专题12 文学与艺术真题训练备战高考英语阅读理.docx

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专题12文学与艺术真题训练备战高考英语阅读理

专题12文学与艺术

真题训练

Passage1（2017年·新课标卷II）

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莎士比亚的戏剧的翻译及上映

★★★☆☆

6分钟

Inthecomingmonths,wearebringingtogetherartistsfromallovertheglobe,toenjoyspeakingShakespeare’splaysintheirownlanguage,inourglobe,withinthearchitectureShakespearewrotefor.pleasecomeandjoinus.

NationalTheatreOfChinaBeijing|Chinese

Thisgreatoccasion（盛会）willbethenationalTheatreofChina’sfirstvisittotheUK.Thecompany’sproductionsshowthenewfaceof21stcenturyChinesetheatre.ThisproductionofShakespeare’sRichard

willbedirectedbytheNational’sAssociateDirector,WangXiaoying.

Date&Time:

Saturday28April,2.30pm&Sunday29April,1.30pm&6.30pm

MarjanishviliTheatreTbilisi|Georgian

OneofthemostfamoustheatresinGeorgia,theMarjanishvili,foundedin1928,appearsregularlyattheatrefestivalsallovertheworld.ThisnewproductionofAsYouLikeItishelmed（指导）bythecompany’sArtisticDirectorLevanTsuladze.

Date&Time:

Friday18May,2.30pm&Saturday19May,7.30pm

DeafinitelyTheatreLondon|BritishSignLanguage（BSL）

BytranslatingtherichandhumouroustextofLove’sLabour’sLostintothephysicallanguageofBSL,DeafinitelyTheatrecreatesanewinterpretationofShakespeare’scomedyandaimstobuildabridgebetweendeafandhearingworldsbyperformingtobothgroupsasoneaudience.

Date&Time:

Tueaday22May,2.30pm&Wednesday23May,7.30pm

HabimaNationalTheatreTelAviv|Hebrew

TheHabimaisthecentreofHebrew-languagetheatreworldwide,FoundedinMoscowafterthe1905revolution,thecompanyeventuallysettledinTelAvivinthelate1920s,Since1958,theyhavebeenrecognizedasthenationaltheatreofIsrael.ThisproductionofShakespeare’sTheMerchantofVenicemarkstheirfirstvisittotheUK.

Date&Time:

Monday28May,7.30&Tuesday29May,7.30pm

21.whichplaywillbeperformedbytheNationalTheatreofChina?

A.RichardⅢ.B.Lover’sLabour’sLost.

C.AsYouLikeIt.D.ThemerchantofVenice.

22.WhatisspecialaboutDeafinnitelyTheatre?

A.Ithastwogroupsofactors.B.ItistheleadingtheatreinLondon.

C.ItperformsplaysinBSL.D.Itisgoodatproducingcomedies.

23.WhencanyouseeaplayinHebrew?

A.OnSaturday28Apil.B.OnSunday29April.

C.OnTuesday22May.D.OnTuesday29May.

【文章大意】本文是一篇应用文。

主要介绍了莎士比亚的戏剧被翻译成几个国家的语言，并将在这些国家的大剧院上映的有关情况。

21.A【解析】细节理解题。

根据“Thisgreatoccasion（盛会）willbethenationalTheatreofChina’s

firstvisittotheUK.以及ThisproductionofShakespeare’sRichardIIIwillbedirectedbytheNational’sAssociateDirector,WangXiaoying”，可知RichardIII将要在中国国家大剧院上映。

故选A。

23.D【解析】细节理解题。

根据“DateDate&Time:

Monday28May,7.30&Tuesday29May,7.30pm”可知，可以在5月29日，星期二这一天，在希伯来观看戏剧。

故选D。

Passage2（2017年·浙江卷）

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美国绘画之父本杰明·韦斯特小时候的艺术启蒙

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BenjaminWest,thefatherofAmericanpainting,showedhistalentforartwhenhewasonlysixyearsofage.Buthedidnotknowaboutbrushesbeforeavisitortoldhimheneededone.Inthosedays,abrushwasmadefromcamel’shair.Therewerenocamelsnearby.Benjamindecidedthatcathairwouldworkinstead.Hecutsomefurfromthefamilycattomakeabrush.

