广东省江门市江门市第一中学2022-2023学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题.pdf

学年高二上学

期期末考试英语试题

一、阅读理解

Americanillustrationchangeddramatically.PicturesthatNormanRockwellcreated

withoilpaintoncanvas(油画布)weregraduallysuperseded

Today,illustratorsareabletomakepictureswithcomputerstoputinmagazinesthat

arriveontheInternet.Digitalimagesandelectronicartaremoreandmorepopular.

Buttheheartofillustrationwillalwaysbeitscreativity,notitstools.Justaskaward-

winningartistGaryKelley.HeisnosoftwareengineerworkinginSiliconValley;instead,

hehasenjoyedalongandsuccessfulcareerworkingfromatowninIowa.Hestilluses

traditionalmediasuchasoilpaintandpastels,buthisideasarenew.

Illustratorsdrawingforadvertisementsgetpaidthebest,butthatisnotalwaysthe

mostfun.ForKelley,it’sthestorytellingaspectsofartthatmakeillustrationfunand

interesting.HestartedbyillustratingstoriesformagazinessuchasTime,TheNew

Yorker,andsoon.Withfewermagazinestoriestoillustrate,hestartedtocreateaseries

ofmurals(壁画)forthenationalbookstorechainBarnesNoble.Healsoillustrateda

numberofbooks.Morerecentlyhehasillustratednovels.

ButperhapsthemostinterestinginnovationwasKelley’sattempttoillustratemusic.

KelleyrecalledthathewaslisteningtoThePlanets,anorchestralsuitebyafamous

Englishcomposer,whenimagesbegantoappearinhismind.Hedecidedtoseeifhe

couldcreatepicturesthatshowedthequalitiesofthemusic.Hesaid,“I’mgoingtosee

whathappens.”

Heassociatedaseriesofbeautifulpicturestobeprojectedonahugescreenabovean

orchestrawhileitperformed.HefoundawillingpartnerintheWCFSymphony

Orchestrainthecreationoftheillustratedmusic.Theirworkwaswellreceived,which

motivatedKelleytocreatemore.wasfollowedby