上海外国语大学附属外国语学校高三排位考艺术人文类阅读英语试题含解析

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Passage 1(Art)

Self-Portrait with Straw Hat (1887), a van Gogh self-portrait done in Paris, is one of his most intriguing yet most

neglected works. The artist g'losomy eyes stare out from his face in half-profile, facing to the left, and the world-weary

expression initially appears to support the view of critics such as James Risser, who explains van Gogh

a'sussstealifned search

for identity.

Self-Portrait with Straw Hat (1887) initially appears to comply with Risser

noticeable blurs of blue

In its incomplete state we can precisely read

—most notably in the top right corner.

“an unfinished life,

's evaluation. In this

-portraits as

work, the painter depicted himself wearing a jumper of intense blue before a background done almost entirely in gray but with

Overall the painting appears to be unfinished, a hastily done portrait that the painter abandoned to create more lasting blue in the background and splashed across the artist 'garsments we are instantly confronted wit h the sense of

growing

“more and more out of control. ”

“ reveals an

” and in the wild strokes

But is this an accurate evaluation? On the one hand, Risser seems to have legitimate cause for envisioning van Gogh-p'orstrsaeitlfas psychological self- analysis, a painting that

emotiona l intensity hiding beneath the surface ”. But is the chaotic surface effect of the blue in

this painting actually a form of self- criticism, the artist 's own intense and emotional despair over his loss of control —or is itrepresentative of an underlying aesthetic whose focus is not the painter himself? An intriguing alternative exists: van Gogh

may not have painted the self-portraits as psychoanalytical evaluations of himself, but instead merely as experiments in

technique. The artist often stated that he painted himself only because he lacked other models, a view found in the critical

work of both Richard Kendall and T.J. Shackelford. Perhaps, then, van Gogh was not trying to learn about himself but about

itself. The key to this analysis may be a careful exploration of the special color symbolism van Gogh attached to the color

or the limitless. Such a view calls into question the idea that self-portraits such as van Gogh' sSelf-Portrait with Straw Hat

(1887) were a psychological profile of the artist

or despair. Instead, when we consider blue

role as the infinite in van Gogh '-posrtPrairtis, sweelf discover a new narrative describing the

's melancholy

's special sym

art as a whole while painting these portraits and hence we ought to read the self-portraits as a series of statements about art

blue. Unlike our everyday association of blue with melancholy or boredom, the artist imagined blue as a symbol for the infinite

painter 's own aesthetic: his insistence that the future of art lay in expressive rather than realistic methods.

1. What does James Risser think of van Gogh -portra'itss?self

's different attitude towards life. A. Different self- portraits represent van Gogh

B. Many of his self-portraits have been neglected by critics.

C. Van Gogh sought for identity through all his self-portraits.

D. Van Gogh expressed his weariness of the world in most of his self-portraits.

2. Which description is mentioned in the second paragraph about van Gogh

a Straw Hat?

A. The painting is not well done.

B. The painting mainly used gray.

C. The painter used blue but erased it later.

D. The portrait showed a depressed emotion.

3. Who felt that the self- portrait showed “ an unfinished life ”?

-portrait with' s Self

A. Van Gogh himself.

B. Risser ' s opponents.

C. The author.

D. James Risser.

.

A. van Gogh ' s painting technique

B. the symbolism of color

C. the psychological analysis of the painter

D. the painter ' s aesthetic

4. According to Richard Kendall and T.J. Shackelford, the Self-portrait with a Straw Hat may not have anything to do with

5. According to van Gogh himself, his self-portraits were intended to be _________.

Anarrative

.

expressiB. ve

Canalytic

.

Dartistic

.

Passage 2 (British customs and culture.)

Scottish customs and traditions cover a very wide range of topics. Everything from kilts to golf, bagpipes to whisky,

Celtic crosses to Protestant missionary work, the "second sight" to Nessie.

The history of the bagpipes takes us a long way back from today and far away from Scotland.

