Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
THE ART WORLD
One of the major problems in the art world is how to distinguish and promote an artist. In effect, a market must be created for an artist to be successful. The practice of signing and numbering individual prints was introduced by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, the nineteenth century artist best known for the painting of his mother, called "Arrangement in Grey and Black", but known to most of us as "Whistler’s Mother". Whistler’s brother-in-law, Sir Francis Seymour Haden, a less well-known artist, had speculated that collectors might find prints more attractive if they knew that there were only a limited number of copies produced. By signing the work in pencil, an artist could guarantee and personalize each print.
As soon as Whistler and Haden began the practice of signing and numbering their prints, their work began to increase in value. When other artists noticed that the signed prints commanded higher prices, they began copying the procedure.
Although most prints are signed on the right-hand side in the margin below the image, the placement of the signature is a matter of personal choice. Indeed, prints have been signed within image, in any of the margins, or even on the reverse side of the’print. Wherever the artist elects to sign it, a signed print is still valued above an unsigned one, even in the same edition.
Câu 30 : Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
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Lời giải:
Báo saiC. Thực hành ký bản in.
Câu 31 : What made Whistler’s work more valuable?
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Lời giải:
Báo saiDẫn chứng: As soon as Whistler and Haden began the practice of signing and numbering their prints, their work began to increase in value.
Câu 32 : The word “speculated" in the paragraph 1 could best be replaced by.......
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Lời giải:
Báo saispeculated = guessed: đoán
Câu 33 : The word "it" in paragraph 3 refers to.........
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Lời giải:
Báo saiDẫn chứng: ...., or even on the reverse side of the’print. Wherever the artist elects to sign it...
Câu 34 : The author mentions all of the following as reasons why a collector prefers a signed print EXCEPT…...
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Báo saiDẫn chứng: When other artists noticed that the signed prints commanded higher prices, they began copying the procedure.
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