1 . Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century, perhaps the most far-reaching one has been the inevitable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage.
It is difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers. Yet a considerable number of the most significant collections of criticism published in the 20th century consisted in large part of newspaper reviews. To read such books today is to marvel at the fact that their learned contents were once considered suitable for publication in general-circulation dailies.
We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War II, at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament (装饰) to the publications in which it appeared. In those far-off days, it was taken for granted that the critics of major papers would write in detail and at length about the events they covered. Theirs was a serious business, and even those reviewers who wore their learning lightly, like George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Newman, could be trusted to know what they were about. These men believed in journalism as a calling, and were proud to be published in the daily press. “So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism,” Newman wrote, “that I am tempted to define ‘journalism’ as ‘a term of contempt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are’.”
Unfortunately, these critics are virtually forgotten. Neville Cardus, who wrote for the Manchester Guardian from 1917 until shortly before his death in 1975, is now known solely as a writer of essays on the game of cricket. During his lifetime, though, he was also one of England’s foremost classical-music critics, a stylist so widely admired that his Autobiography (1947) became a best-seller. He was knighted in 1967, the first music critic to be so honored. Yet only one of his books is now in print, and his vast body of writings on music is unknown save to specialists.
Is there any chance that Cardus’s criticism will enjoy a revival? The prospect seems remote. Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern readers have little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose in which he specialized. Moreover, the amateur tradition in music criticism has been in headlong retreat.
1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the first two paragraphs?A.English-language newspapers with more arts coverage sell well. |
B.Young readers nowadays enjoy reading high-quality arts criticism. |
C.The criticism published in the 20th century lacked learned contents. |
D.There were more arts reviews in English-language newspapers in the past. |
A.The newsprint was too cheap to make profits. |
B.Not all writers were capable of journalistic writing. |
C.Arts criticism was removed from the print newspapers. |
D.Writers are likely to be tempted into journalism. |
A.Because he mainly wrote essays on the game of cricket. |
B.Because people cast doubt on his reputation as a knight. |
C.Because his music criticism failed to appeal to readers nowadays. |
D.Because his works were quite amateur rather than professional. |
A.The Distinguished Critics in Memory | B.The Lost Horizon in Newspapers |
C.The Shortage of Literary Geniuses | D.The Newspapers of the Good Old Days |
2 . HANDSTITCHED WORLDS: THE CARTOGRAPHY OF QUILTS
Quilts (床罩) are a narrative art; with themes that are political, spiritual, communal, or commemorative, they are infused with history and memory, mapping out intimate stories and legacies through a handcrafted language of design. Handstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts is an invitation to read quilts as maps, tracing the paths of individual histories that illuminate larger historic events and cultural trends.
Spanning the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries, this insightful and engaging exhibition brings together 18 quilts from the collection of the American Folk Art Museum, New York, representing a range of materials, motifs, and techniques from traditional early-American quilts to more contemporary sculptural assemblages. The quilts in Handstitched Worlds show us how this too-often overlooked medium balances creativity with tradition, individuality with collective zeitgeist. Like a road map, these unique works offer a path to a deeper understanding of the American cultural fabric.
Number of Works:18 quilts
Organized by: American Folk Art Museum, New York
Approximate size:175-200 linear feet
Security: Moderate security
Participation Fee: Please inquire
Shipping: IA&A makes all arrangements; exhibitors pay outgoing shipping costs within the contiguous U.S.
Booking Period:12 weeks
Tour: June 2021—August2024
Contact: TravelingExhibitions@ArtsandArtists.org
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
June 12, 2021—August 29, 2021
Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, WA
September 17, 2021—January 23, 2022
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
February 19, 2022—May 14, 2022
Fort Wayne Muesum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
June 18, 2022—September 11, 2022
AVAILABLE
October 2022—January 2023
Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum, Logan, KS
February 17,2023—May 14, 2023
AVAILABLE
June 2023—December 2023
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
January 30, 2024—April 21, 2024
AVAILABLE
May 2024—August 2024
All tour dates can be customized to meet your scheduling needs. Please contact Traveling Exhibitions @ Artsand Artists.org for more information.
