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Last month, the artist Christo opened his new art sculpture. It is made up of 7,506 colorful barrels (桶) floating on a lake in Hyde Park in London. Christo calls it The London Mastaba. It is his first major outdoor art sculpture in Great Britain. The artwork is in the shape of a mastaba. It looks somewhat like a pyramid with a fat top. The London Mastaba is about 65 feet high, 98 feet wide and 130 feet long, and it weighs about 1.3 million pounds. The metal barrels can be seen from hundreds of feet away.

Everyone who looks at it will see something different. Many will think the barrels are barrels of oil in the heart of one of London’s oldest parks. They might wonder if Christo was making an announcement against pollution. Others will see a prism or giant pixels or simply a shape. However, everyone must decide for themselves, the 83-year-old artist said. Christo said he had nothing special in mind when he created The London Mastaba. “There are no messages,” Christo said. “There is something in it to discover yourself. I cannot direct you.”

“A Stairway To The Sky”

“It’s created a giant invitation, like a stairway to the sky,” Christo said. The artist was standing on the banks of the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park where his artwork floats. Swans are swimming nearby. Some barrels are red with a white candy stripe on the sides. Others are colored blue, purple and red. Their colors will look different as the light changes, Christo said. Their reflection (倒影) in the lake will be like an abstract painting. Abstraction is an artistic style that does not always show something recognizable or realistic.

“Not Really Sure How I Feel About It”

Many people walking in the park were surprised to see the artwork. “It’s very modern, but this place is nature and historical. I don’t like it here,” said Yasmin KocOzcengel, who is a tourist from Turkey. Another person who took a look at the artwork was Anna Andronova. She called The London Mastaba very brave. If it weren’t as brave, it wouldn’t be as amazing, she said. Sheila Seffenson is an American living in London. “I’m just not really sure how I feel about it,” Steffenson said. “Maybe it’s a message about pollution. Who knows?”

1.What can we learn about the artwork?

A.It is a floating pyramid. B.It is made up of empty oil barrels.

C.It is an abstract painting. D.It is considered as different things.

2.Which of the following would be most suitable for________?

A.An Announcement Against Pollution. B.An Announcement Against Pollution?

C.A New Landmark Of The Oldest Park. D.A New Landmark Of The Oldest Park?

3.Which of the following words can best describe The London Mastaba?

A.Romantic. B.Magical. C.Realistic. D.Mysterious.

4.What can most possibly be the artist’s real purpose?

A.To add some more colours to the old park. B.To bring his art career to a new height.

C.To encourage people to discover and think. D.To remind people to care about nature.

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Last month, the artist Christo opened his new art sculpture. It is made up of 7,506 colorful barrels (桶) floating on a lake in Hyde Park in London. Christo calls it The London Mastaba. It is his first major outdoor art sculpture in Great Britain. The artwork is in the shape of a mastaba. It looks somewhat like a pyramid with a fat top. The London Mastaba is about 65 feet high, 98 feet wide and 130 feet long, and it weighs about 1.3 million pounds. The metal barrels can be seen from hundreds of feet away.
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Everyone who looks at it will see something different. Many will think the barrels are barrels of oil in the heart of one of London’s oldest parks. They might wonder if Christo was making an announcement against pollution. Others will see a prism or giant pixels or simply a shape. However, everyone must decide for themselves, the 83-year-old artist said. Christo said he had nothing special in mind when he created The London Mastaba. “There are no messages,” Christo said. “There is something in it to discover yourself. I cannot direct you.”
“A Stairway To The Sky”
“It’s created a giant invitation, like a stairway to the sky,” Christo said. The artist was standing on the banks of the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park where his artwork floats. Swans are swimming nearby. Some barrels are red with a white candy stripe on the sides. Others are colored blue, purple and red. Their colors will look different as the light changes, Christo said. Their reflection (倒影) in the lake will be like an abstract painting. Abstraction is an artistic style that does not always show something recognizable or realistic.
“Not Really Sure How I Feel About It”
Many people walking in the park were surprised to see the artwork. “It’s very modern, but this place is nature and historical. I don’t like it here,” said Yasmin KocOzcengel, who is a tourist from Turkey. Another person who took a look at the artwork was Anna Andronova. She called The London Mastaba very brave. If it weren’t as brave, it wouldn’t be as amazing, she said. Sheila Seffenson is an American living in London. “I’m just not really sure how I feel about it,” Steffenson said. “Maybe it’s a message about pollution. Who knows?”
1.What can we learn about the artwork?
A.It is a floating pyramid. B.It is made up of empty oil barrels.
C.It is an abstract painting. D.It is considered as different things.
2.Which of the following would be most suitable for________?
A.An Announcement Against Pollution. B.An Announcement Against Pollution?
C.A New Landmark Of The Oldest Park. D.A New Landmark Of The Oldest Park?
3.Which of the following words can best describe The London Mastaba?
A.Romantic. B.Magical. C.Realistic. D.Mysterious.
4.What can most possibly be the artist’s real purpose?
A.To add some more colours to the old park. B.To bring his art career to a new height.
C.To encourage people to discover and think. D.To remind people to care about nature.

