完形填空 When Sir Winston Churchill, the great British Prime Minister, reached his eightieth birthday in November, 1954, he was presented with his portrait by a well-known modem artist, Graham Sutherland� 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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　　When Sir Winston Churchill, the great British Prime Minister, reached his eightieth birthday in November, 1954, he was presented with his portrait by a well-known modem artist, Graham Sutherland．The painting had been ordered and paid for to 　　1　　 the Grand Old Man of World WarⅡ．

　　Sir Winston and Lady Churchill were deeply moved by this 　　2　　 of respect and affection．　　3　　 of them, of course, allowed the others to see how much they both disliked the portrait．“It makes me look 　　4　　, which I am not!” protested Churchill in private(私下)．　　5　　, he only remarked that it was fine example of modern art．His friends smiled．It was known that the Churchills didn't 　　6　　modern art．

　　Churchill was so unhappy about the portrait that finally his wife had it 　　7　　．Churchill died at ninety in 1965．Lady Churchill 　　8　　 him in 1977．Shortly after her death, the public learned what had happened to the 　　9　　, and a heated argument broke out．The painter was 　　10　　 sad．The artist community, shocked and 　　11　　, said that the destruction of the picture had been a crime(罪行)．Historians said that they regretted the disappearance of a(n)　　12　　 document．All agreed that the Churchills didn't have the 　　13　　 to do what they had done．

　　Graham Sutherland had told Churchill that he would 　　14　　 him “as he saw him”．Churchill never had a chance to see the work in 　　15　　 since the painter 　　16　　 to show it to him．He found out only 　　17　　 he received his present that Sutherland had seen him 　　18　　 a heavy, sick, tired old man．Since he hated old age, he was naturally 　　19　　．

　　Who has the right to a work of art, the owner, the donor, or the artist who created it?Was the portrait a good one, as many(including the painter)said?Or was it bad as others thought?None of these questions have been answered yet to everybody’s 　　20　　．

(1)


[　　]
A．	give
B．	regard
C．	paint
D．	honour

(2)


[　　]
A．	mark
B．	piece
C．	prize
D．	trade

(3)


[　　]
A．	Neither
B．	Both
C．	Either
D．	All

(4)


[　　]
A．	wise
B．	gentle
C．	stupid
D．	happy

(5)


[　　]
A．	Fortunately
B．	Obviously
C．	Straight
D．	Publicly

(6)


[　　]
A．	care for
B．	look like
C．	turn down
D．	make up

(7)


[　　]
A．	hidden
B．	hung
C．	destroyed
D．	returned

(8)


[　　]
A．	mourned
B．	missed
C．	followed
D．	buried

(9)


[　　]
A．	painting
B．	man
C．	woman
D．	artist

(10)


[　　]
A．	understandably
B．	unexpectedly
C．	unreasonably
D．	unthinkingly

(11)


[　　]
A．	afraid
B．	regretful
C．	curious
D．	angry

(12)


[　　]
A．	interesting
B．	colorful
C．	expensive
D．	historical

(13)


[　　]
A．	chance
B．	right
C．	power
D．	courage

(14)


[　　]
A．	help
B．	obey
C．	paint
D．	show

(15)


[　　]
A．	progress
B．	place
C．	need
D．	sight

(16)


[　　]
A．	agreed
B．	promised
C．	refused
D．	hated

(17)


[　　]
A．	until
B．	when
C．	before
D．	though

(18)


[　　]
A．	as
B．	to
C．	about
D．	for

(19)


[　　]
A．	moved
B．	worried
C．	tired
D．	hurt

(20)


[　　]
A．	surprise
B．	disappointment
C．	delight
D．	satisfaction

答案：1．D;2．A;3．A;4．C;5．D;6．A;7．C;8．C;9．A;10．A;11．D;12．D;13．B;14．C;15．A;16．C;17．B;18．A;19．D;20．D;
解析：

(1)	人们给他画像是为了向这位二战巨人表示敬意。
(2)	trade表“交易”，此处用mark表示“标记”，与sign同一含义，如a mark of esteem"表示敬意”。
(3)	从句子含义可知选A。夫妇俩谁也没有让别人看出他们的真实心理状态一一他们不喜欢这幅画。
(4)	四个选项只有C才能构成让人不喜欢的原因。
(5)	这种不满只是在私下说的，在公开场合还是赞美它。
(6)	不喜欢现代艺术，上一句已经委婉表达了他的感受。
(7)	他妻子把这幅画“毁了”而不“藏起来，还回去”，所以后来引发了下文人们的议论。
(8)	邱吉尔夫人十二年之后也随他仙逝，下文说“她死后没多久”。
(9)	人们此时得知那幅画的归宿。
(10)	understandably在此时指画家此时感到伤心，这是“可以(被人)理解地”。
(11)	与shocked(震惊)一样的强烈情绪是angry。
(12)	这句话是历史学家(Historians)说的，因此是考虑其作为“历史文献”的价值。
(13)	大家一致认为邱吉尔夫妇没权利这么做。
(14)	这是这位画家说的话，他会真实地描述自己眼中的邱吉尔。
(15)	从下文可知，直到肖像画好之后邱吉尔才看见这幅画，因此选progress “进展中的作品”。
(16)	画家在画的过程中不让他看，这一点下文有提示。
(17)	直到收到这幅画后才看见画像中的人是什么样子。
(18)	see…as表示“把……视为”，用as引出画家眼里的形象。
(19)	他憎恨年迈，看见画中自己的模样，自然会觉得受到伤害。
(20)	对这些问题,还没有一个使人人满意的回答。

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