1. What is the purpose of the exhibition of Handstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts?A.To promote creativity and individuality thorough the engaging exhibition. |
B.To provide an opportunity for visitors to learn to make quilts stitch by stitch. |
C.To give visitors an insight into the history and culture of America in specific periods. |
D.To enrich the understanding of the American culture by a tour visit to museums across America. |
A.The exhibition is free both for the exhibitors and for the visitors. |
B.Exhibitors that are interested can choose whatever dates they want. |
C.The artistic and historic value of handstitched quilts used to be neglected. |
D.Exhibitors that are interested can book the exhibition 12 weeks in advance. |
A.exhibitors | B.visitors | C.artists | D.historians |
3 . Launched in 2010, iQiyi has grown used to the foreign press calling it “the Netflix of China.” Not the worst nickname, given the video-streaming pioneer's success. But Gong Yu, iQiyi's founder and boss, insists that his firm is more accurately
Like Netflix, iQiyi offers customers a catalogue of licensed and original content. Unlike Netflix, which relies almost entirely on subscription fees, iQiyi has
Conveniently for iQiyi, which does little business outside its home market, Netflix is blocked in China, under laws that
Far from it. Mr Gong is
Before streaming peace can break out, iQiyi faces another fight. On August 13th it said it was under
A.called | B.described | C.recognized | D.related |
A.point | B.position | C.proposal | D.purpose |
A.major | B.mature | C.multiple | D.mysterious |
A.accounted for | B.added to | C.covered up | D.took the place of |
A.given | B.in case | C.on condition | D.despite the fact |
A.approve | B.ban | C.punish | D.revise |
A.battling | B.beating | C.benefiting | D.blaming |
A.charges | B.collects | C.earns | D.pays |
A.comment | B.competitor | C.contact | D.content |
A.fading | B.faking | C.fainting | D.following |
A.Moreover | B.Otherwise | C.Still | D.Therefore |
A.supply | B.survive | C.sustain | D.swallow |
A.emerges | B.endures | C.exists | D.expands |
A.investigation | B.pressure | C.question | D.threat |
A.denies | B.declines | C.neglects | D.refuses |
1. 人口普查的主要目的:查清我国人口数量、结构和分布。
2. 普查的方式:普查员(census takers)将入户了解情况。普查员的照片在通知最底部。
3. 需要提供的主要信息:姓名、年龄、职业、婚姻状况等。
注意:(1)词数不少于100;
(2)内容充实、行文连贯;
(3)开头已给出,不计入总词数。
NOTICE
Dear Sir / Madam,
The seventh China Population Census has begun.
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The Community Committee
Last Sunday morning, when I was having a walk in the park near my home, I came across a crew make a new film with one of my favorite actor. I didn’t have my camera with me at that time, but I rushed back home to get. Unfortunately, by the time I got back, they have finished the scene and the actor couldn’t be seen everywhere. I was really disappointing and about to leave while he walked out of a building. He was right there in the front of me! I couldn’t believe my luck — not only did I had my photo taken with him, but he signed his name on my shirt!
1. What is well developed in Costal Rica?
A.Tourism. | B.Economy. | C.Public gardens. |
A.Seeing monkeys. |
B.Looking at topical fish. |
C.Playing on white sand beaches. |
A.To show its popularity. | B.To get more visitors. | C.To show the low prices in Costa Rica. |
A.Water slides. | B.Many hiking trails nearby. | C.Staff available 24 hours a day. |
1. 俱乐部的主要活动内容:每周一次的基础训练,有教师辅导,安排在课外体育活动时间;
2. 参加俱乐部的好处(内容自拟,至少两点);
3. 注意事项:器材自备,活动免费;
4. 如何加入俱乐部:9 月 20 号前到 5 号大楼 6 层 602 房间报名。
注意:
1. 通知应包括以上所有信息,可适当发挥;
2. 词数 100 左右。
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8 . Although it is difficult to make direct year-to-year comparisons because of increase in viewing on digital devices, the trend over the past decade is clear in numerous studies, including the Nielsen ratings. The average age of those who watch nationally televised Major League Baseball games has been
Michael Haupert, a professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin ----la Crosse who studies baseball as a business, explains why many young people might be
It is not surprising that
No one knows if any of these changes will significantly shorten games. According to MLB, the average length of a nine-inning outing this season has been three hours---about five minutes shorter than the 2017 average, itself the longest mean on record.
All of those proposed changes seem to
The historic May 14 Supreme Court decision allowing all states to legalize sports betting could have an impact on all this. More people will soon be able to gamble on sports while watching a game on their couch. But whether
I don’t know what will hook young people on baseball. But abandoning the game’s unique selling proposition---the timelessness that provides both suspense and great conversationhe educated fan -----is not the
A.arising | B.declining | C.varying | D.rising |
A.followed | B.abandoned | C.secured | D.played |
A.Held up | B.taken up | C.picked up | D.fed up |
A.honorable | B.common | C.acceptable | D.worthwhile |
A.stars | B.losers | C.hitters | D.winners |
A.decreasing | B.extending | C.increasing | D.balancing |
A.disapproving | B.capable | C.supportive | D.independent |
A.miss | B.reach | C.deny | D.clarify |
A.frequently | B.sometimes | C.rarely | D.typically |
A.excessive | B.specific | C.either | D.total |
A.risky | B.organized | C.addictive | D.easy |
A.distraction | B.appeal | C.pastime | D.channel |
A.inspiration | B.answer | C.achievement | D.recreation |
A.overwhelming | B.simplifying | C.sweeping | D.underlying |
A.information | B.time | C.memory | D.attention |