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Photos that you might havefound down the back of your sofa are now big business!

In 2005, the American artistRichard Prince's photograph of a photograph, Untitled (Cowboy), was sold for $1,248,000.

Prince is certainly not theonly contemporary artist to have worked with so-called "foundphotographs" ——a loose term given to everything from discarded (丢弃的) prints discovered in a junk shop to old advertisements or amateurphotographs from a stranger'sfamily album.The Germanartist Joachim Schmid, who believes "basically everything is worth lookingat", has gathered discarded photographs, postcards and newspaper images since1982.In his on-going project, Archiv, he groups photographsof family life according to themes: people with dogs; teams; new cars; dinnerwith the family; and so on.

Like Schmid, the editors ofseveral self-published art magazines also champion (捍卫)found photographs.One of them, called simply Found, was born one snowy night in Chi-cago,when Davy Rothbard returned to his car to find under his wiper (雨刷) an angry note intended for someone else: "Why's your car HEREat HER place?" The note became the starting point for Rothbard's addictivepublication, which features found photographs sent in by readers, such as aposter discovered in our drawer.

The whole found-photographphenomenon has raised some questions.Perhaps one of the most difficult is: can theseimages really be considered as art? And if so, whose art?

Yet found photographs producedby artists, such as Richard Prince, may raise endless possibilities.What was the cowboy in Prince'sUntitled doing? Was he riding his horse hurriedly to meet someone? Or how didPrince create this photograph? It's anyone's guess.Inaddition, as we imagine the back-story tO the people in the found photographs artists,like Schmid, have collated (整理), we also turn towardour own photographic al-bums.Why is memory soimportant to us? Why do we all seek to freeze in time the faces of ourchildren, our parents, our lovers, and ourselves? Will they mean anything toanyone after we've gone?

第26题单选 The first paragraph of thepassage is used to __________.

A.remind readers of found photographs

B.advise reader to start a new kind of business

C.ask readers to find photographs behind sofa

D.show readers the value of found photographs

参考答案：D

第27题单选 According to the passage, JoachimSchmid __________.

A.is fond of collecting family life photographs

B.found a complaining note under his car wiper

C.is working for several self-published magazines

D.wondered at the artistic nature of foundphotographs

参考答案：A

第28题单选 The underlined word"them" in Paragraph 4 refers to __________.

A.the readers

B.the editors

C.the found photographs

D.the self-published magazines

参考答案：D

第29题单选 By asking a series of questionsin Paragraph 5, the author mainly intends to indi-cate that__________.

A.memory of the past is very important to people

B.found photographs allow people to think freely

C.the back-story of found photographs is puzzling

D.the real value of found photographs isquestionable

参考答案：B

第30题单选 The author's attitude towardsfound photographs can be described as__________.

A.critical

B.doubtful

C.optimistic

D.satisfied

参考答案：C

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According to a survey, which was based on the responses of over188,000 students,today's traditional-age college freshmen are "morematerialistic and less altruistic (利他主义的)" than at any time in the 17 years ofthe poll.

Not surprisingly in these hard times, the students' majorobjective "is to be financial-ly well off.Less important than ever is developing ameaningful philosophy of life." It fol-lows thenthat today the most popular course is not literature or history but accounting.

Interest in teaching, social service and the"altruistic" fields is at a low.On the other hand, enrollment in businessprograms, engineering and computer science is way up.

That's no surprise, either.A friend of mine (a sales representative from achemical company) was making twice the salary of her college instructors duringher first year on the job even before she completed her two-year associatedegree.

While it's true that we all need a career, it is equally true thatour civilization has ac-cumulated an incredible amount of knowledge in fieldsfar removed from our own and that we are better for our understanding of theseother contributions, be they scientific or artis-tic.It is equally true that, instudying the diverse wisdom of others, we learn how to think.More importantly, perhaps, education teaches us to see theconnections between things, as well as to see beyond our immediate needs.

Weekly we read of unions who go on strike for higher wages, onlyto drive their em-

ployer out of business.No company; no job.How shortsighted in the long run!

But the most important argument for a broad education is that instudying the accumu-lated wisdom of the ages, we improve our moral sense.I saw a cartoon recently which showsa group of businessmen looking puzzled as they sit around a conference table; one of them is talking on the intercom (对讲机):"Miss Baxter," he says,"could you please send in someone whocan distinguish right from wrong?"

第31题单选 From the long-term point of view, that's what education really ought to be about. According to the author's observation, college students __________.

A.have never been so materialistic as today

B.have never been so interested in the arts

C.have never been so financially well off as today

D.have never attached so much importance to moral sense

参考答案：A

第32题单选 The students' criteria for selecting majors today have much to dowith __________.

A.the influences of their instructors

B.the financial goals they seek in life

C.their own interpretations of the courses

D.their understanding of the contributions of others

参考答案：B

第33题单选 By saying "While it's true that ...bethey scientific or artistic."(Para.5), the author means that__________.

A.business management should be included in educational programs

B.human wisdom has accumulated at an extraordinarily high speed

C.human intellectual development has reached new heights

D.the importance of a broad education should not be overlooked

参考答案：D

第34题单选 Studying the diverse wisdom of others can __________.

A.create artistic interest

B.help people see things in the right perspective

C.help improve connections among people

D.regulate the behavior of modern people

参考答案：B

第35题单选 Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A.Businessmen absorbed in their career are narrow-minded.

B.Managers often find it hard to tell right from wrong.

C.People engaged in technical jobs lead a more rewarding life.

D.Career seekers should not focus on immediate interests only.

参考答案：D