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Text 1 The longest bull run in a century of artmarket history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst,Beautiful Inside My Head Forever,at Sotheby's in London on September 15th,2008.All but two pieces sold,fetching more than￡70m,a record for a sale by a single artist.It was a last victory.As the auctioneer called out bids,in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street,Lehman Brothers,filed for bankruptcy.The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising bewilderingly since 2003.At its peak in 2007 it was worth some$65 billion,reckons Clare McAndrew,founder of Arts Economics,a research firm—double the figure five years earlier.Since then it may have come down to$50 billion.But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth,enormous egos,greed,passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries.In the weeks and months that followed Mr Hirst's sale,spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable.In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms.Sales of contemporary art fell by twothirds,and in the most overheated sector,they were down by nearly 90%in the year to November 2008.Within weeks the world's two biggest auction houses,Sotheby's and Christie's,had to pay out nearly$200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them.The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at the end of 1989.This time experts reckon that prices are about 40%down on their peak on average,though some have been far more fluctuant.But Edward Dolman,Christie's chief executive,says:“I'm pretty confident we're at the bottom.”What makes this slump different from the last,he says,is that there are still buyers in the market.Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell.The three Ds—death,debt and divorce—still deliver works of art to the market.But anyone who does not have to sell is keeping away,waiting for confidence to return.
Which of the following statements is NOT true?A.Sales of contemporary art fell dramatically from 2007 to 2008
B.The art market surpassed many other industries in momentum
C.The market generally went downward in various ways
D.Some art dealers were awaiting better chances to come答案：B解析：细节题【命题思路】这是一道反向提问的开放性细节题。第一需要选错误的，第二需要全文寻找答案。比较快捷的办法是，在阅读文章时做关键词的记号，以便解题时定位。【直击答案】根据B项的内容定位到第二段第一句话“The world art market had…since 2003.”意为：世界艺术品市场自2003年经历了急速攀升后的一段时间以来逐步失去了发展动力，即作者表明，艺术品市场越来越不景气。显然，B项与原文表达意思相反，因此为正确答案。【干扰排除】根据A项提供的具体年代定位到第三段第三句话“Sales of contemporary art fell…November 2008.”意为：当代艺术品的销售量下降了三分之二，最热门的艺术品销售在2008年11月份降幅高达近百分之九十，与A项相一致。C项与第三段表述的内容相一致。该段先提及收藏者们远离了画廊和销售店，其次描述了销售数据的下降，最后又提及两大拍卖行的举措，与C项中的“in various ways”相符，此内容表明“the current downturn”，同义替换选项中的“the art market generally went down”。D项与文章最后一句话“But anyone who…confidence to return.”所表述的内容相一致，some art dealer等同于“anyone who does not have to sell”，“waiting for confidence to return”等同于“were awaiting better chances to come”，这都属于同义替换。
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The Writing's on the Wall?Is it art or is it just vandalism（故意破坏公共财物罪）?Well, it's still a crime ,but graffiti（涂鸦）has changed since the days of spraying your name on a wall to mark your territory.Street art has become much more sophisticated since a 17-year-old called Demetrius started spraying his"tag",TAKI 183,all over the New York underground in 1971,and hip-hop culture was born.Hip-hop is a mixture of art,music,dancing, poetry,language and fashion.It came from 'young inner-city people,who felt left out by their richer classmates and who were desperate to express themselves in any way they could.An experiment to control the spread of graffiti in Rochdale,Greater Manchester,has been so successful that plans have been made by local street artists for an international convention in June."We're planning to get people together from different countries like France and Germany for a week,"says Liam,one of the organizers. The scheme started in 2000,and has attracted people of all age groups and both sexes."We all share a common interest and get on really well with each other."The first site to be chosen was a subway. "Before we began,people were afraid to use the subway.We had it cleaned up,and now,with all the artists hanging out down there,people are using it again.People can relate to graffiti much more now."By providing places to display their talents legally,there has been a fall in the amount of"tagging"on people's private property.Street artist Temper developed his drawing skills at a young age.In art classes at school he was really frustrated because the art teachers didn't spend time with him. They thought he was already very good at artand so spent more time with other students.So,at 12 years old,Temper started painting with all these guys he'd hooked up with and who were about 22 years old.He looked up to them and loved what they were doing on the streets of Wolverhampton,England."The whole hip-hop scene was built up of different things and I did a bit of everything. But it was always the graffiti I was best at."he says.Temper,a street artist,is now head of a graffiti club in England.A: RightB:WrongC:Not mentioned答案：C解析：短文第一段说到他是一名青少年，但是没有证据显示他来自于纽约，因此，该判断在文中没有提到。短文第二段第三句提到，这一计划是针对所有年龄的人们，而不只是青少年，所以该判 断错误。短文第二段提到在有组织的涂鸦艺术家们集中在地铁涂鸦之前，人们害怕搭乘地铁，但是文中没有说到人们是否喜欢乘坐地铁。短文第二段最后一句提到自从该计划实施以来，由于给艺术家们提供了展示他们作品 的场所，在居民的私人房产上涂鸦的现象有所减少。由此可知，城里的墙上还是有涂鸦的，只是数量减少了而已。短文第三段第四句说到泰普12岁时和其他艺术家一起开始绘画，他们比他年长大约10岁。短文最后一段提到作为一名涂鸦艺术家，泰普敬佩并喜欢上了英国Wolverhampton的艺术家们，并没有说他现在是涂鸦俱乐部的负责人。短文最后一段提到他参与了有关嘻哈文化的各种活动，因此，该判断正确。
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On his first sea（）he was still quite young but showed great courage to face the storm.A、tripB、voyageC、tour正确答案:B
