必修第二册 Unit 4 Stage and screen（word练习）-【勤径学升】2025年高考英语一轮总复习课时检测训练（外研版）

课时检测训练10　必修第二册　Unit 4　Stage and screen 对应学生用书P304 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2023·绍兴诊断性考试)Brazilian artist Néle Azevedo is best known for big public art pieces.The artist carves hundreds of 20-centimeter-tall ice figures seated with their ankles crossed and places them atop outdoor steps and puts them in city squares all over the world，where they quickly melt.The faceless sculptures drip and stream into small puddles as time passes.Her works have been adopted by environmentalists as a kind of activists’ art against climate change. But is it? Yes and (mostly) no. The mass of melting bodies makes a natural connection with the threat humankind faces due to rising global temperatures.“Its close link with that subject is evident，”said the artist.In addition to the threat of global warming itself，the sheer number of sculptures sitting together also calls attention to the fact that we humans are all in it together.“Such kind of threat also finally puts man in his place，his fate is along with the destiny of the planet，and he is not the‘king’of nature，but an essential element of it，”continues Azevedo on her website. “I took every characteristic of traditional monuments and made the opposite，”she says.“I made small figures that sit on the floor.It doesn’t honor anybody.It does honor the unknown.” Azevedo explains，“In a minute action，the rules of the monument are inverted：in the place of the hero，the unknown；in the place of the solidity of the stone，the momentary process of the ice；in the place of the monument size，the minimum size of the perishable (易腐烂的) bodies.”Originally Azevedo wanted her art to get people thinking about impermanence，and the sight of ice transforming into a puddle of water certainly does that brilliantly. ［语篇导读］ 本文是一篇说明文。本文主要介绍了巴西艺术家Néle Azevedo的冰雕作品，她的作品被环保主义者视作一种对抗气候变化的艺术。 1.What can we learn about Néle Azevedo’s artworks? A.They are put in public places for artists to appreciate. B.They are adopted as a way of showing artistic talents. C.They are linke