Question

Some people make art with paint, and others use pencil or clay. However, Jean Shin makes sculptures that change everyday objects into thoughtful and beautiful works of art. Shin makes art from broken umbrellas, old clothing or computer parts. Her show “Common Threads” is currently at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.

One of the first works in the “Common Threads” exhibit looks like glowing orange cave formations coming out of the floor and ceiling. If you move closer to the sculptures, you realize they are made up of thousands of carefully stacked small plastic bottles for storing medicines.

Jean Shin made this work, Chemical Balance, by gathering the bottles from friends, family and retirement communities. Like much of Shin’s art, this work is both about individuals and large groups of people. Each personal object once belonged to an individual. But it takes a large community of such individuals to make Shin’s art possible.

Chance City is made up of more than thirty-two thousand dollars worth of old lottery tickets. People buy tickets in hopes of winning large amounts of money. Shin collected the tickets in New York City and Washington, D.C. over a period of three years. The small pieces of paper are carefully stacked to create buildings. The sculptures were made using no supports, so they could fall over at any time. The work makes a statement about the unsure nature of money and chance.

Jean Shin was born in 1971 in the Republic of Korea. Her parents moved to the United States when she was six years old. Shin studied art at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. She has chosen to make art that takes a long time to create. She says this is because her parents taught her about the value of hard work.

Other works in “Common Threads” include TEXTile. It is a piece of flowing fabric covered with thousands of old computer keys. Visitors can add to the work by typing their own message.

Shin’s latest work is called Everyday Monuments. It is made of almost 2,000 sports awards called trophies(奖品). The trophies showed people doing sports like baseball, tennis or bowling. Shin changed the human forms on every trophy so that each is doing an everyday act like cleaning, driving or carrying shopping bags. The sculpture was influenced by many large monuments in Washington which honor important heroes. Jean Shin’s smaller monument celebrates the heroism of people in their everyday actions.

1.How many works made by Jean Shin are mentioned in the text?

A. 6.                     B. 5.

C. 4.                     D. 7.

2.It can be inferred from the text that Jean Shin’s works is _________.

A. dirty but beautiful

B. made from rubbish

C. environmental and meaningful

D. valuable and natural

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?

A. Jean Shin’s parents took a long time to teach her art.

B. Jean Shin created Chance City in hopes of winning large amounts of money.

C. Everyday Monuments was created to honor important heroes.

D. Visitors can participate in the creation of the work TEXTile.

4.Which of the following could be the best title of the text?

A. The life of Jean Shin

B. Jean Shin Makes Art from Everyday Objects

C. Sculptures Made by Jean Shin

D. Jean Shin’s Latest Work

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了Jean Shin把日常生活中的废料改变成了艺术品，向人们传递节能环保的信息。

1. 细节理解题。根据文章中所列出的Chemical Balance、 TEXTile、 Everyday Monuments、Chance City 可知文章中一共提到了Jean Shin的四个作品。故C项正确。

2. 推理判断题。根据文章中Jean Shin所使用的原料the floor and ceiling、small plastic bottles for storing medicines、old lottery tickets等等可知他的作品很环保。再根据The work makes a statement about the unsure nature of money and chance.可知他的每一个作品都向人们传递出一些有意义的人生感悟。所以这些作品也是很有意义的。故C项正确。

3. 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段最后一句Visitors can add to the work by typing their own message.可知游客们可以向TEXTile上添加材料。故D项说法正确。

4. 标题概括题。根据文章中心段第一段第二句However, Jean Shin makes sculptures that change everyday objects into thoughtful and beautiful works of art.可知Jean Shin把日常生活中的废料改变成了艺术品，向人们传递节能环保的信息。故B正确。

【名师点睛】

本文5. 标题位于文章之首，用来高度概括文章内容，点明文章主题。它是段落中心思想最精练的表达形式。标题可帮助读者迅速推测出整篇文章的主要内容，抓住文章的中心，把握作者的观点和意图。那么如何选择文章的标题呢？

首先，要考虑标题对文章的概括性或覆盖面如何。一般要求能覆盖全文内容，体 现文章主旨。要避免下列三种情况：

①概括不够（多表现为部分代整体，从而导致范围太小）；

②过度概括（多表现为脱离本文章内容的发挥）；

③以事实、细节替代抽象具体的大意。

其次，要考虑标题的针对性，即标题范围要恰当，针对性强。要在阅读原文的基础上， 仔细考虑所选标题与文章主题是否有密切的关系。既不能太大，也不能太小，太大则中心就不突出，太小也发挥不了应起的作用；精确度高，不能随意改变语言的表意程度及色彩。它可以是单词、短语，也可以是句子。

再次要注意标题的醒目性，标题的选择要简洁、突出、新颖，标题是文章的点睛之笔，是文章的灵魂和门面。标题的好坏往往影响了文章的可读性，读者常常从标题上决定文章的阅读取舍。故标题一般比较醒目，甚至比较离奇，以此来吸引读者对文章的兴趣。

最后要注意，要恰当地选好标题，还需要了解标题的基本拟定方法。一般说来，拟定标题是以话题为核心，与控制性概念的词按一定的语法浓缩为概括主题句或中心思想的词组。

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