Question

    Primary school students in China started using new editions of their textbooks last September, with new illustrations(插图)to go with classic Chinese poems.

With the 110 classic poems for primary school students from Grade One to Six come one hundred illustrations painted by artist Huang Guoxiang of Wenzhou, Zhejiang province. The old version of Chinese was in use for more than 10 years. “Our aesthetic(美学的)tastes have changed. The illustrations in textbooks should keep up with that,” said Huang.

“An editor from People’s Education Press called me last September and asked whether I was interested –to create illustrations for three poems: Ode to Goose, Min Nong and Spring Dawn. I made it. After about 20 days, the publisher called me again and asked me to do all of them,” Huang said.

Huang also said he referred to the Chinese textbooks his son used previously before working on a new painting.

But he did not just create any ink paintings; Huang changed his style of painting a little bit for his young readers. Primary school students may not necessarily be attracted to traditional Chinese ink painting, as the stokes(笔画)tend to be thick and the colors dark. So he mixed ink painting with watercolor to make the pictures visually appealing to the young readers while fully expressing the meanings of classic poems.

“It’s not that difficult to illustrate a single poem. The hard part is: sometimes there are three poems on one page and the contents of these poems may change greatly, so it was difficult for me to express the feelings of all of them with one illustration. Sometimes I had to think with a bigger picture and create something that fits it all,” added Huang.

1.The new illustrations in primary school textbooks were created to        .

A.make more money

B.keep up with the times

C.cut the cost

D.attract high school students

2.What does the underlined word “appealing” probably mean in the fifth paragraph?

A.Attractive.

B.Active.

C.Entertaining.

D.Influential.

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Huang found it easy to complete the creation.

B.Huang created no more than three paintings.

C.Huang changed his painting style to suit school students.

D.The Chinese textbooks Huang’s son had used before were useless.

4.What is the best title of this passage?

A.A Great Painter

B.Chinese Ink Paintings

C.Chinese Classic Poems

D.New Textbook, New Illustration

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

本文是说明文。主要介绍了中国小学新的教科书中的插图。

1.推理判断题。根据“Our aesthetic(美学的)tastes have changed. The illustrations in textbooks should keep up with that,” said Huang. 可知小学教科书换用新的插图是为了与时俱进。故选B。

2.词义猜测题。句意：他混合了水墨画和水彩画，使图片看起来更形象，以此来吸引小读者。所以“appealing” 的意思是吸引人的，故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据Primary school students may not necessarily be attracted to traditional Chinese ink painting, as the stokes(笔画)tend to be thick and the colors dark. So he mixed ink painting with watercolor to make the pictures visually appealing to the young readers while fully expressing the meanings of classic poems.可知为了适应学校的学生们，黄结合了水墨画和水彩画，黄改变了自己的绘画风格，这一表述是正确的。故选C。

4.主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了新的教科书中的插图，所以这篇文章最好的题目应该是新教科书，新插图。故选D。