Question

Some people like modern art, while others say that is rubbish. But a cleaner who works in the Tate Gallery in London isn’t able to tell the difference. The woman, whose name isn’t known, mistook a work of art by the German painter Gustav Metzger for a bag of rubbish, and threw it out with other bags. The plastic bad, which contained pieces of paper and cardboard, was later recovered outside the gallery, but the artist thought that it was too damaged to be put on show again. 78-year-old Mr Metzger explained that the exhibit, which he said was a copy of a similar work he had created in 1960, was meant to show that all art is temporary and “finite”(有限的).

Embarrassed officials at the museum said that they had had to call a meeting with cleaners to explain which things should not be touched. They would not say whether Mr Metzger would be paid any compensation for the incident. However, to make absolutely sure the same thing would not happen again, they decided to cover Mr Metzger’s work every evening with a colored cloth. In this way the cleaners arriving after the gallery had closed to the general public would realize they should not touch it.

This is not the first time that museum cleaners have had trouble distinguishing exhibits from rubbish. In 2001, in another London gallery, a cleaner threw away a work by the well-known British artist Damien Hirst. It was an arrangement  of empty beer bottles, coffee cups, and overflowing ashtrays, which were meant to indicate the chaos in the life of an artist.

However, cleaners don’t always throw things away—sometimes they clean them! This was the case with a dirty asking what the bath was doing in the gallery, the cleaners simply scrubbed it clean.

1.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Cleaners mistake modern art for rubbish

B. Modern art shouldn’t be cleaned

C. What makes a great work of art

D. Cleaners don’t always throw things away

2.Which of the following is not true?

A. People have different opinions on modern art

B. Mr Metzger would be paid much compensation

C. A work of Damien Hirst was thrown away by a cleaner in 2001

D. Some modern work is about artists’ chaos of their life

3.The last paragraph is written to show that____________.

A. cleaners often make exhibits as clean as possible

B. cleaners can’t always differ exhibits from rubbish

C. exhibits are usually difficult to clean

D. exhibits are not always so beautiful

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.B

【解析】

试题分析: 本文讲述清洁工不能误将现代的艺术当垃圾。

1.A 主旨标题。根据第一段提到Some people like modern art, while others say that is rubbish. But a cleaner who works in the Tate Gallery in London isn’t able to tell the difference一些人喜欢现代的艺术一些人认为这是垃圾，但一位在画廊工作的清洁工不能说出他们的区别，故选A项。

2.B 推断题。根据第二段提到They would not say whether Mr Metzger would be paid any compensation for the incident.他们没有说要Mr Metzger因为此事而进行赔偿，故B项错误的；

3.B 推断题。根据最后一段提到However, cleaners don’t always throw things away—sometimes they clean them! This was the case with a dirty asking what the bath was doing in the gallery, the cleaners simply scrubbed it clean然而清洁工不会把他们扔掉，有时会打扫他们，这是一个很脏的花瓶，需要在画廊冲洗，而清洁式仅仅就是用力擦洗，故可知选B项。