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Art is meant to be shown. Don’t ever feel pressured to buy something you won’t enjoy looking at day after day, no matter what other people may say. Don’t buy something that doesn’t attract you just because it is trendy, or because the artwork will make a good investment. If you don’t like the artwork at all, don’t buy it! Art Improves Your Environment Have you ever noticed that all beautiful homes have art as an integral(不可分割的) part of the decoration? Art lends life and color to otherwise plain and ordinary walls. A well thought-out art collection will help create a unique ambience(格调) in your home and make it more attractive. A rt Make a Statement The kind of art you surround yourself with says much about your personality, tastes and values. Art truly is a mirror of the soul. Art Enriches Your Life Love (even the love of a work of art) contributes to healthier living and a longer lifespan (寿命). Art should enrich your life. Otherwise, why do you spend specious time and resources on it? Just remember to select something that will appeal to your tastes, and keep to a sensible budget. Good art needn’t cost an arm and a leg. Happy art collecting! 61. According to the author, what should you consider when buying a piece of art? A. Whether it brings pleasure to you. B. Whether it is fashionable at present. C. Whether you can profit from it in the end. D. Whether it is created by a famous artist. 62. The underlined sentence in the passage probably means_______. A. art can show what you look like B. art is an expression of what you are C. a mirror has the feature similar to art D. a mirror can be a true work of art 63. From the passage, we can learn that art ______. A. is a good way to make big money B. improves your sense of the environment C. can make you live longer D. is a waste of money for most collectors 64. What is the purpose of writing this passage? A. To advise people to buy art works. B. To remind people to be careful with expensive art. C. To teach people how to choose art works. D. To explain the benefit art can bring to people. 65. In which part of the newspaper are you most likely to find this passage? A. Health Report B. Art & Life C. Life Story D. Painting & Celebrity (名人) C Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely act of stealing or an even cheat. Either way, it could be the perfect crime(犯罪), because the criminals are birds—homing pigeons ! The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car: if you want the car back, pay up. Then, the car owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside. Carrying the money in a tiny bag, the pigeon flies off. There have been at least four such pigeon pick-ups in Changwa. What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay-at-home car thief, however, may in fact be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind—one that avoids(避免)not only collecting money but also going out to steal the car in the first place. Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly return. Instead of stealing cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car-owner to place an ad (advertisement) in the newspaper asking for help. The thought is supported by the fact that, so far, none of the stolen cars have been returned. Also, the amount of money demanded-under 3,000 Taiwanese dollars–seems too little for a car worth many times more. Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story. And even if they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal. “We have more important things to do,” he said. 66. After the car owner received a phone call, he _______. A. went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried B. gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a park C. sent some money to the thief by mail D. told the press about it 67. The “lazier and more inventive” criminal refers to _______. A. the car thief who stays at home B. one of those who put the ads in the paper C. one of the policemen in Changwa D. the owner of the pigeons 68. The writer mentions the fact that “none of the stolen cars have been returned” to show _______. A. how easily people get fooled by criminals B. what Chen thinks might be correct C. the thief is extremely clever D. the money paid is too little 69. The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to ____. A. criminals B. pigeons C. the stolen cars D. demands for money 70. We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because _______. A. he reads the ads in the newspaper B. he lives in the same neighborhood C. he has seen the car owners in the park D. he has trained the pigeons to follow them D When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, "Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn't work out, you'll have something to rely on." Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, "the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course," she recalls. (责任编辑：admin) |