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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?Theearlie
2、start一cavedrawingsandthelike一certainlyhadsomeimportantpurposes.Thistypeofartwasarecordofevents,ameansofsharingstories,andawaytopassoninformation.Peoplecreatedprimitive（原始的）arttoshowtheworldaroundthem——pictureswereusuallyofanimals,birds,plants,andhumansinseenesofdailylife,
3、especiallyhunting・Inrecentcenturies,arthasbecomemorecomplicated.Thespokenandwrittenwordshavebecomeourmajormeansofcommunication,soartcanbemorethanjustachronicleofhistoriceventsorawaytosharestories,althoughitstillcanbethosethingsaswell.Throughart,artistssharetheirfeelingsin
4、awaythatbringsonsomethingfromtheviewers・Thefeelingsoneexperienceswhenviewingartmaybepleasingornot.Theartististryingtoexpresssomething;it'suptoyoutofigureoutwhatthatis.Artisaconversationbetweenyouandtheartist;theyputthemselvesintotheirwork,andyoubringyourselftoyourexplanat
5、ionofit.Becauseofthefeelingsthatartcanbringon—feelingsthatusual1ycannotbebroughtonbyothermeansartisnecessarytohumanexistence.Artmeetsourneedsforself-expression,communication,andourdesireforconnectionwithotherhumansacrosscenturiesandcultures.Now,wecanconeludethatartisveryi
6、mportant・Sinceitisimportant,kidsshouldlearnit.语篇解读：作者认为艺术很重耍，小孩应该学习艺术。1.Whatdoweknowabouttheprimitiveart?A.Ttdidn'thaveanyimportantpurposes.A.Itwasmainlyaboutpeople'sdailylife.B.Itwascreatedmainlytoentertainpeople.C.Itwasmeanttohelppeopleunderstandtheworld.解析:选B细节理解题。由第三段
7、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。1.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“chronicle”inParagraph4mean?A.Tool.B.Mirror.C.Guide.D.Record.解析：选D词义猜测题。第三段说
8、艺术一开始主要是用来记录生活的，笫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。2.Paragraph5mainlyshowsart'suseof.A.makingaliv