Everyone thinks about Scotland when they hear the word “ bagpipe ” , but this instrument is so old

that true age and origin are unknown. In some historical documents it is written that the pipes were first played somewhere

around Asia Minor in 1000 BC. Also, it is said, by some, that "Emperor Nero played the "Pipes" not the fiddle, while Rome

the country's culture. Scotland is the ancestral home of the "Great Highland Bagpipes" known to all as the "Great Pipes".

burned." Some 'form' of bagpipes are used in many European countries but in Scotland they have become an integral part of

A Pipe band is one thing that every visitor of Scotland wants to see. These are groups of men (in modern times it can be

both men and women); each group has matching skirts, fancy jackets and strange little hats. They march around squeezing

a racket known as "the skirl o' the pipes" which is almost indistinguishable from the noise made by the haggis during the

mating season. These pipe bands often turn out to be Australians, not Scots at all!

The tartan kilt has long been the most recognizable cultural tradition of the Highland Scots, but just like the other

symbols, kilts have also an unknown origin. One sure fact is that the wearing of the kilt has been developed in the 19th

quick moves, wade through rivers and shelter in huts, woods and rocks, etc.

There is a question which will always linger next to the word

wear kilts have underwear or not? Even though there are lots of people who consider this

immoral, the tradition says that underwear should not be present if one is dressed in a kilt, the only exception being the

by their sergeants who used a long stick that had in the top a mirror.

‘ kilt ' and that is: Do peopl

the air out of big tartan bags (known as bagpipes) and blowing it in again through a pipe attached to the bag. This results in

century during the reign of Queen Victoria. It had been created for some rational reasons: men who wore it could make very

participation to some sportive games and the presenee of women. In the 50 ' s, soldiers were verified if they wore underwear

Other two reas ons for which Seotla nd is famous are its traditi onal food and of course, whisky. No one could argue that

traditi onal Scottish cook ing has produced one of the great cuis ines of the world. The quality of the ingredients has always

been excellent: the world's finest seafood including shellfish, lobster and crabs, and varieties of fish too numerous to mention;

succulent lamb and beef; soft fruit i ncludi ng raspberries, strawberries and blackberries and a host of locally produced typesof cheese, in cludi ng cheddar from Ayrshire and Galloway. The n ati onal dish is the haggis, a type of food that comb ines

mutt on with other in gredie nts and which is served with turnip and potatoes.

but the Scots were the ones who brought it to the form that we drink today. Whisky refers to a broad category of alcoholic

beverages that are distilled from grains and aged in oak casks. The n ame means water of life.

1. Emperor Nero was men ti oned to illustrate ________ .

A. the lege ndary origi n of bagpipes

B. the relatio n betwee n bagpipes and Minor Asia

C. the higher importanee of bagpipes over fiddles

D. the cultural sig ni fica nee of bagpipes

2. Which of the follow ing descripti ons is suitable for the bagpipe performa nee?

A. Bagpipe bands used to con sist of male Australia ns only.

B. Bagpipes are played to imitate the no ise of mati ng haggis.

C. Bagpipe bands must dress in specific performa nee costumes.

D. Bagpipes are too heavy to carry around duri ng the performa nee.

3. A lot of people consider it "immoral ” to __________ .

A. ask whether people who wear kilts have un derwear

B. wear a kilt without havi ng un derwear

C. have un derwear whe n weari ng a kilt

D. set up such a privacy-violat ing rule of kilt-weari ng

4. Ayrshire and Galloway are most probably famous for __________ .

A. their excelle nt fruit

B. their cheese product ion

C. the national dish, the haggis

D. the traditi onal Scottish cook ing

5. The author chose to only in troduce bagpipes, kilts, food and whisky because ________ .

A. the author had greatest delight in them

B. the author was best-i nformed about them

C. they are more in teresti ng tha n other customs and traditi ons

D. they are more famous tha n other customs and traditi ons

Passage 1

1. [C]【定位】根据题干中的 James Risser定位到首段末句。

【解析】首段末句的定语从句表达了

这个定语从句的同义改写，为本题答案。

【点睛】第1段、第2段和第4段都提到了 James Risser对梵高自画像的评价，但只 要根据James Risser这个专有名词为定位工具逐一查对 James Risser的观点，不难发现其它

