问题 阅读理解与欣赏

阅读下面的作品,完成小题。

正则艺专

高尔泰

(1)宁沪线上位于镇江和无锡之间的丹阳市, 是一座毫无特色的小城;正则艺专所在的白云街,是一条毫无特色的小街,战后才从重庆迁回原址的。私立正则艺专,是几栋灰色的二层楼房,也毫无特色。但它拥有几位赫赫有名的教授,特别是吕凤子先生和杨守玉先生,吸引了许多来自全国各地的学生。

(2)吕凤子是学者型画家,精通理论,以画罗汉和菩萨著称,诗书印并重,是当时画坛的重镇。他所创办的正则艺专,论画极重意境,崇尚“文人画”传统的功力和品味成为名校,不是偶然的。我去时,他已很老,不再亲自上课,只当名义上的校长。穿着老式长衫,有时到画室里转转,有时拄着拐杖,在荒凉的校园里散步,矮小,瘦削,微微有点佝偻,眼镜的黑色边框很粗,就像是粗墨线画的。

(3)杨守玉是个很老的老太婆,终生未婚,索居独处。她所创造的画种“乱针绣”,是用针线代替画笔和色彩,在布上作画无数不同色彩不同长短的丝线,不规则地相互横斜交叉错综重叠,近看一片混沌无序,远看人物风景生气洋溢光影迷离,画法有点像印象派的点彩,但要用点彩法临摹它根本不行。它的每一幅都是独特和不可重复的,无论是深巷里墙高落日的余晖,灯影暗处的裸女,雨中的树或者阳光下灼灼生辉的一团黄花,都像是不久就会消逝的东西,猛一看你感受到的不是肌肤而是肌肤的温暖与弹性,不是雨水而是雨水的清冷和馨香,不是花团而是花团的快乐的喧嚷。再细看,又都没了。这很难。杨氏门生虽多,仍难免感到寂寞,有句云,“急管繁弦听无声”。

(4)她惟一的传人吕去疾先生,是凤先生的长子,五十多岁, 笔名大吕,也确实是黄钟大吕,不但乱针绣青出于蓝,油画、雕塑、大泼墨无不绝倒。据说艺事尚专,博则难精,我想那是才小者言,才大者若韩愈稼轩达芬奇杜尚辈,都能兴寄无端,忽豆人寸马,忽千丈松,何羁于专? 先生教画,很少讲具体技法。看某生画,他会说色彩能发出声音,阴沉有阴沉的响亮,那些用灰不溜秋的哑巴颜色来处理蓝调子的人,成不了大画家。看某生画,他会说画画是一种快乐,过程就是目的,要能随时停下都是好画,那种画时没有快乐,直要到画完了才算苦尽甘来的画家,是平庸的画家。看某生画,他会说, 小青年怎么就结壳了?艺术的生命是变化,结了壳就完蛋了。我听之悚然,刻骨铭心。

(5)其他老师,也都各有千秋。程虚白先生讲构图学,爱用书法做比喻,要我们从字形结构的变化吸取灵感;黄涵秋先生教书法,讲的却是音乐,135和弦和246和弦,还有武术的招式和舞蹈的动作,说书法就是纸上舞蹈,和无声的音乐;张祖源先生讲美术史,说史家们忽略了源远流长的指头画,说着当场就展纸磨墨,画给我们看。那指甲画出的细线轻悠而富于弹性,手掌抹出的墨痕波诡云谲,确有笔不能到之处。这种不拘一格挥洒自如的学风,我在别处再没见过 。

(6)正则学制,分二年三年五年三种。我在五年制,叫做“绘绣科”,到四年级可选学油画国画雕刻,也可选学乱针绣。乱针绣是正则的王牌,绘绣科就是为它设立的,别的院校没有。但它太难,只有几个人选学,练就一套从画布正反两面同时反向穿刺的技巧,速度之快,就像两只手都在高频率颤抖,但是绣出来的作品,吕去疾先生说,只能算是工艺品。他们到头来,还是选学了别的,否则不得毕业。但我们班上的同学,都想走这畏途,想成为这门绝技的第二代传人,很用功。每个人画好的画,都要钉在墙上,互相观摩品评。画室墙上一排排新作,呈现出一股子欣荣进取的气氛。画室日夜不关,晚上十点以前,总有人在灯下作画。我那时十五岁,是全校年龄最小的一个,画名挺好,颇受注意,所以也不再撒野,变成了规矩学生。

