雅思阅读真题(Part 3)
Part 3 · 考频:中频 · 最近考试:2026.8.15
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There really is no such thing as the "only artists". Once these were people who took coloured earth and roughed out the form of a bison on the wall of a cave; today some buy their paints, and others design posters for hoardings; they did and do many other things. There is no harm in calling all these activities art, as long as we keep in mind that such a word may mean very different things in different times and places, and as long as we realize that Art with a capital A has no existence; it has become something of an obsession. You may catch an artist by telling him that what he has just done may be quite good in its own way, only it In way, is not "true art".
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答案:F
原文定位:Just as some of us would rather people use few words and gestures and leave something to be guessed, so some of us would rather look at paintings or sculptures which are open to interpretation
答案:H
原文定位:For generations, paintings showed horses galloping with outstretched legs in full flight through the air, and we came to believe that this was indeed how they moved. It was only the development of photography, which proved that horses simply do not gallop in that way
答案:G
原文定位:Dürer's watercolour study of a hare is one of the most famous examples of this loving patience [in recording every tiny detail]. But who would say that Rembrandt's drawing of an elephant is necessarily less good because it shows fewer details? Indeed Rembrandt gave us the feel of the elephant's wrinkly skin with just a few lines of chalk
答案:A
原文定位:There is no harm in calling all these activities art, as long as we keep in mind that such a word may mean very different things in different times and places, and as long as we realize that Art with a capital A has no existence; it has become something of an obsession. You may catch an artist by telling him that what he has just done may be quite good in its own way, only it is not "true art
答案:C Rubens' son
原文定位:When the great Flemish painter Rubens made a drawing of his young son, he was surely proud of his good looks, and wanted us, too, to delight in the child's appearance
答案:F elephant
原文定位:But who would say that Rembrandt's drawing of an elephant is necessarily less good because it shows fewer details? Indeed Rembrandt gave us the feel of the elephant's wrinkly skin with just a few lines of chalk
答案:B alpine scene
原文定位:it is only when some irrelevant memory makes us prejudiced, when we instinctively turn away from a magnificent picture of an alpine scene because we dislike climbing, that we should search our mind for the reason for the aversion which spoils a pleasure we might otherwise have had
答案:G horses
原文定位:For generations, paintings showed horses galloping with outstretched legs in full flight through the air, and we came to believe that this was indeed how they moved. It was only the development of photography, which proved that horses simply do not gallop in that way
答案:E hare
原文定位:Dürer's watercolour study of a hare is one of the most famous examples of this loving patience [in recording every tiny detail
答案:A village scene
原文定位:We may like a painting of a village scene because it reminds us of home. There is nothing wrong with that. All of us, when we see a painting, are bound to be reminded of a hundred-and-one things which influence our likes and dislikes
答案:truthful
原文定位:His truthful study of old age may give us a shock which makes us turn away from it and yet, if we fight against that first reaction we may be richly rewarded. For Dürer's drawing in its tremendous sincerity is a great work
答案:shock
原文定位:His truthful study of old age may give us a shock which makes us turn away from it and yet, if we fight against that first reaction we may be richly rewarded
答案:shock
原文定位:His truthful study of old age may give us a shock which makes us turn away from it and yet, if we fight against that first reaction we may be richly rewarded
答案:understand
原文定位:Some people like an expression perhaps of suffering or of compassion which they can readily understand, and which therefore moves them profoundly
答案:interpretation
原文定位:Just as some of us would rather people use few words and gestures and leave something to be guessed, so some of us would rather look at paintings or sculptures which are open to interpretation