题目内容
【题目】阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。
A．Art is by all means relevant to history.
B．Art is a good means to know about people’s faith.
C．Lack of stone images also reflects the religious belief.
D．Artists express their feelings and opinions in their works.
E．Art history provides information of different places and people.
F．People know more about our culture through learning art history.
【1】__________________
A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about a culture than is possible to learn in general history classes. Most typical history courses concentrate on politics, economics and war. But art history focuses on much more than this because art reflects not only the political values of a people, but also religious beliefs, emotions, and psychology.
【2】___________________
In addition, information about the daily activities of our ancestors --- or of people very different from our own ---- can be provided by art. In short, art expresses the essential qualities of a time and a place, and a study of it clearly offers us a deeper understanding than what can be found in most history books.
【3】___________________
In history books, objective information about the political life of a country is presented; that is, facts about politics are given, but opinions are not expressed. Art, on the other hand, is subjective: it reflects emotions and opinions. The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya was perhaps the first truly “political” artist. In his well-known painting The Third of May 1808, he criticized the Spanish government for its misuse of power over people. Over a hundred years later, symbolic images were used in Pablo Picasso’s Guernica to express the horror of war. Meanwhile, on another continent, the powerful paintings of Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros --- as well as the works of Alfredo Ramos Martins --- depicted（描述）these Mexican artists’ deep anger and sadness about social problems.
【4】____________________
In the same way, art can reflect a culture’s religious beliefs. For hundreds of years in Europe, religious art was almost the only type of art that existed. Churches and other religious buildings were filled with paintings that depicted people and stories from the Bible. Although most people couldn’t read, they could still understand biblical（圣经的）stories in the pictures on church walls.
【5】________________
By contrast, one of the main characteristics of art in the Middle East was (and still is ) its absence of human and animal images. This shows the Islamic belief that statues are unholy. Something else can be more religiously symbolic in history.
【答案】
【1】F
【2】E
【3】D
【4】B
【5】C
【解析】
【1】F：通过学习艺术历史，人们对于我们文化的认识将会更多。由第一自然段第一句A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about a culture than is possible to learn in general history classes.意思是：比起学习一般的历史课程，学习艺术历史将会成为学习我们文化的一种更好的方式。可知这一自然段主要讲述的是学习艺术历史有助于我们学习了解自己的文化。故选F。
【2】E:艺术历史提供关于不同地区和人们的信息。第二部分主要讲述了艺术提供了关于我们祖先日常生活的信息，艺术表达我们时代和区域的基本信息，对于艺术历史的学习比学习历史书本能够为我们提供更加清晰的认识。可见第二部分主要讲的是艺术历史能够提供关于不同地区和人们的信息。故选E。
【3】D: 艺术家在他们的作品中表达情感和意见。有第三部分Art, on the other hand, is subjective: it reflects emotions and opinions.意思是：艺术在另一方面，是主观的，它反映情感和意见。可知这一部分主要讲述艺术历史能够表达艺术家们的情感和意见。故选D。
【4】B: 艺术是了解一个人的信念很好的方式。由第四部分的第一句In the same way, art can reflect a culture’s religious beliefs.意思是：以相同的方式，艺术能够反映一个文化的宗教的信念。可知这一部分主要讲述艺术对人的信念的反映。故选B。
【5】C: 缺乏坚定信念也可以反映一个人的宗教信念。由第五部分第一句话By contrast, one of the main characteristics of art in the Middle East was (and still is ) its absence of human and animal images.意思是：相反，中世纪艺术的一个主要特征是缺乏人文和动物信念。故选C。
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