If you are a modern art lover, you should be sure to drop by the Saatchi Gallery during your visit to London. The original gallery was by Charles Saatchi, a British art collector for founding the Saatchi and Saatchi advertising agency with his brother. It moved from its old in St. John’s Wood to its new home in County Hall near the Thames in the spring of 2003.

Anyone who has heard in the past of the often shocking but always inspiring works on at the Saatchi Gallery will not be when visiting the gallery’s new location. Along with the of new British artists, the gallery still the works of Damien Hirst, the Chapman brothers, and Tracy Emin in its permanent .

Of the artworks, one can see in the Saatchi Gallery, Hirst’s works are probably the most . Hirst’s work first made headlines in the early 1990s when he art from dead animals.

Along with Hirst, the Chapman brothers, Dinos and Jake, also a certain amount of their fame to the Saatchi Gallery. It was through Saatchi these two brothers came to public attention. At the gallery, visitors can see the brothers’vision of Hell, made from 30, 000 plastic toy soldiers.

Another artist featured at the gallery who has grabbed with her art is Tracy Emin. In 1998, Emin gave to argument when she sold her messy, unmade bed to Saatchi as a work of art My Bed at ￡150, 000.

Are any of these works really art? That is a question you will have to answer for when you visit the Saatchi Gallery. Charles Saatchi himself says, “I don’t have any ground rules for art. Sometimes you look and don’t feel very with it—but that doesn’t tell you very much. It doesn’t reveal much about the quality of the work.”

1.A．repaired B．opened C．built D．rented

2.A．keen B．suitable C．eager D．famous

3.A．location B．history C．city D．society

4.A．concerts B．reports C．rumors D．a(chǎn)dvice

5.A．store B．board C．display D．sale

6.A．a(chǎn)ddicted B．interested C．disappointed D．worried

7.A．business B．story C．exhibits D．tradition

8.A．produces B．publishes C．revises D．includes

9.A．collection B．station C．memory D．basement

10.A．ready-made B．well-known C.well-prepared D.easy-going

11.A．copied B．created C．invented D．discovered

12.A．devote B．suggest C．bring D．owe

13.A．when B．why C．that D．while

14.A．headlines B．position C．a(chǎn)dvantages D．occupations

15.A．way B．rise C．a(chǎn)nxiety D．hope

16.A．a(chǎn)dapted B．written C．referred D．titled

17.A．yourself B．it C．them D．one

18.A．praising B．judging C．a(chǎn)ppreciating D．studying

19.A．surprised B．confused C．comfortable D．a(chǎn)cceptable

20.A．necessarily B．exactly C．completely D．likely

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.B

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要介紹了薩奇畫廊里的一些作品及作品所屬的藝術(shù)家。

1. 故選B。

2. famous for，因為……而出名， 故選D。

3. from……to（從……移動到……）可知為位置，故選A。

4.of the often shocking but always inspiring works經(jīng)常是關(guān)于令人震驚但又令人鼓舞的作品可知是報告，消息，故選B。

5.

6.

7.

8. Hirst的作品，故選D。

9.

10.

11.

12. A獻身于，B建議，C帶來，D擁有，享有，由于此處是搭配賓語fame（名聲）的，，故選D。

13.

14.考查名詞的辨析。A標題，B位置，C優(yōu)點，D工作，職業(yè)，由another（又一個）可知此處所選詞可在前文中找出對應(yīng)的詞即headline，故選A。

15.考查詞組的搭配。A方式，B上升，C焦慮，D希望，此處考查詞組give rise to產(chǎn)生，引起，導(dǎo)致，造成，故選B。

16.考查動詞的辨析。A適應(yīng)，改編，B寫有，C指的是，D標有，由文章可知是作品上標有售賣的價格，故選D。

17.考查代詞的辨析。A你自己，B它，C他們，D一個,由于該句主語為you，所以是你自己，故選A。

18.考查動詞的辨析。A贊揚，B判斷，C欣賞，D學(xué)習，由文章可知是沒有判斷作品好壞的標準（rules），故選B。

19.考查形容詞的辨析。A令人吃驚的，B令人迷惑的，C舒適的，輕松的，D可接受的，由文章可知有時你欣賞的作品并不令你感覺非常輕松，且給你舒適感，故選C。

20.考查副詞的辨析。A必要地，B精確地，C完全地，D好像，似乎，由全文可知一個作品并沒有必要向你揭示它的質(zhì)量的好壞，故選A。

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