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必修第三册　UNIT 7　ART
(限时：30分钟)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
(2024·浙江省Z20名校联盟第三次联考)
Inspired by his mentor Louis Sullivan，an influential figure in the world of modernist architecture，Frank Lloyd Wright coined the term “organic architecture” around 1908.
Rather than imitating nature or organic elements within the natural world，organic architecture is more concerned with re－interpretation of nature and harmony between the organic and the built environment.It ensures that the individual elements within buildings are put together to reflect the order within nature.Here are 4 of the most striking examples.
Casa Milà
Location：Barcelona，Spain
Year of completion：1910
Architect：Antoni Gaudi
Considered the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism，Antoni Gaudi was devoted to nature and the Catholic religion.While he originally intended this organic building to have a religious purpose，it is now an apartment building.True to the organic style，it features the shape of honeycomb that seemingly emerges from the earth.
Learning Hub at Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Location：Singapore
Year of completion：2015
Architect：Thomas Heatherwick
Earning the nicknames “dim sum basket building” and “the Hive”，the Learning Hub consists of 12 eight－storey towers arranged around a public atrium.The organic nature of the building extends to its interior with features like gardens that are intended to encourage social interactions and study among students.
Falling Water
Location：Mill Run，Pennsylvania
Year of completion：1939
Architect：Frank Lloyd Wright
A classic of modernism and organic architecture，Falling Water sits on top of a waterfall.Frank Lloyd Wright designed it for the Kaufmann family who—though they had originally hoped for a view of the waterfall—came to love the home.
East Beach Café
Location：Littlehampton，UK
Year of completion：2007
Architect：Thomas Heatherwick
Located in a seaside area with an industrial history，East Beach Café resembles (像) a piece of driftwood.Forty meters long，seven meters wide and five meters high，it initially polarised locals，but has since been well－received by the whole community.It was the first building for Thomas Heatherwick who previously was better known as a sculptor.
【语篇解读】　本文是应用文。文章主要介绍了四座著名的有机建筑的情况。
1.Which building has the longest history
A.Casa Milà.
B.Learning Hub at NTU.
C.Falling Water.
D.East Beach Café.
答案　A　[细节理解题。根据文章内容可知，Casa Milà完成于1910年；Learning Hub at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) 完成于2015年；Falling Water完成于1939年；East Beach Café完成于2007年。故Casa Milà的历史最悠久。]
2.What can we learn about East Beach Café？
A.It remains floating on the sea.
B.It serves to encourage social interactions.
C.It was not accepted by all the locals initially.
D.It was originally intended for a particular family.
答案　C　[细节理解题。根据East Beach Café部分中“Forty meters long，seven meters wide...by the whole community.”可知，它最初让当地人两极分化，但后来受到了整个社区的欢迎，故可知起初并不是所有的当地人都接受East Beach Café。]
3.Which of the following magazines is the text probably taken from
A.Natural World. B.Architectural Digest.
C.Organic Gardening. D.Extraordinary Figures.
答案　B　[文章出处题。根据第二段内容并结合全文内容可知，文章主要讲述了有机建筑，关注有机环境与建筑环境中人与自然的和谐，并列举了四座著名的建筑来说明，可推知“建筑文摘”可能是本文的来源。]
“It has nothing in common with anything else on the Bund(外滩)，”said Ben Wood，the American architect behind Shanghai’s famous Xintiandi District，commenting on the Fosun Foundation after its completion in 2016.“The great thing about the Bund is that it’s grand.Perhaps a building that can stand out is needed here to show that a company is progressive.But it’s not grand.”
For now，however，the Fosun Foundation—a new theatre—is proving popular with riverside tourists.
Located in the Bund Finance Centre，the theatre was designed by cooperation of two world－known British design firms：Foster＋Partners and Heatherwick Studio.The architectural highlight is the outward appearance—a golden，three－layered(层)，steel bamboo curtain that hangs from the third floor.But what makes the architecture really unique is that it “dances”：repeatedly each day，the curtain slowly moves—opens and closes—with music.This visual element，combining East and West，looks like both an ancient Chinese crown and a Western harp(竖琴).The building’s ground floor entrance looks unclear，but once inside，you’ll see the space reveal a hall and café，and traditional Chinese theatres on the upper floors.Although there’re only four stories above ground，the building houses several music halls on its three underground floors.
“The opportunity to make something new in this culturally historic location was extraordinary，” said Thomas Heatherwick，Heatherwick Studio founder.“We tried to make it an interesting addition to show Shanghai’s mix of modern and historic architecture.”
The Fosun Foundation is only part of a bigger plan for this economic and cultural centre in China.Along the Huangpu River，a massive waterfront art area is being built.Shanghai hopes to play a larger role in the global art industry in the coming years.
What Shanghai makes of this new riverside project remains to be seen.But with the Fosun Foundation open to the public，the area’s rapid transformation is bringing up discussions in China’s arts scene and beyond.
【语篇解读】　本文是说明文。文章主要介绍了上海外滩复星艺术中心的特色及其意义。
4.What did Ben Wood mainly talk about
A.How to keep the Bund area progressive.
B.Why the Bund area doesn’t stand out.
C.How to make the Fosun Foundation grand.
D.Why the Fosun Foundation doesn’t fit the area.
答案　D　[推理判断题。根据第一段内容可推知，Ben Wood主要谈论了复星艺术中心不适合外滩的原因。]
5.What makes the theatre unusual
A.The colour of its appearance.
B.The material of the building.
C.The movement of its curtain.
D.The music of a different type.
答案　C　[细节理解题。根据第三段第三句可知，幕布的移动使剧院与众不同。]
6.What is Shanghai’s bigger plan for the Bund area
A.To improve its influence in arts.
B.To bring up more traditional buildings.
C.To strengthen its economic role.
D.To mix modern and historic elements.
答案　A　[细节理解题。根据倒数第二段内容可知，上海对外滩地区的更大计划是使其在未来几年在全球艺术产业中发挥更大的作用，即提高外滩的艺术影响力。]
7.Which word best describes the author’s attitude to the plan
A.Worried. B.Pessimistic.
C.Cautious. D.Confident.
答案　C　[观点态度题。根据最后一段第一句可知，作者对于这个计划的态度是谨慎的。]
Though there are filters which can change digital photographs to make them similar to a painting，obvious differences still exist.
A brand－new painting AI has been made public recently.Much like the pupils of the old masters，the new AI studies the works of great painters like Vermeer and Van Gogh and learns to reproduce their works.
The AI，named “PaintBot”，is the creation of a team of researchers from the University of Maryland，the Bytedance AI Lab and Adobe Research.
PaintBot can not only reproduce the works of different artists but create new works based on photographs in the chosen painter’s characteristic style.
To train the AI to imitate a given artist’s technique，the researchers would present it with between 3 and 10 reference paintings.With each reference painting it studies，the AI gradually learns to recognize the various characteristics of the given artist’s technique，including the stroke colour，position and size—along with the order in which each brushstroke should be made.
PaintBot uses a technique known as reinforcement learning.During the learning process，the AI would practice reproducing reference paintings，which it would then compare with the original work to see how similar the two were and if it was improving its imitation of the artist’s style.It takes around six hours for the AI to learn to imitate a given painter.
Once the AI has mastered a particular artist’s technique，the researchers could present it with a new image to reproduce in the same style.The AI then uses what it has learnt to produce a new painting，putting down each brushstroke one at a time.
After being trained in a given style，PaintBot takes only around five minutes to produce each of its digital masterpieces.
The way that PaintBot’s compositions are built up from thousands of individual brushstrokes makes the AI’s works more realistic than those online filters.
【语篇解读】　本文是说明文。文章主要说明了人工智能PaintBot不仅可以复制不同艺术家的作品，还可以根据所选画家的特点风格，根据照片创作出新的作品。还介绍了其创作画作的过程和特点。
8.What do we know about filters used to change digital photos
A.They are well received. B.They are not good enough.
C.They are really fantastic. D.They are disliked by people.
答案　B　[细节理解题。根据第一段可知，用来改变数码照片的滤镜不够好。]
9.How does PaintBot create works
A.It mixes techniques of different artists.
B.It learns from the artist on the spot.
C.It just imitates the color of the given paintings.
D.It follows the given style of the paintings.
答案　D　[细节理解题。根据第四段以及第五段第一句可知，PaintBot遵循给定的绘画风格创建作品。]
10.Which of the following words can the author use to describe PaintBot’s paintings
A.Lifelike. B.Valuable.
C.Advanced. D.Original.
答案　A　[推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，PaintBot的画很生动。]
11.What is a suitable title for the passage
A.The Most Intelligent AI Painter PaintBot
B.A Brand－new Painting Reproduced By AI
C.PaintBot Creates More Realistic Paintings
D.How PaintBot Imitates Artists’ Techniques
答案　C　[标题归纳题。根据第二段并结合全文可知，文章主要说明了人工智能PaintBot不仅可以复制不同艺术家的作品，还可以根据所选画家的特点风格，根据照片创作出新的作品。还介绍了其创作画作的过程和特点。C选项“PaintBot创造更逼真的绘画”最符合文章标题。]
Ⅱ.七选五
(2024·浙江温州二模)
Museums can be overwhelming.With thousands of pieces there, how do you know which to focus on And once you see a piece you like, how do you interact with it Here is some advice on how to have a meaningful connection when you look at art.
Get up close and personal.__1__ Therefore, take your time to observe qualities about a work that may not come through on a computer screen.That includes its look and the feel of its surface, the marks made by the brush and the path your eyes take when viewing the work.
Stand back.Next, take a few steps back, stand in the center—and observe what’s happening in the big picture.What’s going on in the piece __2__ What are they doing How are they related
Look at it from an angle.Then try looking at an artwork from its sides, because you might catch something you might not have seen straight on.If it’s something like The Ambassadors by Holbein at The National Gallery in London, if you stand to the side, you’ll see something that from front on looks very different.__3__ That’s called anamorphic art.
Move your body.If you’re looking at a painting, you can take a finger to the air and trace the outline of the figure or the movement of the brushstrokes.__4__ This can help you see and feel what it might be like to make this artwork from the artist’s perspective.
Consider the subject of the art.That can have a profound effect on how you feel about the work and perhaps you can learn something from it.Take the example of Andrew Wyeth’s famous painting, Christina’s World, which depicts (描绘) a girl with a muscle disease crawling across a field to get to her home in the distance.The painting personifies (体现) determination.__5__
A.So just keep an open mind.
B.What have they gone through
C.When you stand to the side, it changes.
D.How are the figures in the piece arranged
E.We have the luxury of seeing the real thing at a museum.
F.When looking at sculptures, try the poses with your body.
G.It can in a way relieve your stress to know we have this inner strength.
【语篇解读】　本文是说明文。文章介绍了在看待艺术时如何建立有意义联系的一些建议。
1.E　[由上文“近距离接触。”和下文“因此，花点时间观察电脑屏幕上可能看不到的作品的品质。那包括它的外观和表面的触感，画笔留下的痕迹，以及你观看作品时眼睛所走的路径。”可知，只有在博物馆里才能近距离接触、仔细观察艺术作品，承接上下文，E项中的“real”与文中的“on a computer screen”是对比关系，故E 选项“我们有幸在博物馆里看到真实的东西。”切题。]
2.D　[由上文“退后。接下来，后退几步，站在中心，观察大的画面中发生了什么。这幅作品里发生了什么？”和下文“他们在做什么？它们是如何关联的？”可知，后退是为了更好地思考艺术作品的意义，可以通过相关问题来建立艺术联系，下文中的“they”指代 D 选项中的“the figures in the piece”，承接上下文，D 选项“这幅作品中的人物是如何排列的？”切题，且与前后句式一致。]
3.C　[由上文“从一个角度看。然后试着从侧面看一件艺术品，因为你可能会看到一些你可能没有直接看到的东西。如果它像伦敦国家美术馆的霍尔拜因的《大使们》，如果你站在侧面，你会看到一些从正面看非常不同的东西。”和下文“这就是变形艺术。”可知，不同角度看艺术作品，你会看到不同的东西，该空承接上下文讲不同角度视角下的变形艺术是什么样的，C 选项“当你站在侧面时，它会改变。”切题。]
4.F　[承接上文“移动你的身体。如果你在看一幅画，你可以把一根手指举到空中，追踪人物的轮廓或笔触的移动。”再次举例说明通过移动你的身体来与艺术建立有意义的联系，F选项“看雕塑时，试着用你的身体摆姿势。”切题。]
5.G　[由小标题“Consider the subject of the art.(想想艺术的主题)”和上文“以安德鲁·怀思的著名画作《克里斯蒂娜的世界》为例，这幅画描绘了一个患有肌肉疾病的女孩爬过田野去远方的家。这幅画体现了决心。”可知，本段作者建议通过思考艺术的主题来与艺术建立有意义的联系，以著名画作《克里斯蒂娜的世界》的艺术主题(决心)为例，该空应讲明这种有意义联系的积极作用，承接上下文，G 选项“知道我们有这种内在的力量，可以在某种程度上缓解你的压力。”切题。]UNIT 7　ART
Ⅰ.阅读理解
(2024·浙江省Z20名校联盟第三次联考)
Inspired by his mentor Louis Sullivan，an influential figure in the world of modernist architecture，Frank Lloyd Wright coined the term “organic architecture” around 1908.
Rather than imitating nature or organic elements within the natural world，organic architecture is more concerned with re－interpretation of nature and harmony between the organic and the built environment.It ensures that the individual elements within buildings are put together to reflect the order within nature.Here are 4 of the most striking examples.
Casa Milà
Location：Barcelona，Spain
Year of completion：1910
Architect：Antoni Gaudi
Considered the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism，Antoni Gaudi was devoted to nature and the Catholic religion.While he originally intended this organic building to have a religious purpose，it is now an apartment building.True to the organic style，it features the shape of honeycomb that seemingly emerges from the earth.
Learning Hub at Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Location：Singapore
Year of completion：2015
Architect：Thomas Heatherwick
Earning the nicknames “dim sum basket building” and “the Hive”，the Learning Hub consists of 12 eight－storey towers arranged around a public atrium.The organic nature of the building extends to its interior with features like gardens that are intended to encourage social interactions and study among students.
Falling Water
Location：Mill Run，Pennsylvania
Year of completion：1939
Architect：Frank Lloyd Wright
A classic of modernism and organic architecture，Falling Water sits on top of a waterfall.Frank Lloyd Wright designed it for the Kaufmann family who—though they had originally hoped for a view of the waterfall—came to love the home.
East Beach Café
Location：Littlehampton，UK
Year of completion：2007
Architect：Thomas Heatherwick
Located in a seaside area with an industrial history，East Beach Café resembles (像) a piece of driftwood.Forty meters long，seven meters wide and five meters high，it initially polarised locals，but has since been well－received by the whole community.It was the first building for Thomas Heatherwick who previously was better known as a sculptor.
1.Which building has the longest history
A.Casa Milà. B.Learning Hub at NTU.
C.Falling Water. D.East Beach Café.
2.What can we learn about East Beach Café？
A.It remains floating on the sea.
B.It serves to encourage social interactions.
C.It was not accepted by all the locals initially.
D.It was originally intended for a particular family.
3.Which of the following magazines is the text probably taken from
A.Natural World. B.Architectural Digest.
C.Organic Gardening. D.Extraordinary Figures.
“It has nothing in common with anything else on the Bund(外滩)，”said Ben Wood，the American architect behind Shanghai’s famous Xintiandi District，commenting on the Fosun Foundation after its completion in 2016.“The great thing about the Bund is that it’s grand.Perhaps a building that can stand out is needed here to show that a company is progressive.But it’s not grand.”
For now，however，the Fosun Foundation—a new theatre—is proving popular with riverside tourists.
Located in the Bund Finance Centre，the theatre was designed by cooperation of two world－known British design firms：Foster＋Partners and Heatherwick Studio.The architectural highlight is the outward appearance—a golden，three－layered(层)，steel bamboo curtain that hangs from the third floor.But what makes the architecture really unique is that it “dances”：repeatedly each day，the curtain slowly moves—opens and closes—with music.This visual element，combining East and West，looks like both an ancient Chinese crown and a Western harp(竖琴).The building’s ground floor entrance looks unclear，but once inside，you’ll see the space reveal a hall and café，and traditional Chinese theatres on the upper floors.Although there’re only four stories above ground，the building houses several music halls on its three underground floors.
“The opportunity to make something new in this culturally historic location was extraordinary，” said Thomas Heatherwick，Heatherwick Studio founder.“We tried to make it an interesting addition to show Shanghai’s mix of modern and historic architecture.”
The Fosun Foundation is only part of a bigger plan for this economic and cultural centre in China.Along the Huangpu River，a massive waterfront art area is being built.Shanghai hopes to play a larger role in the global art industry in the coming years.
What Shanghai makes of this new riverside project remains to be seen.But with the Fosun Foundation open to the public，the area’s rapid transformation is bringing up discussions in China’s arts scene and beyond.
4.What did Ben Wood mainly talk about
A.How to keep the Bund area progressive.
B.Why the Bund area doesn’t stand out.
C.How to make the Fosun Foundation grand.
D.Why the Fosun Foundation doesn’t fit the area.
5.What makes the theatre unusual
A.The colour of its appearance.
B.The material of the building.
C.The movement of its curtain.
D.The music of a different type.
6.What is Shanghai’s bigger plan for the Bund area
A.To improve its influence in arts.
B.To bring up more traditional buildings.
C.To strengthen its economic role.
D.To mix modern and historic elements.
7.Which word best describes the author’s attitude to the plan
A.Worried. B.Pessimistic.
C.Cautious. D.Confident.
Though there are filters which can change digital photographs to make them similar to a painting，obvious differences still exist.
A brand－new painting AI has been made public recently.Much like the pupils of the old masters，the new AI studies the works of great painters like Vermeer and Van Gogh and learns to reproduce their works.
The AI，named “PaintBot”，is the creation of a team of researchers from the University of Maryland，the Bytedance AI Lab and Adobe Research.
PaintBot can not only reproduce the works of different artists but create new works based on photographs in the chosen painter’s characteristic style.
To train the AI to imitate a given artist’s technique，the researchers would present it with between 3 and 10 reference paintings.With each reference painting it studies，the AI gradually learns to recognize the various characteristics of the given artist’s technique，including the stroke colour，position and size—along with the order in which each brushstroke should be made.
PaintBot uses a technique known as reinforcement learning.During the learning process，the AI would practice reproducing reference paintings，which it would then compare with the original work to see how similar the two were and if it was improving its imitation of the artist’s style.It takes around six hours for the AI to learn to imitate a given painter.
Once the AI has mastered a particular artist’s technique，the researchers could present it with a new image to reproduce in the same style.The AI then uses what it has learnt to produce a new painting，putting down each brushstroke one at a time.
After being trained in a given style，PaintBot takes only around five minutes to produce each of its digital masterpieces.
The way that PaintBot’s compositions are built up from thousands of individual brushstrokes makes the AI’s works more realistic than those online filters.
8.What do we know about filters used to change digital photos
A.They are well received. B.They are not good enough.
C.They are really fantastic. D.They are disliked by people.
9.How does PaintBot create works
A.It mixes techniques of different artists.
B.It learns from the artist on the spot.
C.It just imitates the color of the given paintings.
D.It follows the given style of the paintings.
10.Which of the following words can the author use to describe PaintBot’s paintings
A.Lifelike. B.Valuable.
C.Advanced. D.Original.
11.What is a suitable title for the passage
A.The Most Intelligent AI Painter PaintBot
B.A Brand－new Painting Reproduced By AI
C.PaintBot Creates More Realistic Paintings
D.How PaintBot Imitates Artists’ Techniques
Ⅱ.七选五
(2024·浙江温州二模)
Museums can be overwhelming.With thousands of pieces there, how do you know which to focus on And once you see a piece you like, how do you interact with it Here is some advice on how to have a meaningful connection when you look at art.
Get up close and personal.__1__ Therefore, take your time to observe qualities about a work that may not come through on a computer screen.That includes its look and the feel of its surface, the marks made by the brush and the path your eyes take when viewing the work.
Stand back.Next, take a few steps back, stand in the center—and observe what’s happening in the big picture.What’s going on in the piece __2__ What are they doing How are they related
Look at it from an angle.Then try looking at an artwork from its sides, because you might catch something you might not have seen straight on.If it’s something like The Ambassadors by Holbein at The National Gallery in London, if you stand to the side, you’ll see something that from front on looks very different.__3__ That’s called anamorphic art.
Move your body.If you’re looking at a painting, you can take a finger to the air and trace the outline of the figure or the movement of the brushstrokes.__4__ This can help you see and feel what it might be like to make this artwork from the artist’s perspective.
Consider the subject of the art.That can have a profound effect on how you feel about the work and perhaps you can learn something from it.Take the example of Andrew Wyeth’s famous painting, Christina’s World, which depicts (描绘) a girl with a muscle disease crawling across a field to get to her home in the distance.The painting personifies (体现) determination.__5__
A.So just keep an open mind.
B.What have they gone through
C.When you stand to the side, it changes.
D.How are the figures in the piece arranged
E.We have the luxury of seeing the real thing at a museum.
F.When looking at sculptures, try the poses with your body.
