大学英语四级综合-42_真题-无答案

大学英语四级综合-42

(总分100,考试时间90分钟)

Short Answer Questions

Impressionism(印象派) is a fonn of art that began in the 1870s. When you look closely at an impressionist painting, you see little dots of different colored paints. When you move away from the picture, the dots of colors blend together and the painting looks like it has light playing on the people and objects in the picture. Impressionist art is different from traditional art. Traditional painters were interested in the form of objects. The impressionists were interested in light and color. The impressionist painters wanted to paint natural light that was lively and bright. They tried to express the feeling of pure sunshine in their paintings.

When traditional artists mixed paints, they could not create the feeling of bright, natural light. Therefore, instead of mixing colors, the impressionists used small dots of pure colors. The viewers' eyes put these unmixed colors together the same way they add color in light together. When you look at an impressionist painting, it feels the same as when you look at an object in lively, natural sunlight.

Traditional painters worked inside. Impressionist painters worked outside because they wanted to paint the effect of sunlight on objects. Monet, for example, made a series of paintings of a haystack. Every morning he went to a field with eight or ten paintings. All day, he sat in front of a haystack painting. Every hour he worked on a different picture. All of these paintings are pictures of the haystack, but they do not look the same. Monet made his paintings directly from the changing of nature, especially from different hours of sunlight. His study of the haystack is an hour by hour record of the artistry (艺术性) of light.

1. There are many dots on an impressionist painting, which can ______.

2. Traditional painters were interested in ______, while the impressionists were interested in

3. What do the traditional painters fail to do?

4. Why the author said "Traditional painters worked inside"?

5. Why does Monet work on a different picture every hour?

Cloze

More and more students want to study in "hot" majors. (1) a result, many students want to give up their interests and study in these (2) such as foreign languages, international business and law, etc.

Fewer and fewer students choose (3) majors, such as maths, physics and biology, and art majors, (4) history, Chinese and philosophy. Only a (5) students can study in these (6) majors, because the number of these "hot'majors (7) limited.

If one has no interest (8) his work or study, (9) can he do well? I (10) this from one of my class- mates. He is (11) the countryside. His parents are farmers. Though he (12) biology, he chose "interna- tional business". He (13) to live a life which is different from (14) of his parents.

In the end, he found he was. not (15) in doing business. He found all the subjects to be (16) . Maybe this wouldn't have happened if he (17) chosen his major according to his own interests.

Choosing a major in university (18) decides one's whole life. Majors, (19) are not "hot" today, may become "hot" majors of tomorrow.

Choosing your major according to your own (20) is the best way to succeed.

1.

A. Being

B. For

C. Having

D. As

2.

A. places

B. rooms

C. fields

D. spaces

3.

A. art

B. literary

C. medical

D. scientific

4.

A. even

B. like

C. just

D. or

5.

A. little

B. few

C. lot

D. number

6.

A. "hot"

B. "cold"

C. "unpopular"

D. "boring"

7.

A. is

B. are

C. was

D. were

8.

A. on

B. about

C. in

D. of

9.

A. why

B. what