2019-2020学年高中英语 阅读强化训练（一）牛津译林版选修6

1 阅读强化训练阅读强化训练 一一 建议用时 15 分钟 阅读理解 shortly after world war a dutch art dealer was arrested 逮捕 for secretly selling paintings by vermeer 1632 1675 to the nazis who invaded holland during the war because vermeer is considered to be one of holland s best painters the dealer was charged with selling national treasures to the enemy to avoid the punishment for this serious crime he admitted that the paintings were forgeries 伪造品 or fakes he had painted them himself and fooled the art world and the nazis today experts agree that the forgeries do not look like vermeer s other works why then did the art world accept the fakes as real one reason why they were accepted was that the forgeries actually looked different than vermeer s other works the dealer had claimed 声称 that the forgeries were from an unknown period early in vermeer s art career because painters styles often change throughout their careers art historians at the time did not expect the new discoveries to look exactly like the known works of vermeer in fact because they did not look similar to the known works experts did not bother to look at them carefully this is because experts expect a forger to copy famous paintings as closely as possible once the art dealer s first forgeries were accepted as real he was free to make more the others closely matched the first paintings in style so they were also accepted as real vermeer paintings from the same early period another reason experts were fooled is what some historians call the 2 emperor s new clothes effect in hans christian andersen s story the emperor s new clothes two criminals convince an emperor that he is wearing beautiful clothes when he is actually naked 赤裸的 no one in the empire wants to admit that they cannot see the clothes because they believe the clothes are magic and that only good people can see them similarly the art world was influenced by a famous art historian wilhelm von bode who said the forgeries were some of vermeer s best works because von bode was highly respected other experts began praising the new discoveries at the time this made it difficult to criticize 批评 the paintings or suggest that they were fakes 解题导语 本文是一篇记叙文 二战期间 荷兰画家 vermeer 的 画作 被卖给 纳粹党人 而被捕的画商却称这些画作是赝品 那么这些赝品是如何骗过了众多专家呢 1 why did the art dealer admit that he had forged paintings a he wanted to anger the nazis b he felt bad about what he had done c he wanted to escape heavy punishment d he wanted to prove he was a good painter c c 解析 细节理解题 由第一段中的 to avoid the punishment for this serious crime he admitted that the paintings were forgeries 伪造品 可知 那位画商承认 那些画作是赝品 目的是为了逃避重罪的惩罚 2 why didn t experts expect the forgeries to look like vermeer s known works a painters styles vary during their careers b painters often create forgeries to fool experts c the experts didn t carefully examine the paintings d the paintings looked similar to vermeer s early works a a 解析 细节理解题 由第二段中的 because painters styles often change throughout their careers art historians at the time did not expect the new discoveries to look exactly like the known works of vermeer 可知 因为画家的 风格在其整个职业生涯中经常改变 所以艺术史学家那时并没有期望这些伪造的画作像 3 vermeer 的知名画作 3 why was it hard to criticize the vermeer forgeries after world war a art experts praised them b they were lost during the war c wilhelm von bode painted them d people believed they were magic a a 解析 推理判断题 由最后一段中的 wilhelm von bode who said the forgeries were some of vermeer s best works because von bode was highly respected other experts began praising the new discoveries 可知 wilhelm von bode 是一位受大家尊敬的艺术家 他曾评论这些赝品是 vermeer 最好的作品 这使得 其他专家也对这些伪造画作大加赞美 4 what is the best title for the text a the nazi invasion of holland in world war b the paintings of vermeer s early period c how wilhelm von bode influenced the art world d how some forgeries fooled the art world d d 解析 标题归纳题 在二战期间 一位画商把 vermeer 画作的赝品卖给纳粹党人 最后被逮捕并承认了这些画作是伪造画作 本文主要讲述了当时这些伪造画作是如何骗过 了众多专家和艺术界的 七选五 good learners can inspire students or anybody to learn well here are some characteristics of good learners good learners are curious they wonder about all sorts of things often about knowledge beyond their areas of expertise 专长 1 finding out about something they didn t know satisfies them for the moment but their curiosity is addictive good learners don t give up easily a few things may come easily to learners but most knowledge arrives after effort 2 they try to search out new information they read analyze and evaluate the information they ve found then they study more and work at what they don t understand 4 good learners know that a lot of learning isn t fun the journey to understanding generally isn t all that exciting 3 others need a tiresome attention to detail and still others need periods of intense mental focus your back hurts your arms and legs get tired and your coffee gets cold 4 there s always more to know good learners are never satisfied with how much they know about anything they are pulled around by questions the ones they still can t answer or the ones without very good answers those questions follow them around like day follows night with the answers bringing daylight good learners share what they ve learned good learners are teachers committed to sharing with others what they ve learned 5 good learners can also explain what they know in ways that make sense to others they are connected to the knowledge passed on to them and committed to leaving what they ve learned with others a good learners stay positive b they write about it and talk about it c they love t