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Reading Art: Art for Book Lovers is a celebration of an everyday object — the book, represented here in almost three hundred artworks from museums around the world. The image of the reader appears throughout history, in art made long before books as we now know them came into being. In artists’ representations of books and reading, we see moments of shared humanity that go beyond culture and time.
In this “book of books,” artworks are selected and arranged in a way that emphasizes these connections between different eras and cultures. We see scenes of children learning to read at home or at school, with the book as a focus for relations between the generations. Adults are portrayed (描绘) alone in many settings and poses—absorbed in a volume, deep in thought or lost in a moment of leisure. These scenes may have been painted hundreds of years ago, but they record moments we can all relate to.
Books themselves may be used symbolically in paintings to demonstrate the intellect (才智), wealth or faith of the subject. Before the wide use of the printing press, books were treasured objects and could be works of art in their own right. More recently, as books have become inexpensive or even throwaway, artists have used them as the raw material for artworks — transforming covers, pages or even complete volumes into paintings and sculptures.
Continued developments in communication technologies were once believed to make the printed page outdated. From a 21st-century point of view, the printed book is certainly ancient, but it remains as interactive as any battery-powered e-reader. To serve its function, a book must be activated by a user: the cover opened, the pages parted, the contents reviewed, perhaps notes written down or words underlined. And in contrast to our increasingly networked lives where the information we consume is monitored and tracked, a printed book still offers the chance of a wholly private, “off-line” activity.
28. Where is the text most probably taken from?
A. An introduction to a book.
B. An essay on the art of writing.
C. A guidebook to a museum.
D. A review of modern paintings.
29. What are the selected artworks about?
A. Wealth and intellect.
B. Home and school.
C. Books and reading.
D. Work and leisure.
30. What do the underlined words “relate to”in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Understand. B. Paint.
C. Seize. D. Transform.
31. What does the author want to say by mentioning the e-reader?
A. The printed book is not totally out of date.
B. Technology has changed the way we read.
C. Our lives in the 21st century are networked.
D. People now rarely have the patience to read.
参考答案：ACAA
文章主旨：
本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了Reading Art: Art for Book Lovers这本书，书中收录了来自世界各地博物馆近三百件收藏品，以艺术的形式展现了不同时期人们阅读的场景，论述了在通信技术发达的时代，纸质书并没有完全过时，仍然保留着它的互动性。
答案详解：
28.A推理判断题。根据第一段第一句Reading Art: Art for Book Lovers is a celebration of an everyday object—the book, represented here in almost three hundred artworks from museums around the world.《阅读艺术:书籍爱好者的艺术》是对日常物品的庆祝——书，在这本书中展示了来自世界各地博物馆的近300件艺术品。
以及第二段的第一句In this “book of books,”artworks are selected and arranged in a way that emphasizes these connections between different eras and cultures.在这本“书中的书”中，艺术品的选择和排列方式强调了不同时代和文化之间的这些联系。由此可知，本文是对《阅读艺术:书籍爱好者的艺术》这本书的介绍，是书中导言的一部分A. An introduction to a book.一本书的导言，因此应选A。
29.C事实细节题。根据第一段最后一句In artists’ representations of books and reading, we see moments of shared humanity that go beyond culture and time.在艺术家对书籍和阅读的表现中，我们看到了超越文化和时间的共同人性时刻。
以及第二段We see scenes of children learning to read at home or at school, with the book as a focus for relations between the generations. Adults are portrayed (描绘) alone in many settings and poses—absorbed in a volume, deep in thought or lost in a moment of leisure.我们看到孩子们在家或在学校学*阅读的场景，书是代际关系的焦点。在很多场景和动作中，成年人都被描绘成独自一人——全神贯注地看书，陷入沉思，或者沉浸在片刻的休闲中。
由此可知，这些艺术品是有关书籍和阅读的，C. Books and reading.因此应选C。
30.A词义猜测题。根据第二段最后一句These scenes may have been painted hundreds of years ago, but they record moments we can all relate to.这些场景可能是数百年前绘制的，但它们记录了我们都能联想到的时刻。These scenes指的是前文中孩子和成年人读书的场景，虽然这些场景可能是数百年前绘制的，但这些时刻我们是能理解并感同身受的，A. Understand.理解，最符合语境，因此应选A。其它选项含义：B. Paint.油漆。C. Seize.抓住D. Transform.变换。
31.A推理判断题。根据题干中e-reader，可以把关键信息定位在第四段，第四段的第二句From a 21st-century point of view, the printed book is certainly ancient, but it remains as interactive as any battery-powered e-reader. 从21世纪的角度来看，印刷书籍当然是古老的，但它仍然像任何电池供电的电子阅读器一样具有互动性。由此可知，印刷书并没有完全过时。A. The printed book is not totally out of date.印刷的书并没有完全过时。由此应选A。
参考译文：
《阅读艺术:书籍爱好者的艺术》是对日常物品的庆祝——书，在这本书中展示了来自世界各地博物馆的近300件艺术品。纵观历史，读者的形象出现在我们现在所知的书籍出现之前很久的艺术作品中。在艺术家对书籍和阅读的表现中，我们看到了超越文化和时间的共同人性时刻。
在这本“书中的书”中，艺术品的选择和排列方式强调了不同时代和文化之间的这些联系。我们看到孩子们在家或在学校学*阅读的场景，书是代际关系的焦点。在很多场景和动作中，成年人都被描绘成独自一人——全神贯注地看书，陷入沉思，或者沉浸在片刻的休闲中。这些场景可能是数百年前绘制的，但它们记录了我们都能联想到的时刻。
书籍本身可能被象征性地用在绘画中，以展示人物的智慧、财富或信仰。在印刷机广泛使用之前，书籍是珍贵的物品，本身就可以成为艺术品。最近，由于书籍变得廉价，甚至是一次性的，艺术家们把它们作为艺术品的原材料——把封面、书页甚至整卷书变成绘画和雕塑。
人们一度认为，通信技术的不断发展使印刷纸张过时了。从21世纪的角度来看，印刷书籍当然是古老的，但它仍然像任何电池供电的电子阅读器一样具有互动性。为了发挥它的功能，一本书必须由用户激活:打开封面，打开书页，查看内容，也许是写笔记或划下划线。在我们日益网络化的生活中，我们所消费的信息被监控和跟踪，与之相反，印刷书籍仍然提供了一个完全私人的、“离线”活动的机会。
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