James Risser对梵高自画像的看法，选项 C是对

Whisky has been produced in Scotland for hundreds of years. It is well known that the Irish created this alcoholic drink,

选项都缺乏原文依据。James Risser在谈论凡高自画像时，一是总体评价了凡高所有的自画 像，二是单独评价了 "戴草帽的自画像”，因此，选项A中的different…，选项B中的many, 选项 D 中的 most 这些数量都难以证实。

2. [A] 【定位】第 2 段。

【解析】第 2段末句中的 appears to be unfinished, hastily done 等表明这幅自画像虽然 已完成，但质量不高，因此选项 A符合原文的说法。该段第 2句表明自画像的背景多用灰

色，但选项B说的是全画多用灰色，这是不符合原文的；选项 C中说到“蓝色后来被擦掉 了”，这在原文并无提及，原文

提到了蓝色是 noticeable （显而易见）的；如果根据第

2段，与第1段无关。

1段的

第2句，选项D的内容是正确的，但别忘了本题针对的是第

3. [D]【定位】根据题干中的 an unfinished life "定位到第3段。

D。本题虽然看起来只关于一

【解析】 第 3 段虽然没有明确写到这一段是谁的观点, 但是, 我们要知道本文前三段 和第4段第2句都是Risser的观点，由此可知，本题应选选项

个细节, 但要正确解答本题, 必须理清全文结构才行。 另外,不要因为第 4段第 2句开头的 On the other hand而误以为前一段的观点是与

4. [C]【定位】根据题干中的人名

Risser观点相反的人提出的。

Richard Kendall and T.J. Shackelford定位到第4段第5句。

Richard Kendall 和 T.J. Shackelford 【解析】根据对段落结构的分析,我们可以发现,

的观点是与 Risser不同的，而 Richard Kendall和T.J. Shackelford的观点分散在第 4段第4句 到最后一句当中。 仔细阅该是选项

句明确指出了凡高自画像与凡高的绘画技术有关，可见选项

凡高自画像应以凡高赋予颜色的象征意义为基础，

选项D的内容，可见选项 D也不符合题意。

5. [B] 【定位】全文最后一句。

【解析】最后一句中的lay in…rather than ••表明凡高认为将来的艺术应强调“表现 力”,而非“现实主义” ,结合本段其它内容可知, 梵高将这种理念贯彻到了他的自画像当中, 由此可见，本题应选选项

出自最后一句，在这一句中，

用来形容梵高的艺术理念，而是一个名词，指某一篇记叙文而已；选项

B。本题的前两个选项都narrative不

C是Risser的观点；

D的内容。第4段第4

A不合题意；第6局指出研究

可见选项B不符合题意；最后一句提到了

读这些句子, 可以发现倒数第 2句提到他们这一派不赞同凡高自画 像与凡高的心理分析有关，由此可见，他们最不认同的应选项D是art的派生词，原文提及梵高认为他的画作是为了表达艺术，而不是表达自己，重 点还是“表达”二字,他要讨论的是画作的“表达形式” ,而非笼统的“艺术性” ,因此选项 D 也是不正确的。

