課時(shí)作業(yè)(七)Unit3SectionⅠWeletotheunit&ReadingⅠ.閱讀理解APeoplehavebeenpaintingpicturesforatleast30，000years.Theearliestpictureswerepaintedbypeoplewhohuntedanimals.Theyusedtopaintpicturesoftheanimalstheywantedtocatchandkill.PicturesofthiskindhavebeenfoundonthewallsofcavesinFranceandSpain.Nooneknowswhytheywerepaintedthere.Perhapsthepaintersthoughtthattheirpictureswouldhelpthemtocatchtheseanimals.Orperhapshumanbeingshavealwayswantedtotellstoriesinpictures.About5，000yearsago,theEgyptiansandotherpeopleintheNearEastbegantousepicturesasakindofwriting.Theydrewsimplepicturesorsignstorepresentthingsandideas,andalsotorepresentthesoundsoftheirlanguage.Thesignsthesepeopleusedbecameakindofalphabet(字母表).TheEgyptiansusedtorecordinformationandtellstoriesbyputtingpicturewritingandpicturestogether.Whenanimportantpersondied,scenesandstoriesfromhislifewerepaintedandcarvedonthewallsoftheplacewherehewasburied(埋葬).FortheEgyptians,picturesstillhadmagicpower.Sotheydidnottrytomaketheirwayofwritingsimple.Theordinarypeoplecouldnotunderstandit.Thesedays,wecanwritedownastory,orrecordinformation,withoutusingpictures.Butwestillneedpicturesofallkinds:drawing,photographs,signsanddiagrams.Wefindthemeverywhere:inbooksandnewspapers,inthestreet,andonthewallsoftheplaceswhereweliveandwork.Pictureshelpustounderstandandrememberthingsmoreeasily,andtheycanmakeastorymuchmoreinteresting.1．PicturesofanimalswerepaintedonthewallsofcavesinFranceandSpainbecause____________．A．thehunterswantedtoseethepicturesB．thepainterswereanimalloversC．thepainterswantedtoshowimaginationD．thepictureswerethoughttobehelpful2．HowdidtheEgyptiansrecordinformationandtellstories?biningpicturewritingandpictures.B．Bypaintingpicturesoftheanimals.C．Bywritingthemdowninabook.D．Bysingingthem.3．WhydidtheEgyptiansmaketheirwayofwritingplex?A．Becausetheywantedtoshowtheywereeducated.B．Becausetheywantedtoexpresstheirmixedfeelings.C．Becausetheythoughtpictureshadmagicpower.D．Becausetheythoughtwritingwasbetterthanpictures.4．Whatisthemainideaofthelastparagraph?A．Picturesshouldbemadeprehensible.B．Picturesshouldbemadeinteresting.C．Picturesareofmuchuseinourlife.D．Pictureshavedisappearedfromourlife.BChinesepainting,alsoknownasthetraditionalnationalpainting,oneofthetraditionalpaintingswithalonghistory,hasitsuniqueandindependentsystem.Usingbrushes,ink,andChinesepigments(顏料),apaintingisdrawnonaspecialkindofpaper(Xuanpaper)orsilk.Thetraditionalsubjectsarefigures,landscapes,flowersandbirds.InparisonwithWesternpainting,Chinesepaintinghasitsownartisticcharacteristics.Afteracarefulstudyoftheobject,apaintercandiscovertherulesofitsstructure,andthenproduceitbythemind'seye.Itisnotmerelyasimplecopy,butitbinestheobjectwiththeartisticconceptoftheproducer,turninganaturalimageintoan“artisticimage”.Theobjectcanshowtheartist'sfeelingsandpersonalitytoachievetheeffectof“beingalikenotonlyinspirit,butalsoinappearance”.Notalltheobjectsaretobedrawnonthepaper,andmuchspaceisleftfortheimagination.TheuseoflinesisimportantinChinesepainting.Clear,swift,sharpandchangeablelinesarebinedwiththepush,pointandpressofthebrushandinktoshowthequalityoftheobjectandvariationsoftone(色調(diào)).AncientChineseartistslisted18differentwaysofdrawinglineswiththebrushinfigurepainting.Differentwaysofcreatinglinesareusedwhenpaintingalandscape,flowersandbirds,clouds,andbamboos.TraditionalChinesepaintingandcalligraphyaredifferentbranchesofartstemming(起源)fromthesameorigin.Theyusethesamekindoftoolsandallthelinesusedinpaintingarevariationsofthepointsandlinesofcalligraphy.Thoughtheyaredifferentartisticforms,theyarecloselylinkedintermsoftheirexpressionofthoughtsandfeelings.Theyinfluenceeachothertocreateanotherartisticfeature.5．WhichofthefollowingwordscandescribethemonsubjectsoftraditionalChinesepainting?A．Valuable. B．Independent.C．Special. D．Natural.6．ThewriterbelievesthatatraditionalChinesepainter'spicture____________．A．reflectssocialproblemsofhistimesB．describesmainlyanaturalimageC．expresseshisthoughtsD．tellsatruestory7．ItcanbeinferredthatatraditionalChinesepainterspentmuchtime____________．A．travelingB．learningtodrawlinesC．readingD．studyingcalligraphybeforedrawing8．Whatdopaintingandcalligraphyhaveinmon?A．Usingthesimilartechniques.B．Startingfromthesameperiod.C．Belongingtothesameartisticform.D．Coveringthesamethemes.Ⅱ.完形填空ItwasjustaftersunriseonaJunemorning.“Nicolo，”whoserealnamecannotbe__1__tothepublicbecauseofItaly'sprivacylaws.Onedayhestoppedbythe“afterworkauction(拍賣(mài))”.Nicoloandanotherbidder(出價(jià)人)__2__untilNicolofinallywontwopaintingsfor$32.WhenNicoloretiredandwenttoliveinSicily,he__3__thepaintingswithhim.Hehungthemabovethesametablehehad__4__fromTurin.Hisson,age15,whohad__5__anartappreciationclass,thoughtthattherewassomething__6__abouttheonewithayounggirlsittingonagardenchair.Itwassigned(簽名)“Bonnato”orsohethought,butwhenhe__7__it,heonlyfound“Bonnard，”aFrench__8__hehadneverheardof.Heboughtabookandwas__9__tofindapictureoftheartistPierreBonnardsittingonthesamechairinthesame__10__ashisfather'spainting.“That'sthegardeninourpicture，”Nicolo'ssontoldhisfather.They__11__learnedthatthepaintingthey__12__wascalled“TheGirlwithTwoChairs.”They__13__theotherpaintingandlearnedthatitwas__14__PaulGauguin's“StillLifeofFruitonaTablewithaSmallDog.”The__15__calledtheItalianCultureMinistry;theofficialconfirmedthatthepaintingswereoriginals(原稿)andworthasmuchas$50mill