09年12月英语六级模拟试卷及解析之六(文都)(4)
Part Ⅴ Cloze (15 minutes)
Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment, has been continuously practiced by humans for some 20,000 years. Together with other activities (62) ritualistic in origin but have come to be designated as artistic( such as music or dance)， painting was one of the earliest ways in which man (63) to express his own personality and bis (64) understanding of an existence beyond the material world. (65) music and dance, however, examples of early forms of painting have survived to the present day. The modern eye can derive aesthetic as well as antiquarian satisfaction (66) the 15,000-year-old-cave murals of Lascaux-- some examples (67) to the considerable powers of draftsmanship of these early artists. And painting, unlike other arts, exhibits universal qualities that (68) for viewers of all nations and civilizations to understand and appreciate。
The major (69) examples of early painting anywhere in the world are found in Western Europe and the Soviet Union. But some 5,000 years ago, the areas in which important paintings were executed (70) to the eastern Mediterranean Sea and neighboring regions. (71) Western shared a European cultural tradition the Middle East and Mediterranean Basin and, later, the countries of the New World。
Western painting is in general distinguished by its concentration (72) the representation of the human (73) whether in the heroic context of antiquity or the religious context of the early Christian and medieval world. The Renaissance (74) this tradition through a (75) examination of the natural world and an investigation of balance, harmony, and perspectives in the visible world, linking painting (76) the developing sciences of anatomy and optics. The first real (77) from figurative painting came with the growth of landscape painting in the 17(上标)th and 18(上标)th centuries. The landscape and figurative traditions developed together in the 19th century in an atmosphere that was increasingly (78) "painterly" qualities of the (79) of light and color and the expressive qualities of paint handling. In the 20th century these interests (80) to the development of a third major tradition in Western painting, abstract painting, which sought to (81) and express the true nature of paint and painting through action and form。
62. A) may have been B) that may have
C) may have D) that may have been
63. A) seek B) sought C) seek for D) sought for
64. A) emerging B) emergency C) merging D) merger
65. A) As B) Unlike C) Like D) Since
66. A) from B) to C) into D) for
67. A) ratify B) testify C) certify D) gratify
68. A) make easy B) make it easy C) make hard D) make it hard
69. A) extinct B) extent C) extant D) exterior
70. A) had shifted B) have shifted C) shifting D) shifted
71. A) Nevertheless B) Moreover C) However D) Therefore
72. A) to B) in C) on D) for
73. A) figure B) shape C) shadow D) form
74. A) extracted B) extended C) extorted D) extruded
75. A) closing B) close C) closed D) closure
76. A) on B) for C) in D) to
77. A) break B) breakage C) breakdown D) breaking
78. A) concerned with B) concerning C) concerning with D) concerned for
79. A) reaction B) action C) interaction D) relation
80. A) distributed B) attributed C) contributed D) construed
81. A) discover B) uncover C) recover D) cover
Part Ⅵ Translation (5 minutes)
82. ______________________________ (令我们宽慰的是，观众对我们的演出十分欣赏). Most of them were college students。
83. Even if you're best in class, ______________________________(要保持成绩也得常常温习功课才行)。
84. ______________________________ (她被这突如其来的打击吓得讲不出话来) for several minutes。
85. In general, ______________________________(通过增加供给或减少需求可以降低物价)。
86. As far as I know, ______________________________(他们相互感情上疏远已有一段时间了)。
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