单选题 Art, like words, is a form of communication. Words, spoken and written, render accessible to humans of the latest generations all the knowledge discovered by the experience and reflection, both of preceding generations and of the best and foremost minds of their own times. Art renders accessible to people of the latest generations all the feelings experienced by their predecessors, and those already felt by their best and foremost contemporaries. Just as the evolution of knowledge proceeds by dislodging and replacing that which is mistaken, so to the evolution of feeling proceeds through art. Feelings less kind and less necessary for the well-being of humankind are replaced by others kinder and more essential to that end. This is the purpose of art, and the more art fulfills that purpose the better the art; the less it fulfills it, the worse the art.

单选题 The author develops the passage primarily by ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 第一行“art, like words...”，第五行“just as the evolution of knowledge...”可知这两句是把两事物的共同点相比较，是comparison；最后一句“this is the purpose of art, the more..., the less...”是将好艺术与坏艺术做对比，找出其不同点，采用contrast的方法。因此，答案为C。

单选题 According to the author, knowledge is ______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 文中提到knowledge时有几个关键的表达：“all the knowledge discovered by the experience and reflection, both of preceding generations and of the best and foremost minds of their own times.”和“just as the evolution of knowledge precedes...”由这几个关键词，我们可以推测出作者的含义是知识是不断积累和进步的。

单选题 According to the passage, all of the following are true EXCEPT ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 从最后一句，我们可以看出，作者认为艺术有好坏之分。所以D为答案。A是文章第一句的再现。文中倒数第三行“the evolution of feeling proceeds through art”，由此可知，B也是正确的。根据文章第三句可知C选项也是正确的，艺术由人类的经验积累而成。