1、译林版选择性必修第一册 unit3 阅读拓展练习 .阅读理解 A A water lily painting，Water Lily Pond，by Claude Monet，the French impressionist artist， was sold for more than $80 million on Tuesday ， breaking the auction( 拍 卖 ) record for himself.Water Lily Pond was part of a four-work collection of water lily paintings that Monet
2、 put up for sale during his lifetime. The four paintings of Monets water lily garden were signed and dated by the artist in 1919.One of the other paintings is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York，while another was sold at auction in 1992 for $12.1 million and is in a private collection now.
3、The final painting in the series was cut into two before World War . “After a fierce bidding battle between a number of buyers in the room and on the telephone， the painting finally was sold to a collector for $80.4 million，setting a new world record price for the artist at auction，”said Olivier Cam
4、u，a scholar of impressionist art. The last record for a Monet work was set in May when Le Pont du Chemin de fer a Argenteuil was sold for $41.4 million. The painting sold on Tuesday was bought at a 1971 New York auction for $320,000.It has not been exhibited since then. Monets later works had unique
5、 characteristics，especially Les Grandes Decorations， another good example，which was bedded in Musee de I Orangerie in Paris five months after Monets death in 1926. Monet created his water lily garden in Giverny， France.He selected different water lilies in an effort to get as many different colored
6、flowers as possible，specially creating the garden as a base for his paintings. 1According to the passage，Water Lily Pond broke the last record for Monets paintings by. A$12 millionB$39 million C$41.4 millionD$0.32 million 2What can we learn about Water Lily Pond? AIt was once auctioned in America. B
7、It was cut into halves before World War . CIt had been kept in New York for over 40 years. DIt was once put in Musee de I Orangerie. 3What does Olivier Camu think of the auction? AExciting.BInspiring. CDisappointing.DFrightening. 4What would be the best title for the passage? AMonet and His Water Li
8、ly Paintings BMoneta Great Impressionist Artist CMonets Garden and Its Characteristics DWater Lily PondMonets Best-known Painting 答案BAAA B Art museums are places where people can learn about various cultures.The increasingly popular “design museums” that are opening today ， however ， perform quite a
9、 different role.Unlike most art museums，the design museum shows objects that are easily found by the general public.These museums sometimes even place things like fridges and washing machines in the centre of the hall. People have argued that design museums are often made use of as advertisements fo
10、r new industrial technology.But their role is not simply a matter of salesit is the honour of excellently invented products.The difference between the window of a department store and the showcase in a design museum is that the first tries to sell you something，while the second tells you the success
11、 of a sale. One advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhibits.Unlike the average art museum visitors， design museum visitors seldom feel frightened or puzzled.This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products work
12、 and look as they do，and how design has improved the quality of our lives.Art museum exhibits，on the other hand，would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something beyond their understanding. In recent years， several new design museums have opened their doors.Each of these museu
13、ms has tried to satisfy the publics growing interest in the field with new ideas.Londons Design Museum， for example， shows a collection of mass-produced objects from Zippo lighters to electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins.The choices of opening design museums seem far less strict than
14、 those to art museums，and visitors may also sense the humorous part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive toys collected in our everyday life. 5Why are showcases in design museums different from store windows? AThey show more technologically advanc
15、ed products. BThey help increase the sales of products. CThey show why the products have sold well. DThey attract more people than store windows do. 6The choices of opening design museums. Aare not as strict as those to art museums Bare not aimed to interest the public Cmay fail to bring some pleasu
16、re to visitors Doften contain precious exhibits 7What is the best title for this passage? AThe Forms of Design Museums BThe Exhibits of Design Museums CThe Nature of Design Museums DThe Choices of Opening Design Museums 答案CAC C Can you define great art？On the one hand，we can all see that great art i
17、s old art which is called great.But how do we know which art of our own times is great ， and which will be forgotten？And who decides? These are important questions，for the great art of the past often was not considered great during its own time.When Shakespeare and Charles Dickens were writing，for e
18、xample，most critics considered them as hack(平庸的) writers with little or no literary ability.Similarly，Van Gogh and many of the other impressionist painters of the late nineteenth century were not allowed to participate in events involving what were thought to be the “real” painters of the time，and o
19、ften they were very poor.Yet today their paintings often sell for millions of dollars，while those so-called “real” painters are now barely remembered. So what makes great art？Can，for example，rock music be great art？Music videos？ Cartoons and comics？Those who call themselves critics of the fine arts
20、often have been the last to recognise great art in the past，and we can probably expect this to be the situation today. Critics often dont recognise great art because they tend to be prejudiced against what is popular.Popular works， whether they are novels， movies， or comics， are usually considered t
21、o be produced for the sake of money only，and not for the sake of art. But popularity，it seems to me，is one of the three signs that a present-day work of art may come to be thought of as great.The other two are that it is groundbreaking，and that it is inherently (内在地) beautiful. Many works have one o
22、r even two of these qualities of being popular，unusual and beautiful. But having all the three will often mean that a work of art will someday be seen to be great， though it may take a good spoonful of time，such as a century or two，to know for sure. 8What is the purpose of the first paragraph? ATo e
23、xplain what kind of art will become popular. BTo introduce some real painters to the readers. CTo introduce the writers confusion about art. DTo lead into the following points by arousing the readers curiosity. 9 What does the author want to prove by using the examples of Shakespeare， Charles Dicken
24、s and Van Gogh? AThese masters works have some shortcomings. BThese masters wouldnt have been so successful without the critics. CTruly beautiful works of art are never understood when first created. DGreat masters were often not acknowledged while they were alive. 10According to the passage，what do
25、 critics think of popular works? AThey will be out of date quickly. BThey are created for profit rather than for art. CThey might be presented in a popular form. DThey are thought valuable because of their low sale price. 11What can be inferred from the last three paragraphs? ACritics have changed t
26、heir attitudes to great works. BCritics comments determine great art works. CThe work of art itself determines its greatness. DPopular works today must become great art works someday. 答案DDBC .七选五 Sociologists(社会学家)，working in Western countries，have found that a large number of women wish they were b
27、orn men.1 “Women often wish they had the same chances as men have，and think it is still mens world，”said Dr James Holden，one of the sociologists who did the study. 2A man has to make money to support his family and to make important decisions，so it is right for men to be paid more.Some are even agai
28、nst their wives working at all.3In other words， if women take full-time jobs， they wont be able to do what they are best at： making a nice home and bringing up the children. Some women disagree.They say they want to get out of their homes，and to have freedom to choose between work and home life.4 An
29、ne Harper has a very good job.She also believes in “womens liberation(妇女解放运 动)” “I dont wish I were a man， ” she says， “and I dont think many women do.But I do wish people would stop treating us like second-class people.At work，for example，we usually do the work that men do but get paid less.There a
30、re still a lot of jobs only to menusually they are the best ones.5How many women scientists are there.or engineers？” AMost men are better at taking care of their babies. BMany men say that they have more duties than women. COpinions about womens position in society vary from person to person. DThe n
31、umber is said to be as high as 60% in Germany. EIf you are a man，you have a much better chance of living a wonderful life. FWhen wives go out to work，they say，the home and children cannot be taken good care of. GThey believe women should have the right of equal pay and equal chances. 1D 2B 3F 4G 5E
