Section I Use of English
Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, and D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about a culture than that is possible to learn in general history classes. Most (1) ____ history courses concentrate on politics, economics, and war. (2) ____, art history (3) ____ on much more than this because art reflects not only the political values of a people, but also religious belief, (4) ____, and psychology. (5) ____, information about the daily activities of our own can be provided by art. In short, art expresses the essential qualities of a time and a place, and a study of it clearly offers us a (6) ____ understanding than (7) ____ can be found in most history books.
In history books, objective information about the political life of a country is (8) ____; that is, facts about political are given, but (9) ____ are not expressed. Art, on the other hand, is (10) ____: it reflects emotions and impressions. The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya severely criticized the Spanish government for its (11) ____ of power over people. Over a hundred years later, symbolic (12) ____ were used in Pablo Picasso’s Guemica to express the (13) ____ of war. (14) ____, on another continent, the powerful paintings of Diego Rivera depicted the Mexican artists’ concealed (15) ____ and sadness about social problems.
In the same way, art can (16) ____ a culture’s religious beliefs. For hundreds of years in Europe, religious art was almost the only type of art that existed. Churches and other religious buildings were filled with paintings that depicted people and stories from the Bible. (17) ____ most people couldn’t read, they could still understand biblical stories in the pictures on church walls. (18) ____ contrast, one of the main characteristics of art in the Middle East was (and still is) its (19) ____ of human and animal images. This reflects the Islamic belief that statues are (20) ____.
01. [A] prevalent
[B] comprehensive
[C] superior
[D] typical
02. [A] Indeed
[B] Hence
[C] However
[D] Therefore
03. [A] comments
[B] focuses
[C] depends
[D] imposes
04. [A] emotions
[B] moods
[C] cognitions
[D] insights
05. [A] In addition
[B] In summary
[C] In any case
[D] In effect
06. [A] stronger
[B] broader
[C] deeper
[D] solider
07. [A] it
[B] what
[C] this
[D] which
08. [A] supplied
[B] manifested
[C] indicated
[D] presented
09. [A] counsels
[B] comments
[C] opinions
[D] urges
10. [A] biased
[B] inherent
[C] detached
[D] alien
11. [A] misuse
[B] advantage
[C] control
[D] triumph
12. [A] signs
[B] signals
[C] images
[D] messages
13. [A] defense
[B] outbreak
[C] invasion
[D] horror
14. [A] Nevertheless
[B] Meanwhile
[C] Simultaneously
[D] Consequently
15. [A] grievance
[B] resentment
[C] celebration
[D] idealism
16. [A] contain
[B] resist
[C] mirror
[D] embrace
17. [A] Although
[B] Since
[C] Suppose
[D] Provided
18. [A] With
[B] For
[C] By
[D] On
19. [A] relevance
[B] presence
[C] existence
[D] absence
20. [A] ineligible
[B] unholy
[C] mistaken
[D] disloyal
