Question

Ⅲ完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Some people hate everything that is modern . They cannot   36   how anyone can really like modern music ; they find it hard to   37   the new fashions in clothing ; they think that all modern paintings are   38   ; and they seldom have a good   39   for the new buildings . Such people take their standards of perfection from the   40   . They are usually impatient with anyone who is   41   enough to   42   in new ways . It is ,   43   , true that many artists do not   44   and instead produce   45   that can only be considered as   46   . If the work of art is a painting , the artist’s failure concerns   47   alone , but if it is a building , his failure concerns   48   too.

This does sometimes happen ,   49   it is completely untrue to say , as some people do , that modern architecture (建筑) is    50   . We cannot   51   every modern building by the standards of the old times , though we   52   the buildings of the past . With better technique , the modern building are more   53   . The architect knows he should learn from the past ， yet  54   his greater resources of knowledge and materials , he will never follow the past . He is too   55   to do that .

36.A. imagine       B. stand         C. receive         D. enjoy

37.A. show         B. design       C. accept         D. make

38.A. beautiful     B. ugly         C. strange       D. common

39.A. idea          B. word             C. dream         D. project

40.A .foreigners     B. custom      C. nation       D. past

41.A. outstanding    B. foolish     C. brave        D. clever

42.A. experiment    B. plan        C. make        D. manage

43.A. as usual       B. in all        C. on average     D. of course

44.A. matter        B. publish      C. succeed        D. paint

45.A. experiences    B. works        C. presents             D. organizations

46.A. failures       B. fools        C. foreigners      D. views

47.A. the art        B. itself        C. himself        D. the painting

48.A. everybody      B. the place         C. the world     D. others

49.A. and          B. but         C. for          D. as

50.A. nothing      B. something     C. great              D. simple

51.A. design        B. judge       C. consider         D. think

52.A. dislike       B. realize      C. build        D. admire

53.A. advanced      B. beautiful     C. gifted        D. famous

54.A. by           B. on          C. at             D. with

55.A. bright         B. disappointed  C. proud        D. rich

Answer

36---55   ACBBD   CADCB   ACDBA   BDADC  

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