2019_2020学年高中英语Module2TheRenaissance课时跟踪检测(一)Introduction

课时跟踪检测（一）Introduction & Reading — Pre-reading 阅读理解
A
In the later half of the 13th century, a new trend of fine arts appeared in the central part of Italy with Florence as its centre, representing the change from fine arts of Middle Ages to Renaissance art.
At that time, Florence school became the main stream of fine arts.The 14th century saw the birth of a great artist —Giotto.His art bore a striking tendency of Realism.For most people
Giotto_is_the_first_name_in_European_painting_since_antiquity
_(古代)．That he had breathed fresh life into painting was
recognised by people of the day, and later by Ghiberti and Vasari.
Before Giotto, painting was still considered a
“mechanical” art.Giotto came to occupy a position of great
respect in Florence.Though he was employed by the Bardi and Peruzzi families, owners of the most important European banking houses of the day, he never limited his activity to Florence, and prestigious (声望很高的) commission in other parts of Italy kept him on the move frequently.At a time when Italy's flourishing economy made every Italian city an independent cultural and artistic centre, Giotto went beyond regional barriers and the effect of his art was felt throughout the peninsula (半岛)．In his lifetime Giotto has raised painting to a prestigious level among the arts, to such a high level that it influenced sculpture.Italian painting can be said to have changed greatly with the appearance of Giotto than ever before.The motivation Giotto gave to the arts was so great that it determined the fate of European painting.By the middle of the fourteenth century Europe had already become aware of Giotto's new ideas, which agreed with the growing secular tendency in European society.
语篇解读：乔托，意大利杰出的画家，被认定是意大利文艺复兴时期的开创者，被誉为“欧洲绘画之父”。

1．Before the later half of the 13th century________.
A．fine arts of Middle Ages was the main stream
B．Renaissance art was the main stream
C．Florence school began to disappear
D．Giotto became a great artist
解析：选A 细节理解题。

根据第一段可知，13世纪后半期，美术发生了很大的变化，从中世纪美术向文艺复兴美术转变。

由此可判断出在13世纪前半期，中世纪美术为主流。

故答案为A。

2．What does the author mean by saying “Giotto is the first name in European painting since antiquity” in Paragraph 2?
A．Giotto is the artist's first name.
B．Giotto is the man who started European painting.
C．Giotto is the most important painter in Europe since antiquity.
D．Giotto is the name of a most famous European painting.
解析：选C 句意理解题。

从第二段看出，本段讲述这位艺术家的巨大成就，而题目中的这句话正好支持这段的主题。

所以这句话就是为了表明他在绘画界的地位。

3．From the third paragraph we can learn________.
A．Giotto thought painting was a “mechanical” art
B．Giotto didn't get great respect in Florence
C．Giotto owned European banking houses
D．Giotto's art affected the whole Italy
解析：选D 细节理解题。

根据本段最后一句话“...the effect of his art was felt throughout the peninsula (半岛)”可知，他的艺术作品影响了整个意大利半岛。

4．The main theme of the passage probably is________.
A．the Renaissance in Italy
B．Giotto, a great artist
C．Florence school
D．fine arts of Middle Ages
解析：选B 主旨大意题。

纵览全文可以看出本文是一篇人物介绍的文章，所以主题应是B项“乔托——一位伟大的艺术家”。

B
The late, great producer Phil Ramone worked with many famous popular singers. However, one of his albums is a little different. It's classical music, made for children.
“He actually started as a child violinist，” said Marc Neikrug, a famous classical comp oser who worked together with Ramone on the album, “Sunken Cathedrals，” after being introduced by Rock Positano, a doctor with a special interest in music's value to medicine. “The three of us all want to promote classical music to children.”
In the digital age when children develop surrounded by constant distractions (使人分心的事物), however, Neikrug sees a very particular value in classical music. “I'm concerned about a world in which there is an almost aggressive move to lower people's attention spans (持续时间)，”he said. “That's terrifying. How do you even absorb and learn things? How do you expect kids to do well in school？”
“I think it's really important to let kids build some kind of ability to focus，” Neikrug said. “Great music can do that, because you're dra wn into what you're listening to. A two­ or three­minute music may not seem so long to concentrate on, but it's a good attention span for kids，” he said. “We picked the pieces very deliberately to be not too long.”
All of the pieces on the two­part album a re unadapted, complete works of classical music. “Phil, Dr. Rock and I were all completely convinced that we need little, short, beautiful pieces for kids. They happen to be really good for adults too，” he pointed out, though the words “Classics for Kids” on the cover might scare some grown people off.
This doesn't mean you should toss all of your popular music albums away or trash all the screen devices (设备) in your home. “I'm not an advocate for disregarding the reality of living in this world，” Neikrug said. “I would say someone who grows up able to focus for an hour and equally able to use the smartphone with one hand, is fine.”
语篇解读本文是一篇议论文。

Neikrug与Ramone合作制作了一张儿童古典音乐专辑，他认为古典音乐能帮助孩子们培养专注力。

5．What did Marc Neikrug and Rock Positano have in common?
A．They had the same career.
B．They had the same interest.
C．They had the same circle of friends.
D．They had the same number of children.
解析：选 B 细节理解题。

