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What are the speakers mainly discussing? [originaltext]Listen to a conversation
What are the speakers mainly discussing? [originaltext]Listen to a conversation
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2024-01-02
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问题
What are the speakers mainly discussing?
Listen to a conversation between a student and her art history professor. (S = Student, P = Professor)
S: Thanks for meeting with me. I’m sorry I couldn’t attend yesterday’s lecture, but I’m on our university’s debate team and we’re on our way back from Texas.
P: Now that’s a trip.
S: Yeah. Well, our team was one of 78 from all around the country participating in the national debate tournament that was held in Texas this year.
P: Well, when something like that comes along, the choice is clean, isn’t it? So what was the focus for this year’s event?
S: Well, the key topic was whether or not the US government should decrease its subsidies for agriculture.
P: Huh, thought-provoking. So how do we end up?
S: Not too bad. We came in fifth of them all, lots of good arguments and some persuasive statements from competitors, though. They’re with really tough process. So anyway, what were in yesterday? I heard something about an assignment.
P: Yes. Well, to begin with, the focus of the lecture was on the artist Alexander Calder.
S: I think I’ve seen a painting of his on the first floor of this building’s lobby, right?
P: Good eye. That’s right. But he’s not just simply a painter. This handout will direct you to the pages in the textbook that provided an in-depth analysis of his work. It’s true, yes, he did start off by making paintings. However, he also had a strong interest in sculpture and it’s precisely in this area that he ended up shaking up the art world because he took sculpture in a completely different direction.
S: Well, that sounds intriguing. In what way exactly?
P: As you see, sculptures had always been stationary pieces. They are never moved. But Alexander Calder added movement to the equation. He created a unique form of art: the mobile.
S: Oh, you mean the things that hang over baby cribs, shape the move and tour around. Huh, talk about art that is widespread appeal.
P: Well, those are just mobiles of the most simplistic form. You know, initially Calder achieved movement of the separate metal pieces of the sculpture through the use of a motor.
S: But that’s kind of technical; isn’t it for a work of art?
P: Perhaps it was his early training in mechanics and engineering that opened his mind to that possibility. But then later he focused on using the gentle motion of the wind. You see he wanted these artistic pieces to surprise the viewer, to constantly reshape themselves, present themselves in this way. Hopefully the class assignment will show you the intricacy in detail that are involved in his pieces. So on your own time you’re required to go view his exhibits at the Guggenheim Museum, and do a retrospective on his works and it’s a perfect opportunity to get a more complete sense of the impressive range of his works over the life of his artistic career.
选项
A、An artist who was discussed in a recent class
B、The requirements for an upcoming project
C、Reasons that the student will miss an upcoming class
D、The topic of a paper the student was writing
答案
A
解析
题目询问对话的主题。对话一开始,学生向教授道歉,称自己因为参加辩论赛没上昨天的课。接着,学生和教授在略微谈论了一些与辩论赛相关的内容后,继续详谈了昨天课堂上讲的内容,也就是艺术家亚历山大.考尔德的相关情况。由此可见,对话讨论的是A项“最近在课堂上被讨论的艺术家”,对话中只提到了an assignment“一项任务”。没有提到upcoming project“即将开始的项目”,而且这也不是对话讨论的主要内容,可排除B项“即将开始的项目的要求”。C项“学生将会缺席下节课的原因”和D项“学生正在写的论文的主题”都没有依据。
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