71. From the text, we can see _________.

　 A. the importance of curiosity　　　　　 　　 B. the effect of art

　 C. the value of learning　　　　　　　　　 　　　 D. the power of family education

答案　 68.B　 69.C　 70.A　 71.B

Passage 36

(07·安徽E篇)

Meeting people from another culture can be difficult. From the beginning, people may send the wrong signal (信号). Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a relationship.

Different cultures emphasize (强调) the importance of relationship building to a greater or lesser degree. For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust. Even with people at work, it is necessary to spend a lot of time in "small talk", usually over a glass of tea, before they do any job. In many European countries -- like the UK or France -- people find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or caf6s rather than at the office.

Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand. I had expected my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; instead there was an uncomfortable silence. The people present just stared at me and smiled. After getting to know their ways better, I realized that they thought I was talking too much. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary.

Even within Northern Europe, cultural differences can cause serious problems. Certainly, English and German cultures share similar values; however, Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly. We think that they are rude. In fact, this is just because one culture starts discussions and makes decisions more quickly.

People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes these values are quite against each other. However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment (多元文化环境) will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other.

70. What made the writer go through a change that summer?

　 A. One of Mary's paintings.　　　　　 　　　 B. A strange way of painting.

　 C. Artists in the Middle Ages.　　　　　 　　 D. Her mother' s instruction.

69. What was the writer' s experience in the museum before the last visit?

　 A. She came to feel her mother' s love.　　

B. She liked many paintings.

　 C. She hardly enjoyed herself.　　 　　　　　　

D. She could understand the pictures of fat babies.

68. The aim of the mother' s plan was to _________.

　 A. take them to visit the museum　　　 　　　 B. introduce them to the world of art

　 C. ask them to read about artists　　　　 　　 D. show them different painting styles

68. The author’s attitude towards found photographs can be described as _________.

　 A. critical　　　　 B. doubtful　　　　　 C. optimistic　　　　 D. satisfied

答案　 64.D　 65.A　 66.D　 67.B　 68.C

Passage 35

(07·安徽D篇)

The summer I was ten, my mother decided to bring us to the world of art. My brother and I were not very excited when we realized what my mother meant. What she meant was not that we could take drawing classes or painting classes but that we would have to spend one afternoon a week with her at the Fine Arts Museum. Before each visit to the museum, she made us read about artists and painting styles(风格). It was almost as bad as being in school. Who wants to spend the summer thinking about artists when you could be with your friends at the swimming pool?

　　 First we had to read about ancient Egyptians(古埃及人) and their strange way of painting faces and then go to look at them at the museum. My 12-year-old brother thought this was so funny, but I was not interested. Later we had to learn about artists in the Middle Ages who painted people wearing strange long clothing. We had to look at pictures of fat babies with wings and curly (鬈曲的) hair and with no clothes on flying around the edges of paintings. I certainly couldn't see what was so great about art.

　　 On our last visit to the museum, something happened when I saw a painting by a woman called Mary. In it, a woman was reading to a child. The colors were soft and gentle, and you could tell by the mother' s expression how happy she was just to be with the child. I couldn't stop looking at this painting ! I wanted to see every painting Mary had ever made! It was really worth looking at so many paintings to find a painter who could interest me so much.

67. By asking a series of questions in Para 5, the author mainly intends to indicate that ________.

　 A. memory of the past is very important to people

　 B. found photographs allow people to think freely

　 C. the back-story of found photographs is puzzling

　 D. the real value of found photographs is questionable

66. The underlined word “them” in Para 4 refers to __________.

　 A. the readers　　　　

B. the editors　　　　　

C. the found photographs

　 D. the self-published magazines

65. According to the passage, Joachim Schmid _________.

　 A. is fond of collecting family life photographs　　　

B. found a complaining not under his car wiper

　 C. is working for several self-published magazines　　

　 D. wondered at the artistic nature of found photographs

64. The first paragraph of the passage is used to _________.

　 A. remind readers of found photographs　　　　　　

B. advise reader to start a new kind of business

　 C. ask readers to find photographs behind sofa　　　　

D. show readers the value of found photographs

55. What is the main idea of the text?

　 A. Storytelling can influence the way people think.

　 B. Storytelling is vital to the growth of business.

　 C. Storytelling is the best way to educate children in school.

　 D. Storytelling helps people understand themselves and others.

答案　 52.D　 53.A　 54.B　 55.D

Passage 34

(07·湖南C篇)

Photos that you might have found down the back of your sofa are now big business!

　 In 2005, the American artist Richard Prince’s photograph of a photograph, Untitled (Cowboy), was sold for $ 1, 248, 000.

　 Prince is certainly not the only contemporary artist to have worked with so-called “found photographs”-a loose term given to everything from discarded(丢弃的) prints discovered in a junk shop to old advertisements or amateur photographs from a stranger’s family album. The German artist Joachim Schmid, who believes “basically everything is worth looking at”, has gathered discarded photographs, postcards and newspaper images since 1982. In his on-going project, Archiv, he groups photographs of family life according to themes: people with dogs; teams; new cars; dinner with the family; and so on.

　 Like Schmid, the editors of several self-published art magazines also champion (捍卫) found photographs. One of them, called simply Found, was born one snowy night in Chicago, when Davy Rothbard returned to his car to find under his wiper(雨刷) an angry note intended for some else: “Why’s your car HERE at HER place?” The note became the starting point for Rothbard’s addictive publication, which features found photographs sent in by readers, such a poster discovered in our drawer.

　 The whole found-photograph phenomenon has raised some questions. Perhaps one of the most difficult is: can these images really be considered as art? And if so, whose art? Yet found photographs produced by artists, such Richard Prince, may riding his horse hurriedly to meet someone? Or how did Prince create this photograph? It’s anyone’s guess. In addition, as we imagine the back-story to the people in the found photographs artists, like Schmid, have collated (整理), we also turn toward our own photographic albums. Why is memory so important to us? Why do we all seek to freeze in time the faces of our children, our parents, our lovers, and ourselves? Will they mean anything to anyone after we’ve gone?