5. 一方面，他渴望去参观现代艺术博物馆。而另一方面，他又付不起昂贵的门票。（on the one hand…on the other hand）
Ⅳ. Grammar (Fill in each blank with the proper form of the given verb in brackets). （22%） 1. You’re going on vacation to Hawaii, but I can’t go with you. I wish I ____________ (go) with you. 2. A: If I _____________ (can) find a way to teach a person a foreign language in a week, I ________________ (make) a million dollars. B: And I ________________ (be) your first customer. 3. I told Larry my secret, and he told all his friends. I wish I ______________ (not tell) him my secret. 4. A: It _____________ (be) nice if people _____________ (can) live forever. B: If people __________________ (not/die), the world _____________ (be) overpopulated. There __________________ (not/be) enough resources for everybody. A: I didn’t think of that. If the world _____________ (be) overpopulated, I _______________________ (never/find) a parking space! 5. Someone suggests that we _____________ (hold) a special exhibition next week. 6. Without his friend’s aid, he _____________________ (not, be able to) visit Museum of Modern Art. Now he talks as if he _________ (be) a great artist.
7. My mother may visit me next week. If she ____________ (come) here, I _________ (take) her to an art museum. 8. She’s always dreaming about winning the lottery. If she _________ (win) the lottery one day, she_________ (quit) her job. 9. My best friend’s parents are interested in a career in medicine. They insist that he _________ (become) a doctor when he grows up. 10. If you _____________ (live) 100 years ago, you probably _____________ (not graduate) from high school.
Ⅴ. Text (Fill in the blanks according to the text, one word for each blank) （15%） Art is __________ by the customs and __________ of a people. Styles in western paintings __________ __________ many times. Consequently, this text will __________ only the most important ones, __________ __________ the sixth century AD. When people first saw his paintings, they __________ __________ __________ they were looking through a hole in a wall at a real scene. If the rules of perspective had not been __________, no one would have been able to paint __________ __________ pictures. By coincidence, oil paints were __________ developed at this time, __________ made the colors used in painting look richer and deeper. __________ the news paints and the new __________, we would not be able to see the many great masterpieces __________ __________ this period is famous. The reputation of this museum __________ __________ the variety of its art collection. This __________ more than 5,000 years of __________ from many parts of the world, __________ America, Europe, China, Egypt, other African countries and South America. The museum displays __________ __________ just the visual delights of art. It introduces you __________ ancient ways of living. You can visit an Egyptian temple, a fragrant Ming Garden, a typical room in __________ 18th century house and __________ __________ special exhibitions. Ⅵ. Reading Comprehension. (8%) Charles Blackman: Alice in Wonderland An Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Australia 10 June ---12 August 2007 Venue(地点) The Ian Potter Centre Admission Free entry Charles Blackman is famous for his beautiful painting of dreams. In 1956, he heard for the first time Lewis Carroll’s extraordinary tale of Alice in Wonderland –the story of a Victorian girl who falls down a rabbit hole, meets a lot of funny characters and experiences all kinds of things. At that time, Blackman’s wife was suffering form progressive blindness. The story of Alice moving through the strange situations often disheartened by various events was similar to his wife’s experiences. It also reflected so much of his own life. All this contributed to the completion of the Alice in Wonderland paintings. Illustrator Workshop Go straight to the experts for an introductory course in book illustration. The course includes an introduction to the process of illustration and its techniques, workshop exercise and group projects. Date: Sunday 17 June &Sunday 5Aug.10am—1pm Venue: Gas Works Arts Park Wonderful World Celebrate the exhibition and Children’s Book Week with special activities just for the day, including a special visit from Alice and the White Rabbit. Date: Sunday 24 June, 11am—4pm Venue: Exhibition Space, Level 3 Topsy- Turvy Visit the exhibition or discover wonderful curiosities in artworks in the NGV Collection and make a magic world in a box. Alice and the White Rabbit will be with you. Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland will be screened. Dates: Sunday 8,15,22,29 July, and Tuesday 24-Friday 27 July, 12noon—3pm Venue: Theatre, NGV Australia Drawing Workshop Distortions of scale ( 比例失真) can make artworks strange but interesting. Find out how Charles Blackman distorted scale in his paintings to create a curious world, then experiment with scale in your own drawings. More information upon booking. Date: Friday 27 July, 10:30am-3pm Venue: Foyer, Level 3 41. Charles Blackman’s paintings come from A. his admiration for Lewis Carroll B. his dream of becoming a famous artist C. his wish to express his own feelings D. his eagerness to cure his wife’s illness 42. Which two activities can you participate in (take part in) on the same day? A. Illustrator Workshop and Wonderful World B. Illustrator Workshop and Drawing Workshop. C. Wonerful World and Topsy –Turvy. D. Topsy-Turvy and Drawing Workshop. 43. To understand the Alice in Wonderland paintings, you should go to A. Exhibition Space .L