Thebrushdidnotlastlong.SoonBenjaminneededmorefur.Beforelong,thecatbegantolookragged（蓬乱）.Hisfathersaidthatthecatmustbesick.Benjaminwasforcedtoadmitwhathehadbeendoing.

Thecat’slotwasabouttoimprove.Thatyear,oneofBenjamin’scousins,Mr.Pennington,cametovisit.HewasimpressedwithBenjamin’sdrawings.Whenhewenthome,hesentBenjaminaboxofpaintandsomebrushes.Healsosentsixengravings（版画）byanartist.ThesewerethefirstpicturesandfirstrealpaintandbrushesBenjaminhadeverseen.In1747,whenBenjaminwasnineyearsold,Mr.Penningtonreturnedforanothervisit.HewasamazedatwhatBenjaminhaddonewithhisgift.HeaskedBenjamin’sparentsifhemighttaketheboytoPhiladelphiaforavisit.

Inthecity,Mr.PenningtongaveBenjaminmaterialsforcreatingoilpaintings.Theboybeganalandscape（风景）painting.WilliamWilliams,awell-knownpainter,cametoseehimwork.WilliamswasimpressedwithBenjaminandgavehimtwoclassicbooksonpaintingtotakehome.Thebookswerelonganddull.Benjamincouldreadonlyalittle,havingbeenapoorstudent.Buthelatersaid,＂Thosetwobooksweremycompanionsbyday,andundermypillowatnight.＂Whileitislikelythatheunderstoodverylittleofthebooks,theywerehisintroductiontoclassicalpaintings.Thenine-year-oldboydecidedthenthathewouldbeanartist.

21.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?

A.Benjamin’svisittoPhiladelphia.

B.Williams’influenceonBenjamin.

C.ThebeginningofBenjamin’slifeasanartist.

D.ThefriendshipbetweenBenjaminandPennington.

22.Whatdoestheunderlinedsentenceinparagraph3suggest?

A.Thecatwouldbecloselywatched.

B.Thecatwouldgetsomemedicalcare.

C.Benjaminwouldleavehishomeshortly.

D.Benjaminwouldhaverealbrushessoon.

23.WhatdidPenningtondotohelpBenjamindevelophistalent?

A.Hetookhimtoseepaintingexhibitions.

B.Heprovidedhimwithpaintingmaterials.

C.HesenthimtoaschoolinPhiladelphia.

D.Hetaughthimhowtomakeengravings.

24.Williams’twobookshelpedBenjaminto________.

A.mastertheuseofpaints

B.appreciatelandscapepaintings

C.gettoknowotherpainters

D.makeuphismindtobeapainter

【话题解读】本文属于记叙文，主要讲了美国绘画之父Benjamin在决定要成为一名画家之前的经历。

本文主要介绍了美国绘画之父本杰明·韦斯特小时候的艺术启蒙。

【段意梳理】

第一段：

6岁时本杰明就展现出艺术天赋,用猫毛制作画笔。

第二段：

用猫毛制作画笔的事被父亲发现。

第三段：

本杰明的天赋引起了堂兄Pennington的注意，并得到了帮助。

第四段：

9岁时本杰明被堂兄Pennington带到费城。

第五段：

在费城，本杰明开始叩响艺术殿堂的大门，并立志成为艺术家。

【背景知识】

本杰明·韦斯特,美国画家，生于宾夕法尼亚州斯普林菲尔德,6岁学画，被誉为神童，20岁时在费城画肖像。

1760年被费城商人送往欧洲,到罗马时引起轰动，被贵族视为高贵的未开化的人。

1771年《沃尔夫将军之死》震惊画坛，他得到了乔治三世的保护和友谊。

1772年他被委任为国王历史画家,为王家学院的创建者之一，一生作有400多幅油画,主要以历史神话和宗教为题材，是第一位在欧洲获得承认的美国艺术家，对美国19世纪初美术发展产生重大影响。

21.C【解析】主旨大意题。

根据文章第一段首句"BenjaminWest...whenhewasonlysixyearsofage"以及第四段首句"In1747,whenBenjaminwasnineyearsold"和最后一段，并结合全文可知，全文主要讲述了本杰明·韦斯特少年时代的艺术启蒙，故选C项。

23.B【解析】细节理解题。

根据文章第五段首句"Inthecity,Mr.PenningtongaveBenjaminmaterialsforcreatingoilpaintings"可知，为了更好地发展本杰明的绘画天赋，堂兄Pennington给了他很多帮助，提供了创作油画的材料，故选B项。

