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Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to ___1___. Not only ___2___ want to say it well, but he wants to be something which ___3___ been said before. He hopes the public will listen and understand — he wants to teach them and he wants them to ___4___ from him.
What visual artists like painters want to teach is easy to make ___5___ but difficult to explain, because painters translate their experiences into ___6___ and colors, not words. They seem to feel a ___7___ selection of shapes and colors is exceptionally interesting for them and ---------___8___ showing to us. Without their work we should never have ___9___ these particular shapes and colors, ___10___ have felt the delight which they brought to the artist. Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of ___11___ and from human bodies in motion and repose. Their choices ___12___ that these aspects(外表) of the world are worth looking ___13___, that they contain beautiful ___14___. Contemporary artists might say that they merely ___15___subjects that provide an interesting pattern, that there is ___16___ more in it. Yet even they do not choose entirely with reference ___17___ that character of their subjects.
If one painter chooses to paint an injured leg or a lake in moonlight, each of them is directing our attention ___18___ a certain aspect of the world. Each painter is telling us something, showing us something—all of which means ___19___, consciously or unconsciously, he is ___20___ to reach us.
1. A. students B. the students C. public D. the public
2. A. does he B. he does C. has he D. he has
3. A. has B. has not C. have D. have not
4. A. get B. obtain C. study D. learn
5. A. out B. up C. off D. after
6. A. shapes B. forms C. states D. conditions
7. A. kind B. sort C. certain D. exciting
8. A. worth B. thus C. so D. is
9. A. minded B. noticed C. worked out D. found
10. A. we B. they C. or D. but
11. A. nature B. people C. beauty D. mountains
12. A. states B. says C. tells D. indicates
13. A. out B. about C. at D. after
14. A. sights B. girls C. choices D. skills
15. A. take B. choose C. describe D. produce
16. A. no B. nothing C. some D. something
17. A. to B. for C. above D. as
18. A. on B. to C. for D. at
19. A. that B. clearly C. by the way D. hardly
20. A. doing B. getting C. trying D. having
【答案與解析】
1. D。the public 意為“公眾”。
2. A。not only…but also… 連接兩個(gè)并列分句，not only位于句首時(shí)，該分句要部分倒裝;此句時(shí)態(tài)為一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，故選does he。
3. B。藝術(shù)家不僅要好，而且要?jiǎng)?chuàng)新，即想使他的作品成為以前沒(méi)有人說(shuō)過(guò)的東西。which代替something作主語(yǔ)為單數(shù)，故選has not。
4. D。learn from sb 意為“向某人學(xué)習(xí)”。此句意思是：從他身上學(xué)到一些東西。
5. A。make out意為“理解、辨認(rèn)出”。
6. A。shape“形狀”。注意下文shapes and colors 也作了暗示。
7. C。certain 意為“某種”。
8. A。worth doing sth 意為“值得做某事”。此句意思是：他們似乎覺(jué)得某種形狀和顏色的選擇對(duì)他們是特殊的興趣，并值得給我們看。
9. B。notice 意為“注意到”。此句意思是：如果沒(méi)有他們的藝術(shù)品(work)我們就從來(lái)不會(huì)注意到這些特別的形狀和顏色。
10. C。or 意為“或者”，用于并列否定句。
11. A。the world of nature 意為“自然界”，與后面的human bodies in motion and repose(動(dòng)態(tài)和靜態(tài)中的人體)相對(duì)應(yīng)。
12. D。indicate 意為“暗示”。
13. C。此句意思是：他們的選擇暗示世界的這些外表值得人們?nèi)タ础?BR> 14. A。sights 指“風(fēng)景”。
15. B。choose 表示“挑選”，與前面的choices對(duì)應(yīng)。
16. B。前面的merely(僅僅、只不過(guò))暗示了“再?zèng)]有別的東西在里面”。
17. A。with reference to 意為“關(guān)于”。
18. B。attention 后面常接介詞to。
19. A。用that引導(dǎo)后面的賓語(yǔ)從句。
20. C。try to do sth 意為“盡力做某事”。
Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to ___1___. Not only ___2___ want to say it well, but he wants to be something which ___3___ been said before. He hopes the public will listen and understand — he wants to teach them and he wants them to ___4___ from him.
