Why do many Italians think that the score 0-0 has a glorious quality?
Why do many Italians think that the score 0-0 has a glorious quality?
Why do many Italians think that the score 0-0 has a glorious quality?
第1题
Why do many Italians think that the score 0-0 has a glorious quality?
A.Because it makes no one lose face.
B.Because the Italian team is not very strong.
C.Because Italians are nice people.
D.Because that score is what their team could obtain.
第2题
Why did many Italians lose interest in lottery later?
A.Because they found lottery too risky.
B.Because they realized that buying lottery is a waste of money.
C.Because they thought playing cards is more interesting.
D.Because they found the football stake more attractive.
第3题
Miro, A Just Man
Miro was goodness, a just man in all things. He did not speak much but was very courteous. I never saw him with a camera or a ballpoint pen, but he would sometimes spend an hour contemplating the landscape. He and I were alone. I prudently kept my distance. He liked places that were difficult to get to, with a good view.
Francesco Sole, Miro's chauffeur during 25 years. Interview at ABC, in Spain, 1983.
Bernini on Women
Asked in the presence of many French ladies who were the more beautiful, the French or the Italians, he replied that all were very beautiful, but with this difference: that there was blood under the skin with the Italians, while with Frenchwomen there was milk.
F. Baldinucci, Vita del Cavaliere Glo. Lorenzo Bernino, 1681, from the 1846 edition of the Notizie.
Frida Kahlo
Why did Frida paint herself? Her preferred exercise seems to have been shaping and perpetuating the image the mirror returned, enriched by her own art and imagination. On the other hand Frida herself answered this question by saying, "I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone. Because I am the person I know best."
Espacio , Art Magazine 1983.
Degas
In the life of Degas, his famous painting, Danseuses a la barre sold for five hundred thousand francs. When Degas discovered this, he commented: "The painter who painted this is not necessarily an imbecile; but the person who paid five hundred thousand francs for this painting, is most definitely an idiot."
Anthology of Anecdotes, Noel Claraso, 1982.
Picasso on Drawing
Picasso said to me once with a good deal of bitterness, they say I can draw better than Raphael, and probably they are right, perhaps I do draw better but if I can draw as well as Raphael I have at least the right to choose my way and they should recognize it, but no, they say no.
G. Stein, Picasso, 1938.
Who was most likely an idiot, according to one of the following descriptions?
A.Miro, because he spoke little but was very courteous.
B.Bernini, because he divided women by skin and silk.
C.The person who bought the Degas' famous painting.
D.Those people do not recognize the talent of Picasso.
第4题
Why do many people not agree that people should ride on roads?
A.Roads are for cars not for cyclists.
B.People riding bicycles are considered superior.
C.People's riding on the road is against the law.
D.People riding bicycles are not experienced.
第5题
According to the passage, why did so many family-run businesses fail?
A.Because they are frequently facing financial problems.
B.Because the family members in these companies do not trust each other.
C.Because there are often communicative problems within family members.
D.Because they do not focus on family ties.
第6题
A.atmosphere
B.sky
C.weather
D.climate
第7题
Why are many women dissatisfied with marriage and the nuclear family?
A.Because they want to stay home and do the housework.
B.Because they do not have enough money.
C.Because they have too much work and not much free time.
D.Because they do not have enough power in the family.
第8题
Why do so many women go out for work, according to the passage?
A.Because they want to develop their self-concept.
B.Because they are in need of money.
C.Because they want to get independence.
D.Because they feel lonely at home.
第9题
Why do many people who are not interested in hunting choose to possess guns?
A.It is just a very practical weapon to stop crime.
B.Guns are easier to use than knives.
C.It is fashionable today to possess a gun.
D.They need a gun for self-protection.