Passage 2

1. [A] 【定位】根据题干中的 Emperor Nero 定位到第 2 段第 4 句。

【解析】第 2 段第一句中的 history 是该段的主题词,该段其他句子就是为了说明风 笛的历史的,因此,有关 Emperor Nero 的故事也是为了说明风笛的历史和起源,由此可见, 本题应选选项 A。本段考查的是例子一一观点的关系，或者说主题一一细节的关系，答题时 需要先理清哪个是观点/主题，哪些是例子/细节。选项B中的Minor Asia在该段第3句提到， 这一句提到的内容和第 4句的内容并列, 是风笛的历史的两种不同的猜测, 互不相干, 所以 选项B是不正确的；选项 D的内容隐含在该段第 5句中，但这一句和第 4句的内容同样是 互不相关的,所以选项 D 也不能选；选项 C 利用了原句的一些词语,但从原句难以推断

bagpipes 和 fiddles 存在如选项 C 的比较关系。

2. [C]【定位】第3段第2句。

【解析】原文该句中的第 2 个分句对服装的描述暗示风笛乐队表演时要穿上特定的演 出服，由此可见，选项 C的且，从该段第 2 句我们只能知道 以前乐队都有男性组成， 至于是男性的苏格兰人还是澳洲人， 这就不得而知了，因此， 选项 A是不正确的；该段第4句提及风笛发出的声音很象哈吉斯羊交配时发出的声音，

选项

是不正确的说法。

3. [B] 【定位】根据题干中的 immoral 定位到第 5 段第 2 句。

【解析】本题实际上考查原文该句中代词 this 的所指。 this 通常指后面将要提到的内 容，据此我们可以知道 this 是但演奏风

说法是正确的。该段最后一句表明现在风笛乐队“常常”是澳洲 人，但 often 一词也暗示乐队并不“绝对”都是澳洲人，而笛并不是为了模仿这种声音，因此选项 B 不正确；该段第 3 句的 they march around 表明演 奏者要扛着风笛边走边演奏，D中的too…to carry around与此信息刚好相反，因此也

与后面穿格子权的传统有关的， 结合该段第 1 句的问题可以推 断人们认为穿格子裙不穿内裤是不道德的， 因此本题应选选项 B。如果知道that代指前面提

虽然人们认为这个传统的规定

能选。

4. [B] 【定位】根据题干中的 Ayrshire and Galloway 定位到第 6 段倒数第 2 句。

【解析】 原文该句是一个长句， 里面列举了多种苏格兰的上乘烹调用料， 其中 Ayrshire and Galloway 出现在句末，从 cheddar from Ayrshire and Galloway 可以知道这两个地方生产 cheddar，而在结合前面的内容可以推断 cheddar是一种 cheese，由此可见， Ayrshire and

Galloway是专门出产cheddar奶酪的地方，因此本题应选选项 B。本题最具干扰性的是选项

immoral，读者可能会由此联

到过的内容，而 this 代指后面将提到的内容，选项 A 很容易可以排除；选项 D 是另一个具 有干扰性的选项，要注意的是，想到 privacy-violating （干涉隐私）的，但原文并没有与 privacy 相关的内容，因此选项 D 的 说法应该属于过度推断，不C,选项C的内容紧跟着出现在原文 Ayrshire and Galloway这两个地名的后面，很容易让人 误解这两个地方与 the national句讲的是national dish，两者 是不相关的。

5. [D]【定位】倒数第2段第1句。

【解析】 原文首段介绍了 8 种苏格兰的传统事物， 但接下来至详细的介绍 4 种传统事 物，其原因可以从倒数第 2段第 1 句找到。该句提到食物和威士忌是 “其他” 两个让苏格兰 闻名于世的原因， 由此可推断， 之前提到的风笛和格子裙也是使苏格兰闻名于世的原因，

此可见，作者选择介绍这四种事物是因为它们都很“著名”

由

，因此，本题应选选项 D。本题

dish 有关，但只要我们看回该段第 2 句开头就知道第 2 句和 第3句是关于不同话题的，第 2句列举的是ingredients，第3考查的因果关系在原文其实没有直接或间接的提到， 遇到这样的题目， 答案通常是最具原文 依据或内容与原文主题最相近的选项。在本题中，选项 D 中的 famous 具有原文依据，而其 他三个选项都没有原文依据， 即使选项 D 看起来与题干并没有很明显的关系， 也只有选项 D 与原文内容最相关了。

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