8．Land Art，sometimes referred to as Earth Art or Earthworks，is a form of art which involves using physical landscapes to create art，taking art out of the museum and into the outside world．Modern Land Art movement really got going in the 1960s，when American artists began creating Land Art on a large scale．Today，works of modern Land Art can be seen all over the world，sometimes right alongside much older pieces of Land Art created by people who lived thousands of years ago．
          Land Art，which is not necessarily unchangeable，can take a number of forms．For example，in 1970 Robert Smithson created the Spiral Jetty （螺旋狀防波堤），made of a collection of stones and mud，in the Great Salt Lake．The American artist made a large jetty in a spiral shape which sticks out into the waters of the lake．
          Reshaping the landscape is a common characteristic of Land Art，which can be created by moving parts around．People can also add things to the environment to create Land Art，like salt，which is added to the Spiral Jetty．It is possible to use plants．In all cases，Land Art is immovable．
          Land Art is designed to gradually form，change，and eventually decay（衰落）．That's one of the biggest differences between Land Art and most of the art one sees in the museums．Some works of art can exist only for a few hours or days．Others are exposed to rain and wind so that they develop and decay over time，which is part of the attractiveness in the eyes of the artists．
      28．What can be learned from the first paragraph？D
      A．Land Art was the most popular art in the 1960s．
      B．Land Art aims to get people interested in nature．
      C．American artists were the first to create Land Art．
      D．People have been creating Land Art for thousands of years．
      29．What do we know about Robert Smithson？A
      A．He is a great creative artist．
      B．He lives near the Great Salt Lake．
      C．He made the most famous Land Art．
      D．He was a pioneer in creating Land Art．
      30．One of the unique characteristics of Land Art lies inB．
      A．it shows the extreme beauty of nature
      B．it develops and decays gradually over time
      C．it combines the landscapes around completely
      D．it offers the artists a chance to get close to nature
      31．What is the passage mainly about？D
      A．Works of Land Art．
      B．History of Land Art．
      C．Changes of Land Art．
      D．Introduction of Land Art．

      分析 本篇閱讀介紹了關(guān)于大地藝術(shù)的知識，大地藝術(shù)又叫地球藝術(shù)、土方工程，是利用自然景觀來創(chuàng)作的藝術(shù)作品．文章簡述了它的發(fā)展，分別詳細說明了大地藝術(shù)的形式，特征以及目的．

      解答 28．D．推理判斷題．根據(jù)第一段"Today，works of modern Land Art can be seen all over the world，sometimes right alongside much older pieces of Land Art created by people who lived thousands of years ago．"
      可以判斷有的大地藝術(shù)作品可以持續(xù)幾千年．聯(lián)系文章主旨，故選D．
      29．A．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章二段"Robert Smithson created the Spiral Jetty （螺旋狀防波堤），made of a collection of stones and mud，in the Great Salt Lake．The American artist made a large jetty in a spiral shape which sticks out into the waters of the lake．"可以判斷：他制作了宏大的大地藝術(shù)，所以是一位偉大的富有創(chuàng)造力的藝術(shù)家．聯(lián)系文章主旨，故選A．
      30．B．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章最后一段"Land Art is designed to gradually form，change，and eventually decay（衰落）．"故選B．
      31．D．主旨判斷題．根據(jù)文章，整體描述了大地藝術(shù)的方方面面，所以是一篇綜述，ABC三項都是以偏概全．故選D．

      點評 本篇閱讀難度一般，注意細節(jié)理解題，包括直接信息理解、是非判斷、年代數(shù)字之類，需要考生確定題目關(guān)鍵詞，在文章中找到對應部分，回到題目逐一對照．

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