高二英語閱讀理：美國藝術(shù)世家—The Peales.

　　The Peales were a famous family of American artists.Charles Willson Peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution.He painted portraits(肖像) of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of George Washington.His life-size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture.

　　Charles Willson Peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the Peale museum, which he founded in Philadelphia.The world’s first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by Peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings.Peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelike.The museum’s most popular display was the skeleton (骷髏) of a huge, extinct elephant, which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in 1801.

　　Three of Peale’s seventeen children were also famous artists.Raphaelle Peale often painted still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheese.His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted people, including one of George Washington.Another brother, Rubens Peale, painted mostly　landscapes and portraits.

　　James Peale, the brother of Charles Willson Peale, specialized in miniatures (小畫像).His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America.

　　27.The author mentions in Paragraph 1 that Washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting to show that ________.

　　A.Charles Willson Peale’s painting was very lifelike

　　B.Washington respected Charles Willson Peale’s work

　　C.Washington was friendly with Raphaelle and Titian Peale

　　D.the painting of the two brothers was very large

　　28.The underlined word “unearthed” is closest in meaning to“ ______”.

　　A.showed B.invented

　　C.dug up D.looked over

　　29.Which of the following is NOT the child of Charles Willson Peale?

　　A.Titian Peale. B.Rubens Peale.

　　C.Raphaelle Peale. D.Sarah Miriam Peale.

　　30.The author’s attitude toward the Peales is in general _______.

　　A.puzzled B.admiring

　　C.excited D.disappointed

　　【考點】人物/故事

　　【試題解析】本文主要介紹了美國藝術(shù)世家-- The Peales.

　　1.根據(jù)前半句His life-size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic尤其是單詞realistic(現(xiàn)實的)可知，其作品畫的很生動?？芍x項A正確。

　　2.博物館最受歡迎的是一種大型的，已經(jīng)絕跡的大象的骷髏，肯定是從地底下挖掘出來的，可知答案選C。

　　3.根據(jù)最后一段中His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America可知Sarah Miriam Peale是James Peale的孩子。故答案D正確。

　　4.通讀全文可知，作者對于The Peales家族充滿了贊揚。故答案B正確。

　　【答案】27.A 28.C 29.D 30.B