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问答题Most Americans have great vigor and enthusiasm. They prefer to discipline themselves rather than be disciplined by others. They pride themselves on their independence, their right to make up their own minds. They are prepared too take the initiative, even when there is a risk in doing so. They have courage and do not give in easily. They will take any sort of job anywhere rather than be unemployed. They do not care to be looked after by the government. The average American changes his or her job nine or ten times during his or her working life.正确答案：大多数的美国人精力充沛,热情高涨。他们宁愿自律,也不愿受制于人。他们为能独立行事和有权做出自己的决定而感到自豪。他们做事会采取主动,即使这样做要冒风险,也在所不惜。他们有勇气,不会轻易屈服。他们愿意到任何地方干任何工作,也不愿意失业。他们不想得到政府的照顾。普通美国人一生中要换九到十次工作。解析：暂无解析
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Text 1 The longest bull run in a century of artmarket history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst,Beautiful Inside My Head Forever,at Sotheby's in London on September 15th,2008.All but two pieces sold,fetching more than￡70m,a record for a sale by a single artist.It was a last victory.As the auctioneer called out bids,in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street,Lehman Brothers,filed for bankruptcy.The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising bewilderingly since 2003.At its peak in 2007 it was worth some$65 billion,reckons Clare McAndrew,founder of Arts Economics,a research firm—double the figure five years earlier.Since then it may have come down to$50 billion.But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth,enormous egos,greed,passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries.In the weeks and months that followed Mr Hirst's sale,spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable.In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms.Sales of contemporary art fell by twothirds,and in the most overheated sector,they were down by nearly 90%in the year to November 2008.Within weeks the world's two biggest auction houses,Sotheby's and Christie's,had to pay out nearly$200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them.The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at the end of 1989.This time experts reckon that prices are about 40%down on their peak on average,though some have been far more fluctuant.But Edward Dolman,Christie's chief executive,says:“I'm pretty confident we're at the bottom.”What makes this slump different from the last,he says,is that there are still buyers in the market.Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell.The three Ds—death,debt and divorce—still deliver works of art to the market.But anyone who does not have to sell is keeping away,waiting for confidence to return.
By saying“spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable”（Para.3）,the author suggests that____A.collectors were no longer actively involved in artmarket auctions
B.people stopped every kind of spending and stayed away from galleries C.art collection as a fashion had lost its appeal to a great extent
C.works of art in general had gone out of fash答案：A解析：推理题【命题思路】这是一道句意推理题，属于封闭式推理题。句意推理题和词义推理题一样，需要借助上下文的信息进行推理解答。首先将短语定位到原文中后再根据所在文本进行推理。本题考查的是代词指代。【直击答案】根据题干定位到文章第三段第一句话“in the weeks and months that…deeply unfashionable”。紧接着第二句话“in the art world that meant…”中that充当代词，指代第一句话的内容，因此meant后面的内容是对第一句话的解释，其意思是：在艺术收藏界里这就意味着收藏者们会远离画廊和拍卖会场。这一信息与A项“收藏者们不再积极参与到艺术平市场的拍卖会中”一致，因此为正确选项。【干扰排除】B项中的“停止各种花销”是对题干的过度推理。文章第三段第三句话中提到“sales of contemporary art fell by twothirds”，其含义是说当代艺术品的销售量下降了三分之二，这与选项中提到的“停止各种花销”不相符，其表述过于绝对。C项在文中并未提及，题干并未提及有关吸引力的方面。D项是对题干字面意思的理解，而没有结合句子所在的文本语境，属于望文生义。
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Text 1 The longest bull run in a century of artmarket history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst,Beautiful Inside My Head Forever,at Sotheby's in London on September 15th,2008.All but two pieces sold,fetching more than￡70m,a record for a sale by a single artist.It was a last victory.As the auctioneer called out bids,in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street,Lehman Brothers,filed for bankruptcy.The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising bewilderingly since 2003.At its peak in 2007 it was worth some$65 billion,reckons Clare McAndrew,founder of Arts Economics,a research firm—double the figure five years earlier.Since then it may have come down to$50 billion.But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth,enormous egos,greed,passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries.In the weeks and months that followed Mr Hirst's sale,spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable.In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms.Sales of contemporary art fell by twothirds,and in the most overheated sector,they were down by nearly 90%in the year to November 2008.Within weeks the world's two biggest auction houses,Sotheby's and Christie's,had to pay out nearly$200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them.The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at the end of 1989.This time experts reckon that prices are about 40%down on their peak on average,though some have been far more fluctuant.But Edward Dolman,Christie's chief executive,says:“I'm pretty confident we're at the bottom.”What makes this slump different from the last,he says,is that there are still buyers in the market.Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell.The three Ds—death,debt and divorce—still deliver works of art to the market.But anyone who does not have to sell is keeping away,waiting for confidence to return.
