B)阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
What is art? According to the Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary,
"Art consists of paintings, sculptures(雕塑) and other pictures or objects that
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people to look at and admire or think deeply about."
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I don't agree with its opinion.
First, I don't think art is always "created for people to look at".
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(recent), I went to a museum where I saw a vase that was over five thousand years old.
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vase was used
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(hold) water from the river. When people made it, they weren't thinking about "art". Second, I don't think it is complete because it doesn't mention anything about skills.
There is one part of the opinion that I agree
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. I think art should make you think
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(deep). When you look at works of art, something would catch your eye and make you stop and wonder.
Leonardo da Vinci was a
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(talent) artist who studied for many years to learn his skills. His Mona Lisa is a true work of art. It looks like an ordinary
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(paint), but then something
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(make) you stop and wonder. What could she be smiling about? It isn't clear and it makes you think.
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