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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 57 to 66 .
What we today call American folk art was, indeed, art of. by, and for ordinary.everyday "folks" who, with increasing prosperity and leisure, created a market for art of all kinds, and especially for portraits. Citizens of prosperous, essentially middle-class republics — whether ancient Romans, seventeenth-century Dutch burghers, or nineteenth-century Americans — have always shown a marked taste for portraiture. Starting in the late eighteenth century. the United States contained increasing numbers of such people, and of the artists who could meet their demands. The earliest American folk art portraits come, not surprisingly, from New England — especially Connecticut and Massachusetts — for this was a wealthy and populous region and the center of a strong craft tradition. Within a few decades after the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the population was pushing westward, and portrait painters could he found at work in western New York, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri. Midway through its first century as a nation, the United States's population had increased roughly five times, and eleven new states had been added to the original thirteen. During these years the demand for portraits grew and grew eventually to be satisfied by the camera. In 1839 the daguerreotype was introduced to America, ushering in the age of photography, and within a generation the new invention put an end to the popularity of painted portraits. Once again an original portrait became a Iusury. commissioned by the wealthy and executed by the professional.
But in the heyday of portrait Nutting - how the iate eighteenth century until the 1850's -anyone with a modicum of artistic ability could become a limner. as such a portraitist was called. Local crafispoaple - sign, coach, and house painters - began to paint portraits as a profitable sideline ; sometimes a talented man or woman who began by sketching family members gained a local reputation and was besieged with requests for portraits ; artists found it worth their while to pack their paints, canvases, and brushes and to travel the countryside, often combining house decorating with portrait painting.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 57 to 66 .
What we today call American folk art was, indeed, art of. by, and for ordinary.everyday "folks" who, with increasing prosperity and leisure, created a market for art of all kinds, and especially for portraits. Citizens of prosperous, essentially middle-class republics — whether ancient Romans, seventeenth-century Dutch burghers, or nineteenth-century Americans — have always shown a marked taste for portraiture. Starting in the late eighteenth century. the United States contained increasing numbers of such people, and of the artists who could meet their demands. The earliest American folk art portraits come, not surprisingly, from New England — especially Connecticut and Massachusetts — for this was a wealthy and populous region and the center of a strong craft tradition. Within a few decades after the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the population was pushing westward, and portrait painters could he found at work in western New York, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri. Midway through its first century as a nation, the United States's population had increased roughly five times, and eleven new states had been added to the original thirteen. During these years the demand for portraits grew and grew eventually to be satisfied by the camera. In 1839 the daguerreotype was introduced to America, ushering in the age of photography, and within a generation the new invention put an end to the popularity of painted portraits. Once again an original portrait became a Iusury. commissioned by the wealthy and executed by the professional.
But in the heyday of portrait Nutting - how the iate eighteenth century until the 1850's -anyone with a modicum of artistic ability could become a limner. as such a portraitist was called. Local crafispoaple - sign, coach, and house painters - began to paint portraits as a profitable sideline ; sometimes a talented man or woman who began by sketching family members gained a local reputation and was besieged with requests for portraits ; artists found it worth their while to pack their paints, canvases, and brushes and to travel the countryside, often combining house decorating with portrait painting.
Câu 1: According to the passage, where were many of the first American folk art portraits painted?
A. In Connecticut and Massachusetts
B. In Ohio
C. In western Ncw York
D. In Illinois and Missouri
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Đáp án : A(0) bình luận (0) lời giải
Giải chi tiết:
Sentence: "The earliest American folk art portraits come, not surprisingly, from New England — especially Connecticut and Massachusetts "
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Câu 2: In lines 4-5 the author mentions seventeenth-century Dutch burghers as an example of a group that
A. appreciated portraits
B. consisted mainly of self-taught artists
C. influenced American folk art
D. had little time for the arts
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Đáp án : A(0) bình luận (0) lời giải
Giải chi tiết:
Sentence: "seventeenth-century Dutch burghers, or nineteenth-century Americans — have always shown a marked taste for portraiture."
Lời giải sai Bình thường Khá hay Rất Hay
Câu 3: The word "this" in line 8 refer to
A. a strong craft tradition
B. western New York
C. American folk art
D. New England
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Đáp án : D(0) bình luận (0) lời giải
Giải chi tiết:
Sentence: "The earliest American folk art portraits come, not surprisingly, from New England — especially Connecticut and Massachusetts — for this was a wealthy and populous region and the center of a strong craft tradition. "
Lời giải sai Bình thường Khá hay Rất Hay
Câu 4: The word "executed" in line 19 is closest in meaning to
A. admired
B. sold
C. requested
D. created
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Đáp án : D(0) bình luận (0) lời giải
Giải chi tiết:
executed = thực hiện, hoàn thành
A. ngưỡng mộ
B. bán
C. yêu cầu
D. tạo ra
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Câu 5: How much did the population of the United States increase in the first fifty year following independence?
A. It became live times larger.
B. It became eleven times larger.
C. It became thirteen times larger.
D. It became three times larger.
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Đáp án : A(0) bình luận (0) lời giải
Giải chi tiết:
Sentence: "Midway through its first century as a nation, the United States's population had increased roughly five times, and eleven new states had been added to the original thirteen. "
Lời giải sai Bình thường Khá hay Rất Hay
Câu 6: The word "marked"in line 4 is closest in meaning to
A. fortunate
B. understandable
C. mysterious
D. pronounced
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Đáp án : D(0) bình luận (0) lời giải
Giải chi tiết:
marked = đánh dấu
A. may mắn
B. hiểu
C. bí mật
D. tuyên bố
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Câu 7: The author implies that most limners (line 22)
A. were from wealthy families
B. were women
C. received instruction from traveling teachers
D. had no formal art training
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Đáp án : D(0) bình luận (0) lời giải
Giải chi tiết:
Sentence: "...began by sketching family members gained a local reputation and was besieged with requests for portraits ; artists found it worth their while to pack their paints, canvases, and brushes and to travel the countryside, often combining house decorating with portrait painting."
Lời giải sai Bình thường Khá hay Rất Hay
Câu 8: The relationship between the daguerreotype (line 14) and the painted portrait is similar to the relationship between the automobile and the
A. highway
B. horse-drawn carriage
C. driver
D. engine
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Đáp án : B(0) bình luận (0) lời giải
Giải chi tiết:
Sentence: "In 1839 the daguerreotype was introduced to America, ushering in the age of photography, and within a generation the new invention put an end to the popularity of painted portraits. Once again an original portrait became a luxury. commissioned by the wealthy and executed by the professional. "
Lời giải sai Bình thường Khá hay Rất Hay
Câu 9: According to the passage, which of the following contributed to a decline in the demand for painted portraits?
A. The westward migration of many painters
B. The lack of a strong craft tradition
C. The invention of the camera
D. The growing preference for landscape paintings
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Đáp án : C(1) bình luận (0) lời giải
Giải chi tiết:
Sentence: "Sentence: "In 1839 the daguerreotype was introduced to America, ushering in the age of photography, and within a generation the new invention put an end to the popularity of painted portraits. Once again an original portrait became a luxury,commissioned by the wealthy and executed by the professional. "
Lời giải sai Bình thường Khá hay Rất Hay
Câu 10: The phrase "ushering in" in line 14 is closest in meaning to
A. demanding
B. beginning
C. publishing
D. increasing
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Đáp án : B(0) bình luận (0) lời giải
Giải chi tiết:
ushering in = mở ra
A. nhu cầu
B. bắt đầu
C. xuất bản
D. tăng
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