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. advice

5.A. store B. board C. display D. sale

6.A. addicted 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. advantages D. occupations

15.A. way B. rise C. anxiety D. hope

16.A. adapted B. written C. referred D. titled

17.A. yourself B. it C. them D. one

18.A. praising B. judging C. appreciating D. studying

19.A. surprised B. confused C. comfortable D. acceptable

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：文章主要是介紹了一個(gè)畫(huà)廊。在這個(gè)畫(huà)廊里面有許多許多很著名的畫(huà)和一些非常有名的畫(huà)家的一些作品。同樣，有很多的畫(huà)家的作品是通過(guò)這個(gè)畫(huà)廊而獲得了巨大的成功而為人所知的。

1. Saatchi Gallery所以按照推理，這個(gè)畫(huà)廊應(yīng)該是由Saatchi 開(kāi)的。所以答案選B。

2.

3. from ，后面說(shuō)到了its new home說(shuō)明了這個(gè)畫(huà)廊的地址變了。所以答案選A。

4.

5. works on和at the Saatchi Gallery說(shuō)明了空白處應(yīng)該是表示展出在畫(huà)廊的作品，答案選C。

6.

7. new British artists再根據(jù)選項(xiàng)意思判斷，本空應(yīng)該的是要表達(dá)新英國(guó)藝術(shù)家的作品展覽。答案選C。

8. gallery 后文又提到了一系列的藝術(shù)家Damien Hirst, the Chapman brothers, and Tracy Emin所以他們之間應(yīng)該是一個(gè)包含關(guān)系。答案選D。

9.

10. work first made headlines他的作品登上了頭條，說(shuō)明他的作品很著名。答案選B。

11. from dead animals，根據(jù)選項(xiàng)意思，應(yīng)該是表示他創(chuàng)作的藝術(shù)作品是來(lái)自于死亡的動(dòng)物。答案選B。

12. 把…奉獻(xiàn)（給），把…專(zhuān)用（于）；奉獻(xiàn)B.建議。C.帶來(lái)；引起；促使。D.欠…債；感激；歸功于。后文提到了It was through Saatchi these two brothers came to public attention.說(shuō)明了前面的幾個(gè)藝術(shù)家是通過(guò)這個(gè)畫(huà)廊自己的作品才為人所知。所以他們的名譽(yù)是歸功于這個(gè)畫(huà)廊的。答案選D。

13. was去掉句子還是完整的。說(shuō)明本句是一個(gè)強(qiáng)調(diào)句。答案選C。

14. made headlines所以本空應(yīng)該是對(duì)應(yīng)的。答案選B。

15. rise to意思是引起；導(dǎo)致。所以答案選B。

16. bed 說(shuō)明這個(gè)作品的名稱(chēng)就叫my bed。答案選D。

17.

18. you look and don’t feel very with it—but that doesn’t tell you very much說(shuō)明了你可能會(huì)對(duì)那個(gè)作品有一些不同的看法，也就是說(shuō)是沒(méi)有一個(gè)固定的規(guī)則來(lái)評(píng)判作品的。答案選B。

19. that doesn’t tell you very much說(shuō)明了你的感覺(jué)可能并不能揭示那個(gè)作品的價(jià)值。根據(jù)選項(xiàng)意思，答案選C。

20.

考點(diǎn)：考查介紹說(shuō)明性短文填空。

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