Question

       There is a tendency to think of each of the arts as a separate area of activity . Many artists.  55    would prove that there has always been a warm relationship between the various areas of human activity.   56   , in the late nineteenth century the connections between music and painting were particularly    57    .Artists were invited to design clothes and settings for operas and ballets ,but sometimes it was the musicians who were inspired （给……以灵感）by the work of contemporary painters .Of the musical compositions that were considered as    58   to the visual arts ,perhaps the most famous is Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

       Mussorgsky composed the piece in 1874 after the death ,at the age of 39, of the artist Victor Hartmann.  59    their friendship had not been a particularly long-fasting one .Mussorgsky was shocked by Hartmann’s    60    death.The following year the critic .Vladimir. Stasov who decided to hold an exhibition of Hartmann’s work,suggested that Mussorgsky try to    61   his grief by writing something in memory of Hartmann.

       The exhibition served as Mussorgsky’s inspiration. The ten pieces that make up Pictures at an Exhibition are intended as   62    rather than representations of the paintings in the exhibition .Between each is a promenade（舞曲中的行进）,   63   the composer walks from one painting to another .The music is sometimes witty and playful sometimes almost alarming and frightening . Through a range of surprising    64   .Mussorgsky manages to convey the spirit of the artist and his work.

55．A．therefore	B．however	C．moreover	D．otherwise
56．A．For example	B．On the contrary	C．In general	DOn the other hand
57．A．separate	B．unknown	C．close	D．relevant
58．A．links	B．additions	C．responses	D．keys
59．A．Before	B．Though	C．As	D．If
60．A．unavoidable	B．undiscovered	C．unnecessary	D．unexpected
61．A．control	B．relieve	C．conceal	D．represent
62．A．symbols	B．imaginations	C．contributions	D．subjects
63．A．but	B．for	C．once	D．as
64．A．paintings	B．topics	C．contrasts	D．visions

Answer 1

55. B

解析：本题可以通过上下文直接得出答案。两句之间是转折关系。

56.A

解析：本题可以通过上下文直接得出答案

57.C

解析：本题可以通过上下文直接得出答案。句意为：19世纪晚期，音乐和绘画之间的联系尤其密切。A分割，割裂；B不清楚，不知道；C密切，接近；D相关的。

58C

解析：本题可以利用上下文并比较选项的意思获得答案。

59.B

解析：本题的意思是：尽管他们之间的友谊建立的时间不长，但是对于Hartman的意外身亡，Mussorgsky备受打击。A在……之前；B尽管，虽然；C由于，因为；D如果；

60.D

解析：本句意思参考59题，四个选项的意思分别是：A不可避免的、必然的；B未发现的、隐藏的；C不必要的；D意外的、没有想到的。

61.B

解析：本句话的意思是：Mussorgsky 尽力减轻自己的痛苦，通过写作品来纪念Hartman。四个选项的意思分别是:A控制；B减轻、释放；C掩藏、掩盖；D代表、展示

62.A

解析：本题可以根据上下文得到答案，本题A项的symbols和第58题的responses应该是同义互释的关系。

63.D

解析：本题是定语从句，意思是：在没两个之间就像是舞曲中的进行，宛如作曲者在油画中漫步。But表示转折的并列连词；for引导原因状语从句；once引导时间状语和时间状语从句；as引导定语从句和原因状语从句。

64.C

解析：本题可以用直接法或者排除法得到答案。