24.D【解析】细节理解题。

根据文章最后一段本杰明说的话以及"Whileitislikelythatheunderstood...Thenine-year-oldboydecidedthenthathewouldbeanartist"可推知,Williams给本杰明的两本关于绘画的著作帮助本杰明打开了艺术之门，使他立志成为艺术家,故选D项。

Passage3（2015年·新课标全国I卷）

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萨尔瓦多·达利的画展

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SalvadorDali（1904—1989）wasoneofthemostpopularofmodernartists.ThePompidouCentreinParisisshowingitsrespectandadmirationfortheartistandhispowerfulpersonalitywithanexhibitionbringingtogetherover200paintings,sculptures,drawingsandmore.Amongtheworksandmasterworksonexhibitionthevisitorwillfindthebestpieces,mostimportantlyThePersistenceofMemory.ThereisalsoL'EnigmesansFinfrom1938,worksonpaper,objects,andprojectsforstageandscreenandselectedpartsfromtelevisionprogrammesreflectingtheartist'sshowmanqualities.

ThevisitorwillentertheWorldofDalithroughaneggandismetwiththebeginning,theworldofbirth.Theexhibitionfollowsapathoftimeandsubjectwiththevisitorexitingthroughthebrain.

TheexhibitionshowshowDalidrawstheviewerbetweentwoinfinities（无限）.“Fromtheinfinitysmalltotheinfinitylarge,contractionandexpansioncominginandoutoffocus:

amazingFlemishaccuracyandtheshowyBaroqueofoldpaintingthatheusedinhismuseumtheatreinFigueras，”explainsthePompidouCentre.

Thefineselectionofthemajorworkswasdoneinclosecollaboration（合作）withtheMuseoNacionalReinaSofiainMadrid,Spain,andwithcontributionsfromotherinstitutionsliketheSalvadorDaliMuseuminSt.Petersburg,Florida.

28.WhichofthefollowingbestdescribesDaliaccordingtoParagraph1?

A.Optimistic.B.Productive.

C.Generous.D.Traditional.

29.WhatisDali'sThePersistenceofMemoryconsideredtobe?

A.Oneofhismasterworks.

B.Asuccessfulscreenadaptation.

C.Anartisticcreationforthestage.

D.OneofthebestTVprogrammes.

30.HowaretheexhibitsarrangedattheWorldofDali?

A.Bypopularity.

B.Byimportance.

C.Bysizeandshape.

D.Bytimeandsubject.

31.Whatdoestheword“contributions”inthelastparagraphreferto?

A.Artworks.B.Projects.

C.Donations.D.Documents.

【话题解读】本文是一篇说明文。

文章介绍了在巴黎PompidouCentre举办的著名画家萨尔瓦多·达利的画展。

29.A　【解析】细节理解题。

根据文章第一段第三句“Amongtheworksandmasterworksonexhibitionthevisitorwillfindthebestpieces,mostimportantlyThePersistenceofMemory.”可知ThePersistenceofMemory是他的杰作之一。

故选A。

30.D　【解析】细节理解题。

根据文章第二段第二句“Theexhibitionfollowsapathoftimeandsubjectwiththevisitorexitingthroughthebrain.”可知，展品是根据时间和主题安排的。

故选D。

31.A　【解析】词义猜测题。

根据文章最后一段“Thefineselectionofthemajorworkswasdoneinclosecollaboration（合作）withtheMuseoNacionalReinaSofiainMadrid,Spain,andwithcontributionsfromotherinstitutionsliketheSalvadorDaliMuseuminSt.Petersburg,Florida.”可知选A。

Passage4（2014年·新课标全国卷I）

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耶鲁大学的科学家MarkTurin为保护濒临消失的语言而做出的不懈努力

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AsmoreandmorepeoplespeakthegloballanguagesofEnglish,Chinese,Spanish,andArabic,otherlanguagesarerapidlydisappearing.Infact,halfofthe6,000-7,000languagesspokenaroundtheworldtodaywilllikelydieoutbythenextcentury,accordingtotheUnitedNationsEducational,Scientific,andCulturalOrganization（UNESCO）.

Inanefforttopreventlanguageloss,scholarsfromanumberoforganizations—UNESCOandNationalGeographicamongthem—haveformanyyearsbeendocumentingdyinglanguagesandtheculturestheyrefle