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1、2018 年可锐考研英语阅读理解精选（五）Text5The haunting paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck, on show in the final leg of a travelling tour that has already attracted thousands of visitors in Hamburg and The Hague, may come as a surprise to many. Few outside the Nordic world would recognise the work of this Finnish artis
2、t who died in 1946. More people should. The 120 works have at their core 20 self-portraits, half the number she painted in all. The first, dated 1880, is of a wide-eyed teenager eager to absorb everything. The last is a sighting of the artists ghost-to-be; Schjerfbeck died the year after it was made
3、. Together this series is among the most moving and accomplished autobiographies-in-paint.Precociously gifted, Schjerfbeck was 11 when she entered the Finnish Art Societys drawing school. The Wounded Warrior in the Snow, a history painting, was bought by a private collector and won her a state trave
4、l grant when she was 17. Schjerfbeck studied in Paris, went on to Pont-Aven, Brittany, where she painted for a year, then to Tuscany, Cornwall and St Petersburg. During her 1887 visit to St Ives, Cornwall, Schjerfbeck painted The Convalescent. A child wrapped in a blanket sits propped up in a large
5、wicker chair, toying with a sprig. The picture won a bronze medal at the 1889 Paris World Fair and was bought by the Finnish Art Society. To a modern eye it seems almost sentimental and is redeemed only by the somewhat stunned, melancholy expression on the childs face, which may have been inspired b
6、y Schjerfbecks early experiences. At four, she fell down a flight of steps and never fully recovered.In 1890, Schjerfbeck settled in Finland. Teaching exhausted her, she did not like the work of other local painters, and she was further isolated when she took on the care of her mother . If I allow m
7、yself the freedom to live a secluded life, she wrote, then it is because it has to be that way. In 1902, Schjerfbeck and her mother settled in the small, industrial town of Hyvinkaa, 50 kilometres north of Helsinki. Isolation had one desired effect for it was there that Schjerfbeck became a modern p
8、ainter. She produced still lives and landscapes but above all moody yet incisive portraits of her mother, local school girls, women workers in town . And of course she painted herself. Comparisons have been made with James McNeill Whistler and Edvard Munch. But from 1905, her pictures became pure Sc
9、hjerfbeck.I have always searched for the dense depths of the soul, that have not yet discovered themselves, she wrote, where everything is still unconscious-there one can make the greatest discoveries. She experimented with different kinds of underpainting, scraped and rubbed, made bright rosy red s
10、pots; doing whatever had to be done to capture the subconscious-her own and that of her models. In 1913, Schjerfbeck was rediscovered by an art dealer and journalist, Gosta Stenman. Once again she was a success. Retrospectives, touring exhibitions and a biography followed, yet Schjerfbeck remained l
11、ittle known outside Scandinavia. That may have had something to do with her indifference to her renown. I am nothing, absolutely nothing, she wrote. All I want to do is paint. Schjerfbeck was possessed of a unique vision, and it is time the world recognised that.1. Schjerfbecks paintings may come as
12、 a surprise to many because_.A her paintings are rarely known outside the Nordic worldB her paintings have never been on show out of the Nordic worldC her paintings have the power to haunt people whoever have seen themD her paintings focus on supernatural elements such as ghosts2. Which of the follo
13、wing is TRUE according to the passage?A The Convalescent is in fact a portrait of Schjerbeck in her childhood.B The Convalescent is a reflection of Schejerbecks sentimental childhood.C The Convalescent is made as a result of an accident in Schejerbecks childhood.D The Convalescent is featured by the
14、 childs stunned, melancholy expression.3.Schejerbeck chose to live a secluded life mainly because of _.A she was exhausted by her teaching jobB her personality prefers this kind of styleC she could not appreciate the work of the other local paintersD her mothers health condition required her to adop
15、t such a life style.4.Schjerfbeck remained little known outside the Nordic world probably because_.A she did not make efforts to publicize her works.B she knew that her works would gain worldwide recognition one day.C she only cared about her painting instead of personal fame.D the last thing she wa
16、s interested in was to have people disturb her5. We can infer from the passage that the most outstanding characteristics of Schjerfbecks paintings is_.A her vivid characterization of common peopleB her capture of the characters soulC the melancholy expression of the charactersD her unconscious sense of some mysterious elements篇章剖析：这篇文章介绍了画家 Schejerbeck 的创作经历。第一段先有画展引出本文的主人公Sch
