Module 4 Fine Arts-Western, Chinese and Pop Arts
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阅读理解提速练Ⅰ.阅读理解
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Here's a look at Bob Dylan's life through his legendary music. “Song to Woody” (1962)
It was released on his debut album Bob Dylan in 1962.Dylan expressed his respect for the legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie in this early classic.
“The Times They Are A-Changin'” (1963)
It was released as the title track of his third album of the
same name, which launched him as a major voice in the new folk scene and marked the beginning of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.Critic Michael Gray called it “the archetypical protest song.”
“Ballad in Plain D” (1964)
Dylan details his fractious relationship with Suze Rotolo in this long track from his fourth album, Another Side of Bob Dylan.Dylan scholar Clinton Heylin called it “an exercise of painful autobiography.”
“Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)
Chosen by Rolling Stone as number one on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, it was from the Highway 61 Revisited album and transformed Dylan's image from a folk singer to a rock star.He wrote it after returning from an exhausting tour of England.He was thinking about quitting the music business, but he worked out his frustrations about the public's demanding expectations of him through this song.
“All Along the Watchtower” (1968)
After a near-fatal motorcycle accident in 1966, Dylan went into seclusion for almost a year.He emerged with one of his greatest artistic achievements with this track from the John Wesley Harding album.Many critics have seen this song as a summing-up of Dylan's life and career.
“Gotta Serve Somebody” (1979)
In the late 1970s, Dylan underwent a conversion to born-again Christianity, taking five months off touring to attend Bible school.This yearning plea for meaning
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expressed his new religion.It was part of his Slow Train Coming rock-gospel album.
“Things Have Changed” (2000)
Written for the film Wonder Boys, this strange portrait of an aging star shuffling through show business won Dylan a Golden Globe and an Oscar.
语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。让我们通过这些传奇音乐来寻觅鲍勃·迪伦的人生故事。 1．Which of the following reflects a more politicized Dylan? A．“Ballad in Plain D”． B．“Things Have Changed”． C．“All Along the Watchtower”． D．“The Times They Are A-Changin'”．
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据“The Times They Are A-Changin'” (1963)部分中的“marked the beginning of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.Critic Michael Gray called it ‘the archetypical protest song.’”可知选D项。
2．Which includes a song that shows Dylan's relationship with Suze Rotolo? A．Bob Dylan. B．Slow Train Coming. C．John Wesley Harding. D．Another Side of Bob Dylan.
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据“Ballad in Plain D” (1964)部分中的“Dylan details his fractious relationship with Suze Rotolo in this long track from his fourth album,
Another Side of Bob Dylan.”可知选D项。
3．When did Dylan release a song that expresses his new religion? A．In 1965. C．In 1979.
B．In 1968. D．In 2000.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据“Gotta Serve Somebody” (1979)部分中的“This yearning plea for meaning expressed his new religion.”可知选C项。
4．What can we learn from the text?
A．“Things Have Changed” describes an Oscar winning star. B．“Like a Rolling Stone” expresses Dylan's unhappiness. C．“Song to Woody” was released on Dylan's third album.
D．“All Along the Watchtower” was written to record Dylan's accident. 解析：选B 细节理解题。根据“Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)部分中的“he worked out his frustrations about the public's demanding expectations of him through this song”可知选B项。
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Stephen Wiltshire is a famous artist.His drawings — often drawn from memory and at great speed — are sketched (素描) on the spot at street level.
Stephen, who was born in London in 1974, didn't say a word as a small child, and found it hard to relate to other people.At the age of five, Stephen was sent to Queensmill School, London, where it soon became apparent that he communicated through the language of drawing.His teachers encouraged him to speak by taking away his art materials for a short time; eventually he said his first words — “paper” and “pencil” — but didn't learn to speak fully until the age of nine.
Stephen loved drawing and he was seldom to be found without pen and paper.Once he took part in art competitions, news of his great talent began to spread.Early fans included the late Prime Minister Edward Heath who bought his drawing of Salisbury Cathedral, made when Stephen was just eight.
But Stephen came to wider public attention when the BBC featured him in the programme, “The Foolish Wise Ones” in 1987, when he was introduced by Sir Hugh Casson (a past president of the Royal Academy), as “the best child artist in Britain.”
After that, Stephen's reputation grew worldwide.A second BBC documentary in 2001 showed Stephen flying over London in a helicopter and later completing a detailed drawing of London within three hours, which included 12 historic landmarks (地标性建筑) and 200 other structures.
In 2006 Stephen was recognised for his services to the art world, when he was made a member of the Order of the British Empire.Today wherever Stephen goes, people are attracted by his outstanding talent.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了天才画家Stephen Wiltshire。他在一个陌生的城市，只要在街上转一圈，就可以把街景建筑全都像电脑一样事无巨细地储存下来，再用画笔还原出来。 5．What problem did Stephen have when he was a small child? A．No schools wanted him. B．No teachers liked him. C．He couldn't speak. D．He couldn't spell.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Stephen ... didn't say a word as a small child ... but didn't learn to speak fully until the age of nine”可知，Stephen
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