Question

Street art is a very popular form of art that is spreading quickly all over the world. You can find it on building, sidewalks, street sings and trash cans from Tokyo to Paris, and from Moscow to Cape Town. Street art has become a global culture and even art museums and galleries are collecting the works of street artists. Even advertising companies also use street art in their ads due to its popularity.

Street art started out very secretly because it’s illegal to paint on public and private property without permission. People often have different opinions about street art. Some people think it is a crime with others think it’s a new form of culture.

Art experts claim that the movement began in New York in the 1960s. Young adults sprayed words and images on walls and trains. This colorful and energetic style of writing became known as graffiti(涂鸦). Graffiti art showed that young people wanted to rebel against society. They didn’t want to accept rules, and they travelled around cities to create paintings that everyone could see. In many cases, they had trouble with the police and the local government.

Many street corners in Paris show the works of Space Invader. A French artist uses small pieces of glass to make images of space creatures. He has been doing this for some years and the police have arrested him a few times. On his website, you can see many other places where he has created this form of art.

Street artists do their work for some reasons. Some of them do not like the artists who make so much money in galleries and museums. They choose street art because it is closer to common people. Some artists try to express their political opinion in their works. They often want to protest against big firms and corporations. Others like to do things that are forbidden and hope they don't get caught.

In today’s world, the Internet has a big influence on street art. Artists can show their pictures to people all over the world. Many city residents, however, say that seeing a picture on the Internet is never as good as seeing it alive. The street art movement lives with the energy and life of a big city. There it will continue to change and grow.

1.What may be the best title for the text?

A. A New Form of Art

B. The New Trend of Street Art

C. Discovery of Global Culture

D. Street Art-New Culture of Cities

2.Why do advertising companies use street art?

A. It has a free style.    B. It has a great effect.

C. It’s popular with customers.    D. It gives the impression of youth.

3.What’s the author’s attitude toward street art?

A. Objective.    B. Subjective.

C. Doubtful.    D. Supportive.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

【解析】本文为一篇说明文，文章主要介绍了街头艺术这一十分受欢迎的文化形式，正在全世界快速地进行传播，接着介绍了街头艺术的起源，发展，以及当今世界形势下街头艺术发展的现状。

1.主旨大意题。该题意为文章最好的题目应当是哪一个？通过对文章的阅读，本文主要是围绕街头艺术的起源，发展，现状来进行介绍的，因此该文章的题目应当以街头艺术为中心，能够表达文章的主旨，综合分析ABCD四个选项，B选项和D选项都与街头艺术相关，B选项The New Trend of Street Art指的是街头文化的新趋势，D选项Street Art-New Culture of Cities指的是城市中的新文化——街头艺术。本文通篇讲的都是城市中的各种街头艺术的发展，而非街头艺术的新趋势，相较之下D选项更为符合题意，故本题选择D项。

2.细节理解题。该题题目意为为什么广告公司会使用街头艺术？通过对文章的理解可以将答案定位到文章第一段的末尾advertising companies also use street art in their ads due to its popularity.可知，由于街头艺术的流行而被广告公司所采用，故本题选择C选项 It’s popular with customers（受顾客所喜爱）。

3.观点态度题。本题意为作者对于街头文化持何种态度?文章的最后一段讲到：随着互联网技术的发展，艺术家们可以通过互联网将他们的作品传播到世界的各个角落，同时作者在此处话风一转提到，居住在城市中的居民们还是更喜欢活跃在城市中的活的艺术形式，因此我们可以判断出作者对于街头艺术这一文化形式持有一种不偏不倚的态度，故本题选择C项Objective（客观的）。

【名师点睛】该篇阅读理解旨在考查考生对于文章主题的把握和主体内容的理解，本题中出现了考查了作者观点态度的题型，对于该种题型考生一定要紧紧把握住文章的开头和结尾这两个最容易体现出作者观点态度的部分。在本文的第三题中就提问了作者对于街头艺术持有什么样的态度，接着我们就到文章的开头和结尾部分去寻找答案，在本文的最后那一段我们发现作者使用了however这一表示转折的词语，这说明作者在赞同转折之前部分的同时也赞同后面的部分，因此作者持有一种客观的态度，故选objective。