新概念英语第三册课文填空训练18-Lesson 18 Electric currents in modern art

新概念英语第三册Lesson 18 Electric currents in modern art How might some of the exhibits have been dangerous? Modern sculpture ______(rare) surprises us any more. The idea that modern art can only be_______(see) in museums is mistaken. Even people who take no ________ in art cannot have failed to ______ examples of modern sculpture on display in ________ places. Strange forms______ in gardens, and _______ buildings and shops. We have got quite ______(use) to them. Some so-called '________' pieces have been on display for ______(near) 80 years. In ____of this, some people--______(include) myself--were______by a recent exhibition of modern sculpture. The first thing I saw when I _______ the art gallery was a notice ______ said: 'Do not _____ the exhibits. Some of them are _________(danger)!' The objects on display were pieces of _______(move) sculpture. Oddly shaped forms that are suspended from the ceiling and move in response to a gust of wind are quite ________ to everybody. These objects, ________, were different. Lined up _____ the wall, there were long thin wires ________(attach) to metal spheres. The spheres had been magnetized and ________ or repelled each other all the time. In the ______ of the hall, there were a number of tall structures ______contained coloured _______. These lights flickered continuously ______ traffic lights which have gone mad. Sparks were emitted from small black boxes and red lamps flashed ___ and off _________(angry). It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric electronic __________. = device These peculiar forms ____ ______ seemed designed to shock people emotionally, ___ to give them electric shocks ____ ______ ! Nikola Tesla, a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. Reading S