18.Some people make art with paint,and others use pencil or clay.However,Jean Shin makes sculptures that change everyday objects into thoughtful and beautiful works of art.Shin makes art from broken umbrellas,old clothing or computer parts.Her show"Common Threads"is currently at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington,D.C.
One of the first works in the"Common Threads"exhibit looks like glowing orange cave formations coming out of the floor and ceiling.If you move closer to the sculptures,you realize they are made up of thousands of carefully stacked small plastic bottles for storing medicines.
Jean Shin made this work,Chemical Balance,by gathering the bottles from friends,family and retirement communities.Like much of Shin's art,this work is both about individuals and large groups of people.Each personal object once belonged to an individual.But it takes a large community of such individuals to make Shin's art possible.
Chance City is made up of more than thirty-two thousand dollars worth of old lottery tickets.People buy tickets in hopes of winning large amounts of money.Shin collected the tickets in New York City and Washington,D.C.over a period of three years.The small pieces of paper are carefully stacked to create buildings.The sculptures were made using no supports,so they could fall over at any time.The work makes a statement about the unsure nature of money and chance.
Jean Shin was born in 1971in the Republic of Korea.Her parents moved to the United States when she was six years old.Shin studied art at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn,New York.She has chosen to make art that takes a long time to create.She says this is because her parents taught her about the value of hard work.
Other works in"Common Threads"include TEXTile.It is a piece of flowing fabric covered with thousands of old computer keys.Visitors can add to the work by typing their own message.
Shin's latest work is called Everyday Monuments.It is made of almost 2,000sports awards called trophies(獎品).The trophies showed people doing sports like baseball,tennis or bowling.Shin changed the human forms on every trophy so that each is doing an everyday act like cleaning,driving or carrying shopping bags.The sculpture was influenced by many large monuments in Washington which honor important heroes.Jean Shin's smaller monument celebrates the heroism of people in their everyday actions.
41.How many works made by Jean Shin are mentioned in the text?C
A.6.B.5.
C.4.D.7.
42.It can be inferred from the text that Jean Shin's works isC.
A.dirty but beautiful
B.made from rubbish
C.environmental and meaningful
D.valuable and natural
43.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?D
A.Jean Shin's parents took a long time to teach her art.
B.Jean Shin created Chance City in hopes of winning large amounts of money.
C.Everyday Monuments was created to honor important heroes.
D.Visitors can participate in the creation of the work TEXTile.
44.Which of the following could be the best title of the text?B
A.The life of Jean Shin
B.Jean Shin Makes Art from Everyday Objects
C.Sculptures Made by Jean Shin
D.Jean Shin's Latest Work.
分析 本文介紹了Jean Shin把日常生活中的廢料改變成了藝術(shù)品,向人們傳遞節(jié)能環(huán)保的信息.
解答 41.C 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章中所列出的Chemical Balance、TEXTile、Everyday Monuments、Chance City 可知文章中一共提到了Jean Shin的四個作品.故C項正確.
42.C 推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章中Jean Shin所使用的原料the floor and ceiling、small plastic bottles for storing medicines、old lottery tickets等等可知他的作品很環(huán)保.再根據(jù)The work makes a statement about the unsure nature of money and chance.可知他的每一個作品都向人們傳遞出一些有意義的人生感悟.所以這些作品也是很有意義的.故C項正確.
43.D 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句Visitors can add to the work by typing their own message.可知游客們可以向TEXTile上添加材料.故D項說法正確.
44.B 標題概括題.根據(jù)文章中心段第一段第二句However,Jean Shin makes sculptures that change everyday objects into thoughtful and beautiful works of art.可知Jean Shin把日常生活中的廢料改變成了藝術(shù)品,向人們傳遞節(jié)能環(huán)保的信息.故B正確.
點評 本文是文學(xué)藝術(shù)類閱讀理解.做這類題材閱讀理解時要求考生對文章通讀一遍,做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細分析,結(jié)合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù)