新编六级听力练习 第223期

Passage Three
You could say that Joseph Cornell became an artist because of his love of collecting. Cornell used to spend his free time exploring the street life of New York City in the 1920s. He soon started collecting old books, prints, postcards and even three-dimensional objects that he found in stores that sold used books.
Cornell also [32]attended many museum shows, gallery openings and dance performances. He was influenced by a group of artists called the Surrealists who combined images in unusual and often strange ways.
Joseph Cornell started making his own works by [33]cutting out different pictures and putting them together in creative and magical combinations. Soon, he started making boxes inside of which were carefully arranged pictures and objects. He worked on his art at night after finishing his day job. Later, when his boxes and images started selling and receiving public recognition, he worked on his art full time.
]Joseph Cornell died in 1972. [34]The Smithsonian exhibit showed almost two hundred works made during his forty-year career. [35]One work is called "Soap Bubble Set". A box with a glass window shows a map of the moon, [35]several pictures of sea creatures, two glass cups and two white pipes for smoking. In another box, Cornell combines an image of a cockatoo bird with a music box and watch faces.
Joseph Cornell once said his art was based on everyday experiences. He said that with his art he showed "the beauty of the commonplace". Visitors who came to this special exhibit found magic in regular objects-and even saw beauty in a box.

答案解析：
32. What did Cornell do before making his work of art?
[C]解析：根据原文，Cornell参加许多与艺术有关的活动，例如：博物馆展览、画廊开幕和舞蹈表演。故答案是C。
33. How did Cornell work on his art at the beginning?
[D]解析：根据原文，Cornell的创作特点是把不同的照片剪下来，然后以创新和富有想象力的方式把它们放在一起，故答案是D。
34. How many works of Joseph Cornell were shown in the Smithsonian exhibit?
[B]解析：根据原文，Smithsonian展览展出了约200件Joseph Cornell的作品，所以答案为B。
35. What can we see in his work, "Soap Bubble Set"?
[B]解析：根据原文，名为“Soap Bubble Set”的作品里包含了一些海洋生物的照片。故答案是B。