New picture

The National Gallery now has a fine still life by the 18th century Dutch painter Jan van Os．This large picture （89.1 cm x 71cm） of flowers and fruit is painted in light bright colours on wood．It is one of the first pictures of this type in the Gallery．The picture is signed and dated 1777 and 1778．It is not unusual for a picture to be dated two years: the artist waited for particular flowers to come out in their different seasons in order to paint them．This picture was given to the Gallery by Miss Violet Churchman in memory of her sister Ida Nancy. It is now on show in Room 25.

Special exhibition

The exhibition "Painting in Spain During the Late 18th Century" opened in the Sunley Room on 15 March．Recently the Gallery has bought works by three Spanish painters of this period—Paret, Melendez and Francisco Bayeu, who are the focus of the exhibition．These three artists are also joined by Francisco's brother Ramon, by Antonio Gonzalez and two Italians who worked in Spain during these years—Corrado Giaquinto and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo．The exhibition runs until 31 May.

Lecture news    Lectures will be given along with the special exhibition every Wednesday．On 8 April, Lizzie Barker will discuss the work of Melendez, while on 15 April, Sarah Symmons will lecture on Luis Patter．On 22 and 29 April, Juliet Wilson will talk about Francisco Bayeu．On 25 April, a Saturday, Erika Langmuir will explain how artists often "tell a story" through their pictures.

1.What does "still life" in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．A painting of unmoving objects．

B．A picture of a country scene.

C．A drawing done in pencil．

D．A portrait shown in a public place.

2.How many artists' paintings are on show at the special exhibition?

A．Three．

B．Five．

C．Seven．

D．Eight.

3.Which speaker will lecture on a general topic rather than on particular artists?

A．Juliet Wilson．

B．Lizzie Barker.

C．Sarah Symmons．

D．Erika Langmuir.

4.Where will this passage most probably be found?

A．In the booklet of a gallery．

B．In a textbook.

C．In an academic magazine．

D．In a picture album.

 

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析:

1.推理題，由第一段第一行by the 18th century Dutch painter Jan van Os．可以推出答案，故選A。

2.細節(jié)題。由第二段by three Spanish painters of this period—Paret, Melendez and Francisco Bayeu,和Francisco's brother Ramon, by Antonio Gonzalez and two Italians可以知道答案，所以選C。

3.細節(jié)題，由最后一段最后一句Erika Langmuir will explain how artists often "tell a story" through their pictures.可以知道答案，所以選D

4.推理題，由本文的主要意思“主要說明了新畫和畫家、特別展覽、授課”，可以推出是在畫廊的小冊子，所以選A

考點：本篇是一篇說明文

點評：本文主要說明了新畫和畫家、特別展覽、授課。對于文章中的細節(jié)題，要注意文章中的細節(jié)的理解。推斷題測試考生在閱讀基礎上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關系，對未說明的趨勢或結局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論，對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋�？忌紫纫屑氶喿x短文，完整了解信息，準確把握作者觀點。

 

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