The three Ds mentioned in the last paragraph are____A.auction houses'favorites
B.contemporary trends
C.factors promoting artwork circulation
D.styles representing Impressionists答案：C解析：细节题【命题思路】这是一道封闭式细节题。从全篇文章的结构来看，段落之间没有出现明显的转折关系，即文章的主题没有发生改变。通常在这种模式下，文章最后一段是主旨的重申。【直击答案】根据题干关键词“Three Ds”和“last paragraph”定位到最后一段第三句话“the three Ds—death,…to the market”，破折号中间的内容是对three Ds的解释说明，意为：3Ds依然为市场输送艺术品。而前一句话又提到，在当前的市场中缺少的不是对艺术品的需求，而是好卖的艺术品。因此C项为正确答案，“promoting art work circulation”等同于原文中的“deliver work of art to the market”。此外，只有C项提到了文章的主题“艺术品”。【干扰排除】文章第三段最后一句通过描述两家拍卖行的销售额表明目前艺术品市场的衰退现象，但并未提及拍卖行最爱的艺术品，故排除A项。文中的contemporary指contemporary arts（当代艺术品），而非contemporary trend，B项属于张冠李戴，故排除。D项中的Impressionist出自第四段的首句，但与本题无关。
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单选题On his first sea（）he was still quite young but showed great courage to face the storm.A
tripB
travelC
tourD
voyage正确答案：D解析：暂无解析
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After issuing the show interfaces terse command, you notice that the status of one interface is "up down". What does this indicate?"（）A、Layer 1 on the interface is up but Layer 2 is down.B、Layer 2 on the interface is up but Layer 3 has not been configured.C、The interface is administratively up but the link status is down.D、The interface is up but has been administratively turned off.正确答案:C
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单选题Passage1The medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play a significant role in the process of recovery from illness.As part of a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the galleries and into public places，some of the country's most talented artists have been called in to transform older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings. Of the 2，500 National Health Service hospitals in Britain，almost 100 now have significant collections of contemporary art in corridors，waiting areas and treatment rooms.These recent initiatives owe a great deal to one artist，Peter Senior，who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital in northeastern England during the early 1970s.He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society，and that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience.A typical hospital waiting room might have as many as 500 visitors each week. What better place to hold regular exhibitions of art？Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the out-patients waiting area of the Manchester Royal Hospital in 1975.Believed to be Britain's first hospital artist, Senior was so much in demand that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduates.The effect is striking. Now in the corridors and waiting rooms the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colors, playful images and restful courtyards.The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view onto a garden needed half the number of strong pain killers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at.After the improvement of the hospital environment, _______.A
patients no longer need drugs in their recoveryB
patients are no longer wholly dependent on expensive drugsC
patients need good-quality drugs in their recoveryD
patients use fewer pain killers in their recovery正确答案：A解析：
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单选题The passage asserts which of the following about commercial art?A
There are many examples of commercial art whose artistic merit is equal to that of great works of art of the past.B
Commercial art is heavily influenced by whatever doctrines are fashionable in the serious art world of the time.C
The line between commercial art and great art lies primarily in how an image is used, not in the motivation for its creation.D
The pervasiveness of contemporary commercial art has led art historians to undervalue representational skills.正确答案：A解析：文中：But I think that the victory…we may be in danger of ceasing to know.作者认为商业广告的推行和通俗化给艺术历史学家和评论家们造成了一定的难题，即他们会低估这种具象技能。
