55. A. good B. poor C. young D. gifted www.kuaixue5.com
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A
CARDIFF， Wales—Poets， singers and musicians from across the globe gathered Wales to celebrate the tradition of storytelling.
“It might seem strange that people still want to listen in age of watching television， but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again，” said David Ambrose， director of Beyond the Border， an international storytelling festivals in Wales.
“Some of the tales， like those of the Inuit from Canada， are thousands of years old. So our storytellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time，” he said early this month.
Two Inuit women， both in their mid 60s， are among the few remaining who can do throat singing， which has few words and much sound.
Their art is governed by the cold of their surroundings， forcing them to say little but listen attentively.
Ambrose started the festival in 1993， after several years of working with those reviving (coming back into use or existence) storytelling in Wales.
“It came out of a group of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions， and as all the Welsh are storytellers， it was in good hands here，” Ambrose said.
56. Ambrose believes that the art of storytelling________.
A. will be more popular than TV B. will be popular again
C. started in Wales D. are in the hands of some old people
57. From the tales told by the Inuit， people can learn ________.
A. about their life as early as thousands of years ago
B. why they tell the stories in a throat-singing way
C. how cold it has been where the Inuit live
D. how difficult it is to understand the Inuit
58. According to the writer， which of the following is not true?
A. Storytelling once stopped in Wales.
B. Storytelling has a long history in Wales.
C. Storytelling is always well received in Wales.
D. Storytelling did not come back until 1993 in Wales.
59. The underlined works”in good hands”mean________.
A. controlled by rich peopleB. grasped by good storytellers
C. taken good care ofD. protected by kind people
B
Fading beauty
She is widely seen as proof that good looks can last for ever. But， at nearly 500 years of age， time is catching up with the Mona Lisa.
The health of the famous picture， painted by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1505， is getting worse by the year， according to the Louvre Museum (卢浮宫博物馆) where it is housed.
“The thin， wooden panel on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago，” the museum said. Visitors have noticed changes but repairing the world’s most famous painting is not easy. Experts are not sure about the materials the Italian artist used and their current chemical state (化学状态).
Nearly 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year， many attracted by the mystery of her smile. “It is very interesting that when you’re not looking at her， she seems to be smiling， and then you look at her and she stops，” said Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University. “It’s because direct vision (视觉) is excellent at picking up detail， but less suited to looking at shadows. Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows.”
However， the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as mysterious as the smile. Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always carried it with him， until it was eventually sold to France’s King Francis I in 1519.
In 1911， the painting was stolen from the Louvre by a former employee， who took it out of the museum hidden under his coat. He said he planned to return it to Italy. The painting was sent back to France two years later.
During World War II， French hid the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of German forces.
Like many old ladies， the Mona Lisa has some interesting stories to tell.
60. What does the writer mean by “time is catching up with the Mona Lisa”?
A. The painted woman is not so beautiful any more.
B. Ageing is something that affects us all.
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