What visual artists like painters want to teach is easy to make ___5___ but difficult to explain, because painters translate their experiences into ___6___ and colors, not words. They seem to feel a ___7___ selection of shapes and colors is exceptionally interesting for them and ---------___8___ showing to us. Without their work we should never have ___9___ these particular shapes and colors, ___10___ have felt the delight which they brought to the artist. Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of ___11___ and from human bodies in motion and repose. Their choices ___12___ that these aspects(外表) of the world are worth looking ___13___, that they contain beautiful ___14___. Contemporary artists might say that they merely ___15___subjects that provide an interesting pattern, that there is ___16___ more in it. Yet even they do not choose entirely with reference ___17___ that character of their subjects.
If one painter chooses to paint an injured leg or a lake in moonlight, each of them is directing our attention ___18___ a certain aspect of the world. Each painter is telling us something, showing us something—all of which means ___19___, consciously or unconsciously, he is ___20___ to reach us.
1. A. students B. the students C. public D. the public
2. A. does he B. he does C. has he D. he has
3. A. has B. has not C. have D. have not
4. A. get B. obtain C. study D. learn
5. A. out B. up C. off D. after
6. A. shapes B. forms C. states D. conditions
7. A. kind B. sort C. certain D. exciting
8. A. worth B. thus C. so D. is
9. A. minded B. noticed C. worked out D. found
10. A. we B. they C. or D. but
11. A. nature B. people C. beauty D. mountains
12. A. states B. says C. tells D. indicates
13. A. out B. about C. at D. after
14. A. sights B. girls C. choices D. skills
15. A. take B. choose C. describe D. produce
16. A. no B. nothing C. some D. something
17. A. to B. for C. above D. as
18. A. on B. to C. for D. at
19. A. that B. clearly C. by the way D. hardly
20. A. doing B. getting C. trying D. having
【答案與解析】
1. D。the public 意為“公眾”。
2. A。not only…but also… 連接兩個(gè)并列分句，not only位于句首時(shí)，該分句要部分倒裝;此句時(shí)態(tài)為一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，故選does he。
3. B。藝術(shù)家不僅要好，而且要?jiǎng)?chuàng)新，即想使他的作品成為以前沒(méi)有人說(shuō)過(guò)的東西。which代替something作主語(yǔ)為單數(shù)，故選has not。
4. D。learn from sb 意為“向某人學(xué)習(xí)”。此句意思是：從他身上學(xué)到一些東西。
5. A。make out意為“理解、辨認(rèn)出”。
6. A。shape“形狀”。注意下文shapes and colors 也作了暗示。
7. C。certain 意為“某種”。
8. A。worth doing sth 意為“值得做某事”。此句意思是：他們似乎覺(jué)得某種形狀和顏色的選擇對(duì)他們是特殊的興趣，并值得給我們看。
9. B。notice 意為“注意到”。此句意思是：如果沒(méi)有他們的藝術(shù)品(work)我們就從來(lái)不會(huì)注意到這些特別的形狀和顏色。
10. C。or 意為“或者”，用于并列否定句。
11. A。the world of nature 意為“自然界”，與后面的human bodies in motion and repose(動(dòng)態(tài)和靜態(tài)中的人體)相對(duì)應(yīng)。
12. D。indicate 意為“暗示”。
13. C。此句意思是：他們的選擇暗示世界的這些外表值得人們?nèi)タ础?BR> 14. A。sights 指“風(fēng)景”。
15. B。choose 表示“挑選”，與前面的choices對(duì)應(yīng)。
16. B。前面的merely(僅僅、只不過(guò))暗示了“再?zèng)]有別的東西在里面”。
17. A。with reference to 意為“關(guān)于”。
18. B。attention 后面常接介詞to。
19. A。用that引導(dǎo)后面的賓語(yǔ)從句。
20. C。try to do sth 意為“盡力做某事”。