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China’s Explosive Artist

Cai Guoqiang’s practice spans from, gunpowder drawings to ephemeral sculptures and monumental installations, all of     1     are rich with references to Chinese history, Taoist cosmology and current political events. Cai deals with the latter in a spectacular installation for I Want to Believe, his 2008 retrospective in New York, from the centre of the Guggenheim rotunda the artist—a     2     (train) set designer, by the way—suspended Inopportune: Stage One (2004), consisting of a series of nine cars     3     (hover) in mid air to represent in cinematic progression the effect of a car bomb.

Since the 1980s, Cai has been working on drawings realized by     4     (ignite) explosive powder on large sheets of paper. These works possess an aura     5     evokes both the vivid gestures of abstract expressionism and the quieter surfaces of Chinese traditional painting. Gunpowder is also at the centre of a series of environmental works, begun in 1989,     6     combine the tradition of Land Art with     7     of Chinese fireworks. For his explosion events, Cai stages pyrotechnical choreographies that sketch temporary drawing space.

Cai’s     8     (participate) in many international events, imposes himself as one of the strongest in the sky. These events are also meant to act as social, festive collective experiences that the artist—not without irony—believes could be perceived even from outer artists to emerge from China. At the Venice Biennale 1999 he     9     (award) the Golden Lion far Venice’s Rent Collection Courtyard (1999), a series of unfired clay sculptures     10     organized the opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

2 . Marcelo Toledo usually creates sculptures! and jewelry out of metal. Now the Argentine artist is working with a new material: waste from the COVID-19 pandemic (大流行病). such as masks, to create an exhibition exploring the painful impact of the virus.

Toledo, who has made jewelry for the musical “Evita” on Broadway and unique pieces for many famous people, was among the first in Argentina to be infected with COVID-19, which left him hospitalized for eight days. The experience had a great effect on his life and led to a series of artworks, including a 14-meter mask with the Argentine flag that he placed on the famous obelisk (方尖纪念碑) in Buenos Aires to raise awareness about organ (器官) donation during the pandemic.

For his new exhibition, the “Museum of the After”, Toledo is collecting recycled waste from the COVID-19 sent by hospitals, laboratories and strangers, including old medical parts and newspapers about the pandemic.

“I am excited to be able to turn pain into beauty and this exhibition is just recording everything that is happening to us as a society,” Toledo said. The artworks, which will go on show from September in a public space in downtown Buenos Aires, will all be made from waste materials or garbage that people send him. “It is the first time that I have done an exhibition in which I do not have to buy any of the elements,” he said.

In the exhibition there will be a real ship that will symbolically cross a “storm” and recycling islands to raise awareness about the importance of caring for the environment. “The exhibition will tell the story of this ship that went sailing and was stranded (搁浅) by a storm, which is a great metaphor for what is happening to us. This pandemic is a great global storm,” Toledo said.

As with the huge mask, which was replicated (复制) in countries such as the United States and Japan, the artist dreams of replicating the new exhibition in other cities around the world.

1. What inspired Toledo to make the 14-meter mask?

A．His hospital stay.	B．His Broadway experiences.
C．His fear of the pandemic.	D．His research on organ donation.

2. What can we learn about the artworks in the “Museum of the After”?

A．They will be exhibited in hospitals.

B．They are greatly praised by the public.

C．They are created by people from all walks of life.

D．They are made out of rubbish about the pandemic.

3. What is Toledo trying to express with the story of the ship?

A．Our awareness of environmental protection is improving.

B．We should make every effort to defeat the pandemic.

C．Our irresponsible behavior leads to natural disasters.

D．We suffer a lot from the COVID-19 pandemic.

4. What does Toledo hope to do?

A．Make more huge masks.

B．Host exhibitions on different themes.

C．Reproduce his exhibition in other places.

D．Collect exhibition elements from around the world.

3 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How old was Ang Lee when he graduated from college?

A．21.

B．23.

C．29.

2. When was The Wedding Banquet created?

A．In1991.

B．In1993.

C．In1997.

3. Which film made Ang Lee win the Oscar Award?

A．Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

B．Brokeback Mountain.

C．Life of Pi.

4. What is the speaker talking about?

A．Ang Lee's whole life.

B．An introduction to Ang Lee.

C．Anecdotes about Ang Iee.

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Where are the twin girls from?

A．America.

B．Singapore.

C．Britain.

2. What did the twins' father suggest his children to do?

A．To make money.

B．To drop out of school.

C．To make their dreams come true.

3. What kinds of difficulties do the twins meet with?

A．To learn Mandarin.

B．To wear high heels.

C．To sleep less.

5 . Lao-tzu and Confucius were China’s most famous philosophers.     1     “Those who know do not say; those who say do not know.” said Lao-tzu. Confucius said that the best people say the least, but do the most.

    2     It comes from the story that he was born with white hair, already old and wise. ? Very little is known about Lao-tzu’ s life. His writings are titled the “Tao Te Ching”.

According to Taoism, the entire universe flows with a mysterious force called the Tao, which means “The Way”.     3     When people forget this, opinions of good and evil or true and false happen. Taoists try to remember their oneness. However, this is easier said than done, Lao-tzu said. Over time, Taoism changed a bit. ? Taoism became more popular in AD 440 when it became China’s state religion. Many people practice Taoism today.

Born in 551 BC, Confucius wandered throughout China as a government employee and a political adviser to the ruling Chou family.     4     After Corfucius died in 479 BC, his students wrote down his teachings and called them Lun-yu, or the Analects. Many of his clever sayings are still followed today. “It is as hard to be poor without complaining as to be rich without becoming arrogant (傲慢的).” Confucianism says it is important to learn to be human. People should act with goodness towards each other to create order and unity. Confucianism guided thinking in China until about a hundred years ago.

Taoism and Confucianism have differences and similarities. Confucianism tells people how to act toward each other. Taoism tells people how to find meaning in life. They both share ideas about man, society, and the universe. Both Taoism and Confucianism have served as guides.     5    

A．Good thinking lasts a long time!

B．Their sayings are still used today.

C．Lao-tzu may not even have existed.

D．He was also a musician, thinker, and teacher.

E．The name Lao-tzu means “Old Master” or “Old Boy”.

F．They have led China through the peaks and valleys of its long history.

G．Taoists believe that everything might seem separate, but is actually one.

6 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What did John enjoy doing in his childhood?

A．Touring France.

B．Playing outdoors.

C．Painting pictures.

2. What did John do after he moved to the US?

A．He did business.

B．He studied biology.

C．He worked on a farm.

3. Why did John go hunting?

A．For food.

B．For pleasure.

C．For money.

4. What is the subject of John’s works?

A．American birds.

B．Natural scenery.

C．Family life.

7 . Mark Rothko, one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century, was born in Daugavpils, Latvia in 1903. His father immigrated to the United States, fearing that his son would be drafted (招募) into the Czarist army. Mark stayed in Russia with his mother and elder sister; they joined the family later, arriving in the winter of 1913, after a 12-day voyage.

Mark moved to New York in the autumn of 1923 and found employment in the garment trade and took up residence on the Upper West Side. It was while he was visiting someone at the Art Students League that he saw students sketching a nude model. According to him, this was the start of his life as an artist. He was twenty years old and had taken some art lessons at school, so his initial experience was far from an immediate calling.

In 1936, Mark Rothko began writing a book, which he never completed about the similarities in the children’s art and the work of modern painters. The work of modernists, which was influenced by primitive (原始的) art, according to him, could be compared to that of children in that “Child art transforms itself into primitivism (原始主义), which is only the child producing a mimicry (模仿) of himself.” However, in this same work, he said that “The fact that one usually begins with drawing is already academic. We start with the colors.”

It was not long before his multiform developed into the style he is remembered for; in 1949 Rothko exhibited these new works at the Betty Parsons Gallery. For critic Harold Rosenberg, the paintings were a revelation. After painting his first multiform, Rothko withdrew himself to his home in East Hampton on Long Island. The discovery of his definitive form came at a period of great grief; his mother Kate died in October 1948 and it was at some point during that winter that Rothko chanced upon the striking symmetrical (对称的) rectangular blocks of two to three opposing or contrasting, yet complementary colors (对称). As part of this new uniformity of artistic vision, his paintings and drawings no longer had individual titles: from this point on they were simply untitled, numbered or dated. However, to assist in distinguishing one work from another, dealers would sometimes add the primary colors to the name.

1. Mark Rothko’s family have experienced all of the following except            .

A．a separation from his father	B．the call up of the army
C．a temporary stay in Russia	D．a 12-day voyage to the United States

2. What made Mark Rothko want to be an artist?

A．His move to the Upper West Side.

B．His visit to the Art Students League.

C．His sight of the students’ drawing.

D．His lessons took in art school.

3. Mark Rothko thought modern art share some similarities with child art because            .

A．they are both considered childish and academic

B．they are both ways of expressing primitivism

C．they are both a copy of the painters themselves

D．they ate both striking blocks and colors

4. Which of the following statements is true about Mark Rothko’s style?

A．It was inspired by Rosenberg.

B．It resulted from moving to Long Island.

C．It resulted from his grief.

D．It evolved (develop gradually) in 1948.