Question

Street art can be found on buildings, sidewalks, street signs and even trash cans from Tokyo to Paris to New York City. This special kind of art can take the form of paintings, sculptures, cloth or even stickers. Street art has become part of a global visual culture. Now, even art museums and galleries are collecting the work of street artists. 

It is not easy to provide an exact history of the street art movement. This kind of art has developed in many kinds of ways in places all over the world. Also, because it is illegal to paint public and private property without permission, street artists usually work secretly. This secretive nature of street art and its countless forms make it hard to define exactly. And people have different opinions about the movement. Some think street art is a crime and destroys property. But others see this art as a rich form of non-traditional cultural expression.  Many experts say the movement began in New York City in the nineteen sixties. Young adults would use paint in special cans to spray their TAG on walls and train cars around the city. This tag was a name they created to identify themselves and their artwork. This colorful style of writing is also called graffiti. It is visually exciting and energetic. 

Graffiti also became a separate movement expressing the street culture of young people living in big cities. Graffiti art represented social and political rebellion. These artists could travel around areas of the city making creative paintings for everyone to see. Sometimes this street art created a dispute between artists and city officials. Graffiti artists created their images and city officials quickly painted over them. During the 1980s, two famous New York painters—Keith Haring and Jean Michel began showing their work in art galleries and museums. This is when street art started to become part of the more general popular culture.

1.What can we infer from the first paragraph?

A. Street art has become popular and is accepted as a kind of culture.

B. Street art is very special compared with other forms of popular art.

C. Many people are beginning to learn street art.

D. Street art is better developed in big cities than in rural areas.

2.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. TAG was a word created by people to distinguish street artists and the other artists.

B. There are three reasons to explain why it is hard to define the history of street art.

C. The movement of street art began in the 1980s in New York City.

D. Not all the people think that the street art is a rich form of cultural expression.

3.The city officials used to do away with graffiti probably because        .

A. they caused arguments between people

B. they were ugly in someone’s eyes

C. they were not painted under proper guidance

D. they didn‘t express good traditional culture.

4.They best title of the passage is        .

A. The way to become a street artist.

B. What does Graffiti art stand for?

C. The history of an art movement.

D. The work of street artists.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：講述街頭藝術(shù)的起源和發(fā)展。

1.A 推理判斷題 根據(jù)Street art has become part of a global visual culture. 街頭藝術(shù)已經(jīng)成為全球視覺(jué)文化的一部分。說(shuō)明街頭藝術(shù)受歡迎而且已經(jīng)被認(rèn)可為一種文化。

2.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)And people have different opinions about the movement. Some think street art is a crime and destroys property. But others see this art as a rich form of non-traditional cultural expression.  人們對(duì)這個(gè)運(yùn)動(dòng)有不同的 觀點(diǎn)，一些人認(rèn)為街頭藝術(shù)是犯罪，是破壞財(cái)產(chǎn)。但其他人把這種藝術(shù)視為一種非傳統(tǒng)文化表達(dá)的一種豐富形式。可知，不是所有人認(rèn)為這是一種非傳統(tǒng)文化表達(dá)的一種豐富形式

3.B 推理判斷題 根據(jù)Sometimes this street art created a dispute between artists and city officials. 有時(shí)候這種街頭藝術(shù)在藝術(shù)家和市政官員這件造成爭(zhēng)論。說(shuō)明有人認(rèn)為街頭藝術(shù)丑陋，令人厭惡。

4.C 主旨大意題 根據(jù)文章結(jié)構(gòu)，首段介紹街頭藝術(shù)及現(xiàn)狀，第二段分析不好提供這種運(yùn)動(dòng)準(zhǔn)確歷史的原因及Graffiti的來(lái)源。最后一段This is when street art started to become part of the more general popular culture. 介紹街頭藝術(shù)開(kāi)始成為大眾文化的時(shí)期。

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