2017年成人學(xué)位英語考試考前押密試題及答案 (五)
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Some prisoners in the United States create works of art.Prison art is sold in art galleries(畫廊)in the Washington D.C.area. The profits are split among the artists and the Prisons Foundation, anot-for-profit group in the nation's capital.The Prisons Foundation supportsthe arts in prisons and programs designed to help keep people out of jail.
Someprisoners create pictures filled with images of natural beauty. It helps themremember the world they left behind. Dennis Sobin served twelve years inprison. He created the Prisons Foundation while he was jailed.He said:"Artis a cure and remedy for prisoners.And prison art is often full ofemotion".
DennisSobin now owns the Watergate Gallery, which sells prisoner art.He said:"There's a lot of sensitivity in this art.You can see what people arethinking."
BrianDriggers was released from prison recently.He created a lot of art during hiseightyears in prison. Some of it is in the Crime and Punishment Museum inWashington. He used a pen in his art.Paint and brushes were not permitted inthe prison because they could be used for body art.He told us about what heused to create a picture of his wife.
He said:"I created the brush out of my own hair.I would cut a lot of my hair out,tie it up with thread,and then use a pen.And then paint with instant coffee.You could mix it down with different levels of water to create different tones and use it as a watercolor medium."
Mr.Driggers also created a picture of himself using color chalks.He said:"The shapes are broken apart, and what that implies to is my life had completely fallen apart, and the meaning behind that is for me to come back together again."
第21題 Some prisoners like to create art of natural beauty because____.
A.prisons are usually built in the wild
B.they miss their homes and families
C.they are unable to get close to it
D.they have no access to other themes
第22題 According to the founder of the Prisons Foundation, prison art____.
A.is more popular among artists
B.can reflect the real society
C.can make people think deeply
D.is meaningful and emotional
第23題 Mr.Driggers used coffee and the brush made of his own hair to paint the picture of his wife, because____.
A.he missed his wife so much
B.paint and brushes are not allowed in prison
C.he punished himself for he had let his wife down
D.he had nothing else to paint in prison
第24題 Mr.Driggers thought the meaning of his own picture was that____.
A.his future would be unimaginable
B.he would change himself and start with a clean new life
C.his life had been completely ruined
D.he would be released from the prison soon
第25題 We can learn from the passage that prison art is____.
A.a good way to help prisoners go back to society
B.very valuable in the art market
C.a way for prisoners to pass time
D.a way to train famous artists
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