Charles Willson Peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the Peale museum, which he founded in Philadelphia.The world’s first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by Peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings.Peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelike.The museum’s most popular display was the skeleton (骷髅) of a huge, extinct elephant, which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in 1801.
Three of Peale’s seventeen children were also famous artists.Paphaelle Peale often painted still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheese.His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted people, including one of George Washington.Another brother, Rubens Peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits.
James Peale, the brother of Charles Willson Peale, specialized in miniatures (小画像).His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America.
46.What is the main topic of the passage?
A.The life of Charles Willson Peale. B.Portraits in the 18th century.
C.The Peale Museum. D.A family of artists.
47.The author mentions in Paragraph 1 that Washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting to show that ________.
A.Charles Willson Peale’s painting was very lifelike
B.Washington respected Charles Willson Peale’s work
C.Washington was friendly with Raphaelle and Titian Peale
D.the painting of the two brothers was very large
48.The underlined word “unearthed” is closest in meaning to“ ______”.
A.showed B.dug up C.invented D.looked over
49.Which of the following is NOT the child of Charles Willson Peale?
A.Titian Peale. B.Rubens Peale.
C.Raphaelle Peale. D.Sarah Miriam Peale.
50.The author’s attitude toward the Peales is in general _______.
A.puzzled B.excited C.admiring D.disappointed
C
LV Tiantian, a graduate student majoring in ethics at Jiangsu University in Zhenjiang，has spent years reading Aristotle and Plato.She has debated with classmates about the meaning of “happiness” and in written papers about the role of morality in society.But as LV prepares to enter the professional world，she's finding that her background isn't getting her a lot of job interviews.“Employers do not seem to value the theories and philosophy that we liberal arts majors have learned，”said LV，24.“I earned far fewer interview chances than those majoring in more practical subjects in science and technology.”
According to a 2009 survey conducted by Zhongqing Shijia Survey Net and China Enterprise News，science graduates enjoy higher employment rates and salaries than liberal arts students do.Things aren't much different overseas.The New York Times reports that job listings for professors in English，literature and foreign languages dropped 21 percent for the 2008-2009 academic year----the biggest decline in 34 years.As a result，some American educators are calling for universities to abandon the “old Ivory Tower view of liberal education”.They want to put more emphasis on the practical and economic aspects of education.
Chinese educational experts tend to agree up to a point.But abandoning emphasis on the humanities altogether，they say，brings great risk.“The liberal arts do not generate any tangible(实体的)material wealth，but it does convey social values.And it passes spiritual heritage from one generation to another，”said Niu Dakui，an expert on education at Beijing Normal University.“If the humanities are discarded, our youngsters will lose their way.”
Anthony T.Kronman，a professor of law at Yale，goes even further.He argues that the greed，irresponsibility and fraud that put the world in the current financial mess will only get worse without a new emphasis on the humanities.In his view，this is the time to re-examine “what we care about and what we value”—something that the humanities” are extremely well-equipped to address”.
How this debate plays out may very well determine the future of Chinese high school education.Some people want high school students to be able to specialize in science during their high school years.Others think they should get a more rounded education with a substantial number of hours in the arts and humanities.
51.The example of LV Tiantian listed in first paragraph tells us that __________.
A.the current job market has been hard on students from the humanities
B.fewer employers want graduates with backgrounds in science and technology
C.more employers want graduates good at languages，literature and history
D.graduates find it hard to get job interviews，let alone a good job
52.According to the passage，that science graduates have a brighter future in their career than those majoring in humanities is __________.
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