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When Sir Winston Churchill, the great British Prime Minister, reached his eightieth birthday in November, 1954 , he was presented with his portrait by a well-known modern artist, Graham Sutherland. The painting had been ordered and paid for to 1 the Grand Old Man of World War.
Sir Winston and Lady Churchill were deeply moved by this 2 of respect and affection. 3 of them, of course, allowed the others to see how much they both disliked the portrait. “It makes me look 4 , which I am not! ” protested Churchill in private (私下) . 5 , he only remarked that it was “a fine example of modern art” . His friends smiled. It was well known that Churchill didn't 6 modern art.
Churchill was so unhappy about the portrait that finally his wife had it 7 . Churchill died at ninety in 1965. Lady Churchill 8 him in 1977. Shortly after her death, the public learned what had happened to the 9 , and a heated art broke out. The painter was 10 sad. The artist community, shocked and 11, said that the destruction of the picture had been a crime(罪行) . Historians said that they regretted the disappearance of a ( n ) 12 document . All agreed that the Churchills didn't have the 13 to do what they had done.
Graham Sutherland had told Churchill that he would 14 him “as he saw him” . Churchill never had a chance to see the work in 15 since the painter 16 to show it to him. He found out only 17 he received his present that Sutherland had seen him 18 a heavy, sick, tired old man. Since he hated old age, he was naturally 19 .
Who has the right to a work of art, the owner, the donor, or the artist who created it? Was the portrait a good one, as many (including the painter) said? Or was it bad as others thought? None of these questions have been answered yet to everybody's 20 .
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B．unexpectedly
C．unreasonably
D．unthinkingly
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1．B 导解：人们给他作画是为了向这位二战巨人表示敬意． 2．A 导解：trade表“交易”，此处用mark表示“标记”，与sign同一含义，如a mark of esteem表示“以表敬意”． 3．A 导解：从句子含义可知选A．夫妇俩谁也没有让别人看出他们的真实心理状态——他们不喜欢这幅画． 4．C 导解：四个选项只有C能构成让人不喜欢的原因． 5．D 导解：这种不满只是在私下说的，在公开场合还是赞美它． 6．A 导解：不喜欢现代艺术，上一句已经委婉表达了他的感受． 7．C 导解：他妻子把这幅画“毁了”而不“藏起来，还回去”，所以后来引发了下文人们的议论． 8．C 导解：邱吉尔夫人十二年之后也随他仙逝，下文说“她死后没多久”． 9．A 导解：人们此时得知那幅画的归宿． 10．A 导解：understandably在此指画家此时感到伤心，这是“可以(被人)理解地”． 11．D 导解：与shocked(震惊)一样的强烈情绪是angry． 12．D 导解：这句话是历史学家(Historians)说的，因此是考虑其作为“历史文献”的价值． 13．B 导解：大家一致认为邱吉尔夫妇没权利这么做． 14．C 导解：这是这位画家说的话，他会真实地描绘自己眼中的邱吉尔． 15．A 导解：从下文可知，直到肖像画好之后邱吉尔才看见这幅画，因此选progress“进展中的作品”． 16．C 导解：画家在画的过程中不让他看，这一点下文有提示． 17．B 导解：直到收到这幅画后才看见画像中的人是什么样子． 18．A 导解：see…as表示“把……视为”，用as引出在画家眼里的形象． 19．D 导解：他憎恨年迈，看见画中自己的模样，自然会觉得伤了自尊心而不是觉得担心与疲倦． 20．D 导解：难以得到一个人人满意的回答． |
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