2005年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语(上海卷)3-无忧考网(B)Thereisatendencytothinkofeachoftheartsasasepa[rateareaofactivity.Manyartists,__55___wouldprovethattherehasalwaysbeenawarmrelationshipbetweenthevariousareasofhumanactivity.__56___,inthelatenineteenthcenturytheconnectionsbetweenmusicandpaintingwereparticularly__57___.Artistswereinvitedtodesignclothesandsettingsforoperasandballets,butsometimesitwasthemusicianswhowereinspired(……给以灵感)bytheworkofcontemporarypainters.Ofthemusicalcompositionsthatwereconsideredas__58___tothevisualarts,perhapsthemostfamousisMussorgsky’sPicturesatanExhibition.Mussorgskycomposedthepiecein1874afterthedeath,attheageof39,oftheartistVictorHartmann.__59___theirfriendshiphadnotbeenaparticularlylong-lastingone,MussorgskywasshockedbyHartmann’s__60___death.Thefollowingyearthecritic,VladimirStasov,whodecidedtoholdanexhibitionofHartmann’swork,suggestedthatMussorgskytryto__61___hisgriefbywritingsomethinginmemoryofHartmann.TheexhibitionservedasMussorgsky’sinspiration.ThetenpiecesthatmakeupPicturesatanExhibitionareintendedas__62___ratherthanrepresentationsofthepaintingsintheexhibition.Betweeneachisapromenade(舞曲中的行进),__63___thecomposerwalksfromonepaintingtoanother.Themusicissometimeswittyantplayful,sometimesalmostalarmingandfrightening.Througharangeofsurprising__64___,Mussorgskymanagestoconveythespiritoftheartistandhiswork.55.A.thereforeB.howeverC.moreoverD.otherwise56.A.ForexampleB.OnthecontraryC.IngeneralD.Ontheotherhand57.A.separateB.unknownC.closeD.relevant58.A.linksB.additionsC.responsesD.keys59.A.BeforeB.ThoughC.AsD.If60.A.unavoidableB.undiscoveredC.unnecessaryD.unexpected61.A.controlB.relieveC.concealD.represent62.A.symbolsB.imaginationsC.contributionsD.subjects63.A.butB.forC.onceD.as64.A.paintingsB.topicsC.contrastsD.visions.ReadingComprehensionⅣDirections:Readthefollowingpassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestionsorunfinishedstatement.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatfirstbestaccording...