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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?
In the absence of established facts, the vast collections of found photographs give our minds an opportunity to wander freely. That, above all, is why they are so fascinating.
小题1: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 |
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 |
A.the readers | B.the editors |
C.the found photographs | D.the self-published magazines |
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 |
A.critical | B.doubtful | C.optimistic | D.satisfied |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:C
解析
试题分析:本文叙述了found photographs的价值和该商业的发展以及这种想象引起的一些问题,found photographs就是对过去的照片因为流失,或无主或丢弃的照片的复原,由于缺少最原始的事实,到底这些照片是怎样的寓意,你可以展开想象的翅膀去想象了。
小题1:推理判断题。根据In 2005, the American artist Richard Prince’s photograph of a photograph, Untitled (Cowboy), was sold for $ 1, 248, 000.可以推出说明这些老照片的价值。故选D。
小题2:推理判断题。根据he groups photographs of family life according to themes: people with dogs; teams; new cars; dinner with the family; and so on.他根据主题把照片分组,这说明他收集了许多照片,可以推出他喜欢收集家庭照片,故选A。
小题3:词义猜测题。根据called simply Found及find under his wiper(雨刷) an angry note诞可以猜测出应选D。
小题4:细节理解题。根据the vast collections of found photographs give our minds an opportunity to wander freely,故选B。
小题5:细节理解题。根据That, above all, is why they are so fascinating.故选C。
点评:推理判断题需要考生正确的阅读短文对语篇有个整体的把握。会根据语句之间的逻辑关系、段内的语义关系及篇章的语义关系,从段落、篇章的角度理解文章的主旨、作者的观点和态度。做此类试题要善于抓住某一段话中的关键信息,即某些关键词或短语去分析、推理、判断,利用逆向思维或正面推理,从而推断出这句话所隐含的深层含义。
核心考点
试题【Photos that you might have found down the back of your sofa are now big business】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Many of the best wildlife photos come from good planning. In Africa, photographers set up their hides (隐匿处) near water holes. They also set up hides near forest paths, as animals use the same paths every night. For bird-watching, many lakes have hides. Inside the hides, bird-watchers can watch all day in the shade (荫处) out of the wind and rain.
Good wildlife photos are needed for books, postcards, magazines and newspapers. But a success rate of 1 in 20 is good.
小题1:Why did Leila lie under her car on the stomach?
A.Because she wanted to sleep. |
B.Because she wanted to take photos but was afraid of the animals. |
C.Because it’s easy to see the elephants. |
D.Because it’s very comfortable. |
A.By making good preparation. | B.By going into the forest at night. |
C.By walking around the holes. | D.By going to the nearest lake. |
A.All animals go to water holes at night. |
B.Lakes are good places for bird-watching. |
C.Leila used her car to prevent the sunshine. |
D.Animaals pay no attention to photographers. |
A.The successf rate of taking wildlife photos is 50% at most. |
B.Photographers who take wildlife photos need more practice. |
C.To take good wildlife photos is not difficult. |
D.It’s hard to take good wildlife photos. |
Each year in April, the “Battle of the Books” teams from each school meet for the Semi-Battle competition. The top three teams from each division go on to the Final Battle to compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The gold medal winners go on to compete in the Regional Championship.
Battle of the Books Rules and Goals
Goals:
Students: Have fun reading good books from a wide variety of authors and genres(体裁).
Educators: Encourage reading, foster friendly competition, and nurture the love of books in young people.
Rules:
One team of six students from grades 7 or 8 will represent each school.
1. Each team will have a spokesperson. While the team is encouraged to discuss possible answers, team answers will only be accepted from the spokesperson.
2. The Semi-Finals will consist of three rounds of play, and the Finals will have one round. Each round features a Regular Battle and a Lightning Battle.
3. Regular Battle questions will be addressed to teams alternately(轮流地), regardless of the last correct answer. There will be 12 Regular Battle questions per round. When asked a question, teams will have 20 seconds to provide the book’s title and author.
4. Five points will be given if the team correctly identifies the exact title, and three points will be awarded for correctly identifying the author’s surname. The author’s first name does not need to be identified.
5. The Lightning Battles will be featured at the end of each round. Lightning Battles consist of a 2 minutes, 30 seconds time period during which each team is asked up to 12 questions. These questions concern details of the books and will not require teams to identify titles or authors. Each correctly answered Lightning Battle question will be worth three points.
PLEASE NOTE:
A warm-up practice question will be given to each team at the beginning of its first Semi-Battle and at the beginning of the Final and Regional Final Battles.
There may be no assistance from the coordinators and audience members.
Teams will not be punished for incorrect answers.
Any team demonstrating poor sportsmanship will not be invited back.
小题1:According to the text, “Battle of the Books” is an activity ______.
