip to Italy in some of these pictures.

C. You can tell he spent a lot of time drawing the picture before he started painting.

D. I wonder if his law training helps him at all, especially in selling his work.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

本文介紹畫家克雷吉·艾奇森�？死准�·艾奇森出生于蘇格蘭。他來倫敦想學(xué)法律，但卻去了藝術(shù)學(xué)校。在他二十多歲的時(shí)候，意大利政府給了他錢讓他學(xué)習(xí)藝術(shù)，并且喜歡早期的意大利藝術(shù)家，這在他的一些作品中有所體現(xiàn)。他堅(jiān)持說他永遠(yuǎn)不確定結(jié)果會是什么。直到開始畫畫時(shí)他才畫畫。艾奇遜在完成他的畫之前，改變了很多次。他不想遵循任何傳統(tǒng)，只想用自己的方式來描繪。他的作品影響著年輕的英國畫家。

【1】題意：在這篇文章中，作者試圖________________�？疾橹髦祭斫�。A. describe particular works by Craigie Aitchison描述雷吉·艾奇森的作品；B. teach readers how to paint like Craigie Aitchison教讀者如何像克雷吉·艾奇森那樣畫畫；C. introduce the artist Craigie Aitchison to the readers向讀者介紹藝術(shù)家克雷吉·艾奇森；D. explain how Craigie Aitchison has made money from painting解釋雷吉·艾奇森如何通過繪畫賺錢。本文主要內(nèi)容：克雷吉·艾奇森出生于蘇格蘭。他來倫敦想學(xué)法律，但卻去了藝術(shù)學(xué)校。在他二十多歲的時(shí)候，意大利政府給了他錢讓他學(xué)習(xí)藝術(shù)，并且喜歡早期的意大利藝術(shù)家，這在他的一些作品中有所體現(xiàn)。他堅(jiān)持說他永遠(yuǎn)不確定結(jié)果會是什么。直到開始畫畫時(shí)他才畫畫。艾奇遜在完成他的畫之前，改變了很多次。他不想遵循任何傳統(tǒng)，只想用自己的方式來描繪。他的作品影響著年輕的英國畫家。通讀全文可知本文主要介紹了藝術(shù)家克雷吉·艾奇森；選C。

【2】題意：讀者從這篇文章中可以了解到關(guān)于艾奇遜的什么？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。A. He works in a different way from other artists. 他以不同于其他藝術(shù)家的方式工作；B. He often gets bored easily with his paintings. 他經(jīng)常對他的畫感到厭煩；C. He found the drawing classes easy at art school. 他發(fā)現(xiàn)美術(shù)學(xué)校的繪畫課很容易；D. He was sure what his painting was like before drawing. 他在畫前很確定他的畫是什么樣子的。根據(jù)第5段第2句He says he doesn't want to follow any tradition, but just paints the way he can.（他說他不想遵循任何傳統(tǒng)，只想用自己的方式來描繪。）可知“以不同于其他藝術(shù)家的方式工作”；選A。

【3】題意：艾奇森更喜歡那些_______________模特�？疾榧�(xì)節(jié)理解。A. don't keep moving around while he's working在他工作的時(shí)候不一直在走動的；B. don't ask him about his strange method of working不問他奇怪的工作方法的；C. don't worry about how long the work will take不擔(dān)心這項(xiàng)工作要花多長時(shí)間的；D. don't feel worried to see the work as it's developing隨著作品的進(jìn)展不擔(dān)心看到這幅作品的。根據(jù)第4段第3句This explains why his favourite models are people who don't ask to see their pictures while he's painting them. "If I feel they're worried and want to look at the painting, I can't do it."（這就解釋了為什么他最喜歡的模特是那些在畫畫時(shí)不要求看他們的照片的人。“如果我覺得他們很擔(dān)心，想看看這幅畫，我就做不到�！保┛芍�選D。

【4】題意：一個展覽會的參觀者會怎么評價(jià)艾奇遜的作品？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。A.I love his recent painting of Scotland, which are very similar to a number of other Scottish painters. 我喜歡他最近的蘇格蘭繪畫，這與其他蘇格蘭畫家非常相似； B. You can still see the influence of his trip to Italy in some of these pictures. 你仍然可以在這些畫中看到他意大利之行的影響；C. You can tell he spent a lot of time drawing the picture before he started painting. 你可以看出他在開始畫畫之前花了很多時(shí)間；D. I wonder if his law training helps him at all, especially in selling his work. 我想知道他的法律培訓(xùn)是否對他有幫助，尤其是在推銷他的作品方面。根據(jù)第二段“在他二十多歲的時(shí)候，意大利政府給了他錢讓他學(xué)習(xí)藝術(shù)，并且喜歡早期的意大利藝術(shù)家，這在他的一些作品中有所體現(xiàn)。他喜歡意大利田野的綠色和棕色以及那里的清澈的光線，并想把這種光線放進(jìn)他的畫里�！笨芍�選B。

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