Question

    A new exhibit at a California museum provides visitors with a modem version of the ancient Chinese art style, literally “shan shui hua”. The show is at the Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles. It is called Lightscapes. The works show scenes of mountains, rivers and sometimes waterfalls. Chinese artists have been creating the brush and ink works for more than 1,000 years.

Artists Nick Dong and Chi-Tsung Wu found ways to connect the new, digital generation to this traditional form of art. Their works get the essence (本质) of the style in a new way. The exhibit forces the viewers to slow down and experience a different world. That was also one of the goals of shan shui hua artists from long ago.

Dong said, “Actually, all these artists want to create a world where they can hide themselves. And the world can help them avoid or escape from the reality. So, they create a mountain and imagine they could live there.”

One of the works involves a slowly moving light directed at clear plastic boxes on a wall. The piece, created by Wu, is called Crystal City. Wu said, “If we see this through the light, from a different perspective, we could see there’s another world behind that.” That other world Wu noted is the shadows that look more solid than the plastic boxes. Wu said Crystal City is the representative of the modem digital age.

To view Dong’s representation of Heaven, one has to step into a room filled with mirrors from floor to ceiling. There is a small round seat in the middle of the room. Dong said, “Once you’ve entered the installation (装置), at first you’ll see a lot of your reflections. But once you sit down, you touch off the mechanism (机关) of the room. The mirrors actually start to reflect, and you yourself will disappear within the space.”

1.What’s the main characteristic of the new exhibit?

A.It shows the beauty of nature.

B.It puts ancient Chinese art works on show.

C.It enjoys advantages in terms of technology.

D.It’s a good combination of the new and the old.

2.What do the artists want to convey in their works?

A.Their concern about nature.

B.Their curiosity about future life.

C.Their longing for a different world.

D.Their satisfaction with the reality.

3.What can we infer about Crystal City from Paragraph 4?

A.It is Wu’s most famous work.

B.Light and shadows are parts of it.

C.It shows the complexity of plastic boxes.

D.Advanced tools are needed to appreciate it.

4.What is the main idea of the text?

A.Artists have modernized shan shui hua.

B.Lots of artists are attracted by shan shui hua.

C.Traditional paintings face lots of challenges.

D.Traditional paintings should keep pace with times.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了在加州的一家博物馆举办的一个画展中，两位艺术家将现代数码技术与中国传统艺术“山水画”结合，以全新的方式展示传统艺术。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的“A new exhibit at a California museum provides visitors with a modem version of the ancient Chinese art style,”可知，加州一家博物馆的画展为参观者提供了现代版本的中国古代艺术，再根据第二段中的“Artists Nick Dong and Chi-Tsung Wu found ways to connect the new, digital generation to this traditional form of art.”可知，两位艺术家找到了将新的数字一代与传统艺术形式联系起来的方法，由此可知，该画展的主要特点是将中国传统艺术以新旧结合的方式展现出来，故D项正确。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段中的“The exhibit forces the viewers to slow down and experience a different world.”可知，这个展览迫使观众放慢脚步，体验一个不同的世界，再根据第三段中的“Actually, all these artists want to create a world where they can hide themselves. And the world can help them avoid or escape from the reality. ”（实际上，所有这些艺术家都想创造一个可以隐藏自己的世界，在那里可以帮助他们逃避现实)，由此可知，在作品中，艺术家想传达他们渴望一个不同的世界的思想，在那里他们可以隐藏自己，逃避现实，故C项正确。

3.推理判断题。根据第四段中的“One of the works involves a slowly moving (其中一个作品涉及一个缓慢移动的光light)”及“That other world Wu noted is the shadows(吴强调的另一个世界是影”可推断，吴先生的《水晶城》融入了光和影，故B项正确。

4.主旨大意题。通读全文，特别是根据第一段中的“A new exhibit at a California museum provides visitors with a modem version of the ancient Chinese art style, literally “shan shui hua””可知，本文主要介绍了在加州的一家博物馆举办的一个画展中，两位艺术家将现代数码技术与中国传统艺术“山水画”结合，以全新的方式展示传统艺术，故A项正确。