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课件网) Add -s or -ies to the following words lady valley story day way chimney body qualify reply marry stay enjoy buy bury ladies valleys stories days ways chimneys bodies qualifies replies marries stays enjoys buys buries Multiple choice questions Comprehension 1 Modern sculpture rarely surprises us any more because _____ . a. even if not in museums, we see it in and around other public places b. despite people’s lack of interest in art, it is put on display c. people not only display it in their houses but in their gardens also d. museums have been exhibiting if for nearly eighty years a Multiple choice questions Comprehension 2 What surprised the writer when he visited a recent exhibition of modern sculpture a. The fact that people were forbidden to touch the exhibits. b. The oddly shaped forms that were suspended from the ceiling. c. The way in which electrical energy was used to produce mobile effects. d. The prehistoric electronic equipment used to activate the exhibits. c Multiple choice questions Comprehension 3 The pieces of sculpture on display at the exhibition were _____ . a. noticed because they were dangerous b. either hung on wires or built into the middle of the hall c. flickering continuously with different colored lights d. such that one could not pass them unnoticed though it seemed wiser to pass them untouched d 【New words and expressions】 ◆current n. ◆sculpture n. ◆mistaken adj. ◆gallery n. ◆exhibit n. ◆oddly adv. ◆attach v. ◆sphere n. ◆magnetize v. ◆repel v. ◆flicker v. ◆emit v. ◆flash v. ◆prehistoric adj. ◆electronic adj. ◆peculiar adj. ◆shock v. ◆emotionally adv. Modern sculpture rarely surprises us any more. The idea that modern art can only be seen in museums is mistaken. Even people who take no interest in art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture on display in public places. Strange forms stand in gardens, and outside buildings and shops. We have got quite used to them. Some so-called 'modern' pieces have been on display for nearly fifty years. Electric currents in modern art Modern Art includes artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation. Modern Art Apposition Clause 同位语从句 The belief that an illness made his head change size led him to go to see a doctor. ——— Chef Fan ★ What is apposition They all like the film. Tom was looking for a house, one with a garden. ★ What is apposition clause 即从句在句中作名词（通常是主语或宾语）的 同位语，是对前面这个名词的解释、说明 Apposition Clause 同位语从句 同位语从句的引导词：that，wh-和how等。 先行词：idea, fact, news, hope, belief, suggestion, proposal, word, thought, doubt, truth, possibility, promise, order, information, messa ... ...
