专四专八考试

【单选题】Themoreacidyouaddtothesolution，itbecomes.（）
A.cloudier
B.thecloudiest
C.morecloudy
D.thecloudier

【单选题】Which of the following is a compound-complex sentence
A、He gets up early everyday, and he says that he is used to that.
B、He can’t participate in the Olympic Games this year, neither can his coach.
C、She will spend her holiday in Shanghai, where she has many relatives and friends.
D、He loves books very much, so he often goes to the library.

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A．proDuCED
B．DEvElopED
C．CArriED out
D．ExpErimEntED

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单项选择

【单选题】thE mountAin-ClimBErs took EvEry________to minimizE thE DAngErs oF thEir trip.
A．CAution
B．mEAns
C．wArning
D．prECAution

【单选题】whEthEr thEir FootBAll tEAm will win is A mAttEr oF ______ to mE.
A．intErEsts
B．surprisE
C．DEviAtion
D．inDiFFErEnCE

【单选题】thE Author's AttituDE towArD thE invEntion oF snow housEs By Eskimos is ______
A．impArtiAl
B．ADmiring
C．sympAthEtiC
D．CritiCAl

【单选题】thE Fight BrokE out insiDE thE BroADwAy City ArCADE's CluB
A．in thE morning.
B．in thE AFtErnoon.
C．in thE EvEning.
D．lAtE At night.

【单选题】thE EArliEst ControvErsiEs ABout thE rElAtionship BEtwEEn photogrAphy AnD Art CEntErED on whEthEr photogrAph’s FiDElity to AppEArAnCEs AnD DEpEnDEnCE on A mAChinE AllowED it to BE A FinE Art As DistinCt From mErEly A prACtiCAl Art. throughout thE ninEtEEnth CEntury, thE DEFEnsE oF photogrAphy wAs iDEntiCAl with thE strugglE to EstABlish it As A FinE Art.AgAinst thE ChArgE thAt photogrAphy wAs A soullEss, mEChAniCAl Copying oF rEAlity, photogrAphErs AssErtED thAt it wAs instEAD A privilEgED wAy oF sEEing, A rEvolt AgAinst CommonplACE vision, AnD no lEss worthy An Art thAn pAinting.
ironiCAlly, now thAt photogrAphy is sECurEly EstABlishED As A FinE Art, mAny photogrAphErs FinD it prEtEntious or irrElEvAnt to lABEl it As suCh. sErious photogrAphErs vAriously ClAim to BE FinDing, rECorDing, impArtiAlly oBsErving, witnEssing EvEnts, Exploring thEmsElvEs—Anything But mAking works oF Art. thEy ArE no longEr willing to DEBAtE whEthEr photogrAphy is or is not A FinE Art, ExCEpt to proClAim thAt thEir own work is not involvED with Art. it shows thE ExtEnt to whiCh thEy simply tAkE For grAntED thE ConCEpt oF Art imposED By thE triumph oF moDErnism: thE BEttEr thE Art, thE morE suBvErsivE it is oF thE trADitionAl Aims oF Art.
photogrAphErs’ DisClAimErs oF Any intErEst in mAking Art tEll us morE ABout thE hArriED stAtus oF thE ContEmporAry notion oF Art thAn ABout whEthEr photogrAphy is or is not Art. For ExAmplE, thosE photogrAphErs who supposE thAt, By tAking piCturEs, thEy ArE gEtting AwAy From thE prEtEnsions oF Art As ExEmpliFiED By pAinting rEminD us oF thosEABstrACtExprEssionist pAintErs who imAginED thEy wErE gEtting AwAy From thE intEllECtuAl AustErity oF ClAssiCAl moDErnist pAinting By ConCEntrAting on thE physiCAl ACt oF pAinting. muCh oF photogrAphy’s prEstigE toDAy DErivEs From thE ConvErgEnCE oF its Aims with thosE oF rECEnt Art, pArtiCulArly with thE DismissAl oF ABstrACt Art impliCit in thE phEnomEnon oF pop pAinting During thE i960’s.ApprECiAting photogrAphs is A rEliEF to sEnsiBilitiEs tirED oF thE mEntAl ExErtions DEmAnDED By ABstrACt Art.ClAssiCAl moDErnist pAinting—thAt is, ABstrACt Art As DEvElopED in DiFFErEnt wAys By piCAsso, kAnDinsky, AnD mAtissE—prEsupposEs highly DEvElopED skills oF looking AnD A FAmiliArity with othEr pAintings AnD thE history oF Art. photogrAphy, likE pop pAinting, rEAssurEs viEwErs thAt Art is not hArD; photogrAphy sEEms to BE morE ABout its suBjECts thAn ABout Art.
photogrAphy, howEvEr, hAs DEvElopED All thE AnxiEtiEs AnD sElF-ConsCiousnEss oF A ClAssiC moDErnist Art. mAny proFEssionAls privAtEly hAvE BEgun to worry thAt thE promotion oF photogrAphy As An ACtivity suBvErsivE oF thE trADitionAl prEtEnsions oF Art hAs gonE so FAr thAt thE puBliC will ForgEt thAt photogrAphy is A DistinCtivE AnD ExAltED ACtivity—in short, An Art.
thE Author is mAinly ConCErnED with ______.
A、DEFining thE moDErnist AttituDE towArD Art
B、ExplAining how photogrAphy EmErgED As A FinE Art
C、ExplAining thE AttituDE oF sErious ContEmporAry photogrAphErs towArD photogrAphy As Art AnD plACing thosE AttituDEs in thEir historiCAl ContExt
D、DEFining thE vArious ApproAChEs thAt sErious ContEmporAry photogrAphErs tAkE towArD thEir Art AnD AssEssing thE vAluE oF EACh oF thosE ApproAChEs

【单选题】whiCh shows will BE on At 7:00 &9:30 in thE ArEnA
A．roosEvElt DEAn & thE spEllBinDErs.
B．CEntrAl pArk stompErs.
C．lAzEr vAuDEvillE．
D．niCkEloDEon — thE Big hElp.