III. Reading comprehension

1. Answer the Questions

1. What is art?

2. Where is art?

3. When was its beginning?

4. What did the ancestors express through art?

5. What may be a clear proof of this?

6. What was art strongly linked with?

7. How did artists of antique period create?

8. What is the role of arts?

9. What does art teach us?

10. What drives people to create pieces of art?

2. Read the statements and say whether they are true(t)or false (f). Correct the false ones

1. Art is everywhere, everything is such a masterpiece!

2. Art is the expression of the human nature!

3. Our prehistoric ancestors expressed their religion through art.

4. There are no clear proofs of pre-historic art.

5. Art and technologydid not develop simultaneously.

6. Antique period allowed artists to create everything they desired to.

7. Antique artists, as well as their predecessors,create out of pleasure andpassion.

8. The tiresome process of turning a rough piece of marble into an angel was anenjoyment for artists.

9. Artistshave the "whole picture" in mind from the very start.

10. The Arts teach us how to survive in our world.

11. The Arts don’t play a large role in our lives.

12. The Arts play some role in creating cultures and civilizations.

3. Chose the correct word or word combination

1. Art is everywhere, look at the trees, at the…………of the space, the stars and the little world of an ant, everything is such a masterpiece!

a) endlessness	c) beauty
b) immensity	d) masterpiece

2. Art is the most beautiful ……………of the human mind!

a) exercise	c) expression
b) play	d) inheritance

3. Our prehistoric ancestors expressed their beliefs, their feelings, described their way of life, and left that as………..for their followers, through art.

a) inheritance	c) directions
b) evidence	d) expression

4. Clear proofs of this are cave-paintings such as the ones at Alsace, France, and also the small ………..or statuary groups(“the Thinker”from Harangue).

a) pictures	c) sculptures
b) icons	d) statuettes

5. Art was always strongly linked to technology, both of them ………..simultaneously.

a) living	c) evolving
b) moving	d) driving

6. After the prehistoric period ended, the antique period ………..incredibly and gave artists thumbs up to everything they set their minds on and desired to create.

a) flourished	c) evolved
b) decayed	d) changed

7. These artists, as well as their predecessors don't create out of obligation, on the contrary, pleasure and passion was what ………..them!

a) strived	c) drove
b) impressed	d) inspired

8. Their enjoyment was always presentin the ………..process of turning a rough piece of marble into an angel, as they had the "whole picture" in mind from the very start.

a) jolly	c) long-lasting
b) tiresome	d) incredible

9. The Arts play a large role in the expression of _______thoughts and beauty in our lives.

a) inner	c) secret
b) private	d) valued

10. The Arts play a valued role in … cultures and ….. civilizations.

a) creating, developing	c) destroying, eliminating
b) evolving, flourishing	d) presenting, documenting