2015年在职艺术硕士考试真题

　　三、英语阅读理解题(每小题2分，共30分)

　　Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to each question.

　　Questions 53 to 57are based on the following passage:

　　Square dance is a fast-paccd,lively type of folk dance.Square dance is a fun form of dance involving social interaction between several dancers.Square dance is characterized by four couples,or eight dancers. The four couples are arranged in the shape of asquare, with each couple forming one of the sides of the square.Two of the couples are referred to as the “head couples”,with the other two the “side couples”.Each dance is started and finished in the original square formation.

　　During a sqare dance,a “square dance caller”uses a microphone to guide the dancers though a sequence of steps in time to the music.The caller calls out various moves,steps,spins,turns,and partner changes.Square dance originated form dance of the 17th century,mainly the quadrille and the Morris dance.Popular in England,France and Europe,square dancing also has roots in the United States.The square dance has been designated as the official dance of 19 states in the Us. The term ”square dance” is usually associated with lively callers.A caller must create logical dance sequences,or calls,that match the expectations and abilities of the dancers.A “call” is the name of a specific dancemovement.Square dance calls usually conisit of between 4 and 32 counts,or steps.Call sequences may be long or quite short.Square dance music varies depending on the type of square dance being performed.Traditional square dance are usually accompanied by live acoustic bands.

　　Traditional country dance music,such as Irish jigs and folk music is often preferred.Modern sqare dance music includes various types of music,including pop,country rock and Broadwang musicals.The music is usually faster and often recorded.

　　53.According to the passage,square dance came from all of those countries EXCEPT____

　　A. England B. France C. The United States D. China

　　54.The possible reason why it is called square dance is that _______

　　A.Square dance is characterized by four couples,or eight dancers

　　B. Each dance is started and finished in the original squar formation

　　C.square dancers often go to dance in public square or in a park

　　D.square dance is a fast-paced,lively type of folk dance

　　55.According to the passage,in a square dance a caller may do the following things EXCEPT_____

　　A.creating logical dance sequences

　　B.naming a specificdance movement

　　C. making very important telephone calls

　　D.making dance calls that match the expectations and abilities of the dancers

　　56.There aer many different square dance musicals used in square dance according to______

　　A.different weather

　　B.different people

　　C. different type of square dance

　　D.different square dancecallers

　　57.In the second line of the first paragraph,the phrase”is characterized by”means_____

　　A.is ordered by B.is done by C.is followed by D. is featured by

　　Questions 58 to 62 are based on the following passage:

　　The New Spring Painteng Exhibition opens in February at Sun Yat-sen Park,Beijing. The show features some 40 artists from different generations, including influential older artists such as Liu Haisu and Wu Zuoren ,all of whom advocate an apolitical approach to art-making.

　　A significant moment in the development of this “New Academicism” occurs in September when several murals are unveiled at the Beijing Intemational Airport. Yuan Yunsheng’s Water-Splashing Festival:Ode to Life includes nude female figures,which triggers a serious controversy over nudity in public art.(The mural is boarded over in 1981.)

　　In Februaly a group of twelve artists in Shanghai organize an exhibition at the Palace ofinfants,Huangpu district it is China’s first modemist show since mid-century.The works are influenced impressionism andPostimpressionism.considered radical in the post-Cultural Revorurion context ,although the subjeets are traditional(birds,flowers,etc).Sear-Paintmg and the Srar group emerge as the two most important art movements of 1979. Both aim at criticizing.therealities of contemporary China and often portray the Cultural Revolution negatively.Scar Painting.part of abroadermovement called New Realistic Painting .takes its name from a related literary tendency. The term refers to the emotional wounds inflicted on the Chinese-especially intellectuals,students,and older cadrc-by the Cultural Revolution.For example,Cheng Conglin’s Painting,A Certain Month of a Certain Day in 1968 and the illustrations to Zheng Yi’s short story”Maple,”by Liu Yulian,Chen Yiming,and Li Bin,describe the tragic results of Red Guard battles during the Cultural Revoiution.

