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　　Office workers who would normally step into a pub or gym to cope with the stress of a working day are being invited instead to sit in front of a painting.

　　Manchester Art Gallery has recruited two of the country's leading experts in stress management to choose pictures that are guaranteed to leave even the most frantic feeling at ease wich the world.They have created the "tranquility tour" which allows city-centre workers to spend their lunch hour taking a soothing tourof what are described as "some of the most relaxing and inspiring paintings ever committed to canvas”. The free tour takes the visitor through several centuries of painting, from the Victorian aesthetic movement.through the PreRaphaelite school, to modern abstract an.

　　Kim Gowland, a gallery executive. said: "Looking at art is a stress-relieving activity. What we are tryingto do is encourage people who work in the city to spend half an hour of their lunchbreak in the gallery. to chill out rather than rush around the shops."

　　The five works chosen by Andrew Loukes. the gallery's manager, are: John Roddam Spencer Stanhope’s The Waters of Lethe (1880), Turner's Thomson’s Aeolian Harp (1809), Sir John Everett Millais’s Autumn Leaves (1856), James Durden’s Summer in Cumberland (1925) and Bridget Riley’s Zephyr (1976).

　　Mr. Loukes said: "We chose five pictures that suggest restfulness. We also wamed to display the breadth of the collection. We arc particularly strong in early-19th and early-20th-century British art."

　　Their therapeutic powers have been endorsed by Olga Gregson and Terry Looker from the Department of Biological Sciences at Manchester Metropolitan University. Dr. Gregson said that "research shows that stress levels have reduced and moods changed for the better” when subjects looked at paintings.

　　"Although art appreciation is very much a matter of personal choice, it is true that some works of art appeal to almost everyone, and that some paintings have qualities that can induce relaxation in most people."Dr. Gregson said. "Great painters such as Leonardo da Vinci were masters of techniques that could evoke particular responses in the viewer."

　　Dr. Gregson said the gallery represented an "oasis of calm". "You have got this wonderful opportunity to evoke a different kind of psychophysiological response."

　　1. What is done by the Manchester Art Gallery is intended to____________.

　　A) find out the relation between paintings and stress-easing

　　B) promote its magnificent collection of British art

　　C) reduce working people's stress levels by art appreciation

　　D) provide an alternative of pastime for consumers

　　2. The tour is named “tranquility tour" because__________.

　　A) it is expected to play a soothing role

　　B) it displays paintings through centuries

　　C) it comprises paintings of various styles

　　D) it only takes a half hour around lunch time

　　3. What does Kim Gowland points out about city-center workers?

　　A) They are pressed by family burden as well as their careers.

　　B) They like going shopping during their short lunchbreak.

　　C) They shouldn't rush around the gallery while looking at art.

　　D) Looking at art is much better than going to pubs or gyms.

　　4. According io the author, the painting's impact on relieving stress is__________.

　　A) based on personal experiences

　　B) vaned from people to people

　　C) in need of further study

　　D) scientifically proven

　　5. It is indicated by Dr. Gregson that da Vinci's paintings can____________.

　　A) suggest restfulness

　　B) arouse diverse feelings

　　C) capture almost everyone

　　D) ease stress in most people

　　答案：

　　1. 曼徹斯特美術(shù)館所做的事情是旨在___________________.

　　A) 找到畫作和舒緩壓力之間的關(guān)系

　　B) 推廣其重要的英國藝術(shù)藏品

　　C) 通過藝術(shù)欣賞來幫人們減壓

　　D)為顧客提供另一種消遣的選擇

　　[C]原文第2段說明曼徹斯特美術(shù)館雇用兩位壓力管理專家并且展覽畫作都是為了使人緩解壓力，因此選項(xiàng)C為美術(shù)館的目的。曼徹斯特美術(shù)館不是一個(gè)研究機(jī)構(gòu)，因此選項(xiàng)A不是他們的目的。從美術(shù)館雇用壓力管理專家這一點(diǎn)可以知道，美術(shù)館并非為了展出館藏作品，因此選項(xiàng)B不正確,從原文可知美術(shù)館方并不單純把欣賞畫作當(dāng)作一種業(yè)余消遣，因此選項(xiàng)D也不正確。

　　2. 這個(gè)旅程叫做“寧靜之旅”，原因是__________________.