根据第二段中的“Marc Neikrug, a famous classical composer”和“Rock Positano, a doctor with a special interest in music's va lue to medicine. ‘The three of us all want to promote classical music to children.’”可知，Marc Neikrug和Rock Positano都对音乐感兴趣，致力于让孩子从小就听古典音乐。

6．What was Neikrug worried about?
A．People's decreasing attention spans.
B．People becoming too aggressive.
C．People's low learning ability.
D．People losing faith in school.
解析：选A 细节理解题。

根据第三段中的“I'm concerned about a world in which there is an almost aggressive move to lower people's attention spans (持续时间)”可知，当今世界让人们的持续关注时间不断减少，Neikrug对此表示担忧。

7．Why did Ramone and Neikrug select short pieces for the album?
A．To attract distracted adults.
B．Because of their own preference.
C．To include more pieces in the album.
D．Because of kids' mental characteristics.
解析：选D 细节理解题。

根据第四段中的“... ‘A two­or three­minute music may not seem so long to concentrate on, but it's a good attention span for kids，’ he said. ‘We picked the pieces very deliberately to be not too long.’”可知，由于孩子的持续关注时间很短，所以Ramone和Neikrug专门选短小的曲子迎合孩子们的心智特征。

8．What does the text want to tell us?
A．Popular music producers turned to classical music.
B．Classical music can coexist with digital devices.
C．It's never too late to listen to classical music.
D．Kids can benefit from classical music.
解析：选D 主旨大意题。

根据第四段中的“‘I think it's really important to let kids build some kind of ability to focus，’ Neikrug said. ‘Great music can do that, because you're drawn into what you're listening to ...”可以看出，Neikrug认为古典音乐能帮助孩子们培养专注力，这也是他与Ramone合作制作儿童古典音乐专辑的原因。

C
The medieval (中世纪的) artists didn't know about perspective; they didn't want to make their people look like real individual people in a real individual scene.They wanted to show the truth, the eternal (永恒的) quality of their religious stories.So these artists didn't need to know about perspective.
In the European Renaissance period, artists wanted to show the importance of the individual person and his or her possessions and surroundings.A flat medieval style couldn't show this level of reality and the artists needed a new technique.It was the Italian artist Brunelleschi who discovered the technique of perspective drawing.At first the artists of the Renaissance only had a single­point ter they realized that they could have two­point perspective and still
later multi­point perspective.
With two­point perspective they could turn an object(like a building) at an angle to the picture and draw two sides of it.The technique of perspective which seems so natural to us now is an invented technique, a part of the “grammar of painting”．Like all bits of grammar there are exceptions about perspective.For example, only vertical and horizontal surfaces seem to meet on eye level.Sloping roof tops don't meet on eye level.
For 500 years, artists in Europe made use of perspective drawing in their pictures.Nevertheless, there are a range of priorities (优先顺序) that artists in displaying individual styles.Crivelli wanted to show depth in his picture and he used a simple single­point perspective.Cezanne always talked about space and volume.Van Gogh, like some of the other painters of the Impressionist period, was interested in Japanese prints.And Japanese artists until this century were always very strong designers of “flat” pictures.Picasso certainly made pictures which have volume and depth.However, he wanted to keep our eyes on the surface and to remind us that his paintings are paintings and not illusions (幻觉)．
It is technically easy to give an illusion of depth.However, a strong two­dimensional design is just as important as a feeling of depth, and perhaps more important.
语篇解读：本文主要介绍了文艺复兴时期出现的透视绘画技巧及其对现代艺术的影响。

9．The passage mainly discusses________.
A．the difference between medieval and Renaissance art
B．how the technique of perspective influenced the modern art
C．the discovery of the technique of perspective
D．the contributions of Renaissance artists
解析：选B 主旨大意题。

本文主要介绍了文艺复兴时期出现的透视绘画技巧及其对现代艺术的影响。

10．According to the passage, which may be the main concern for medieval artists?
A．The individual person and his/her possessions and surroundings.
B．Real people, real scenes.
C．Eternal timeless truth of the earth.
D．Themes of religious stories.
解析：选D 细节理解题。

根据第一段第二句可知中世纪的艺术家们主要从事与宗教故事有关的绘画。

11．What's the author's purpose of giving the example in Para.3?
A．To explain how perspective work in painting.
B．To support two­point perspective.
C．To show that there are exceptions about perspective.
D．To point out that the technique of perspective is an invented technique.
解析：选C 推理判断题。

根据第三段可知透视法有例外之处，后面的例子就是为了说明这些例外之处。

因此选C项。

12．It can be inferred from the passage that Renaissance artists________.
A．welcomed the medieval style of eternal truth
B．needed to develop a new approach towards painting to show a new level of reality C．were inspired by vertical and horizontal surfaces in inventing the technique of perspective
D．saw two­dimensional design more important than a feeling of dept h
解析：选B 推理判断题。

通读全文可知，文艺复兴时期的艺术家们为了展示现实发明了透视法。

因此本题选B项。