公共英语考试

【单选题】The visual arts are a class of art forms, including painting, sculpture, photography, and others, that focus on the creation of artworks which are primarily visual in nature. The visual arts are distinguished from the performing arts, language arts, and other such classes of artwork. The definition is not strict, and many artistic disciplines involve aspects of the visual arts as well other types.
InBritain until recently the fine arts-painting, sculpture, printmaking, and so on-were seen as distinct from craft disciplines and the various metalworking disciplines. This distinction arose from theArts andCrafts Movement whose political aim was to value daily art forms as much as high forms.
The result of the conflict between the two groups was to politicize the products of what we now know as visual artists.British art schools made a clear distinction between the fine arts (a term that hints at their supposed superiority) and the crafts in such a way that a craftsperson could not be considered a practitioner of high art.Although this is no longer the case, the inequality between the crafts or applied arts and the so-called fine arts still exists in some quarters.
A、similar stigma exists in the US, where "arts and crafts" has a very particular meaning, referring to the sort of artwork first taught in elementary school and also (later in life) a variety of kitsch, household artwork. Most craftspeople are still seen as practicing something other than "fine art" among the traditional art school set, but, of course, can produce "high art", in any medium.
What is the main aim of theArts andCrafts MovementA．To promote high forms of arts.
B．To distinguish between craft disciplines and the various metalworking disciplines.

C、To criticize the fine arts.
D．To promote the craft disciplines and the various metalworking disciplines.

网考网参考答案：D
网考网解析：
考查细节。原文明确指出“whose political aim was to value daily ad forms as much as high forms”，也就是说它们希望以往被人们轻视的“craft disciplines and the various metalworking disciplines”应该得到应有的重视，D项正确的传达了这样的意思，是正确选项；A项的错误在于，high forms of arts本来就享受着高地位，并且也不是这个组织关注的领域；但同时这个组织也无意要排斥或者批评哪一种艺术形式，这种错误出现在了C项中；B项的问题是搞混了问题和解决问题的目的之间的关系，B项阐述的是问题本身，而不是Arts and Crafts Movement这个活动要达到的目的。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>