　　A) 它應(yīng)該能起到舒緩神經(jīng)的作用

　　B) 它展示了上百年的畫作

　　C) 它包含了不同風(fēng)格的畫作

　　D) 它只需要在午餐時(shí)間花上半個(gè)小時(shí)

　　[A]第2段第2句中tranquility tour后的定語從句是對該活動的解釋，從中可知選項(xiàng)A為本題答案。從本文可知美術(shù)館展出畫作目的是幫助在市中心工作的人減輕心理壓力，活動的名稱也應(yīng)該與該目的緊密結(jié)合，選項(xiàng)B、C和D雖然在文中都有提及。但都不是活動的目的。

　　3. Kim Gowland指出，在市中心工作的人是怎樣的情況?

　　A) 他們受到家庭和工作的雙重壓力。

　　B) 他們喜歡在短暫的午餐休息時(shí)間去購物。

　　C) 他們不應(yīng)該在美術(shù)館里匆匆忙忙地觀賞藝術(shù)品。

　　D)觀賞藝術(shù)品比去酒吧或健身房要好得多。

　　[B]第3段第2句句末提到的rather than rush around the shops表明Kim Gowland 認(rèn)為在沒有這個(gè)活動之前，在城市工作的人在午餐時(shí)間通常會逛商店，因此，本題應(yīng)選B。選項(xiàng)A中的family burden原文沒有提及;選項(xiàng)D中的pubs or gyms雖然在文章首句有提及，但并非Kim Gowland指出的;第3段第2句末rush around 的賓語是:shops，并非gallery，因此，選項(xiàng)C是利用gallery和rush around胡亂拼湊的選項(xiàng)，亦錯(cuò)誤。

　　4. 據(jù)作者所稱，畫作對于減壓的影響是_____________________。

　　A) 基于個(gè)人體驗(yàn)的基礎(chǔ)之上的

　　B)因人而異的

　　C) 需要進(jìn)一步進(jìn)行研究的

　　D) 得到了科學(xué)證實(shí)的

　　[D]第6段末句中的research shows表明油畫可以舒緩壓力這個(gè)觀點(diǎn)已經(jīng)得到科學(xué)研究的證實(shí)，因此本題應(yīng)選D。選項(xiàng)A以為油畫可以舒緩壓力的觀點(diǎn)是基于個(gè)人主觀判斷，這與第6段末句中的research shows...相反，因此選項(xiàng)A不正確;原文該句也表明油畫真的能舒緩壓力，這種影響對于看過油畫的人是相同的,選項(xiàng)B與此內(nèi)容相反，不正確;原文沒有提及以后是否會對油畫和舒緩壓力之間的關(guān)系作進(jìn)一步的研究，因此選項(xiàng)C缺乏原文依據(jù)。

　　5.Gregson博士指出，達(dá)芬奇的畫作可以____________________。

　　A) 展示出閑適的感覺

　　B)引起人們不同的感覺

　　C)抓住幾乎所有人的目光

　　D) 對大多數(shù)人起到減壓的作用

　　[C]作者在倒數(shù)第2段末句提到達(dá)·芬奇的畫作目的是說明該段首句主句提及的觀點(diǎn)：有些藝術(shù)作品確實(shí)能吸引幾乎每一個(gè)人，再結(jié)合該段末句的定語從句that could evoke particular responses in the viewer即可確定大多數(shù)人對達(dá)·芬奇的畫作產(chǎn)生特別的反應(yīng)，因此本題應(yīng)選C。但并沒有說明這種特殊的感覺是什么，因此選項(xiàng)A和D推斷過度了;選項(xiàng)B正好與文章該段內(nèi)容相反，很明顯是不正確的。

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