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　　The haunting paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck, on show in the final leg of a travelling tour that has already attracted thousands of visitors in Hamburg and The Hague, may come as a surprise to many. Few outside the Nordic world would recognise the work of this Finnish artist who died in 1946. More people should. The 120 works have at their core 20 self-portraits, half the number she painted in all. The first, dated 1880, is of a wide-eyed teenager eager to absorb everything. The last is a sighting of the artists ghost-to-be; Schjerfbeck died the year after it was made. Together this series is among the most moving and accomplished autobiographies-in-paint.

　　Precociously gifted, Schjerfbeck was 11 when she entered the Finnish Art Societys drawing school. The Wounded Warrior in the Snow, a history painting, was bought by a private collector and won her a state travel grant when she was 17. Schjerfbeck studied in Paris, went on to Pont-Aven, Brittany, where she painted for a year, then to Tuscany, Cornwall and St Petersburg. During her 1887 visit to St Ives, Cornwall, Schjerfbeck painted The Convalescent. A child wrapped in a blanket sits propped up in a large wicker chair, toying with a sprig. The picture won a bronze medal at the 1889 Paris World Fair and was bought by the Finnish Art Society. To a modern eye it seems almost sentimental and is redeemed only by the somewhat stunned, melancholy expression on the childs face, which may have been inspired by Schjerfbecks early experiences. At four, she fell down a flight of steps and never fully recovered.

　　In 1890, Schjerfbeck settled in Finland. Teaching exhausted her, she did not like the work of other local painters, and she was further isolated when she took on the care of her mother . If I allow myself the freedom to live a secluded life, she wrote, then it is because it has to be that way. In 1902, Schjerfbeck and her mother settled in the small, industrial town of Hyvinkaa, 50 kilometres north of Helsinki. Isolation had one desired effect for it was there that Schjerfbeck became a modern painter. She produced still lives and landscapes but above all moody yet incisive portraits of her mother, local school girls, women workers in town . And of course she painted herself. Comparisons have been made with James McNeill Whistler and Edvard Munch. But from 1905, her pictures became pure Schjerfbeck.

　　I have always searched for the dense depths of the soul, that have not yet discovered themselves, she wrote, where everything is still unconscious-there one can make the greatest discoveries. She experimented with different kinds of underpainting, scraped and rubbed, made bright rosy red spots; doing whatever had to be done to capture the subconscious-her own and that of her models. In 1913, Schjerfbeck was rediscovered by an art dealer and journalist, Gosta Stenman. Once again she was a success. Retrospectives, touring exhibitions and a biography followed, yet Schjerfbeck remained little known outside Scandinavia. That may have had something to do with her indifference to her renown. I am nothing, absolutely nothing, she wrote. All I want to do is paint. Schjerfbeck was possessed of a unique vision, and it is time the world recognised that.

　　1. Schjerfbecks paintings may come as a surprise to many because_____.

　　[A] her paintings are rarely known outside the Nordic world

　　[B] her paintings have never been on show out of the Nordic world

　　[C] her paintings have the power to haunt people whoever have seen them

　　[D] her paintings focus on supernatural elements such as ghosts

　　2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　[A] The Convalescent is in fact a portrait of Schjerbeck in her childhood.

　　[B] The Convalescent is a reflection of Schejerbecks sentimental childhood.

　　[C] The Convalescent is made as a result of an accident in Schejerbecks childhood.

　　[D] The Convalescent is featured by the childs stunned, melancholy expression.

　　3.Schejerbeck chose to live a secluded life mainly because of ____.

　　[A] she was exhausted by her teaching job

　　[B] her personality prefers this kind of style

　　[C] she could not appreciate the work of the other local painters

　　[D] her mothers health condition required her to adopt such a life style.

　　4.Schjerfbeck remained little known outside the Nordic world probably because_____.

　　[A] she did not make efforts to publicize her works.

　　[B] she knew that her works would gain worldwide recognition one day.

　　[C] she only cared about her painting instead of personal fame.

　　[D] the last thing she was interested in was to have people disturb her

　　5. We can infer from the passage that the most outstanding characteristics of Schjerfbecks paintings is_____.

　　[A] her vivid characterization of common people

　　[B] her capture of the characters soul

　　[C] the melancholy expression of the characters

　　[D] her unconscious sense of some mysterious elements

　　篇章剖析：

　　這篇文章介紹了畫(huà)家Schejerbeck的創(chuàng)作經(jīng)歷。第一段先有畫(huà)展引出本文的主人公Schejerbeck來(lái);第二段講述Schejerbeck早期的創(chuàng)作經(jīng)歷和成績(jī);第三段講述Schejerbeck創(chuàng)作如何成熟的;第四段講述Schejerbeck創(chuàng)作的體會(huì)和特點(diǎn)。

