选择性必修第三册 Unit 1 Art 题组训练2-【导与练】2024高考英语一轮复习高中总复习第1轮能力提升题组训练（新教材，人教版）

题组训练2 Ⅰ.阅读 A When I was seven, I was so excited to take art classes that my mom even said I took to it like a duck to water. The feeling I get from seeing a finished piece is unmatched by anything else. Because the product resulting from so much time and work sits before you, causing indescribable wonder and happiness—it was something I had never felt before, and beguiled me. I became absorbed in painting. In art school, I started out with charcoal(炭笔), and graduated to crayons (彩色蜡笔) a few years later and then oil paints. Oil paints are a unique medium. Unlike crayons, they are very forgiving. Working with oil paint, if you mess up, you can erase your work or wait for it to dry and paint over it. Because painting requires working with brushes instead of your fingers, I also feel that it allows for more detail. While there are many advantages, oil paint can also be more complex. There are new things to consider like mixing colours and drying time. But that is part of the beauty of art, especially painting—it’s a constant learning process . Whether it is different mediums, a new technique, or just finding something hidden inside yourself, art always has more to offer:skill, confidence, and most importantly patience. Painting is my meditation (沉思);it’s often the only time I am able to be alone with my thoughts. I would often look at a reference photo and wonder if I was skilled enough to create the picture, but at the end of each piece, I set my mind at rest—I was skilled and capable of making something beautiful. I was and still am surprised by my art, the final products being something I did not think myself capable of creating. And it reminds me that there is no limit to what can be learnt or improved, and that there is nothing we cannot achieve if we put care into our labour. 1.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “beguiled” in Paragraph 1? A.Instructed. B.Comforted. C.Inspired. D.Attracted. 2.What are oil paints like according to the author?