New Zealand home textile crafts of the 1930s to 1950s

文章内容（节选）

完整文章请进入机考练习查看。

题目与答案

1. 27 What does the writer say about domestic crafts in the first paragraph?
   • They can be sold for high prices today.
   • They were used to tell stories in the past.
   • They are sources of information about society.
   • They have been well documented by historian.

   答案：They are sources of information about society.

   原文定位：But needlework should be preserved, for it helps to convey a sense of people's identity and past beliefs in these remote island in the Pacific Ocean

   同义替换：「domestic crafts」↔「needlework」，「sources of information about society」↔「convey a sense of people's identity and past beliefs」

2. 28 What is the writers main point in the second paragraph?
   • Women sewed to make money.
   • Women used to have larger families.
   • Sewing was enjoyed as a social activity.
   • Sewing could be a means of self-expression.

   答案：Sewing could be a means of self-expression.

   原文定位：For some women this work may have been unwelcome drudgery, but for others it was an opportunity to explore their identities, beliefs and dreams with the only means readily at hand-a needle, some thread,and a piece of fabric

   同义替换：「means of self-expression」↔「explore their identities, beliefs and dreams」

3. 29 According to the writer, domestic crafts are not frequently collected because
   • they are difficult to see.
   • they are easily damaged.
   • they provide little enjoyment.
   • they have no practical use today.

   答案：they are easily damaged.

   原文定位：Textiles are frustrating to collect. They are fragile; they stain; they develop rust marks; they fray and rot. If they are used, they deteriorate; yet if they are merely stored, the owner does not fully enjoy the pleasure of possession. That is probably why they have not been a popular thing to collect compared, for example, to antique furniture or fine China, which are more durable investments

   同义替换：「domestic crafts」↔「Textiles」，「not frequently collected」↔「have not been a popular thing to collect」

4. 30 What point does the writer make about signatures on textiles?
   • Many women at that time could not sign their names.
   • The signatures have faded over time and cannot be seen.
   • The style of stitching served as an alternative to a signature.
   • They were unnecessary since everyone would know the maker.

   答案：They were unnecessary since everyone would know the maker.

   原文定位：But most women at this time would never have considered signing their work. They were not expecting it to be seen outside their homes, where the creator's identity was never in doubt

   同义替换：「unnecessary」↔「never have considered signing」，「everyone would know the maker」↔「the creator's identity was never in doubt」

5. 31 What is the writer doing in the fourth paragraph?
   • suggesting that needlework is not a true art form
   • challenging the usual distinction between 'arts' and crafts
   • arguing that functional objects were seldom made in the home
   • criticising the attitude of women today towards domestic crafts

   答案：challenging the usual distinction between 'arts' and crafts

   原文定位：It does not help that such work falls into the category of crafts either,rather than fine arts, because crafts are looked on too often as a poor cousin to true creativity;If things are made to be useful, especially only within the home and by ordinary housewives, we seem to have agreed they cannot be art.Why not

6. 32 Why does the writer compare textile collecting to archaeology?
   • They both require hard work.
   • They involve similar processes.
   • They can both be done on a low budget.
   • They are both undervalued in society today.

   答案：They involve similar processes.

   原文定位：Archaeology is a combination of history and detective work, and it involves treasure that is often beautiful. Likewise, digging for the pastis what textile collectors do in junk shops, and the objects they find are a way of understanding the past through physical evidence

7. Needlework in the first half of the twentieth century

   Women's magazines in this period mainly influenced the domestic crafts because of their aspirational character as they focused on the 33_____ element of society.
   • skilful
   • creative
   • wealthy
   • practical
   • imperfect
   • industrious

   答案：wealthy

   原文定位：The primary purpose of these publications was to allow women to glimpse how more prosperous people lived, by showing them photographs of the interiors of their houses

   同义替换：「magazines」↔「publications」，「aspirational」↔「glimpse how more prosperous people lived」，「element of society」↔「prosperous people」

8. At the same time, more 34_____ assistance came the form of printed patterns.
   • skilful
   • creative
   • wealthy
   • practical
   • imperfect
   • industrious

   答案：skilful

   原文定位：I parallel to this, women were provided with much more down-to-earth and useful means of improving their homes in the form of printed patterns

   同义替换：「assistance」↔「means」，「practical」↔「down-to-earth and useful」

9. The resulting aprons, and so on, can be contrasted with work that demonstrates the 35_____ side of the maker of the two traditions, work that is less structured in nature is of greater interest to collectors.
   • skilful
   • creative
   • wealthy
   • practical
   • imperfect
   • industrious

   答案：creative

   原文定位：it is possible to distinguish this regulated tradition of needlework, governed by printed patterns, from the more individual work that women dreamed up themselves and whose form and execution were reflections of their own ideal and imagination

   同义替换：「creative」↔「imagination」

10. Most interestingly, the writer points out that many appreciate and it is this characteristic that is work that is 36_____ and believed to distinguish needlework from other arts.
    • skilful
    • creative
    • wealthy
    • practical
    • imperfect
    • industrious

    答案：imperfect

    原文定位：When it comes to needleweork, flaws can be enjoyable, even failure may bring pleasure, and in this respect needlework can be contrasted with other art forms, where successful completion is paramount

    同义替换：「distinguish needlework from other arts」↔「contrasted with other art forms」，「imperfect」↔「failure」

11. 37 Nostalgia can promote an unreliable image of the past.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：TRUE

    原文定位：Some people collect out of a sense of nostalgia;But nostalgia should not always be trusted as it can be a sanitised form of history that blots out harsh reality

    同义替换：「unreliable」↔「should not always be trusted」，「image of the past」↔「sanitised form of history that blots out harsh reality」

12. 38 In the 1950s, women chose fabric according to its durability.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：NOT GIVEN

    原文定位：The texture of certain abstract patterned fabrics from the 1950s has the power to transport us all back to the dress and fabric shops of that time where women agonised over which choices to make, though they probably loved every minute of it

13. 39 Patchwork quilts are only of interest to the makers' family.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：FALSE

    原文定位：Women of the past would often keep offcuts their dressmaking and use them for patchwork, as a means of recording their family's story for others to appreciate

    同义替换：「only of interest to the makers' family」↔「for others to appreciate」

14. 40 Needlework was a way for women to escape the reality of their lives.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：TRUE

    原文定位：Such fabrics, then, should be seen as a wish for ideals and imaginations, although both something better, a way of daydreaming about a life that would turn out well in the end

    同义替换：「Needlework」↔「Such fabrics」，「a way to escape reality」↔「daydreaming about a better life」