　　The group’s first exhibition,in September 1979,is a provocative display of work hung without official permission on the fence outside the National Gallery,Beijing.After the exhibition is disrupted by the police,the artists post a notice on Democracy Wall and stage a protest march.The Stars’first formal exhibition,held in Beihai park,Beijing,in November,includes 163 works by 23 nonprofessional artists.

　　58. According To the author,The New Spring Painting Exhibition includes______.

　　A. the works by about 40 famous artists of different generations

　　B. the works by about 40 old artists

　　C. the works by about 40 young artists

　　D.only about 40 influential visitors

　　59.From the third paragraph, we can know that China’first modernist show since mid-century was held_____.

　　A.in Beijing B. in Shanghai C.in Nanjing D.in both Bejing and Shanghai

　　60.In this passage, the word“exhibition”means_____.

　　A. a show of artistic works

　　B.a meeting of influential people

　　C.a movement of artistic painting

　　D.a visit of beautiful place

　　61.Afier the exhibition held by the star artists was disrupted by the police,what did they do?

　　A. They launched a protest march.

　　B.They celebrated their success.

　　C.They asked the local govemment for help.

　　D.They wen to Beijing Park,Beijing.

　　62.In the last line of the last paragraph,the phrase”nonprofessional artists”means____.

　　A.all professional artists

　　B. not professional artists

　　C.not good artists

　　D.not famous artists

　　Questions 63 to 67 are based on the following passage:

　　The Italian Renaissance was one of the most productive periods in the history of art,with large numbers of outstanding masters to be found in many centers and in all the major fields painting,seulpture,and architecture.In Florence,inthe first half of the fifteenth century,there were great innovators in all these filds,whose work marked a beginning of a new era in the history of art.

　　These innovators included Masaccio in painting,Brunelleschi in architecture,and Donatello in sculpture.their new ideals and nethodswere systematized in the theoretical writings of their friend and fellow artist Leon BattistaAlberti.Theretofore,he had been an artisan,a craftsman.Now the attempt was made to include artists among the practitioners of the “liberal arts,”which were regarded as being on a higher level than the “mechanical.”

　　These efforts bore fruit, and some of the great masters,for example,Titian and Michelangelo,by the force of their genius and personality, were able to achieve a measure of satatus andresoect rarely enjoyed by their predecessors. The idea of artistic genius became popular,Michelangelo was called”divine’because of thegreatness of his creative powers.

　　In the Renaissance,art and science were closely connected.Both the artist and the scientist strove for the mastery of the physical word,and the art of painting profited by two fields of study that may be called scientific:anatomy,whichmade possible a more accurate reoresentation of the human body,and mathematical perspective.Perspective in painting is the rendering on a two-dimensional surface of the illusion of three dimensions.Previous painters had achieved thissffect by empirical means,but thediscovery of a mathematical method of attaining a three-dimensional impession is attributed to Brunelleschi in about 1420.Henceforth,the method could be systematically studied and explained,and it became one of the chief instruments ofartists,especially painters,in their pursuit of reality.Some men were both artists and scientists,notably Leonardo da Vinci an Piero della Fancesca.It is doubtful whether they would have

　　understood our distinction between art and science.

　　63.This passage mainly discusses the great artists who lived during the period of the Renaissance______.

　　A. in Britain B.in France C. in Italy D.in Europe

　　64.From the 2ndparagraph,what change can we know about the artists in this period?

　　A. There was a change of higher social status of the artists.

　　B.There was a change of lower social status of the artists.

　　C.There was a change of better finance of the artists.

　　D.There was a change of better jobs for the artists.

　　65.In the last line of Paragraph 3,the word “powers’means_____.

　　A. political forces B. political rights C. creative works D. creative talents

　　66.Which of the following is not implied in the last paragraph?

　　A.In the Renaissance,art and science were closely connected.