G.It can in a way relieve your stress to know we have this inner strength.(共32张PPT)
UNIT 7　ART
必修第三册
Ⅰ.阅读理解
(2024·浙江省Z20名校联盟第三次联考)
Inspired by his mentor Louis Sullivan，an influential figure in the world of modernist architecture，Frank Lloyd Wright coined the term “organic architecture” around 1908.
Rather than imitating nature or organic elements within the natural world，organic architecture is more concerned with re－interpretation of nature and harmony between the organic and the built environment.It ensures that the individual elements within buildings are put together to reflect the order within nature.Here are 4 of the most striking examples.
Casa Milà
Location：Barcelona，Spain
Year of completion：1910
Architect：Antoni Gaudi
Considered the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism，Antoni Gaudi was devoted to nature and the Catholic religion.While he originally intended this organic building to have a religious purpose，it is now an apartment building.True to the organic style，it features the shape of honeycomb that seemingly emerges from the earth.
Learning Hub at Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Location：Singapore
Year of completion：2015
Architect：Thomas Heatherwick
Earning the nicknames “dim sum basket building” and “the Hive”，the Learning Hub consists of 12 eight－storey towers arranged around a public atrium.The organic nature of the building extends to its interior with features like gardens that are intended to encourage social interactions and study among students.
Falling Water
Location：Mill Run，Pennsylvania
Year of completion：1939
Architect：Frank Lloyd Wright
A classic of modernism and organic architecture，Falling Water sits on top of a waterfall.Frank Lloyd Wright designed it for the Kaufmann family who—though they had originally hoped for a view of the waterfall—came to love the home.
East Beach Café
Location：Littlehampton，UK
Year of completion：2007
Architect：Thomas Heatherwick
Located in a seaside area with an industrial history，East Beach Café resembles (像) a piece of driftwood.Forty meters long，seven meters wide and five meters high，it initially polarised locals，but has since been well－received by the whole community.It was the first building for Thomas Heatherwick who previously was better known as a sculptor.
【语篇解读】　本文是应用文。文章主要介绍了四座著名的有机建筑的情况。
1.Which building has the longest history
A.Casa Milà.
B.Learning Hub at NTU.
C.Falling Water.
D.East Beach Café.
解析 细节理解题。根据文章内容可知，Casa Milà完成于1910年；Learning Hub at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) 完成于2015年；Falling Water完成于1939年；East Beach Café完成于2007年。故Casa Milà的历史最悠久。
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2.What can we learn about East Beach Café？
A.It remains floating on the sea.
B.It serves to encourage social interactions.
C.It was not accepted by all the locals initially.
D.It was originally intended for a particular family.
解析 细节理解题。根据East Beach Café部分中“Forty meters long，seven meters wide...by the whole community.”可知，它最初让当地人两极分化，但后来受到了整个社区的欢迎，故可知起初并不是所有的当地人都接受East Beach Café。
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3.Which of the following magazines is the text probably taken from
A.Natural World. B.Architectural Digest.
C.Organic Gardening. D.Extraordinary Figures.
解析 文章出处题。根据第二段内容并结合全文内容可知，文章主要讲述了有机建筑，关注有机环境与建筑环境中人与自然的和谐，并列举了四座著名的建筑来说明，可推知“建筑文摘”可能是本文的来源。
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“It has nothing in common with anything else on the Bund(外滩)，”said Ben Wood，the American architect behind Shanghai’s famous Xintiandi District，commenting on the Fosun Foundation after its completion in 2016.“The great thing about the Bund is that it’s grand.Perhaps a building that can stand out is needed here to show that a company is progressive.But it’s not grand.”
For now，however，the Fosun Foundation—a new theatre—is proving popular with riverside tourists.
Located in the Bund Finance Centre，the theatre was designed by cooperation of two world－known British design firms：Foster＋Partners and Heatherwick Studio.The architectural highlight is the outward appearance—a golden，three－layered(层)，steel bamboo curtain that hangs from the third floor.But what makes the architecture really unique is that it “dances”：repeatedly each day，the curtain slowly moves—opens and closes—with music.This visual element，combining East and West，looks like both an ancient Chinese crown and a Western harp(竖琴).The building’s ground floor entrance looks unclear，but once inside，you’ll see the space reveal a hall and café，and traditional Chinese theatres on the upper floors.Although there’re only four stories above ground，the building houses several music halls on its three underground floors.
“The opportunity to make something new in this culturally historic location was extraordinary，” said Thomas Heatherwick，Heatherwick Studio founder.“We tried to make it an interesting addition to show Shanghai’s mix of modern and historic architecture.”