　　詞匯注釋?zhuān)?/p>

　　haunting adj不易忘懷的，常浮現(xiàn)在心頭的

　　leg n. 最后一程

　　precociously adv. 過(guò)早地

　　sprig n. 植物的小枝

　　redeem v. 彌補(bǔ)，補(bǔ)救

　　moody adj. 喜怒無(wú)常的, 憂悒www.examda.com

　　incisive adj. 尖刻的

　　convalescent n.恢復(fù)期病人; adj. 恢復(fù)期的;漸愈的

　　難句突破:

　　The haunting paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck, on show in the final leg of a travelling tour that has already attracted thousands of visitors in Hamburg and The Hague, may come as a surprise to many.

　　[主體句式] The haunting paintings may come as a surprise to many.

　　[結(jié)構(gòu)分析] 這是一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單句，主語(yǔ)有一個(gè)比較復(fù)雜的介詞短語(yǔ)做定語(yǔ)on show...，在這個(gè)介詞短語(yǔ)中，充當(dāng)狀語(yǔ)的介詞短語(yǔ)中介詞的賓語(yǔ)帶有以that引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句。

　　[句子譯文] 海琳Schjerfbeck那些讓人不易忘懷的畫(huà)在這次巡展最后的展出將會(huì)給人帶來(lái)許多驚喜，而其實(shí)這次巡展已經(jīng)吸引了漢堡和海牙成千上萬(wàn)的游客。

　　To a modern eye it seems almost sentimental and is redeemed only by the somewhat stunned, melancholy expression on the childs face, which may have been inspired by Schjerfbecks early experiences.

　　[主體句式] It seems almost sentimental and is redeemed only by ...

　　[結(jié)構(gòu)分析] 這是一個(gè)并列句，第二個(gè)分句的狀語(yǔ)比較復(fù)雜，介詞短語(yǔ)的賓語(yǔ)expression帶有一個(gè)由which引導(dǎo)的非限定性定語(yǔ)從句。

　　[句子譯文] 一個(gè)現(xiàn)代人看來(lái)這幅畫(huà)仿佛是感傷的，只有孩子有點(diǎn)發(fā)呆、憂郁的表情算是一點(diǎn)緩和。這可能是Schjerfbeck小時(shí)候的經(jīng)歷觸發(fā)而創(chuàng)作的。

　　題目分析：

　　1. Schjerfbecks paintings may come as a surprise to many because_____.1.許多人看到 Schjerfbeck的作品都會(huì)大吃一驚因?yàn)開(kāi)____。

　　[A] her paintings are rarely known outside the Nordic world[A] 日耳曼世界之外很少有人知道她的作品。

　　[B] her paintings have never been on show out of the Nordic world[B]她的作品從沒(méi)在日耳曼世界之外的地方展覽過(guò)。

　　[C] her paintings have the power to haunt people whoever have seen them[C] 她的作品會(huì)反復(fù)出沒(méi)于欣賞過(guò)她畫(huà)作的人們腦海中。

　　[D] her paintings focus on supernatural elements such as ghosts[D]她的作品注重一些超自然的因素，諸如鬼神等。

　　[答案]A

　　[難度系數(shù)] ☆☆

　　[分析] 推理題。文章第一段提到，Scandinavia作品巡回展在德國(guó)和海牙吸引了好多人，大部分的人看到她的作品都會(huì)吃驚，緊接著就說(shuō)日耳曼世界之外很少有人見(jiàn)過(guò)她的作品，但是她的作品理應(yīng)受到更多人的觀賞。可以推測(cè)，她的作品是比較優(yōu)秀的作品，但因?yàn)榇蠖鄶?shù)人從沒(méi)見(jiàn)過(guò)，第一次看到會(huì)感覺(jué)震驚。因此，主要原因是日耳曼世界之外很少有人知道她的作品。B選項(xiàng)顯然與原文不符，因?yàn)樗淖髌吩谌斩獾牡貐^(qū)也展示過(guò)。C和D只是片面概括了她作品的一些特點(diǎn)，并不符合題意。

　　2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?2.根據(jù)文章，下列哪一個(gè)論述是正確的?

