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Lesson 18 Electric currents in modern art

Summary writing  摘要写作

In not  more than 80 words  describe what  the writer saw from the moment  he entered the art  gallery.  Do not include anything that is not in the last paragraph. www.xiao84.com

Answer these questions in note form to get your points:

1  What  did  the  writer see  when  he  entered  the  art  gallery?

2  Why did it forbid people to touch the exhibits?

3  What did the exhibition  consist of?

4  What  did  the  writer  see against  the wall?

5  What did the spheres do?

6  What did the  tall  structures in the  centre  of  the  hall  contain?

7  What did the coloured lights do?

8  What was emitted from black boxes?

9  Did red  lamps  go  on  and  off or  not?

Vocabulary  词汇

Give another word or  phrase to replace the following words as they are used in the passage:  on display(1. 4);oddly(1. 10); suspended(1. 11); response(1. 11); familiar (1. 11); attached(1. 12); flickered continuously (1. 15).

Composition作文

In not more than 200 words describe an exhibition of  modern paintings(real or imaginary). Use the ideas given below. Do not write more than three paragraphs.

Title: An interesting exhibition.

Introduction:  Work of  many artists exhibited----great  public interest----you went to the art  gallery.

Development: Description of some of the pictures on display----the picture you liked best ----the strangest picture of them all.

Conclusion:  People's comments overheard---- your opinion of the paintings at the exhibition.

Letter writing  书信写作

Write a letter of about 80 words to a friend accepting an invitation to go with him to an exhibition. Supply a suitable Introduction and Conclusion.  Use  the following information  to write the  Purpose:

thank  him for invitation----looking forward to meeting him again soon----particularly interested in exhibition----why----where you will meet your friend: time and place.

Key structures关键句型

介词(IKS 94) (参见第2册第 94课关键句型)Exercise  练习

Supply the missing words in the following sentences. Do not refer to the passage until you finish the exercise.

1  Even people who take no interest ______ art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture ______ display in public places.

2  We have got quite used ______ them.

3  Oddly shaped forms that are suspended ______ the ceiling and move ______ response ______ a gust of wind are quite familiar ______ everybody.

4  There were long thin wires attached ______ metal spheres.

Special difficulties难点

Spelling 拼写

Note the spelling of the words in italics:

I'll pay the bill. He never pays his bills.

He owns a donkey. I own two donkeys.

You'll wake up the baby. Babies often cry.

Will he try again? He never tries very hard.

Exercise 练习

Add-s or-ies to the following words. Make any other necessary changes:

lady, supply, valley, qualify, story, day, say, reply, marry, way, chimney, hurry, stay, enjoy, buy, body, bury, fry.

Multiple choice questions多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Comprehension 理解

1  Modern sculpture rarely surprises us any more because ______ .

a.even if not in museums, we see it in and around other public places

b.despite people's lack of interest in art, it is put on display

c.people not only display it in their houses but in their gardens also

d.museums have been exhibiting it for nearly eighty years

2  What surprised the writer when he visited a recent exhibition of modern sculpture?

a.The tact that people were forbidden to touch the exhibits.

b.The oddly shaped forms that were suspended from the ceiling.

c.The way in which electrical energy was used to produce mobile effects.

d.The prehistoric electronic equipment used to activate the exhibits.

3  The pieces of sculpture on display at the exhibition were ______ .

a.noticed because they were dangerous

b.either hung on wires or built into the middle of the hall

c.flickering continuously with different coloured lights

d.such that one could not pass them unnoticed though it seemed wiser to pass them untouched

Structure 结构

4  ----‘modern’pieces ______ on display nearly eighty years ago. (11. 6-7)

a.have been

b.are first

c.were first

d.had been

5  The first thing I saw ______ to the art gallery…(1. 9)

a.on my arrival

b.on entering

c.at the entrance

d.having arrived

6  The notice prohibited people ______ the exhibits. (11. 9-10)

a.to touch

b.from touching

c.touching

d.not to touch

7  The spheres had been magnetized ______ attracted or repelled each other…(1. 13)

a.so that they

b.so they were

c.so as they had

d.in order that they

8  These peculiar forms ______ to shock people emotionally and to…(11. 17-18)

a.both seemed designed

b.seemed both designed

c.seemed both designed and

d.seemed designed both

Vocabulay 词汇

9  ----forms that are suspended from the ceiling and move ______ are…(11. 10-11)a.at one blow

b.all of a sudden

c.with a light touch

d.at the slightest breath

10  Small black boxes ______ sparks…(1. 15)

a.gave off

b.sent by

c.gave over

d.throw off

11  There were a number of tall structures ______ in different colours. (1. 14)

a.enlightened

b.illuminated

c.alighted

d.burning

12  These peculiar forms not only seemed ______ to shock people…(11. 17-18)

a.drawn

b.planned

c.intended

d.created