题目内容
11. Henry Moore:sculptorHenry Moore was born in 1898,in a small house in Castleford,in the north of England.He was the seventh child in a family of eight children.His father was a miner and the family were very poor.Despite this,his father wanted his children to be educated,so he sent them to a local school.In his teenage years,Henry was already very clever,and he also showed an ability for art.He went to Castleford Grammar School and later became a teacher there.He might have stayed at the school,but when the First World War started Henry was sent to fight in the army.In 1917,Henry was injured during the Battle of Cambrai,and he didn't fight again.Instead,he spent the rest of the war training new soldiers.After the war,he realised that he didn't want to be a teacher any more.He wanted to follow his dream of being an artist.In 1921,he was accepted at the Royal College of Art.He was very talented,but he wanted to be different from everybody else.He began to experiment with different modern styles of art.This was a problem for his teachers who were trying to teach more formal,traditional art.They couldn't understand what Henry wanted to do.
In 1924,Henry left England and went travelling in Italy and Paris.He studied Michelangelo and Giovanni Pisano.When he visited the Louvre Museum in Paris,he became interested in sculpture.Back in London,he married Irina Radetsky,who he had met at art college.He began teaching at the Royal College of Art and at the same time,he worked on his own art.His first public sculpture was called West Wind,cut in the stone of a building in London,above St James's Park underground station.
In the 1930s,Moore became a member of the modern art movement.He admired artists like Pablo Picasso and Jean Arp.Then,during the Second World War,he worked as a war artist and drew many pictures of ordinary people in London escaping the bombing.These have become well known.After the war,he was given many awards,including the International Prize for Sculpture in 1948.He died in 1986.In September 2000,Moore Square was opened on the site where he was born in Castleford.
46.People noticed Henry Moore had a talent for art when heB
A.started teaching.
B.was at school.
C.became a soldier.
D.was a small child.
47.After he was injured in the First World War,HenryC
A.continued to fight.
B.went back home.
C.stayed in the army.
D.taught in a school.
48.When he was at the Royal College of Art,his teachersA
A.didn't recognise his talent.
B.thought his style was interesting.
C.felt confused by his art.
D.refused to teach him.
49.When he returned to London after travelling in Europe,heA
A.started making sculptures.
B.did another art course.
C.decided to give up teaching.
D.painted pictures of London.
50.During the Second World War heB
A.gave up being an artist.
B.created pictures about the war.
C.sculpted the people of London.
D.painted pictures of soldiers.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们Henry Moore 的一生,他从小被发现很有艺术天赋,在第一次世界大战后坚定了做一名艺术家的心,游历欧洲,在第二次世界大战中创造了许多伟大的作品.
解答 46.B.细节理解题.根据文章第一段"In his teenage years,Henry was already very clever,and he also showed an ability for art"可知在十几岁上学的时候他被发现很有艺术天赋;故选B.
47.C.细节理解题.根据文章第二段:Henry was injured during the Battle of Cambrai,and he didn't fight again.Instead,he spent the rest of the war training new soldiers可知他在第一次世界大战受伤后留在军队训练新兵;故选C.
48.A.细节理解题.根据文章第二段"This was a problem for his teachers who were trying to teach more formal,traditional art.They couldn't understand what Henry wanted to do"可知在皇家艺术学院时他的老师无法理解他的艺术,不承认他的才华;故选A.
49.A.细节理解题.根据文章第三段"Back in London,he married Irina Radetsky,who he had met at art college.He began teaching at the Royal College of Art and at the same time,he worked on his own art"可知他在欧洲旅行后回到了伦敦开始了他的雕塑工作;故选A.
50.B.细节理解题.根据文章最后一段"during the Second World War,he worked as a war artist and drew many pictures of ordinary people in London escaping the bombing"可知他在第二次世界大战期间创造了很多与战争有关的作品;故选B.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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