Question

Until about 150 years ago, the most important, expensive and renowned kind of painting was large-scale pictures that told a story, regarded as the 1. (hard) challenge for an artist. 2. (choose) suitable subjects, artists had to be well-read. Then they had to know 3. stories could be told without words, using only gestures and expressions. To create lifelike scenes, they had to understand perspective, lighting and anatomy. So history painting needed a lot of thought and 4. . (imagine). Large-scale pictures used to be reserved for grand religious or patriotic subjects, but that changed in the 19th century, as artists began creating history paintings based 5. contemporary news stories. One of the first of these was The Raft of the Medusa, inspired by the wreck of 6. French ship in 1816, which showed how art could have a powerful political impact. It presents a scene 7. the survivors of the wreck on a raft littered with bodies try to signal to a distant ship. When they 8. ( rescue ), they told how they had been abandoned by their captain, while he sailed to safety in a lifeboat. Starving, they had to eat each other to survive—though this picture makes 9. look heroic rather than violent. The picture caused a huge outcry. Some people thought the artist meant to criticize the French king, 10. had been involved in appointing the ship's captain.

Answer 1

1.hardest

2.To choose

3.how

4.imagination

5.on

6.a

7.where

8.were rescued

9.them

10.who

【解析】

試題分析：直到150年前，世界上最重要的、最昂貴的繪畫是用來講述宗教故事的大幅作品，這對于畫家來說是個巨大的挑戰(zhàn)。為了選材作為繪畫內(nèi)容，他們必須要博學(xué)、還要知道如何用繪畫來表述故事。但是到了19世紀(jì)，這種情況被改變了，畫家們開始用現(xiàn)代的故事來作為繪畫內(nèi)容。

1.hardest考查形容詞。根據(jù)下文對這幅繪畫的講述可知這幅作品的取材、創(chuàng)作都是非常耗費精力的，再根據(jù)前面的定冠詞the可以判斷此處用形容詞最高級，答案填hardest。

2.To choose考查非謂語動詞。根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容可知畫家們必須要博學(xué)多才，還得了解如何不用文字來講述這個故事，再通過To create lifelike scenes, they had to understand…..可以判斷此處是強(qiáng)調(diào)目的，應(yīng)該用不定式，填To choose。意思是：為了選擇合適的主題……。

3.how考查連接詞。由結(jié)構(gòu)可知此處是賓語從句，從句中是“主謂賓”結(jié)構(gòu)，缺少狀語，再根據(jù)從句的內(nèi)容stories could be told without words, using only gestures and expressions.可以判斷此處強(qiáng)調(diào)方式，指如何去做到這一點，答填how。

4.imagination考查名詞。and連接并列成分，根據(jù)所給提示單詞以及空前a lot of thought and….可以判斷此處填名詞imagination

5.on固定搭配：be based on“以……為根據(jù)”，答案填on。

6.a考查冠詞。ship是可數(shù)名詞，單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞前需有限定詞，根據(jù)語境可知此處指“一艘法國船”，是泛指概念，答案填a。

7. where 考查定語從句。分析結(jié)構(gòu)可知名詞后面the survivors of the wreck on a raft littered with bodies try to signal to a distant ship.是定語從句，從句缺少狀語，而先行詞scene是抽象名詞，表地點，故答案填where。

8.were rescued考查動詞。根據(jù)句意可知狀語從句的主語they和rescue是被動關(guān)系，再根據(jù)主句時態(tài)判斷此處用一般過去時的被動形式，答案填were rescued。

9.them考查代詞。根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容可知此處指代the survivors of the wreck on a raft，做make的賓語，用賓格形式。短語：make sb do sth，答案填them。

10.who考查定語從句。從結(jié)構(gòu)可知此處是非限制性定語從句，從句缺少主語，而先行詞是the French king ，所以填who。

考點：考查學(xué)生對語法知識及語境的理解。