14-15-12014级 专业作业名称： 班级学号： 学生姓名： 2014年7月004#本科英语1作业2Part I. Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A. B. C and D. Choose the ONE you think is the best answer.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage. 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 that has not been said before. He hopes the public will listen and understand what he wants to teach them, and what 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 experience 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 at rest; 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 those entirely without reference to the character of their subjects. If one painter choose to paint a decaying 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. An artist hopes that the public will _B_. A. notice only shapes and colors in his work B. understand him and learn from him C. teach him somethingD. believe what he says in his work2. It is hard to explain what a painter is saying, because he / she _B_. A. does not express himself / herself wellB. uses shapes and colors instead of words C. uses unusual words and phrasesD. does not say anything clearly3. The writer points out that contemporary artists might say their choices of subject _C_. A. carry a message to the publicB. have no pattern or form C. only provide interesting patternsD. teach the public important truths4. The writer also points out that contemporary art contains _A_. A. nothing but meaningless patternsB. uninteresting aspects of the world C. completely meaningless subjectsD. subjects chosen partly for their meanings5. What is implied in this passage? C A. A painting is more easily understood than a symphony. B. Art is merely the arranging of shape and color. C. One must look beyond shape and color to find what the artist is saying.D. Every artist tries to say something to the public.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage. I once know a little boy. When he was seven years old, this boy made a mistake that left a deep impression on him. He walked into a drugstore and tried to steal some penny candy but failed. Instead of being reported to the police, he was made to go home and tell his parents what he had done. This task was the most difficult he had ever faced. he had a fleeting (一闪而过的) thought of breaking his arm on purpose, of running in front of a car, of doing anything that would relieve him of the dreadful conversation with his parents. But the conversation took place. The boys father had one immediate reaction: “My son is a criminal.” Those words cut to the heart. They were terrible, but they were true: seven years old a criminal. But the boys weeping mother took only a few seconds to respond to that verdict: “My son is not a criminal; he is going to be a preacher (牧师).”I was that boy, and my mothers response was a lesson in love. My father loved me too, loved me enough to say what was true. I had done something that, at that moment, defined me as a thief. But he did not say the whole truth. My mother saw the possibility in me, saw what I could do, and not just what I had done. Now it turns out that both of them were wrong, as I became neither a preacher nor a criminal, but a professor, but the way that my mother loved me then taught me much about how to love myself. How lucky it would be if there were a person who always saw the possibility in you, who always forgave you for what you are and who constantly, sympathetically challenged you to become what you should be. Such a person may enable you to discover the power of love, t