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(1)细节理解题。根据第一段A new study suggests classic paintings by well﹣known Impressionists Joseph Turner and Claude Monet may have been influenced by air pollution during the Industrial Revolution.(一项新的研究表明,著名印象派画家Joseph Turne和Claude Monet的经典画作可能受到了工业革命期间空气污染的影响。)和第三段中However,researchers say examining the works of Turner and Monet can give a picture of long﹣term environmental change with the air pollution.(然而,研究人员表示,通过研究Turne和Monet的作品,可以了解空气污染带来的长期环境变化。)可知,在Turne和Monet的作品中发现了当时的空气污染,故选B。
(2)细节理解题。根据第五段中Scientists successfully measured painters' representation of nature,focusing on differences in local weather patterns which influenced colour in works painted in different parts of Europe. (科学家们成功地测量了画家对自然的描绘,重点是当地天气模式的差异,这种差异影响了欧洲不同地区绘画作品的色彩。)可知,研究人员通过将绘画与当时的空气状况联系起来进行研究,故选C。
(3)推理判断题。根据第五段中Scientists successfully measured painters' representation of nature,focusing on differences in local weather patterns which influenced colour in works painted in different parts of Europe.Paintings' done in Britain generally feature a paler blue sky than other works in other parts of the continent. (科学家们成功地测量了画家对自然的描绘,重点是当地天气模式的差异,这种差异影响了欧洲不同地区绘画作品的色彩。在英国完成的绘画作品通常比欧洲大陆其他地方的作品描绘的蓝天更加淡一些。)可推知,英国是欧洲空气污染最严重的地区,故选D。
(4)目的意图题。通读全文,尤其是第一段A new study suggests classic paintings by well﹣known Impressionists Joseph Turner and Claude Monet may have been influenced by air pollution during the Industrial Revolution.(一项新的研究表明,著名印象派画家Joseph Turne和Claude Monet的经典画作可能受到了工业革命期间空气污染的影响。)可知,文章主要介绍了研究开展的过程以及发现,由此可推知,文章的目的是告知人们一项新发现。A.To inform people of a new discovery.通知人们有了新发现;B.To instruct people to appreciate paintings.指导人们欣赏绘画;C.To introduce the Industrial Revolution.介绍工业革命;D.To call on people to protect the environment.号召人们保护环境。故选A。