小题1:文章开头连续说丹阳、白云街和正则艺专建筑的“毫无特色”,为什么要这样写?从文章内容和表达效果两方面来说明。(4分)

小题2:第三小节的划线句子是从哪几个角度来描写杨守玉的乱针绣内容的?写出了乱针绣怎样的特点?(4分)

小题3:根据文章第四小节的内容,概括吕去疾先生的艺术成就和艺术观。(6分)

小题4:结合全文内容,从教师和学生这两方面总结正则艺专取得成功的原因。(6分)

答案

小题1:说明正则艺专从地理位置和外观来说确实很平凡,(2分)和下文写艺专强大的师资力量形成对比,先抑后扬,(1分)突出了正则艺专师资和教学的不平凡。(1分)

小题1:触觉、嗅觉和听觉。(3分)能凭视觉形象而引发多重感官的联想,出神入化。(1分)

小题1:艺术成就:广博而不羁于专,(2分)从乱针绣到泼墨画无所不能。(1分)艺术观:色彩能发声,画画是快乐的过程,艺术的生命重在变化。(3分)

小题1:教师赫赫有名、技艺高超,能够因材施教,教法各有千秋、不拘一格;(3分)学生慕名前来,勇走艺术的畏途,勤奋作画,欣荣进取。(3分)

小题1:此题考查段首句的作用,注意从文章内容和表达效果两方面来答题。

小题1:此题从感觉的角度答题,注意从触觉、嗅觉和听觉方面考虑。

小题1:本题考查“概括作者在文中的观点态度”考点,能力层次为C,侧重“分析综合”能力的考查。要求理解作者在文中所表明的观点、态度,能进行正确的分析、归纳。

小题1:本题考查“对作品进行个性化阅读和有创意的解读”考点,能力层次为F,侧重“探究”能力的考查。这是一道探究题。答题之前,先对作品有充分的了解和准确的把握。面对一篇陌生的文学作品,要善于抓住关键语句,理清全文脉络,明白作品所表达的主题,对全文有一个整体认识和把握。具体答题时,还要切忌脱离文本,想当然地去套用鉴赏术语,避免空洞抽象的泛泛而谈或不着边际的任意罗列,更不能根据个人的主观喜好冠作隧意的褒贬。本题可以从客观与主观两方面去思考。

单项选择题


Mankind’s fascination with gold is as old as civilization itself. The ancient Egyptians esteemed gold, which had religious significance to them, and King Tutankhamen was buried in a solid-gold coffin 3300 years ago.
People have always longed to possess gold. Unfortunately, this longing has also brought out the worst in the human character. The Spanish conquistadores robbed palaces, temples and graves, and killed thousands of Indians in their ruthless search for gold. Often the only rule in young California during the days of the gold rush was exercised by the mob with a rope. Even today, the economic running of South Africa’s gold mines depends largely on the employment of black labourens who are paid about 40 a month, plus room and board, and who must work in conditions that can only be described as cruel. About 400 miners are killed in mine accidents in South Africa each year, or one for every two tons of gold produced.
Much of gold’s value lies in its scarcity. Only about 80,000 tons have been mined in the history of the world. All of it could be stored in a vault 60 feet square, or a supertanker.
Great Britain was the first country to adopt the gold standard, when the Master of Mint, Sir Isaac Newton, established a fixed price for gold in 1717. But until the big discoveries of gold in the last half of the nineteenth century — starting in California in 1848 and later in Australia and South Africa — there simply wasn’t enough gold around for all the trading nations to link their currencies to the precious metal.
An out-of-work prospector named George Harrison launched South Africa into the gold age in 1886 when he discovered the metal on a farm near what is now Johannesburg. Harrison was given a 12 reward by the farmer. He then disappeared and reportedly was eaten by a lion.
Historically, the desire to hoard gold at home has been primarily an occupation of the working and peasant classes, who have no faith in paper money. George Bernard Shaw defended their instincts eloquently: "You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the government", he said, "and with due respect to these gentlemen, I advise you to vote for gold."

It can be inferred from the passage that during the days of the gold-rush in California ______ .

A.( people had to mark out their gold claims with a rope

B.( people carried ropes instead of guns

C.( hanging was a common form of punishment

D.( the rope was the symbol of law and order

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