47．A painter chooses certain shapes and colours because he feels that they　 　　　．

A．have been used frequently in the past　

B．are easy to work with

C．are worth showing to the public　　　 　　　

D．will be most attractive to the public

46．It is hard to explain what a painter is saying, because　　　　 ．

A．most painters do not express themselves well

B．a painter uses unusual words and phrases

C．a painter uses shapes and colours instead of words

D．many painters do not say anything

45．From this article, we know that　　　　 are not good to our health．

A．protein and vitamin C

B．milk and grain foods

C．wild animals, vegetables and fruits

D．a huge amount of fatty, salty and sweet foods

B

Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public．Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something which has not been said before．He hopes the public will listen and understand he wants to teach them, and he wants them to learn from him．

What visual(视觉的)artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain, because painters translate their experiences into shapes and colours, not words．They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colours, out of the countless billions possible, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us．Without their work we should never have noticed these particular shapes and colours, or have felt the delight which they brought to the artist．

Most artists take their shapes and colours from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and repose(动态和静态), their choices indicate that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sights．Contemporary(当代的)artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern that there is nothing more in it．Yet even they do choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects．If one painter chooses to paint a gangrenous(坏疽性的)leg and another a lake in moonlight, each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world．Each painter is telling us something, showing us something, emphasizing something all of which means that, consciously or unconsciously, he is trying to teach us．

44．Stone-age people were much healthier than people today because they ate a lot of　　　 ．

A．milk and other dairy products　　　 　

B．grain foods and farm animals

C．salt and sugar　　　　 　　　　　　　

D．wild animals, fresh wild vegetables and fruits

43．What is the main cause mentioned in the article why people suffer from a lot of new sicknesses?

A．Ancient people did a great deal of physical exercise

B．People today have a lot of alcohol

C．People today have more tobacco

D．Food is quite different between life today and life in ancient times

42．New kinds of sicknesses have been found because　　　 ．

A．the human body has changed compared with human first appeared on earth

B．the way we live has changed a little

C．our body can’t deal with the changes in life style

D．the way we live today is proper for the human body

41．The people in industrial nations would be much healthier if they ate　　　　 ．

A．more foods as humans living 10,000 years ago did

B．as humans living 10,000 years ago

C．more kinds of food eaten by people living over 10,000 years ago

D．more of the same kinds of foods eaten by people over 10,000 years ago．

39．A．appreciate　　　 B．assist　　　　 　 C．promote　　 　 D．support

38．A．body　　　　　 　 B．condition　　 　 C．situation　　 D．state