Question

    There is a tendency to think of each of the arts as 1. separate area of activity. Many artists, however, would prove 2. there has always been a warm relationship between the a warm relationship areas of human activity. For example, in the late nineteenth century the connections between music and painting were especially close. Artists 3. (invite) to design clothes and settings for operas and ballets, 4. sometimes it was the musicians who were inspired by the work of contemporary painters. Of the musical compositions as responses to the visual arts, perhaps the most famous is Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Mussorgsky composed the piece in 1874 after the death, at the age of 39, of the artist Victor Hartman. 5. their friendship had not been a particularly long-lasting one, Mussorgsky was shocked by Hartmann’s unexpected death. The following year the critic, Vladimir Stasov, 6. decided to told an exhibition of Hartmann’s work, suggested  that Mussorgsky 7. (try) to relieve his grief by writing something in memory of Hartmann.

The exhibition served as Mussorgsky’s inspiration. The ten pieces that make up Pictures at an Exhibition 8. (intend) as symbols rather than representation of the paintings in the exhibition. Between each is a promenade (舞曲中的行进), as the composer walks from one painting to 9. The music is sometimes witty and playful, sometimes almost alarming and frightening. Thought a range of surprising contrasts, Mussorgsky manages 10. (convey) the spirit of the artist and his work.

Answer

1.a

2.that

3.were invited

4.but

5.Though

6.who

7.try

8.are intended

9.another

10.to convey

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。人们倾向于认为每种艺术都是独立的活动领域，然而，许多艺术家认为，在人类活动的各个领域之间总是存在着一种温暖的关系。文章举例介绍了艺术家和他们的作品之间的温暖故事。

1.考查冠词。句意：人们倾向于认为每种艺术都是独立的活动领域。activity是可数名词，此处是单数，泛指一种活动，需用冠词a修饰，故填a。

2.考查宾语从句。句意：然而，许多艺术家认为，在人类活动的各个领域之间总是存在着一种温暖的关系。这是个宾语从句，从句做prove的宾语，从句中不缺少任何成分，用that引导。故填that。

3.考查时态和语态。主语artists与invite之间是被动关系，用be done，根据时间状语in the late nineteenth century可知，用一般过去式的被动语态。故填were invited。

4.考查连词。句意：艺术家们被邀请为歌剧和芭蕾舞剧设计服装和布景，但有时是音乐家们受到了当代画家作品的启发。根据句意可知，前后之间是转折关系，用but连接。故填but。

5.考查状语从句。句意：尽管他们的友谊并不是特别长久的，穆索尔斯基对哈特曼的意外死亡感到震惊。根据句意可知，前后两句之间是让步关系，用though引导，位于句首，首字母大写。故填Though。

6.考查定语从句。句意：第二年，评论家弗拉迪米尔·斯塔索夫决定在哈特曼的作品展览上发表自己的看法。这是个非限制性定语从句，先行词是Vladimir Stasov，指人，从句中缺少主语，用who引导。故填who。

7.考查固定用法。suggest表建议时，其后跟宾语从句使用虚拟语气，即suggest that sb should do sth。故填try。

8.考查时态和主谓一致。句意：在一个展览中组成图片的十件作品是作为展览中绘画的象征而不是代表。be intended as目的是作为，根据下文可知，用一般现在时，主语是The ten pieces，be用are。故填are intended。

9.考查代词。句意：两者之间是一条长廊，作曲家从一幅画走到另一幅画。根据句意可知，此处是指从一个到另一个，因此用another。故填another。

10.考查固定结构。句意：通过一系列令人惊讶的对比，穆索尔斯基成功地传达了艺术家和他的作品的精神。manage to do sth 成功的了某事。故填to convey。