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1、-Unit1Art课时跟踪练(一)WarmingUp&Reading—PrereadingⅠ.阅读理解AManyparentswonderwhytheirchildrenshouldstudyart.Tosome,artisnicebutuseless.Theyconsideritunnecessarytohumanexistence.Toothers,artisimportantandmeetssomehumanneedsthatcan'tbemetanyotherway.Sowhatisthepurposeofart?
2、Theearliestart—cavedrawingsandthelike—certainlyhadsomeimportantpurposes.Thistypeofartwasarecordofevents,ameansofsharingstories,andawaytopassoninformation.Peoplecreatedprimitive(原始的)arttoshowtheworldaroundthem—pictureswereusuallyofanimals,birds,plants,andhumansinsce
3、nesofdailylife,especiallyhunting.Inrecentcenturies,arthasbecomemorecomplicated.Thespokenandwrittenwordshavebecomeourmajormeansofcommunication,soartcanbemorethanjustachronicleofhistoriceventsorawaytosharestories,althoughitstillcanbethosethingsaswell.Throughart,artis
4、tssharetheirfeelingsinawaythatbringsonsomethingfromtheviewers.Thefeelingsoneexperienceswhenviewingartmaybepleasingornot.Theartististryingtoexpresssomething;it'suptoyoutofigureoutwhatthatis.Artisaconversationbetweenyouandtheartist;theyputthemselvesintotheirwork,andy
5、oubringyourselftoyourexplanationofit.Becauseofthefeelingsthatartcanbringon—feelingsthatusuallycannotbebroughtonbyothermeans—artisnecessarytohumanexistence.Artmeetsourneedsforselfexpression,communication,andourdesireforconnectionwithotherhumansacrosscenturiesandcult
6、ures.Now,wecanconcludethatartisveryimportant.Sinceitisimportant,kidsshouldlearnit.1.Whatdoweknowabouttheprimitiveart?A.Itdidn'thaveanyimportantpurposes.6-B.Itwasmainlyaboutpeople'sdailylife.C.Itwascreatedmainlytoentertainpeople.D.Itwasmeanttohelppeopleunderstandthe
7、world.解析:选B 细节理解题。由第三段的“Peoplecreatedprimitive(原始的)arttoshowtheworldaroundthem—pictureswereusuallyofanimals,birds,plants,andhumansinscenesofdailylife,especiallyhunting.”可知,艺术一开始主要是关于人们的日常生活的。2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“chronicle”inParagraph4mean?A.Tool. B.Mi
8、rror.C.Guide.D.Record.解析:选D 词义猜测题。第三段说艺术一开始主要是用来记录生活的,第四段指出后来艺术变得更为复杂了,不再仅仅是对历史事件的“记录”了。3.Paragraph5mainlyshowsart'suseof________.A.makingaliving