　　[A] The Convalescent is in fact a portrait of Schjerbeck in her childhood.[A] 正在康復(fù)的人實(shí)際上是Schjerbeck描述自己兒童時(shí)期的一幅自畫(huà)像。

　　[B] The Convalescent is a reflection of Schejerbecks sentimental childhood.[B] 正在康復(fù)的人反應(yīng)了Schjerbeck感傷的兒童時(shí)代。

　　[C] The Convalescent is made as a result of an accident in Schejerbecks childhood.[C] 正在康復(fù)的人是因Schjerbeck兒童時(shí)期發(fā)生的一起意外才創(chuàng)作的。

　　[D] The Convalescent is featured by the childs stunned, melancholy expression.[D] 正在康復(fù)的人主要突出描繪了兒童發(fā)呆、憂郁的表情。

　　[答案]C

　　[難度系數(shù)] ☆☆☆

　　[分析] 細(xì)節(jié)題。題目是有關(guān)Schjerbeck 早期作品正在康復(fù)的人，文中提到對(duì)于一雙現(xiàn)代的眼睛來(lái)說(shuō)，這幅作品比較感傷，只是孩子有點(diǎn)發(fā)呆、憂郁的表情稍微緩和了這種情緒，這幅作品可能是受其兒童時(shí)期經(jīng)歷的影響才創(chuàng)作的，因?yàn)樗r(shí)候從樓梯上摔了下來(lái)。因此，四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，A 并不是她的自畫(huà)像;B 這幅畫(huà)并不是要表現(xiàn)她感傷的兒童時(shí)代，只是兒童時(shí)期經(jīng)歷過(guò)一次意外摔傷是創(chuàng)作這幅畫(huà)的誘因而已;C說(shuō)明了創(chuàng)作誘因，是正確的;D于文章內(nèi)容不符。

　　3.Schejerbeck chose to live a secluded life mainly because ____.3.Schejerbeck選擇了一種隱居生活主要因?yàn)開(kāi)____。

　　[A] she was exhausted by her teaching job[A] 她厭倦了教書(shū)的生活。考試大

　　[B] her personality prefers this kind of style[B] 她個(gè)性使得她選擇了這樣的一種生活方式。

　　[C] she could not appreciate the work of the other local painters[C] 她不喜歡當(dāng)?shù)仄渌?huà)家的作品。

　　[D] her mothers bad health condition required her to adopt such a life style[D] 她母親身體不好，因此她必須以這種方式生活。

　　[答案] B

　　[難度系數(shù)] ☆☆☆☆

　　[分析] 細(xì)節(jié)題。Schejerbeck選擇了過(guò)隱居生活，這在文章第二段中有具體描述。首先她厭倦了教授繪畫(huà)的工作，也不喜歡當(dāng)?shù)仄渌?huà)家的作品，再加上她負(fù)擔(dān)起照顧母親的責(zé)任，她就最終選擇了隱居，她自己提到這個(gè)時(shí)說(shuō)：如果我允許自己選擇了一種隱居地生活，那是因?yàn)槭虑榫偷檬沁@樣了。分析她隱居的原因，最主要的還是前兩個(gè)，一個(gè)是厭倦了繪畫(huà)工作，一個(gè)是不喜歡當(dāng)?shù)仄渌?huà)家作品，這都與她的個(gè)性有關(guān)。因此，追根究底其原因是她本身性格原因。

　　4.Schjerfbeck remained little known outside the Nordic world probably because_____.4.Schejerbeck 在日耳曼之外的世界少有人知道是因?yàn)開(kāi)____。

　　[A] she did not make efforts to publicize her works.[A] 她沒(méi)有花力氣去宣傳自己的作品。

　　[B] she knows that her works would gain worldwide recognition one day.[B] 她知道自己的作品總有一天會(huì)得到世界的承認(rèn)。

　　[C] she only cared about her painting instead of personal fame.[C] 她只關(guān)心她的繪畫(huà)，對(duì)名利并不感興趣。

　　[D] the last thing she was interested in was to have people disturb her.[D] 她最不感興趣的事情就是讓別人打擾她。

　　[答案]C

　　[難度系數(shù)] ☆☆☆☆

　　[分析] 細(xì)節(jié)題。文章最后一段提到，雖然有作品回顧展、巡回展出、傳記，但是在斯坎的納維亞之外很少人知道她。這也許和她對(duì)聲望不予理會(huì)有關(guān)。我不是什么名人，絕對(duì)不是，她這樣寫(xiě)道，我需要的只是繪畫(huà)。文章強(qiáng)調(diào)她只關(guān)心繪畫(huà)，不關(guān)心自己的名望，這是她不是很出名的主要原因。因此，C為正確答案。A和D都是她的一些行為，這些行為歸根結(jié)底的原因還是在與C選項(xiàng)。而B(niǎo)選項(xiàng)顯得夸口很大，顯然不符合她的低調(diào)風(fēng)格。

　　5. We can infer from the passage that the most outstanding characteristics of Schjerfbecks paintings is_____.5.從文章可以推斷出Schejerbeck作品最顯著的特點(diǎn)是_____。

　　[A] her vivid characterization of common people[A] 她對(duì)于普通人的生動(dòng)刻畫(huà)

