专升本英语（阅读）模拟试卷114
阅读理解
Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something which has not been said before. He hopes the public will listen and understand—he wants to teach them, and he wants them to learn from him.
What visual artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain, because painters translate their experiences into shapes and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors, out of the countless billions possible, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their work we should never have noticed these particular shapes and colors, or have felt the delight which they brought to the artist.
Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and repose; their choices indicate that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sights. Contemporary artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, that there is nothing more in it. Yet even they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects.
If one painter chooses to paint a gangrenous leg and another a lake in moonlight. Each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world, each painter is telling us something, showing us something, emphasizing something—all of which means that, consciously or unconsciously, he is trying to teach us.
1.It is hard to explain what a painter is saying, because______.(C)
A. most painters do not express themselves well
B. a painter uses unusual words and phrases
C. a painter uses shapes and colors instead of words
D. many painters do not say anything
解析：文章第二段What visual artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain，because painters translate their experiences into shapes and colors，not words．故选C。
2.Without the artist’s work the public might not______.(D)
A. notice particular shapes or colors
B. see the shapes and colors that express his experiences
C. feel his delight in shapes and colors
D. all of the above
解析：文章第二段结尾Without their work we should never have noticed these particular shapes and colors，or have felt the delight which they brought to the artist．故选D。
3.An artist’s choice of shapes and colors indicates that he believes them to be______.(D)
A. meaningful in themselves
B. merely beautiful
C. a reflection of his experiences
D. worth looking at
解析：文章第三段their choices indicate that these aspects of the world are worth looking at，that they contain beautiful sights．故选D。
4.Compared with a painter of unpleasant subjects, a painter who draws a lake in moonlight is______.(B)
A. conveying more meaning
B. pointing out different things
C. more skilled
D. communicating less
解析：从文章第四段each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world可知，无论描绘什么样的景致，都是为了引起我们对世界不同角度的关注。
5.Implied but not stated: ______.(D)
A. A painting is more easily understood than a symphony
B. Art is merely the arranging of shape and color
C. Every artist tries to say something to the public
D.
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