单选题

Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something which has not been said before. He hopes the public will listen and understand—he wants to teach them, and he wants them to learn from him.
What visual artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain, because painters {{U}}translate{{/U}} their experiences into shapes and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors, out of the countless billions possible, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their work we should never have noticed these particular shapes and colors, or have felt the delight which they brought to the artist.
Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and repose; their choices indicate that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sights. Contemporary artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, that there is nothing more in it. Yet even they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects.
If one painter chooses to paint a gangrenous leg and another a lake in moonlight, each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world. Each painter is telling us something, showing us something, emphasizing something m all of which means that, consciously or unconsciously, he is trying to teach us.

单选题 An artist hopes that the public will ______ .

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[分析] 细节题型见第一段第三句：He hopes the public will listen and understand—he wants to teach them， and he wants them to learn from him．(画家希望公众能倾听和理解——而他想给他们讲课，且希望他们能向他学习)；因此A为答案。

单选题 It is hard to explain what a painter is saying, because ______ .

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[分析] 细节题型见第二段第一句：What visual artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain，because painters translate their experiences into shapes and colors，not words．(因为画家将他们的经历/阅历转化成图形和颜色，但不是文字；因此他们想要讲授的东西描绘出来很容易，解释起来却很困难)；因此C为答案。

单选题 The word "translate" underlined in Paragraph 2 means to ______ .

单选题 A painter chooses certain shapes and colors because he feels that they ______ .

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[分析] 细节题型见第二段第二句：They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors，out of the countless billions possible，is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us．(他们似乎觉得他们从无数的可能中选出的形状、颜色对他们来讲是格外得有趣，值得向我们(大众)展示)；因此C为答案。

单选题 Without the artist's work, the public might not ______ .

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[分析] 细节题型见第二段第三句：Without their work we should never have noticed these particular shapes and colors，or have felt the delight which they brought to the artist．(没有这些作品，我们 (公众)也许永远不会注意到这些特别的形状和颜色，也不会感觉到它们带给画家的喜悦)；因此本题的前三个选项都有提及，为选项D。

单选题 An artist's choice of shapes and colors indicates that he believes them to be ______ .

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[分析] 细节题型见第三段第一句：Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and repose；their choices indicate that these aspects of the world afire worth looking at，that they contain beautiful sights．(大多数画家从自然界和运动或休息中的人体中取材/选取形状和颜色，他们的选择表明大干世界中的方方面面都值得一看，且这方方面面里都包含着美丽的景象)；因此D为答案。

单选题 The writer says that contemporary artists might say their choice of subject ______ .

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[分析] 细节题型见第三段第二句：Contemporary artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern，that there is nothing more in it(当代画家也许会说他们只是选择些能够提供有趣图案的东西，其中并没什么更多的东西在里面)；因此B为答案。

单选题 The writer says that contemporary art contains ______ .

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[分析] 细节题型参见第57题注释，另见第三段第三句：Yet even they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects．(然而即使他们选择所要描绘的主题特征不是完全选择它们涉及的意义，还是有些作品要表达内涵的)；因此C为答案。

单选题 Compared with a painter of unpleasant subjects, a painter who draws a lake in moonlight is ______ .

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[分析] 推断题型见第四段第一句：If one painter chooses to paint a gangrenous leg and another a lake in moonlight，each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world．(如果一个画家选择画一条坏死的腿，而另一个画家选择画月光下的小湖，他们都试图将我们的注意力引到世上的某个方面)；由此可推断出他们选择的主题虽各不相同，但都想向我们表达些什么，只是表现形式不一样罢了；因此B为答案。

单选题 Implied but not stated, ______ .

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[分析] 推断题型从第一段可看出作者讲的是：每一个画家都从内心深处了解自己想要对公众说些什么；而且他们不光是想说，还想说些以前没有人说过的东西；画家希望公众能倾听和理解他们；第四段又讲到尽管画家选择的主题各不相同(但只是表现形式不一样罢了)，但有意无意地都希望能教育大众，且希望大家能倾听和理解；由此可推断出本文表达的是人们应从画家作品上看出除图形和颜色之外，画家想要表达的意思。因此D为答案。