39. which of the following is mentioned in the passage?
a. higher education might be replaced by other types of education.
b. many british young people can receive higher education without entrance examinations.
c. only those who pass academic entry tests can get financial aid from the central government.
d. the aid for improving adult and continuing education is provided by local and state governments.
40. it can be concluded from the passage that ___________.
a. high schools should produce more skilled students
b. adult education will probably become the main type of education in britain and other developed countries
c. the government should attach importance to various types of education to meet the needs of the changing world
d. higher education should meet the demands of the development of science and technology
passage 2
impressionism (印象主义)in painting developed in the late nineteenth century in french. it began with a loosely structured group of painters who together mainly to exhibit their paintings. their art was characterized by the attempt to depict (描绘) light and movement by using pure broke color. the movement began with four friends who met in a cafe: monet, renoir, sisley, and bazille. they were reacting against the academic standards of their time and the romantic emphasis on emotion as a subject matter. they rejected the role of imagination in art. instead, they observed nature closely, painting with a scientific interest in visual phenomena. their subject matter was as diverse as their personalities. monet and sisley painted landscapes with changing effects of light, and renoir painted idealized women and children. the works of impressionists were received with hostility until the 1920s. by the 1930s impressionism had a cult following, and by the 1950s even the least important works by people associated with the movement commanded enormous prices.
though paul gauguin, himself, recognized both the 'sensitive' and the 'savage' as two opposing sides of his character, in his career as an artist the thought of himself as 'the savage.' he tended to disregard convention and abandon social responsibilities. he felt that only by renouncing (放弃) the ordinary could he be the artist he wanted to be. he justified his quarreling with friends, his leaving his wife and children, and his promiscuity (混乱), because he believed it to be the only way his art could be liberated. in his attitude can be found seeds for art in the 20th century; the art of the primitive, of symbol, and of imagination. he wanted to escape from merely observing naturalism to using abstract color and form as conveyors of feeling. he wanted to free painting from all restrictions. he began to carry his art deep into the realm of myth and dream with the idea that mystery and enigma (神秘) were essential to art.
41. impressionism began with a small group of artists who wanted to ______.