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Wu Wei, a young artist, has won high　　　　　　　　　　　　　 from the art community for his sculptures.
A.pride B.praise C.promise D.progress

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The artist received high　　　　 from the art community for these sculptures.
A. praise　　 B. prize　　 C. price　　 D. pride

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析
Wu Wei, a young artist, has received high_________ from the art community for this sculptures
A.pride B.praise C.promise D.progress

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–The famous painter opened an art ________ last week.
–Great! I’m interested in all his works.
A. connection　　 B. exhibition　　 C. action　　 D. direction

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Wearing a white blouse, Ai-Da studies her subject and begins to draw. She looks like any artist at work. However, the "beep ... beep ... beep" noise from her arm gives her away. Ai-Da is, in fact, a robot.
Ai-Da has been described as the world's "first AI (人工智能) robot artist". She takes her name from Ada Lovelace, the world's first female computer programmer. Scientists at Oxford University developed AI systems (系统) for Ai-Da. The robot has cameras in her eyeballs. After she has studied a subject, she will use her left arm to draw. Now, Ai-Da can only use a pencil for sketches (素描). The plan is for her to paint.
Ai-Da is not the first AI system to produce artworks. Since 2006, scientists have been developing software (软件) to turn photos into drawings. Last year, an artwork created using AI was sold in New York for $132,500. However, Ai-Da's human-like appearance brings something new to the field.
In June, Ai-Da opened her first exhibition at Oxford. There were about 30 drawings by the robot. Ai-Da, standing next to her artworks, attracted (吸引) many visitors.
Ai-Da's inventor, Aidan Meller, talked about the importance of the robot. "Ai-Da brings a new voice to the art world," she said. "AI is going to be the big thing of the 2020s. That influences us greatly." Meller hopes the exhibition was just the start and that more will follow to show how AI is influencing human life.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。
1.Ai-Da is a real artist who helps scientists at Oxford University develop AI systems.
2.Last year, scientists began to develop software to turn photos into drawings.
3.In June, Ai-Da opened her first exhibition at Oxford successfully.
4.Aidan Meller thinks AI is going to influence human life more and more greatly.

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You draw, you paint, or you do sculptures. It doesn’t matter—everyone is an artist!

THE CASE FOR

We look at the Mona Lisa or a Picasso painting, and we say, "That’s art." But what about the amazing graffiti（涂鸦） on your street? What about photographs posted online by our friends? What about your school art display? You worked hard, and it's great. So, is that art? To me, art is anything that’s creative. Of course, I like going to famous museums. But I also like drawing pictures of my friends. I'm not very good, but I'm creative. I'm very interested in it, and my friends like it. Most of all, I like it!

Jane, age 15

THE CASE AGAINST

I like visiting art museums, too. Why? Because I like looking at good art. Art is not the drawings of four-year-old children. It isn't painting your body crazy colors and standing in the street. And it certainly isn’t graffiti. Some people say, "If it's creative and cool, it’s art.” I don t agree. Art is the result of hard work and study. My aunt is an artist. She went to art school for six years. She doesn't make much money, but sometimes her sculptures are on display. Her art is great. Art is very hard, and not many people can do it well.

Kayla, age 16

1.What do Jane and Kayla argue（争辩）about？

A.Whether everyone is an artist. B.Whether children should learn art.

