高考英语阅读理解难题Reading+Comprehension+for+top+students-3

高考培优阅读-5Fisher‘sclassReadingComprehension-3-Art​Perhapsthemostobviouswayartisticcreationreflectshowpeopleliveisbymirroringtheenvironment—thematerialsandtechnologiesavailabletoaculture.Stone,wood,treebark,clay,andsandaregenerallyavailablematerials.Inaddition,dependingonthelocality,otherresourcesmaybeaccessible:shells,horns,gold,copper,andsilver.Thedifferentusestowhichsocietiesputthesematerialsareofinteresttoanthropologistswhomayask,forexample,whypeoplechoosetouseclayandnotcopperwhenbothitemsareavailable.Althoughtherearenoconclusiveanswersyet,thewayinwhichasocietyviewsitsenvironmentissometimesapparentinitschoiceanduseofartisticmaterials.Theuseofcertainmetals,forexample,maybereservedforceremonialobjectsofspecialimportance.Orthebeliefinthesupernaturalpowersofastoneortreemaycauseasculptortobesensitivetothatmaterial.Whatisparticularlymeaningfultoanthropologististherealizationthatalthoughthematerialsavailabletoasocietymaytosomeextentlimitorinfluencewhatitcandoartistically,thematerialsbynomeansdeterminewhatisdone.WhydotheartistsinJapanesesocietyrakesandintopatterns;andtheartistsinRomansocietymeltsandtoformglass?Moreover,evenwhenthesamematerialisusedinthesamewaybymembersofdifferentsocieties,theformorstyleoftheworkvariesenormouslyfromculturetoculture.Asocietymaysimplychoosetorepresentobjectsorphenomenathatareimportanttoitspopulation.AnexaminationoftheartoftheMiddleAgestellsussomethingaboutthemedievalpreoccupationwiththeologicaldoctrine.Inadditiontorevealingtheprimaryconcernsofasociety,thecontentofthatsociety'sartmayalsoreflecttheculture'ssocialstratification.题目：

1.Accordingtothepassage,gold,copper,andsilverare(A)moredifficulttohandlethanwoodand(B)oftheirstablesocialconditions(C)oftheuniquestylisticfeaturesoftheirart(D)availableonlyinspecificlocations2.Thewordconclusiveinline7isclosestinmeaningto(A)definitive(B)controversial(C)concurrent(D)realistic3.Thewordapparentinline8isclosestinmeaningto(A)attractive(B)logical(C)evident(D)distinct4.Whydoestheauthormentionthesupernaturalpowersofastoneortreeinline10?

(A)toshowthatsomesculptorsavoidworkingwithspecificmaterials(B)toemphasizetheunusualpropertiesofcertainmaterials(C)asanexampleofhowartcanbeinfluencedbyculturalbeliefs(D)asanillustrationoftheimpactoftheenvironmentonreligiousbeliefs5.Theworditinline13refersto(A)realization(B)society(C)extent(D)influence6.ItcanbeinferredthattheauthormentionstheJapaneseandRomansocietiesbecause(A)theyinfluencedeachotherstone(B)commonlyusedbyartistsinallsocieties(C)essentialtocreateceremonialobjects(D)theyusedthesameartisticmaterialinverydifferentways7.Accordingtothepassage,allofthefollowingstatementsaboutsandaretrueEXCEPT(A)Itisusedtocreateglass.(B)Romanartistsmixitintotheirpaints.(C)Itsusevariesfromculturetoculture.(D)Japaneseartistsuseittocreateartisticpatterns.8.ThewordMoreoverinline16isclosestinmeaningto(A)similarly(B)inaddition(C)incontrast(D)frequently9.Thewordpreoccupationinline20isclosestinmeaningto(A)involvement(B)separation(C)relationship(D)argument10.Thewordprimaryinline21isclosestinmeaningto(A)discrete(B)preliminary(C)ideal(D)fundamental答案：​DACCBDBBAD也许艺术创作反映人们生活方式的最明显方式是反映环境——一种文化可用的材料和技术。石头、木材、树皮、粘土和沙子是通常可用的材料。此外，根据地点的不同，还可以获得其他资源：贝壳、角、金、铜和银。人类学家对社会将这些材料用于的不同用途很感兴趣，他们可能会问，例如，当这两种材料都可用时，为什么人们选择使用粘土而不是铜。虽然目前还没有确凿的答案，但一个社会看待环境的方式有时在艺术材料的选择和使用中是显而易见的。例如，某些金属的使用可能保留用于具有特殊重要性的礼仪物品。或者，对石头或树木的超自然力量的信仰可能会导致雕塑家对这种材料敏感。对人类学家来说，特别有意义的是认识到，尽管一个社会可