TOEFL READING 1994/01(1)
Taking natural objects such as rocks , bones , clouds andflowers for
subject matter , Georgia O'Keeffe reduced them to their simplest form , often by
employing a close-up view or some otherunusual vantage point . With such
techniques , including the use ofthin paint and clearcolors to emphasize a
feeling of mystical silence and space , she achieved an abstract simplicity in
her paintings . O'Keeffe spent a summer in New Mexico in 1929 and the
bleak landscape and broad skies of the desert so appealed to her that she later
settled there permanently . Cows' skulls and other bare bones found in the
desert were frequent motifs in her paintings. Other common subjects included
flowers , the sky , and the horizon lines of the desert. After O'Keeffe's
three-month trip around the world by plane in 1959, the sky "paved
with clouds" as seen from an airplane also became one of her favorite
motifs and the subject of her largest work ,a 24-foot mural that she began in
1966.
重点单词：
object : n. 物体,目标,目的,宾语,对象,客体;vi. 反对,拒绝,抗议;vt.
提出...来反对
subject : n. 科目,主题,臣民,理由,自我,原因,受治疗者,题目,主语,学科;a.
服从的,易患的,隶属的,受支配的;ad. 在...条件下;vt. 使隶属,使受到
matter : n. 事件,物质,原因,素材,麻烦事,根据;vi. 有关系
close-up : n. 特写镜头,仔细的观察,小传
vantage : n. 优势,有利情况
technique : n. 技术,方法,表演法
emphasize : vt. 强调,加强语气,着重
mystical : a. 神秘的,奥秘的
silence : n. 沉默,无声,静寂,湮没,无声息;vt. 使缄默;int. 安静!
achieve : vt. 完成,达到;vi. 如愿以偿
abstract : n. 摘要,抽象;a. 抽象的,深奥的;vt. 摘要,提炼,使抽象化;vi.
做摘要
simplicity : n. 单纯,简朴,朴素,坦率,天真,无知
bleak : a. 萧瑟的,苍白的,荒凉的,阴冷的
appeal : n. 恳求,上诉,吸引力,要求;vi. 求助,诉请,要求;vt.
控诉
skull : n. 头盖骨,头脑,脑壳
bare : a. 赤裸的,极少的,无遮蔽的,坦率的;vt. 使赤裸,露出
frequent : a. 时常发生的,频繁的,快速的;vt. 时常来访,常常聚集,常与...交往
motif : n. 主题,意念,动机,基本花纹
horizon : n. 地平线,眼界,限度
pave : vt. 铺设,安排,为...铺路
favorite : n. 喜欢的事物,幸运儿;a. 喜爱的,宠爱的,中意的
mural : a. 壁的,壁上的,壁似的;n. 壁画
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