The Fosun Foundation is only part of a bigger plan for this economic and cultural centre in China.Along the Huangpu River，a massive waterfront art area is being built.Shanghai hopes to play a larger role in the global art industry in the coming years.
What Shanghai makes of this new riverside project remains to be seen.But with the Fosun Foundation open to the public，the area’s rapid transformation is bringing up discussions in China’s arts scene and beyond.
【语篇解读】　本文是说明文。文章主要介绍了上海外滩复星艺术中心的特色及其意义。
4.What did Ben Wood mainly talk about
A.How to keep the Bund area progressive.
B.Why the Bund area doesn’t stand out.
C.How to make the Fosun Foundation grand.
D.Why the Fosun Foundation doesn’t fit the area.
解析 推理判断题。根据第一段内容可推知，Ben Wood主要谈论了复星艺术中心不适合外滩的原因。
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5.What makes the theatre unusual
A.The colour of its appearance.
B.The material of the building.
C.The movement of its curtain.
D.The music of a different type.
解析 细节理解题。根据第三段第三句可知，幕布的移动使剧院与众不同。
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6.What is Shanghai’s bigger plan for the Bund area
A.To improve its influence in arts.
B.To bring up more traditional buildings.
C.To strengthen its economic role.
D.To mix modern and historic elements.
解析 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段内容可知，上海对外滩地区的更大计划是使其在未来几年在全球艺术产业中发挥更大的作用，即提高外滩的艺术影响力。
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7.Which word best describes the author’s attitude to the plan
A.Worried. B.Pessimistic.
C.Cautious. D.Confident.
解析 观点态度题。根据最后一段第一句可知，作者对于这个计划的态度是谨慎的。
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Though there are filters which can change digital photographs to make them similar to a painting，obvious differences still exist.
A brand－new painting AI has been made public recently.Much like the pupils of the old masters，the new AI studies the works of great painters like Vermeer and Van Gogh and learns to reproduce their works.
The AI，named “PaintBot”，is the creation of a team of researchers from the University of Maryland，the Bytedance AI Lab and Adobe Research.
PaintBot can not only reproduce the works of different artists but create new works based on photographs in the chosen painter’s characteristic style.
To train the AI to imitate a given artist’s technique，the researchers would present it with between 3 and 10 reference paintings.With each reference painting it studies，the AI gradually learns to recognize the various characteristics of the given artist’s technique，including the stroke colour，position and size—along with the order in which each brushstroke should be made.
PaintBot uses a technique known as reinforcement learning.During the learning process，the AI would practice reproducing reference paintings，which it would then compare with the original work to see how similar the two were and if it was improving its imitation of the artist’s style.It takes around six hours for the AI to learn to imitate a given painter.
Once the AI has mastered a particular artist’s technique，the researchers could present it with a new image to reproduce in the same style.The AI then uses what it has learnt to produce a new painting，putting down each brushstroke one at a time.
After being trained in a given style，PaintBot takes only around five minutes to produce each of its digital masterpieces.
The way that PaintBot’s compositions are built up from thousands of individual brushstrokes makes the AI’s works more realistic than those online filters.
【语篇解读】　本文是说明文。文章主要说明了人工智能PaintBot不仅可以复制不同艺术家的作品，还可以根据所选画家的特点风格，根据照片创作出新的作品。还介绍了其创作画作的过程和特点。
8.What do we know about filters used to change digital photos
A.They are well received.
B.They are not good enough.
C.They are really fantastic.
D.They are disliked by people.
解析 细节理解题。根据第一段可知，用来改变数码照片的滤镜不够好。
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9.How does PaintBot create works
A.It mixes techniques of different artists.
B.It learns from the artist on the spot.
C.It just imitates the color of the given paintings.
D.It follows the given style of the paintings.
解析 细节理解题。根据第四段以及第五段第一句可知，PaintBot遵循给定的绘画风格创建作品。
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10.Which of the following words can the author use to describe PaintBot’s paintings
A.Lifelike. B.Valuable.
C.Advanced. D.Original.
