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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?Theearliestar
2、t—cavedrawingsandthelike—certainlyhadsomeimportantpurposes.Thistypeofartwasarecordofevents,ameansofsharingstories,andawaytopassoninformation.Peoplecreatedprimitive(原始的)arttoshowtheworldaroundthem—pictureswereusuallyofanimals,birds,plants,andhumansinscenesofdailylife,especiall
3、yhunting.Inrecentcenturies,arthasbecomemorecomplicated.Thespokenandwrittenwordshavebecomeourmajormeansofcommunication,soartcanbemorethanjustachronicleofhistoriceventsorawaytosharestories,althoughitstillcanbethosethingsaswell.Throughart,artistssharetheirfeelingsinawaythatbring
4、sonsomethingfromtheviewers.Thefeelingsoneexperienceswhenviewingartmaybepleasingornot.Theartististryingtoexpresssomething;it'suptoyoutofigureoutwhatthatis.Artisaconversationbetweenyouandtheartist;theyputthemselvesintotheirwork,andyoubringyourselftoyourexplanationofit.Becauseof
5、thefeelingsthatartcanbringon—feelingsthatusuallycannotbebroughtonbyothermeans—artisnecessarytohumanexistence.Artmeetsourneedsforselfexpression,communication,andourdesireforconnectionwithotherhumansacrosscenturiesandcultures.Now,wecanconcludethatartisveryimportant.Sinceitisimp
6、ortant,kidsshouldlearnit.语篇解读：作者认为艺术很重要，小孩应该学习艺术。1．Whatdoweknowabouttheprimitiveart?A．Itdidn'thaveanyimportantpurposes.B．Itwasmainlyaboutpeople'sdailylife.C．Itwascreatedmainlytoentertainpeople.D．Itwasmeanttohelppeopleunderstandtheworld.解析：选B细节理解题。由第三段的“Peoplecreatedprimitive(
7、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．Mirror.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
8、复杂了，不再仅仅是对历史事件的“记录”了。3．Paragraph5mainlyshowsart'suseof________.A．mak
