题目内容
6.Watercolor is the oldest paints known.It dates back to the early cave men who discovered they could add lifelike qualities to drawings of animals and other figures on the walls of caves by mixing the natural colors found in the earth with water.Fresco(壁画),one of the greatest of all art forms,is done with watercolor.It is created by mixing paints and water and applying these to wet plaster(灰泥).Of the thousands of people who stand under Michelangelo's heroic ceiling in the Sistine Chapel,very few know that they are looking at perhaps the greatest watercolor painting in the world.
The invention of oil painting by the Flemish masters in the fifteenth century made fresco painting go down-hill,and for the next several centuries watercolor was used mainly for doing sketches(素描) or as a tool for study.It was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that English painters put back watercolor as a serious art form.The English have a widely-known love for the outdoors and also small,private pictures.The softness of watercolor had a remarkably strong attraction for them.
The popularity of watercolor continued to grow until in the twentieth century.The United States passed England as the center for watercolor,producing such well-known watercolor artists as Thomas Eakins and Andrew Wyeth.
21.What is the passage mainly about?D
A.The gradual weakness of fresco painting.
B.Oils having more power or influence over watercolor.
C.The rediscovery of watercolor in England.
D.The start and development of watercolor.
22.The first watercolor artists wereA.
A.early cave men
B.Italian fresco artists
C.Flemish masters
D.English artists of the 18th century
23.According to the passage,watercolor painting was put back in England becauseD.
A.it was easy to use outdoors
B.it was a strong medium
B.it was extremely bright in color
D.it was well suited to popular tastes
24.What would the next paragraph most probably deal with?A
A.the works of famous American watercolor artists.
B.The weakness of oils as popular paints.
C.Techniques of producing watercolor.
D.Modern American oil painters.
分析 本文主要讲述了水彩画的起源和发展历史.
解答 DADA
21.D 主旨大意题.根据文章第一、二、四段句首的"Watercolor is the oldest paints known.""Fresco(壁画),one of the greatest of all art forms,is done with watercolor.""The popularity of watercolor continued to grow until in the twentieth century."可推知,本文主要讲述了水彩画的起源和发展.故答案选D.
22.A 细节理解题.根据第一段第二句It dates back to the early cave men who discovered they could add lifelike qualities to drawings of animals and other figures on the walls of caves by mixing the natural colors found in the earth with water.可知,最早的水彩画家应该是在山洞居住的人们,故答案为A.
23.D 细节理解题.根据第三段最后两句"The English have a widely known love for the outdoors and also small,private pictures.The softness of watercolor had a remarkably strong attraction for them."可知,水彩画之所以再次在英国盛行是因为水彩画的柔和对他们有极强的吸引力.故答案选D.
24.A 推理判断题.由文章最后一段可知,美国赶超英国成了水彩画中心,并随之涌现了很多著名的水彩画家,故接下来很可能会讲到的是美国著名的水彩画家的作品.故答案选A.
点评 阅读理解题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力,要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系,对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断;或根据作者所阐述的观点理论,对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释.考生首先要仔细阅读短文,完整了解信息,准确把握作者观点.
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