　　[B] her capture of the characters soul[B] 她抓住了人物的靈魂

　　[C] the melancholy expression of the characters[C] 人物憂郁的表情

　　[D] her unconscious sense of some mysterious elements[D] 她有意識(shí)地使用了一些神秘因素

　　[答案] B

　　[難度系數(shù)] ☆☆☆

　　[分析] 推理題。關(guān)于Schejerbeck作品的特點(diǎn)，文章并沒(méi)有直接提及，但是可以從字里行間判斷出來(lái)。Schejerbeck的作品主要是人物，在最后一段中提到她為了把握人物靈魂深處，運(yùn)用了各種手段，可見(jiàn)，她作品的主要特點(diǎn)在于她對(duì)人物靈魂的把握，答案B正確。A和C都是她畫(huà)作的一些表面特點(diǎn)，而起深刻因素還是在與抓住了人物的靈魂。D選項(xiàng)的表述雖然也是特點(diǎn)之一，但是也還是為B選項(xiàng)服務(wù)的。

　　參考譯文:

　　海琳Schjerfbeck那些讓人不易忘懷的畫(huà)在這次巡展最后的展出將會(huì)給人帶來(lái)許多驚喜，而其實(shí)這次巡展已經(jīng)吸引了漢堡和海牙成千上萬(wàn)的游客。日耳曼世界之外很少會(huì)有人認(rèn)出這位于1946年去世的芬蘭藝術(shù)家的作品來(lái)，但更多的人應(yīng)該認(rèn)出她的作品。在這120幅作品中心有二十幅是她的自畫(huà)像，這是她所有創(chuàng)作的自畫(huà)像的一半。第一副創(chuàng)作于1880年，是渴望吸收一切的一個(gè)大眼睛少年女孩，而最后一幅是藝術(shù)家即將成為鬼魂的一幕，而就是在這幅作品創(chuàng)作完畢后的那年她去世的。這個(gè)系列是最生動(dòng)、最完美的自畫(huà)像之一。

　　Schjerfbeck少年就富有天賦，11歲就進(jìn)入了芬蘭藝術(shù)協(xié)會(huì)的繪畫(huà)學(xué)校。雪中受傷的戰(zhàn)士是一幅歷史畫(huà)，由一位私人收藏家買(mǎi)走，從而她在十七歲就贏得了可以環(huán)游整個(gè)國(guó)家的資金。她在巴黎學(xué)習(xí)，后來(lái)又到不列塔尼的Pont-Aven，在那里她畫(huà)了一年，隨后又去了托斯卡納區(qū)、康沃爾和圣彼得堡。 1887年訪問(wèn)康沃爾的圣艾夫斯期間，她創(chuàng)作了正在康復(fù)的病人。裹著一條毯子的一個(gè)小孩靠著一把大柳條椅坐著，手里玩著一個(gè)小樹(shù)枝。這幅作品在 1889年巴黎世界展覽上贏得了銅牌，被芬蘭藝術(shù)協(xié)會(huì)買(mǎi)走。一個(gè)現(xiàn)代人看來(lái)這幅畫(huà)仿佛是感傷的，只有孩子有點(diǎn)發(fā)呆、憂郁的表情算是一點(diǎn)緩和。這可能是 Schjerfbeck小時(shí)候的經(jīng)歷觸發(fā)而創(chuàng)作的。她四歲時(shí)從樓梯上摔了下來(lái)，后來(lái)再?zèng)]有痊愈過(guò)。

　　1890年，Schjerfbeck在芬蘭定居。她厭煩了那些課程，她不喜歡其他當(dāng)?shù)禺?huà)家的作品，而后來(lái)當(dāng)他開(kāi)始照顧她母親(活到1923年)時(shí)就變得更孤立了。如果我允許自己選擇了一種隱居地生活她寫(xiě)道，那是因?yàn)槭虑榫偷檬沁@樣了。1902年，Schjerfbeck和她母親定居在了工業(yè)小鎮(zhèn) Hyvinkaa上，在赫爾辛基北面50公里的地方。

　　不過(guò)與世隔絕倒是有一種理想的效果，因?yàn)榫褪窃谀抢颒yvinkaa轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)橐幻F(xiàn)代畫(huà)家。她畫(huà)了許多靜止的生命和景物，但最重要的是畫(huà)了她那憂悒、尖刻的母親，還有當(dāng)?shù)厣蠈W(xué)的女孩、小鎮(zhèn)上的女工人(其中一位穿黑衣的沉思的、具有貴族氣質(zhì)的女裁縫師的側(cè)面像最為突出)。當(dāng)然她還畫(huà)了自己。她的畫(huà)和詹姆士McNeill 惠斯勒、埃德瓦蒙克都做過(guò)對(duì)比，但從1905年開(kāi)始，她的作品變成純粹的Schjerfbeck風(fēng)格了詞匯突破：