8．Land Art，sometimes referred to as Earth Art or Earthworks，is a form of art which involves using physical landscapes to create art，taking art out of the museum and into the outside world．Modern Land Art movement really got going in the 1960s，when American artists began creating Land Art on a large scale．Today，works of modern Land Art can be seen all over the world，sometimes right alongside much older pieces of Land Art created by people who lived thousands of years ago．
Land Art，which is not necessarily unchangeable，can take a number of forms．For example，in 1970 Robert Smithson created the Spiral Jetty （螺旋状防波堤），made of a collection of stones and mud，in the Great Salt Lake．The American artist made a large jetty in a spiral shape which sticks out into the waters of the lake．
Reshaping the landscape is a common characteristic of Land Art，which can be created by moving parts around．People can also add things to the environment to create Land Art，like salt，which is added to the Spiral Jetty．It is possible to use plants．In all cases，Land Art is immovable．
Land Art is designed to gradually form，change，and eventually decay（衰落）．That's one of the biggest differences between Land Art and most of the art one sees in the museums．Some works of art can exist only for a few hours or days．Others are exposed to rain and wind so that they develop and decay over time，which is part of the attractiveness in the eyes of the artists．
28．What can be learned from the first paragraph？D
A．Land Art was the most popular art in the 1960s．
B．Land Art aims to get people interested in nature．
C．American artists were the first to create Land Art．
D．People have been creating Land Art for thousands of years．
29．What do we know about Robert Smithson？A
A．He is a great creative artist．
B．He lives near the Great Salt Lake．
C．He made the most famous Land Art．
D．He was a pioneer in creating Land Art．
30．One of the unique characteristics of Land Art lies inB．
A．it shows the extreme beauty of nature
B．it develops and decays gradually over time
C．it combines the landscapes around completely
D．it offers the artists a chance to get close to nature
31．What is the passage mainly about？D
A．Works of Land Art．
B．History of Land Art．
C．Changes of Land Art．
D．Introduction of Land Art．
分析 本篇阅读介绍了关于大地艺术的知识，大地艺术又叫地球艺术、土方工程，是利用自然景观来创作的艺术作品．文章简述了它的发展，分别详细说明了大地艺术的形式，特征以及目的．
解答 28．D．推理判断题．根据第一段"Today，works of modern Land Art can be seen all over the world，sometimes right alongside much older pieces of Land Art created by people who lived thousands of years ago．"
可以判断有的大地艺术作品可以持续几千年．联系文章主旨，故选D．
29．A．推理判断题．根据文章二段"Robert Smithson created the Spiral Jetty （螺旋状防波堤），made of a collection of stones and mud，in the Great Salt Lake．The American artist made a large jetty in a spiral shape which sticks out into the waters of the lake．"可以判断：他制作了宏大的大地艺术，所以是一位伟大的富有创造力的艺术家．联系文章主旨，故选A．
30．B．细节理解题．根据文章最后一段"Land Art is designed to gradually form，change，and eventually decay（衰落）．"故选B．
31．D．主旨判断题．根据文章，整体描述了大地艺术的方方面面，所以是一篇综述，ABC三项都是以偏概全．故选D．
点评 本篇阅读难度一般，注意细节理解题，包括直接信息理解、是非判断、年代数字之类，需要考生确定题目关键词，在文章中找到对应部分，回到题目逐一对照．
