Andrea Palladio:Italian Architect

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题目与答案

1. 1 The building where the exhibition is staged has been newly renovated.
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   答案：NOT GIVEN

   原文定位：The exhibition has the special advantage of being held in one of Palladio’s buildings, Palazzo Barbaran da Porto

2. 10 Who was the first non-Italian architect influenced by Palladio?

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   答案：Inigo Jones

   原文定位：Since it was designed by Inigo Jones, Palladio’s first foreign disciple

3. 11 What type of Ancient Roman buildings most heavily influenced Palladio’s work?

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   答案：temple

   原文定位：The major theme of both his rural and urban buildings was temple architecture

4. 12 What did Palladio write that strengthened his reputation?

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   答案：Quattro Libri dell’ Architettura

   原文定位：In the wider world, Palladio’s reputation has been nurtured by a text he wrote and illustrated, Quattro Libri dell’ Architettura

5. 13 In the writer’s opinion, what feeling will visitors to the exhibition experience?

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   答案：benevolent calm

   原文定位：but the impact of harmonious lines and satisfying proportions is to impart in a viewer a feeling of benevolent calm

6. 2 Palazzo Barbaran da Porto typically represents Palladio’s design.
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   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：Its bold façade is a mixture of rustication and decoration set between two rows of elegant columns. On the second floor, the pediments are alternately curved or pointed, a Palladian trademark. Palladio’s design is simple, clear, and not over-crowded

7. 3 Palladio’s father worked as an architect.
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   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：Palladio’s father was a miller who settled in Vicenza

8. 4 Palladio’s family refused to pay for his architectural studies.
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   答案：NOT GIVEN

9. 5 Palladio’s alternative design for the Ducal Palace in Venice was based on an English building.
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   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：after a fire at the Ducal Palace, he offered an alternative design which bears an uncanny resemblance to the Banqueting House in Whitehall, London. Since it was designed by Inigo Jones, Palladio’s first foreign disciple, this is not as surprising as it sounds

10. 6 Palladio designed buildings for both wealthy and poor people.
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    答案：TRUE

    原文定位：Palladio’s work for rich landowners alienates unreconstructed critics on the Italian left, but among the papers in the show are designs for cheap housing in Venice

11. 7 The exhibition includes paintings of people by famous artists.
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    答案：TRUE

    原文定位：Vicenza’s show contains detailed models of the major buildings and is leavened by portraits of Palladio’s teachers and clients by Titian, Veronese, and Tintoretto

12. 8 What job was Palladio training for before he became an architect?

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    答案：stonemason

    原文定位：where the young Andrea was apprenticed to a skilled stonemason

13. 9 Who arranged Palladio’s architectural studies?

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    答案：Gian Giorgio Trissino

    原文定位：He was plainly intelligent and lucky enough to come across a rich patron, Gian Giorgio Trissino, a landowner and scholar, who organised his education