Art is inspiring and depressing, it excites and enervates us, it makes us more generous and more selfish.

W: I'd love to. But my best friend is getting married on Sunday. I won't miss it for anything. What is the woman going to do on Sunday？ A．Go to the museum. B．Attend a wedding. C．See an exhibition. D．Go to New Mexico.

A.Oh，a little bit of that，too B.Yeah，I do C.No，I don’t think so D.’Yeah，and it is the same

The event is open to new and current corporate(企业法人的) members of MOCA.An understanding and appreciation of art is becoming a must in today's business world.Art can be a valuable tool for seeking new ways to communicate with customers and raising public awareness of your company's role in the community. During the coming months the series will look into the relationship between art,business and community.The series will cover how to understand modern art and how art can help improve a company's image.Art Makes Good Business speakers will include leaders from the business and art worlds.Bookings are required.Space is limited.For more information call 305-893-6211 or visit www..org. 1.The purpose of the museum's new programs is to show ___. A.the management of business by artists B.the role of art in improving business C.the education of modern artists D.the way to design art programs 2.The Art Makes Good Business program is intended for ___. A.the general public B.modern art lovers C.corporate members of MOCA D.people involved in art business 3.MOCA members who take part in the programs can learn ___. A.to become leader in business and art worlds B.to co-operate with other members of MOCA C.the new ways of communication between people D.about the relationship between art,business and community 4.Those who want to attend lectures by Art Makes Good Business speakers must ___. A.make a booking B.pay additional fees C.understand modern art D.be successful managers 5.This advertisement aims to ___. A.improve the relationship between companies B.stress the important role of art in education C.attract MOCA members to the programs D.raise funds for museums of modern art

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A．cater B．entitle C．appeal D．subject

My country？ On thy voiceless shore. The heroic lay is tuneless now- The heroic bosom beats no more! (George Gordon Byron, Don Juan) In the above stanza,“art thou”literally means_____. A. “art you” B. “are though” C. “art though” D. “are you”

(32) A．Their comprehensiveness. B．Their complexity. C．Their abstruseness. D．Their openness.

In history books,【B10】information about the political life of a country is【B11】; that is, facts about polities axe given,【B12】opinions are not expressed. Art, on the other hand, is【B13】, it reflects emotions and opinions. The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya was perhaps the first【B14】"political" artist. In his well-known painting The Third of May, 1080, he【B15】the Spanish government for its【B16】of power over people. In the same way, art can【B17】a culture's religious beliefs. For hundreds of years in Europe, religious alt was almost the only【B18】of art that existed. Churches and other religious buildings were filled with paintings that【B19】people and stories from the Bible. By【B20】, one of the main characteristics of art in the Middle East was(and still is) its absence of human and animal images. 【B1】 A．usual B．typical C．average D．popular

A．brief B．precise C．simplified D．extensive

In history books, objective information about the political life of a country is (7)_____; that is, facts about political are given, but (8)_____ are not expressed. Art, on the other hand, is (9)_____: it reflects emotions and impressions. The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya severely criticized the Spanish government for its (10)_____ of power over people. Over a hundred years later, symbolic (11)_____ were used in Pablo Picasso's Guemica to express the (12)_____ of War. (13)_____, on another continent, the powerful paintings of Diego Rivera depicted these Mexican artists' concealed (14)_____ and sadness about social problems. In the same way, art can (15)_____ a culture's religious beliefs. For hundreds of years in Europe, religious art was (16)_____ the only type of art that existed. Churches and other religious buildings were filled with paintings that depicted people and stories from the Bible. (17)_____ most people couldn't read, they could still understand biblical stories in the pictures on church walls. (18)_____, one of the main characteristics of art in the Middle East was (and still is) its (19)_____ of human and animal images. This reflects the Islamic belief that statues are (20)_____. A．interesting B．plausible C．superior D．typical

These recent initiatives owe a great deal to one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital in north-eastern England. The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering form. an illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view on to a garden needed half the number of strong pain killers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at during the early 1970s. he felt the artist had lost his place in modern society, and that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience. A typical hospital waiting room might have as many as 5 000 visitors each week. What better place to hold regular exhibitions of art？ Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the out-patients' waiting area of the Manchester royal Infirmary in 1975. Believed to be Britain's first hospital-artist, Senior was so much in demand that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduates. The effect is striking. Instead of the familiar long, barren corridors and dull waiting rooms, the visitors experience a full view of fresh colours, playful images and restful courtyards. Compared with the total number of Britain's National Health Service hospitals, the hospitals which have art collections is only ______. A．4% B．40% C．25% D．50%.

Stress is natural part of everyday life and there is no way to 【C4】______ it. In fact, it is not the bad thing it is often 【C5】______ to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide 【C6】______ and give purpose to life. It is only 【C7】______ the stress gets out of control that it can lead to 【C8】______ performance and ill health. The amount of stress arsons can withstand depends very much 【C9】______ the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and 【C10】______ characters are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose 【C11】______ at the first signs of unusual difficulties. When 【C12】______ to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and 【C13】______ . In fact we make choice between "flight and fight" and in more primitive days the choices made the difference 【C14】______ life and death. The crises we meet today are 【C15】______ to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it 【C16】______ the same response. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued 【C17】______ to stress, that health becomes 【C18】______ . Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart diseases have 【C19】______ links with stress. Since we cannot 【C20】______ stress from our lives (it would be unwise to do so even if we could), we need to find ways to deal with it. 【C1】 A．routine B．habit C．principle D．rule

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A．Bernard Shaw B．Oscar Wilde C．Lawrence D．Hardy