Question

【題目】The Peales were a famous family of American artists. Charles Wilson Peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution. He painted portraits of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of George Washington. His lifesize portrait was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture.

Charles Wilson Peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the Peale museum，which he founded in Philadelphia. The world's first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by Peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings. Peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more real. The museum's most popular display was the skeleton (骷髏) of a huge，extinct elephant，which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in 1801.

Three of Peale's seventeen children were also famous artists. Paphaelle Peale often painted still lives of flowers，fruit，and cheese. His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many famous people，including one of George Washington. Another brother，Rubens Peale，painted mostly landscapes and portraits.

James Peale，the brother of Charles Wilson Peale，specialized in miniatures (小畫像)．His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America.

【1】What is the main topic of the passage?

A．The life of Charles Wilson Peale.

B．Portraits in the 18th century.

C. The Peale Museum

D.A family of artists.

【2】The author mentions in Paragraph 1 that Washington tipped his hat to the figures

in the painting to show that________.

A．Washington respected Charles Wilson Peale's work

B． Charles Wilson Peale's painting was very lifelike

C．Washington was friendly with Raphaelle and Titian Peale

D．the painting of the two brothers was very large

【3】The underlined word “unearthed” is closest in meaning to“________”．

A．showed B．looked over

C．dug up D． invented

【4】The author's attitude toward the Peales is in general________.

A． admiring B．excited

C．puzzled D．Disappointed

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D.

【2】B.

【3】C.

【4】A.

【解析】

試題解析：本文講述了了美國(guó)的一個(gè)藝術(shù)之家皮爾一家的故事。查爾斯·威爾遜·皮爾是美國(guó)著名的肖像畫家，最著名的是他畫了許多美國(guó)革命之路領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者的肖像。華盛頓甚至曾經(jīng)將帽子戴到皮爾畫中的人物上。除此之外皮爾的哥哥以及他的孩子們都是著名的藝術(shù)家，他們一同創(chuàng)建了世界上第一座自然藝術(shù)博物館。

【1】D. 考查主旨大意題。選擇文章主題不能以偏概全，大部分文章都有自己的主旨句，通常在首段與尾段出現(xiàn)。根據(jù)文章第一句話“The Peales were a famous family of American artists.”The Peales一家是美國(guó)有名的藝術(shù)之家。 接著，文章講述了他們一家人的藝術(shù)生涯。故選D。

【2】B. 考查推理判斷題。原句為“His lifesize portrait was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture. ”他的與實(shí)物相同的肖像如此的逼真，以至于華盛頓喬治曾經(jīng)被報(bào)道將他的帽子戴在畫像里的人物上。所以這句話意在表明他的畫像非常生動(dòng)。故選B。

【3】C. 考查詞義辨析題。A表明，顯示；B仔細(xì)檢查；C挖掘，發(fā)現(xiàn)；D發(fā)明。根據(jù)上下文“The museum's most popular display was the skeleton (骷髏) of a huge，extinct elephant，which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in 1801.”這個(gè)博物館最流行的渣男是一個(gè)巨大的已經(jīng)絕種大象的化石，由此可以推測(cè)是皮爾1801年在紐約一農(nóng)場(chǎng)發(fā)掘的。故選C。

【4】A. 考查推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句“His lifesize portrait was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture. ”他的與實(shí)物相同的肖像如此的逼真，以至于……；第三段“Three of Peale's seventeen children were also famous artists.”皮爾三個(gè)十七歲的孩子也是著名的藝術(shù)家。由此可見，作者對(duì)皮爾的藝術(shù)之家是崇敬之情。故選A。