46. What does the scene at the Louvre demonstrate according to the author?
- A. The enormous appeal of a great piece of artistic work to tourists.
- B. The near impossibility of appreciating art in an age of mass tourism.
- C. The ever-growing commercial value of long-cherished artistic works.
- D. The real difficulty in getting a glimpse at a masterpiece amid a crowd.
答案：B
答案句：Recent visitors to the Louvre report that tourists can now spend only a minute in front of the Mona Lisa before being asked to move on. Much of that time, for some of them, is spent taking photographs not even of the painting but of themselves with the painting in the background. … One view is that we have democratised tourism and gallery-going so much that we have made it effectively impossible to appreciate what we've travelled to see.
参考译文：最近参观卢浮宫的游客报告说，游客现在在蒙娜丽莎前只能停留一分钟就被要求继续前行。对他们中的一些人来说，那段时间大部分花在拍照上，拍的不是画作本身，而是以画作为背景的自拍。… 有一种观点认为，我们如此普及了旅游和参观画廊，以至于实际上使我们无法欣赏我们专程去看的东西。
定位线索：题干“the scene at the Louvre”→答案句取自第1段“tourists can now spend only a minute in front of the Mona Lisa”；文中“made it effectively impossible to appreciate”对应选项B“the near impossibility of appreciating art”；“democratised tourism and gallery-going”对应“an age of mass tourism”。
解析：题干问卢浮宫场景说明了什么，答案句直接指出游客在名画前只能停留一分钟，且作者随后评论说这种大众旅游使欣赏变得几乎不可能，因此B正确。A项“巨大吸引力”是表面现象，非作者观点；C项“商业价值”和D项“瞥见杰作的困难”均未在文中提及或偏离重点。
48. What does the case of the Uffizi in Florence show?
- A. Art works in museums should be better taken care of.
- B. Sites of cultural pilgrimage are always flooded with visitors.
- C. Good management is key to handling large crowds of visitors.
- D. Large crowds of visitors cause management problems for museums.
答案：C
答案句：Sometimes the largest crowds are partly the products of bad management; the Mona Lisa is such a hurried experience today partly because the museum is being reorganised. The Uffizi in Florence, another site of cultural pilgrimage, has cut its entry queues down to seven minutes by clever management.
参考译文：有时最大的人群部分是不善管理的结果；蒙娜丽莎如今如此匆忙的体验，部分是因为博物馆正在重新组织。佛罗伦萨的乌菲齐美术馆，另一个文化朝圣地，通过巧妙的管理将入场排队时间缩短到七分钟。
定位线索：题干“the case of the Uffizi in Florence”→答案句取自第3段“The Uffizi in Florence...has cut its entry queues down to seven minutes by clever management”；文中“clever management”对应选项C“Good management is key”；“cut its entry queues down”对应“handling large crowds”。
解析：乌菲齐美术馆的例子本身只是展示排队时间缩短，但前一句观点句“最大人群部分是不善管理的结果”才是关键，说明管理的重要性，正确选项C是对该观点的同义转述。A项“作品应被更好照看”无中生有；B项“文化圣地总是人满为患”是背景而非例子要证明的；D项“人群导致管理问题”因果颠倒，文中强调管理不善导致人群问题。
49. What do we learn from Olafur Eliasson's current Tate Modern show?
- A. Children learn to appreciate art works most effectively while they are playing.
- B. It is possible to combine entertainment with appreciation of serious art.
- C. Art works about the environment appeal most to young children.
- D. Some forms of art can accommodate huge crowds of visitors.
答案：B
答案句：Olafur Eliasson's current Tate Modern show, for instance, might seem nothing more than an entertainment, overrun as it is with kids romping (喧闹地玩耍)in fog rooms and spray mist installations. But it's more than that: where Eliasson is at his most entertaining, he is at his most serious too, and his disorienting installations bring home the reality of the destructive effects we are having on the planet
参考译文：例如，奥拉维尔·埃利亚松目前在泰特现代美术馆的展览，可能看起来不过是一种娱乐，满是孩子们在雾室和喷雾装置中喧闹玩耍。但它不止于此：在埃利亚松最具娱乐性的地方，他也最严肃，他令人迷失方向的装置让我们真切认识到我们对地球造成的破坏性影响。
定位线索：题干“Olafur Eliasson's current Tate Modern show”→答案句取自第4段“might seem nothing more than an entertainment”和“But it's more than that”；文中“entertaining”与“serious”对应选项B“combine entertainment with appreciation of serious art”；“at his most entertaining, he is at his most serious”直接体现结合。
解析：例子本身描述展览像娱乐，但转折句“But it's more than that”后的观点句指出娱乐性与严肃性并存，正确选项B正是对该观点的转述。A项“儿童在玩耍中学习”是例子细节，非观点；C项“环境作品最吸引儿童”无中生有；D项“某些艺术能容纳人群”是第3段观点，与本题例子无关。
50. What can art do according to Marcel Proust?
- A. Enable us to live a much fuller life.
- B. Allow us to escape the harsh reality.
- C. Help us to see the world from a different perspective.
- D. Urge us to explore the unknown domain of the universe.
答案：C
答案句：Marcel Proust, another lover of the Louvre, wrote: “ It is only through art that we can escape from ourselves and know how another person sees the universe, whose landscapes would otherwise have remained as unknown as any on the moon.”
参考译文：马塞尔·普鲁斯特，另一位卢浮宫的爱好者，写道：“只有通过艺术，我们才能逃离自我，了解另一个人如何看待宇宙，否则宇宙的风景将像月球上的任何事物一样未知。”
定位线索：题干“Marcel Proust”→答案句取自第5段“It is only through art that we can escape from ourselves and know how another person sees the universe”；文中“know how another person sees the universe”对应选项C“see the world from a different perspective”；“escape from ourselves”对应“different perspective”。
解析：普鲁斯特的话直接说明艺术让我们了解他人视角，即从不同角度看世界，对应C。A项“更充实的生活”无中生有；B项“逃避残酷现实”曲解了“escape from ourselves”，原文是逃离自我而非现实；D项“探索宇宙未知领域”偷换概念，原文是了解他人视角，非实际探索。