解析 推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，PaintBot的画很生动。
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11.What is a suitable title for the passage
A.The Most Intelligent AI Painter PaintBot
B.A Brand－new Painting Reproduced By AI
C.PaintBot Creates More Realistic Paintings
D.How PaintBot Imitates Artists’ Techniques
解析 标题归纳题。根据第二段并结合全文可知，文章主要说明了人工智能PaintBot不仅可以复制不同艺术家的作品，还可以根据所选画家的特点风格，根据照片创作出新的作品。还介绍了其创作画作的过程和特点。C选项“PaintBot创造更逼真的绘画”最符合文章标题。
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(2024·浙江温州二模)
Museums can be overwhelming.With thousands of pieces there, how do you know which to focus on And once you see a piece you like, how do you interact with it Here is some advice on how to have a meaningful connection when you look at art.
Get up close and personal.__1__ Therefore, take your time to observe qualities about a work that may not come through on a computer screen.That includes its look and the feel of its surface, the marks made by the brush and the path your eyes take when viewing the work.
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Stand back.Next, take a few steps back, stand in the center—and observe what’s happening in the big picture.What’s going on in the piece __2__ What are they doing How are they related
Look at it from an angle.Then try looking at an artwork from its sides, because you might catch something you might not have seen straight on.If it’s something like The Ambassadors by Holbein at The National Gallery in London, if you stand to the side, you’ll see something that from front on looks very different.__3__ That’s called anamorphic art.
Move your body.If you’re looking at a painting, you can take a finger to the air and trace the outline of the figure or the movement of the brushstrokes.__4__ This can help you see and feel what it might be like to make this artwork from the artist’s perspective.
Consider the subject of the art.That can have a profound effect on how you feel about the work and perhaps you can learn something from it.Take the example of Andrew Wyeth’s famous painting, Christina’s World, which depicts (描绘) a girl with a muscle disease crawling across a field to get to her home in the distance.The painting personifies (体现) determination.__5__
A.So just keep an open mind.
B.What have they gone through
C.When you stand to the side, it changes.
D.How are the figures in the piece arranged
E.We have the luxury of seeing the real thing at a museum.
F.When looking at sculptures, try the poses with your body.
G.It can in a way relieve your stress to know we have this inner strength.
【语篇解读】　本文是说明文。文章介绍了在看待艺术时如何建立有意义联系的一些建议。
1.E [由上文“近距离接触。”和下文“因此，花点时间观察电脑屏幕上可能看不到的作品的品质。那包括它的外观和表面的触感，画笔留下的痕迹，以及你观看作品时眼睛所走的路径。”可知，只有在博物馆里才能近距离接触、仔细观察艺术作品,承接上下文，E项中的“real”与文中的“on a computer screen”是对比关系,故E 选项“我们有幸在博物馆里看到真实的东西。”切题。
2.D [由上文“退后。接下来，后退几步，站在中心，观察大的画面中发生了什么。这幅作品里发生了什么？”和下文“他们在做什么？它们是如何关联的？”可知，后退是为了更好地思考艺术作品的意义，可以通过相关问题来建立艺术联系，下文中的“they”指代 D 选项中的“the figures in the piece”，承接上下文，D 选项“这幅作品中的人物是如何排列的？”切题，且与前后句式一致。]
3.C [由上文“从一个角度看。然后试着从侧面看一件艺术品，因为你可能会看到一些你可能没有直接看到的东西。如果它像伦敦国家美术馆的霍尔拜因的《大使们》，如果你站在侧面，你会看到一些从正面看非常不同的东西。”和下文“这就是变形艺术。”可知，不同角度看艺术作品，你会看到不同的东西，该空承接上下文讲不同角度视角下的变形艺术是什么样的，C 选项“当你站在侧面时，它会改变。”切题。]
4.F [承接上文“移动你的身体。如果你在看一幅画，你可以把一根手指举到空中，追踪人物的轮廓或笔触的移动。”再次举例说明通过移动你的身体来与艺术建立有意义的联系，F选项“看雕塑时，试着用你的身体摆姿势。”切题。]
5.G [由小标题“Consider the subject of the art.(想想艺术的主题)”和上文“以安德鲁·怀思的著名画作《克里斯蒂娜的世界》为例，这幅画描绘了一个患有肌肉疾病的女孩爬过田野去远方的家。这幅画体现了决心。”可知，本段作者建议通过思考艺术的主题来与艺术建立有意义的联系，以著名画作《克里斯蒂娜的世界》的艺术主题(决心)为例，该空应讲明这种有意义联系的积极作用，承接上下文，G 选项“知道我们有这种内在的力量，可以在某种程度上缓解你的压力。”切题。]
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