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 result of theArts andCrafts MovementA．Situations have been improved for the crafts as an art form and its practitioner.
Britain schools have never given a different treatment to the crafts.

C、The fine arts and the crafts are now enjoying an equal position in UK.
D．Even now, a craftsperson could not be considered a practitioner of high art

网考网参考答案：A
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考查细节。继续前面问题中出现的这个运动的最终效果是怎样的，“this is no longer the case”这一信息表明了情况还是有所好转的，也就是A项所阐述的；B项和原文“made a clear distinction between...”这样描述英国学校曾经的做法的句子相冲突；C项和原文的“inequality...still exists”的说法是相反的，也是应该排除的选项；D项和原文中“a craftsperson could not be considered a practitioner of high art”这样的表述是完全一致的，但原文后文马上就出现了“this is no longer the case”表明这种情况已经得到改变了，所以D项认为“Even now...”这样的观点就是不正确的。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>