高三英语阅读理解4文化类.docx

1、高三英语阅读理解4文化类2007年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（湖南卷） Photos that you might have found down the back of your sofa are now big business! In 2005, the American artist Richard Princes photograph of a photograph, Untitled (Cowboy), was sold for $ 1, 248, 000. Prince is certainly not the only contemporary artist to have

2、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 strangers family album. The German artist Joachim Schmid, who believes “basically everything is worth looking at”, has ga

3、thered 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 a

4、lso 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: “Whys your car HERE at HER place?” The note became the starting point for Rothbards add

5、ictive 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 photog

6、raphs produced by artists, such Richard Prince, may riding his horse hurriedly to meet someone? Or how did Prince create this photograph? Its anyones 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

7、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 weve gone?64. The first paragraph of the passage is used to _. A. remind readers of found pho

8、tographs 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 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. i

9、s working for several self-published magazines D. wondered at the artistic nature of found photographs66. The underlined word “them” in Para 4 refers to _. A. the readers B. the editors C. the found photographs D. the self-published magazines 67. By asking a series of questions in Para 5, the author

10、 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 68. The authors attitude towards found photographs can be

11、described as _. A. critical B. doubtful C. optimistic D. satisfied 答案 64. D 65. A 66. D 67. B 68. C64.解析:这是一道推断题。根据第一段Richard Prince的一张照片拍出了很高的价钱。说明回收的图片还是非常值钱的。65. 解析:这是一道推断题。根据第三段的“he groups photographs of family life according to themes:”可知Joachim Schmid搜集家庭照片。66. 解析:这是一道指代题。根据后面的“called simply F

12、ound,was born one snowy night in Chicago,”可知Found是一个杂志的名字,them 指代的是自己发行的杂志。67. 解析:这是一道推断题。从这几个问题中可以发行搜集到的别人废弃的照片带来了很多疑问,给人很多想象的空间。68. 解析:这是一道归纳题。从文中的第一句就可以看出搜集沙发后的旧照片是个大生意,说明作者对搜集废照片还是乐观的。 第2题(2007年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（江西卷）) (C)As a professor at a large American university, there is a phrase that I hear o

13、ften from students: “Im only a 1050. ”The unlucky students are speaking of the score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), which is used to determine whether they will be admitted to the college or university of their choice, or even have a chance to get a higher education at all. The SAT score, wh

14、ether it is 800, 1 100 or 1550, has becomes the focus at this time of their life. It is obvious that if students value highly their test scores, then a great amount of their self-respect is put in the number. Students who perform poorly on the exam are left feeling that it is all over. The low test

15、score, they think, will make it impossible for them to get into a good college. And without a degree from a prestigious university, they fear that many of lifes doors will remain forever closed. According to a study done in the 1990s, the SAT is only a reliable indicator of a students future perform

16、ance in most cases. Interestingly, it becomes much more accurate when it is set together with other indicatorslike a students high school grades. Even if standardized tests like the SAT could show a students academic proficiency（学业水平）,they will never be able to test things like confidence, efforts a

17、nd willpower, and are unable to give us the full picture of a students potentialities（潜力）. This is not to suggest that we should stop using SAT scores in our college admission process. The SAT is an excellent test in many ways, and the score is still a useful means of testing students. However, it s

18、hould be only one of many methods used. 64. The purpose of the SAT is to test students . A. strong will B. academic abilityC. full potentialities D. confidence in school work65. Students self-respect is influenced by their . A. scores in the SAT B. achievements in mathematicC. job opportunities D. m

19、oney spent on education66.“A prestigious university”is most probably A. a famous university B. a technical universityC. a traditional university D. an expensive university67. This passage is mainly about . A. how to prepare for the SAT B. stress caused by the SATC. American higher education D. the S

20、AT and its effects答案 64. B 65. A 66. A 67. D64.解析：这是一道细节推断题。 根据第一段中的“which is used to determine whether they will be admitted to the college or university of their choice,or even if they have a chance to get a higher education at all”可判断出SAT测试的目的是测试学生的学习能力。65. 解析：这是一道细节推断题。根据第二段中的“It is obvious that

21、 if students value highly their test scores,then a great amount of their self-respect is put in the number.”可判断出SAT的分数对学生的自尊心造成了影响。66. 解析：这是一道细节推断题。根据第二段中的“they fear that many of lifes doors will remain forever closed”可推断出a prestigious university是一所著名的大学，因为如果在著名的大学毕业，就会找到好的工作，否则将会使生活的大门永远关闭。67. 解析：这

22、是一道主旨题。这篇短文讲述了SAT的测试，而这种测试对学生的一生造成了极大的影响，所以这篇短文主要是关于SAT和它的影响。 第3题(2007年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（重庆卷）)E Throughout the history of the arts，the nature of creativity has remained constant to artists. No matter what objects they select，artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause changeto find poetr

23、y where no one has ever seen or experienced it before. Landscape（风景）is another unchanging element of art. It can be found from ancient times through the 17th-century Dutch painters to the 19th-century romanticists and impressionists. In the 1970s Alfred Leslie，one of the new American realists，contin

24、ued this practice，Leslie sought out the same place where Thomas Cole, a romanticist, had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before. Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature，Ledge pains what he actually sees. In his paintings，th

25、ere is no particular change in motion，and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background. He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography（摄影术）to help both the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom. Besides，all art begs the age-o

26、ld question：What is real？Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another. The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects，the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes，and the Cro-Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the a

27、nimals in the ancient forests. To sum up. understanding reality is a necessary struggle for Artists of all periods. Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant. Past or present，Eastern or Western，the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience. Many and di

28、fferent are the faces of art，and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings.71. The underlined word “poetry” most probably means_.A. an object for artistic creation B. a collection of poemsC. an unusual quality D. a natural scene72. Leslies paintings are extraordinary because_.A.

29、they are close in style to works in ancient times B. they look like works by 19th-cenary paintersC. they draw attention to common things in lifeD. they depend heavily on color photography73. What is the authors opinion of artistic really？_.A. It will not be found in future works of art. B. It does n

30、ot have a long-lasting standard.C. It is expressed in a fixed artistic form. D. It is lacking in modern works of art.74. What does the author suggest about the arts in the last paragraph？A. They express peoples curiosity about the past.B. They make people interested in everyday experience.C. They ar

31、e considered important for variety in form.D. They are regarded as a mirror of the human situation.75. Which of the following is the main topic of the passage？A. History of the arts. B. Basic questions of the arts.C. New developments in the arts. D. Use of modern technology in the arts.答案 71. C 72. C 73. B 74. D 75. B71. 解析:这是一道词义猜测题。从第一段“to find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before”可知艺术家力图创造一种从来没人看到或者经历过的意境。既然是没有人看到过或