The art of the Ife

题目与答案

1. 21 What first attracted Terence to the topic of Ife sculptures?
   • He read several journal articles
   • He attended an exhibition
   • He spent some time in Nigeria

   答案：He attended an exhibition

   原文定位：Well, I've read most of those now, but initially I got my introduction to this at a special display at the City Museum a few years ago

   同义替换：「first」↔「initially」，「exhibition」↔「special display」

2. 22 In his presentation Terence will focus on sculptures featuring
   • abstract designs
   • fish and wild animals
   • people

   答案：people

   原文定位：I've seen the photos for your presentation, and I must say the sculptures are gorgeous portrayals of what appear to be kings and queens;Yes. I decided to concentrate on those as they're the most typical

   同义替换：「focus on」↔「concentrate on」

3. 23 How did Terence finance his trip to Ife?
   • He received money from an arts organisation
   • His mother and father paid for him
   • He wrote about the trip for a newspaper

   答案：He received money from an arts organisation

   原文定位：I applied for a grant from the Arts Council, and in the end, I got it

   同义替换：「finance」↔「grant from」，「organisation」↔「Council」

4. 24 What was most memorable for Terence about his trip?
   • helping at an archaeological site
   • the professor he met
   • the artists he got to know

   答案：the professor he met

   原文定位：That had to be meeting a professor working on the site in Ife who had been a young boy when they first discovered the sculptures by accident at a building site in nineteen thirty-eight

5. Which TWO additions will Terence make to the part of the presentation on the sculptures?
   • enlarged pictures of the sculptures
   • more material about the subjects
   • more about his personal opinion of the art works
   • extra information about the techniques used
   • additional information about the artists

   答案：enlarged pictures of the sculptures,extra information about the techniques used

   原文定位：About the sculptures themselves, I think I need to add as much as possible about the details of the way they were made;I'd make some bigger photos of them so you can clearly see the fine detail

   同义替换：「enlarged pictures」↔「bigger photos」，「techniques」↔「the way they were made」

6. Which TWO additions will Terence make to the section on history?
   • data about the kings in the Ife area
   • extra information about the surrounding region
   • examination of the beliefs of the Ife people
   • an explanation of the development of modern Ife
   • more details of past activities of the Ife people

   答案：extra information about the surrounding region,examination of the beliefs of the Ife people

   原文定位：I'd like to go into more depth about the history of that whole area, you know, in the countries around Nigeria;But perhaps I should concentrate more on the religious beliefs since all these sculptures do seem to have some kind of religious association

   同义替换：「region」↔「countries」，「extra information」↔「go into more depth」，「beliefs」↔「religious」

7. Which TWO features of his research in Nigeria will Terence discuss in his presentation?
   • the influence of the sculptures on western artists
   • the uncertainty over who made the sculptures
   • the sources of the materials used for the sculptures
   • the problems he faced in collecting information
   • the original discovery of the sculptures

   答案：the uncertainty over who made the sculptures,the original discovery of the sculptures

   原文定位：I want to cover the theories about who the original sculptors were, though. Yes, the idea that a lot of them may have been made by the same person;There were some interesting accounts of how the first sculptures were found and what happened to them, which I want to include

   同义替换：「discovery」↔「found」，「who made the sculptures」↔「the original sculptors」