Many of van Gogh’s paintings were inspired by warm, yellow sunlight because he loved how it could light up the world in different ways. His painting Sunflowers, for example,
The result is a painting that combines the warmth of life that van Gogh loved with the feelings of sadness that were all around him. It is a painting that is warm, beautiful and sad, all at the same time.
Van Gogh’s most famous painting, The Starry Night, takes this
This is why van Gogh’s
2 . There was a fine piece of carving stone material, but it was ruined by an unskilled sculptor. Mistakenly, he dug a hole on the part that was originally for the figure's leg. So this rare piece of marble （大理石）was abandoned in a church.
One day, someone called in Michelangelo. They believed only he was able to make use of this piece of marble. Michelangelo looked at the stone and concluded that he could carve out a beautiful figure as long as he got the design adjusted to hide the damaged part.
Michelangelo decided to carve the young David. One day, the mayor （市长）of the city entered the studio. He regarded himself as a carving expert and appreciated the work. He told Michelangelo that his work was a fantastic masterpiece, but the nose was too big.
Michelangelo knew the mayor was standing right below the statue, so his visual angle was incorrect. Without a word, he asked the mayor to climb up the platform following him to the nose position. He then picked up a tool and some small pieces of marble. Michelangelo began to carve gently with the tool and made the collected stone pieces in his hand drop bit by bit. In fact, he didn’t change the nose, but it seemed as if he did. After several minutes, he stood aside and said, “Now, have a look!"
The mayor answered, "This is better. You have made it true to life."
Everyone believes they are right. If you try to persuade others to change their grounds by words, the reasoning of your argument may fall on deaf ears. Learn to prove the correctness of ideas in an indirect way. Getting the support of others through your own actions will be more powerful. One can never win if he only relics on arguments.
1. Why was Michelangelo invited to make the sculpture?| A．The former sculptor broke the figure's leg. |
| B．He could design a young David for a church. |
| C．The mayor believed he could do a good job. |
| D．He could reuse the rare damaged material. |
| A．Dishonest. | B．Responsible. |
| C．Overconfident. | D．Intelligent. |
| A．Lifestyles. | B．Hobbies. |
| C．Opinions. | D．Floors. |
| A．A smart move is better than words. |
| B．Do what you say and say what you do. |
| C．Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. |
| D．From small beginning come great things. |
3 . In October 2016, Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is the first to receive this
In his
At the University of Minnesota,his
However, Dylan
Dylan has
| A．honor | B．gift | C．power | D．name |
| A．strangest | B．happiest | C．greatest | D．richest |
| A．senior | B．present | C．early | D．following |
| A．seldom | B．immediately | C．once | D．later |
| A．enjoying | B．attending | C．witnessing | D．leaving |
| A．appreciation | B．exhibition | C．love | D．performance |
| A．loud | B．quiet | C．calm | D．slow |
| A．gain | B．take | C．show | D．lose |
| A．hope | B．time | C．focus | D．opinion |
| A．folk | B．jazz | C．classical | D．popular |
| A．polite | B．serious | C．inspiring | D．interesting |
| A．got into | B．gave up | C．looked for | D．worked out |
| A．poems | B．songs | C．articles | D．books |
| A．hurts | B．analysis | C．feeling | D．questions |
| A．stayed out of | B．ran out of | C．took charge of | D．dropped out of |
| A．watched out | B．broke into | C．competed for | D．picked up |
| A．patiently | B．finally | C．nearly | D．quickly |
| A．bought | B．earned | C．sold | D．publish |
| A．musician | B．painter | C．dancer | D．scientist |
| A．met | B．overcome | C．noticed | D．experienced |
The works Miyazaki (宫崎骏) has created have been called Japan’s answer to Disney movies.
Thought by many to be one of the world’s greatest living animators (动画师), Miyazaki, 76,announced his retirement in September 2014. But it was in July 2017
What issues will he cover in his next? We’ll have to wait until 2019
5 . Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the most popular of modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly The Persistence of Memory. There is also L’Enigme sans Fin from 1938, works on paper, objects, and projects for stage and screen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artist’s showman qualities.
The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, the world of birth. The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain.
The exhibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities (无限). “From the infinity small to the infinity large, contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus: amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre in Figueras,” explains the Pompidou Centre.
The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration (合作) with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg.
1. Which of the following best describe Dali according to Paragraph 1?| A．Optimistic. | B．Productive. |
| C．Generous. | D．Traditional. |
| A．One of his masterworks. | B．A successful screen adaptation. |
| C．An artistic creation for the stage. | D．One of the beat TV programmes. |
| A．By popularity. | B．By importance. |
| C．By size and shape. | D．By time and subject. |
| A．Artworks. | B．Projects. |
| C．Donations. | D．Documents. |
