Question

Until about 150 years ago, the most important, expensive and renowned kind of painting was large-scale pictures that told a story, regarded as the  小題1: (hard) challenge for an artist.  小題2: (choose) suitable subjects, artists had to be well-read. Then they had to know   小題3:   stories could be told without words, using only gestures and expressions. To create lifelike scenes, they had to understand perspective, lighting and anatomy. So history painting needed a lot of thought and   小題4:  . (imagine). Large-scale pictures used to be reserved for grand religious or patriotic subjects, but that changed in the 19th century, as artists began creating history paintings based   小題5:  contemporary news stories. One of the first of these was The Raft of the Medusa, inspired by the wreck of   小題6:   French ship in 1816, which showed how art could have a powerful political impact. It presents a scene   小題7:   the survivors of the wreck on a raft littered with bodies try to signal to a distant ship. When they    小題8: ( rescue ), they told how they had been abandoned by their captain, while he sailed to safety in a lifeboat. Starving, they had to eat each other to survive—though this picture makes   小題9:   look heroic rather than violent. The picture caused a huge outcry. Some people thought the artist meant to criticize the French king,   小題10:  had been involved in appointing the ship's captain.

Answer 1

小題1:hardest
小題2:To choose 
小題3:how
小題4:imagination
小題5:on
小題6:a
小題7:where 
小題8:were rescued 
小題9:them
小題10:who

試題分析：直到150年前，世界上最重要的、最昂貴的繪畫是用來講述宗教故事的大幅作品，這對于畫家來說是個巨大的挑戰。為了選材作為繪畫內容，他們必須要博學、還要知道如何用繪畫來表述故事。但是到了19世紀，這種情況被改變了，畫家們開始用現代的故事來作為繪畫內容。
小題1:考查形容詞。根據下文對這幅繪畫的講述可知這幅作品的取材、創作都是非常耗費精力的，再根據前面的定冠詞the可以判斷此處用形容詞最高級，答案填hardest。
小題2:考查非謂語動詞。根據下文內容可知畫家們必須要博學多才，還得了解如何不用文字來講述這個故事，再通過To create lifelike scenes, they had to understand…..可以判斷此處是強調目的，應該用不定式，填To choose。意思是：為了選擇合適的主題……。
小題3:考查連接詞。由結構可知此處是賓語從句，從句中是“主謂賓”結構，缺少狀語，再根據從句的內容stories could be told without words, using only gestures and expressions.可以判斷此處強調方式，指如何去做到這一點，答填how。
小題4:考查名詞。and連接并列成分，根據所給提示單詞以及空前a lot of thought and….可以判斷此處填名詞imagination
小題5:固定搭配：be based on“以……為根據”，答案填on。
小題6:考查冠詞。ship是可數名詞，單數可數名詞前需有限定詞，根據語境可知此處指“一艘法國船”，是泛指概念，答案填a。
小題7:考查定語從句。分析結構可知名詞后面the survivors of the wreck on a raft littered with bodies try to signal to a distant ship.是定語從句，從句缺少狀語，而先行詞scene是抽象名詞，表地點，故答案填where。
小題8:考查動詞。根據句意可知狀語從句的主語they和rescue是被動關系，再根據主句時態判斷此處用一般過去時的被動形式，答案填were rescued。
小題9:考查代詞。根據上文內容可知此處指代the survivors of the wreck on a raft，做make的賓語，用賓格形式。短語：make sb do sth，答案填them。
小題10:考查定語從句。從結構可知此處是非限制性定語從句，從句缺少主語，而先行詞是the French king ，所以填who。