A.where students are inspired to write books |
B.where books are used as arms in the battle |
C.where friends compete with each other |
D.where readers are motivated to love books |
A.72 | B.24 | C.36 | D.12 |
A.Teams are given 20 minutes to answer a question. |
B.A competitor gets 18 points for 6 correct titles. |
C.Each round ends with the Lightning Battles. |
D.A correct first name will be given 5 points. |
A.won’t be given a warm-up practice | B.won’t get help from audience members |
C.will be reduced in its points | D.won’t be allowed to compete next time |
“Is He Dead” was written by Mark Twain in 1898 but was never performed. It was rediscovered in 2002 by Shelley Fisher Fishkin, an English professor and director of the American Studies Program at Stanford University. It was published the following year by the University of California Press.
The story is about a group of poor artists who fake the death of their friend in order to increase the value of his work.
“Is He Dead” is set in France in the 1840s and centers on the French painter Jean-Francois Millet. “Millet was probably the most popular European painter in the United States in Twain’s lifetime,” Fishkin said in a telephone interview. “Americans greatly admired him because he focused on the life of the common man and the common woman.”
According to Fishkin, “Is He Dead” is a satire(讽刺) about how value is created in the art world. Twain wrote the play when he was coming out of the hardest time of his life.
小题1:What’s “Is He Dead” about?
A.The death of a poor artist in the 1840s. |
B.A trick played by a group of poor artists. |
C.A story about the French painter Jean-Francois Millet. |
D.An experience Mark Twain had gone through. |
A.the play was one of Mark Twain’s early works |
B.no one knew the play until 2002 |
C.Fishkin is an expert on Mark Twain’s works |
D.the play was published in 2002 |
A.he was a famous French painter at that time |
B.he focused on the life of ordinary Americans |
C.his works showed respect for ordinary people |
D.Mark Twain agreed on his thoughts |
A.had experienced several difficult times for no money |
B.was a good novelist but a bad playwright(剧作家) |
C.was a writer who only cared about ordinary people’s life |
D.was dissatisfied with some methods of creating the value of art work |
Though little gold was found, Costa Rica today is indeed rich with coffee and bananas. Coffee is the most important product in Costa Rica and most of it is exported to other countries like America and West Germany. Bananas are the country’s second most important export.
Costa Ricans also grow many other crops such as fruits, corn and beans for their own use. Costa Ricans love colors and their houses are painted in bright colors.
Education is very important to the Costa Ricans. Almost every village has a school and education is a must for children between seven and fourteen years of age. Boys and girls go to separate schools. Classes begin in March and end in November. The other three months of the year are harvest time and the children have to help their parents to pick coffee beans.
小题1:What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?
A.How Columbus found Costa Rica. | B.How Costa Rica got its name. |
C.What the Costa Ricans wore. | D.What language the Costa Ricans spoke. |
A.pink and red | B.grey and black | C.blue and green | D.yellow and orange |
A.must go to school | B.study in the same school |
C.do not have to go to school at all | D.can choose to stop schooling at any time |
A.have lessons every day | B.have their examinations |
C.help their parents pick coffee beans | D.help their parents decorate their houses |
A.Christopher Columbus | B.Costa Rica |
C.some products from Costa Rica | D.the education of Costa Rica |
Brighton is a small city but there"s probably as much going on here as anywhere in the country except London. Brighton has numerous entertainment facilities, which additionally serve a considerable business conference industry. There"s a huge range of entertainment venues, including comedy at the Brighton Komedia, world music, opera and ballet at the Brighton Dome, jazz at the Joogleberry, top stars at the Brighton Centre and pre-West End shows at the Theatre Royal. The live music scene is also alive and well with several bands originating from the Brighton area going on to have commercial success in recent years.
Every year in May, Brighton hosts the "Brighton Festival" ------ the largest arts festival in England. Brighton"s theatres, concert halls, streets and some of the city"s most extraordinary venues host an array of art, entertainment and extravaganza (盛大表演). The earliest feature of the festival, "Open Houses" ------ homes of artists and crafts people, opened up to the public as galleries and usually sell the works of the inhabitants and their friends.
Students at the two universities in the area give the city a youthful vitality (活力), and in the summer, thousands of young students from all over Europe gather in the city to attend language courses. In addition to the usual coastal attractions, vacationers are drawn to the city"s Georgian architecture, trendy shops, and fine restaurants. Points of interest also include the Edwardian Preston Manor, the ornate Royal Pavilion, the engaging Sea Life Center, and a variety of museums and art galleries.
小题1:What"s the author’s purpose of writing the passage?
A.To introduce Brighton to the readers. |
B.To attract foreign students to study in Brighton. |
C.To show his admiration for the city of Brighton. |
D.To list entertainments in Brighton. |
A.The term of "Hove" |
B.The situation of Brighton. |
C.The county of East Sussex. |
D.The distance between Brighton and London. |
A.Brighton Komedia. | B.Joogleberry. |
C.Theatre Royal. | D.Brighton Dome. |
A.Because they can enjoy all kinds of music played by top artists. |
B.Because top stars from the world will go to Perform there. |
C.Because the largest arts festival in England is held there. |
D.Because the local people can appreciate works in the Open Houses. |
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