C.Whether artists make much money. D.Whether people like visiting museums.

2.The underlined word "it” in THE CASE FOR refers to 　　　　 .

A.going to famous museums posting B.posting photographs online

C.drawing pictures of friends D.making friends by drawing

3.How can we become artists according to Kayla？

A.Go to art museums from time to time. B.Stay in an art school for six years.

C.Devote ourselves to art study and practice. D.Try to get our sculptures displayed.

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Painting and writing on walls is nothing new. In prehistoric times, people in Africa and Europe painted pictures of animals and people in caves. Graffiti has been found at ancient sites in Greece, Italy, Syria and Iraq. In the Roman town of Pompeii in Italy, archaeologists found a lot of graffiti written in Latin, including political and romantic messages, and even some magic spells!
In the 1970s, young people in New York used pens to write their names, or "tags", on walls around the city. One of the first "taggers" was Demetrius, a teenager from a Greek family. He wrote his tag on walls in his neighborhood on the way to school. Other teenagers saw Demetrius's tag and started writing their own tags on walls, buses and subway trains all over New York. Then, some teenagers stopped using pens and started using paints. Their tags were bigger and more colorful and appeared on trains, buses and walls around the city. In the 1990s and 2000s, a lot of graffiti artists started to draw pictures on buildings in public places.
In many countries, it is a crime to paint on public walls and street artists can have problems with the police. In some other countries, street art is permitted in certain places. Nowadays, street art is more popular with the public. In some cities, there are street art festivals. In Bristol in the UK, there is a street art festival in August every year. Artists paint all the buildings in a street. Lots of people come to watch the artists and take photos. Street art can be seen in galleries too. There have been exhibitions of street art in galleries in Paris, London and Los Angeles.
Most street artists are young people who paint in their neighborhood or home city. Many of them use the Internet to communicate and share photos of their pictures with other street artists around the world. Although we don't know what will happen to street art in the future, we can be sure that it is here to stay!
1."Graffiti" in the passage is closest in meaning to ________.
A.drawings and writing on public walls
B.exhibitions of street art in galleries
C.street art festivals around the world
D.photos of art works on the Internet.
2.Graffiti in ancient times includes all the following EXCEPT ________.
A.pictures of animals B.magic spells
C.romantic messages D.names of people.
3.What's the correct order of the development of graffiti art in New York?
①A teenager called Demetrius wrote his own tag on walls in his neighborhood.
②Many graffiti artists started to draw pictures on public walls around the city.
③Some teenagers wrote their tags on walls, buses and subway trains around the city.
④Bigger and more colorful tags appeared on trains, buses and walls all over the city.
A.①③④② B.③①②④ C.②④③① D.④①③②.
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.The first graffiti artist appeared in ancient America.
B.Many street artists share their works online nowadays.
C.It's not allowed to hold street art festivals in England.
D.There is an exhibition of street art in Italy every year.

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根据句意和汉语提示写出单词，完成句子
1.His sculptures have won high 　　　　 (赞扬)from the art community .
2.Life is like a 　　　　　 (比赛). You either take the lead or fall behind .
3.In Western countries ， a year is 　　　　　（划分）into a cycle of 12 star signs .
4.The doctor　　　　　 (承诺) us success ， or we could get our money back .
5.A child usually has perfect 　　　　　 (信任) in its mother .

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词汇
A. 根据句意和汉语提示写出单词，完成句子
1.His sculptures have won high 　　　　 (赞扬)from the art community .
2.Life is like a 　　　　　 (比赛). You either take the lead or fall behind .
3.In Western countries , a year is 　　　　　（划分）into a cycle of 12 star signs .
4.The doctor　　　　　 (承诺) us success , or we could get our money back .
5.A child usually has perfect 　　　　　 (信任) in its mother .
B.根据句意，用所给单词的适当形式填空
6. If you have difficulty _________ (learn) English, you can ask for your teacher’s help .
7.Our history teacher told us that TaiWan _________ (be) a part of China.
8.–What about going shopping at the weekend , Ningning ?
-- The shopping mall is full of people. I’d rather_________ (stay) at home .
9. His 　　　　　　 (decide) to retire surprised all of us .
10.His mother got even 　　　　　　 (thin) after he failed in exam .

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