10 .From Italy,the ideas of the Renaissance rapidly spread northwards to France,Germany,England,and the rest of Europe.
Trade with other parts of the world meant that Europe was 11 richer,too.This meant that people had money to 12 on the arts and it became easier for artists to find people who could afford to buy their works or employ them.Leonardo worked for important people 13 the Duke of Milan,and,towards the end of his life,the King of France.
Renaissance artists found new ideas for their work in classical Greece and Rome.But they looked forward,too,by opening new frontiers in the arts.Painters 14 how to use 15 and the effects of light;composers put different voices together and created polyphony (many voices);architects 16 designing buildings with more light which contrasted with the heaviness of the Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages.
17 ,Leonardo was 18 extraordinary genius,an example of what has been described 19 “Renaissance man”:someone interested in everything and with many different talents.But even if his only contribution to history 20 the
MonaLisa,it would have been genius enough for all time.
1A.took the place B.prepared for C.focused on 答案:D
解析:句意:对于很多人来说,文艺复兴指的是14~16世纪时期的意大利及其当时在艺术、建筑、音乐以及文学领域方面的发展。takeplace“发生”。
2A.This C.One 答案:B
解析:it在此处起到指代的作用,代指前面的“theMonaLisa”。
3A.amazed C.asked 答案:A
B.amazing D.supported B.It D.That D.took place
解析:由下文可知《蒙娜丽莎》是一件迷人的作品,它的绘画风格使人“惊叹”。amazed在此处是谓语。
4A.Painting B.Paints C.Painted 答案:C
解析:“PaintedbyLeonardodaVinciintheyears1503—1506”是过去分词短语做定语修饰theMonaLisa,相当于一个非限制性定语从句。
5A.Even if B.As if C.Now then 答案:A
解析:evenif意为“即使”,在此处引导一个让步状语从句。
6A.heard C.watched 答案:D
解析:hearof“听说”;hear“听见”。
7A.no more than C.fewer than 答案:D
解析:由上下文及常识均可判断,文艺复兴不仅仅只是《蒙娜丽莎》。morethan“不只??”。
8A.was C.is 答案:C
解析:此处是在陈述一个客观事实,因此用一般现在时,选择is。
9A.who C.which 答案:C
解析:which引导一个定语从句,修饰aperiod。关系词在从句中做主语,不能用when。
B.when D.why B.be D.were D.more than
B.better than
B.received D.heard of D.Ever since D.Paint
10A.the Middle Ages C.the late 19th century 答案:A
B.the Renaissance D.the early 20th century
解析:由“afterthelongsleep”可以推断出此处应选择文艺复兴之前的时间,从第一段中的“...theRenaissancemeans14thto16thcenturyItaly...”可以看出选项中只有中世纪在文艺复兴之前。
11A.predicting C.attempting 答案:B
解析:由下文人们有钱购买艺术品,说明欧洲正变得更加富裕。getting是动词-ing形式,表示“正变得??”。
12A.cost C.spend 答案:C
解析:此处考查的是spend...on固定搭配。tospendonthearts是不定式短语做定语修饰money。
13A.without B.such as C.besides 答案:B
解析:上文说达·芬奇为一些重要人物工作过,此处举例,用suchas...“例如??”。
14A.discovered C.disclosed 答案:A
解析:画家们发现了怎样利用透视以及光的作用。discover“发现”;hear“听说”;disclose“揭露”;lookforward“期待”。
15A.post-impressionist B.perspective C.impressionist D.modern 答案:B
B.heard
D.forward B.pay D.take D.doing
B.getting
D.looked forward
解析:从“theeffectsoflight”看出此处应填入perspective(透视法)。
16A.preferred
B.would like to
C.love better D.had better 答案:A
解析:preferdoingsth.“更喜欢做某事”。wouldliketo和hadbetter后面直接跟动词原形。
17A.After all C.For short 答案:D
解析:afterall“毕竟”;shortfor“??的简称”;forshort“简称,简略之”;inshort“简而言之;总而言之”。
18A.an C.a 答案:A
解析:首先应明确这里说达·芬奇是位天才,是泛指,应该用不定冠词,extraordinary的第一个音素是元音,要填入an。
19A.to C.as 答案:C
解析:bedescribedas...“被描述为??”。
20A.had been B.were C.is 答案:A
解析:此处是与过去情况有关的虚拟语气,因此在条件状语从句中用hadbeen。 ★四、短文改错
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D.was B.on D.from B./ D.the D.In short
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