Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something which has not been said before. He hopes the public will listen and understand what he wants to teach them, and what he wants them to learn from him.
What visual artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain, because painters translate their experience into shapes and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors, out of countless billions possible, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their work we should never have noticed these particular shapes and colors, or have felt the delight which they brought to the artist.
Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion (运动) and at rest; their choices show that these aspects (方面) of the world are worth looking at, and that they contain beautiful sights. Modern artists might say that they only choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, and that there is nothing more in it. Yet they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects.
If one painter chooses to paint a decaying (腐烂) leg and another a lake in moonlight, each of them is directing out attention to a certain aspect of the world. Each painter is telling us something, showing us something, explaining something – all of which means that he is trying to teach us.
50.According to the passage, all of the following is true except_________.
A.An artist wants to show something meaningful
B.An artist hopes that the public will understand and learn from him
C.An artist asks the public to believe what he says in his work
D.An artist intends to present something that has not been said before
51.It is hard to explain what a painter is saying, because           .
A.a painter uses unusual words and phrases
B.a painter uses shapes and colors instead of words
C.most painters do not express themselves well
D.many painters do not say anything
52.Modern artists might say their choice of subject         .
A.only provides interesting patterns
B.carries a message to the public
C.has no pattern or form
D.teaches the public important truths
53.The underlined word “exceptionally” in the 2nd paragraph probably means        .
A.entirely               B.generally             C.especially            D.usually


D
Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something which has not been said before. He hopes the public will listen and understand ----he wants to teach them, and he wants them to learn from him.
What visual artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain, because they translate their experiences into shapes and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors, out of the countless billions possible, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their work we should never have noticed these particular shapes and colors, or have felt the delight which they brought to the artist.
Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and response: their choices indicate that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sights. Contemporary artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, that there is noting more in it. Yet even they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects.
If one painter chooses to paint a decaying(腐烂的) leg and another a lake in moonlight, each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world. Each painter is telling us something, showing us something, emphasizing something—all of which means that, consciously or unconsciously, he is trying to teach us.
46. It is hard to understand a painting because_____
A. the artist wants to teach the others 
B. a painter uses shapes and colors instead of words.
C. the painter doesn’t express his idea well enough
D. the painting is meaningless
47. A painter uses certain shapes and colors because he feels that they ____.
A. haven’t been used before            B. are not worth showing to the public
C. are interesting to them                   D. haven’t been noticed by the public
48 Implied but not stated_____.
A. paintings are more easily understood than music.
B. to find what the artist is saying we must look beyond the shape and color
C. painting is only the arranging of shape and color
D. all artists are trying to teach something to the public
49. Why do what painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain?
A. Because painters cannot express themselves clearly in words.
B. Because painters change their into shapes and colors, not words.
C. Because people cannot understand painters’ words.
D. Because people are not interested in what painters want to tell us.  
50. Where do most artists take their shapes and colors?
A. From nature                                        B. From human bodies in motion and response.
C. From artists’ own imagination.                 D. Both A and B

I arrived late one night on a business trip, so I decided to have dinner in the hotel I stayed in. As I was finishing my meal, an elderly couple came in. They were holding hands and had lovely smiles on their faces. They sat three tables from me. I was amazed at the love they showed for each other. It stuck me because it was shortly after ending a 20-year marriage and I still had pain in my heart.

  My waiter was also their waiter. As I paid my bill, I asked what their bill was. He told me, and I gave him $40 to pay their bill. He asked if I knew them and I told him “No, I just wanted to repay them for the love that they were showing to each other,” and then I left.

  The next day I entered the restaurant again. After I had been seated, the waiter who served me the night before told me that the strangest thing happened after I left the restaurant. When the elderly couple went to pay for their meal, they were told that it had been paid. The waiter just told them what I said. They were amazed. They looked around, asked for the bill of two young couples who were seated together, paid their bill and left.

  I smiled and ordered my meal. About 45 minutes later, I finished my meal and was about to head out, but my waiter was nowhere to be found. I explained to the hostess that I needed to pay for my meal and hurry to the airport. She smiled and explained that I would not have to pay, because she felt she should pay for my bill because of the joy brought to the faces of the elderly couple and the amazement of the young couples.

  When I told her that they didn’t have to do that, she said with a smile “Love creates Love.”

1.From the first paragraph we know the writer must feel __________.

A. pleased                           B. worried                           C. sad                          D. nervous

2.The elderly couple paid the bill of the two young couples because they __________.

A. knew the two young couples

B. were happy to pass the love they got

C. were always ready to help poor people

D. wanted to invite the young people to the meal

3.The writer’s purpose of writing the passage is to __________.

A. suggest true love never dies

B. share an interesting experience

C. encourage us to help people in need

D. prove a show of love really makes a difference

 

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