问答题Practice 6  Then came the First World War and the Second World War. (1) After each war, new ideas, new attitudes, new trades and occupations were revealed to villagers. The long-established order of society was no longer taken for granted. Electricity

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Practice 6  Then came the First World War and the Second World War. (1) After each war, new ideas, new attitudes, new trades and occupations were revealed to villagers. The long-established order of society was no longer taken for granted. Electricity and the motorcar were steadily operating to make “village life” and “town life” almost alike. (2) Now with the highly developed science and technology and high-level social welfare for all, there is no point whatever in talking any longer about “village life.” It is just life, and that a better life.

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  • 第1题:

    The Voice of America began during the World War II when Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international (21) . American officials believed they should (22) the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world (23) . The first VOA news report began with these words in (24) : "The (25) may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth." Within a week, other VOA (26) were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.

    After the World war II (27) in 1945, some Americans felt VOA's (28) had to be changed, (29) the Soviet Union (苏联)became the enemy of America. They wanted to reach Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

    In the early years VOA began (30) something new to its broadcast that was (31) "Music USA" , Another new idea came (32) in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know (33) English to completely understand its normal English broadcast. So VOA (34) a simpler kind of English, which uses about 1,500 words and is spoken (35) ,of course, it is Special English.

    21.

    A. business

    B. culture

    C. support

    D. information.


    正确答案:C
    21.答案为C  本题为词汇题,要求正确选择词义。A商务,业务,B文化,C支持,D信息。美国之音VOA的广播开始于第二次世界大战期间,与此同时德国正在利用无线电广播以获得国际(舆论)的支持。

  • 第2题:

    The Second World War came to an end in ______.( )

    A.1945

    B.1946

    C.1947

    D.1949


    参考答案A

  • 第3题:

    After the outbreak of the First World War, Australia followed Britain's lead and declared war on ________.

    A.Japan

    B.Turkey

    C.Italy

    D.Germany


    正确答案:D

  • 第4题:

    The early ministers and political leaders in Massachusetts Bay

    A.were famous in the New World for their writings.

    B.gained increasing importance in religious affairs.

    C.abandoned high positions before coming to the New World.

    D.created a new intellectual atmosphere in New England.


    正确答案:D

  • 第5题:

    共用题干
    The Great Newspaper War
    Up until about 100 years ago,newspapers in the United States appealed only to the most se-rious readers.They used______(51)illustrations and the articles were about politics or busi- ness。
    Two men changed that-Joseph Pulitzer______(52)The New York World and Randolph Hearst of The New York Journal.Pulitzer bought The New York World______(53)1883.He changed it from a traditional newspaper into a very______(54)one overnight.He added
    ______(55)illustrations and cartoons.And he told his reporters to write articles on______(56)crime or scandal they could find. And they did.One of them even pretended she was crazy and then she______(57)to a mental hospital. She then wrote a series of articles about the poor treatment of______(58)in those hospitals.
    In 1895,Hearst came to New York from______(59)California.He wanted The Journal to be more sensational and more exciting______(60)The World. He also wanted it to be.
    ______(61),so he reduced the price by a penny.Hearst attracted attention because his headlines were bigger than______(62).He often said,"Big print makes big news."
    Pulitzer and Hearst did anything they______(63)to sell newspapers.For example,Hearst sent Frederic Remington,the famous illustrator,______(64)pictures of the Spanish-American War. When he got there,he told Hearst that no fighting was______(65).Hearst answered,"You furnish the pictures.I'll furnish the war."

    59._________
    A:. an
    B: the
    C: a
    D: /

    答案:D
    解析:
    这篇文章讲的是美国报业的重大变革。报纸的对象都是严肃的读者,报纸上没有插图,文章也都是关于政治和商业问题的。根据这样的情况,这里填no比较合适。


    表示所属关系,要用of。其后的“Randolph Hearst of The New York Journal.”也提醒我们用of。


    在英语中,表示年、月的词前面要用介词in,例如in 1999,in May。表示具体日期的词的前面要用介词on,如on February 20, 1998。


    根据上下文,这里需要一个形容词。比较C和D, excited是过去分词,有形容人的,沙清之意,而exciting表示“令人激动的”,主要修饰事物,所以应该选C。


    lots of在意义上等同于a lot of, a few是几个,不能突出很多的意思。few的意义是否定的。因此选D。


    在所有给出的选项中,只有every后面可以接单数形式的名词,其他词要求后面接复数形式的名词。


    这里讲一位记者装疯被送到了精神病医院,因此应该用被动语态。


    这是一个形近词辫析题。根据上下文的意思这里应该填“病人”。B. patience意为 “耐心、耐性”;C. patrician意为“贵族”;D. patriot意为“爱国者”。


    在英语中,表示地名的专有名词前一般不加任何冠词。


    这是一个表示比较的句子,more...than...意为“比……更……”。


    从上下文可得知,Hearst想要降低报纸的售价,亦即比原来的价格低,所以要用比较级的形式,即cheaper。


    表示“其他任何人的”,用anyone else's。


    do anything one can意为“尽己所能”。由于文章的过去时态,所以选could。


    send sb. to do sth.意为“派某人去做某事”。


    going on表示正在发生。


  • 第6题:

    Text 4 The most thoroughly studied intellectuals in the history of the New World are the ministers and political leaders of seventeenth-century New England.According to the standard history of American philosophy,nowhere else in colonial America was"So much importance attached to intellectual pursuits."According to many books and articles,New England's leaders established the basic themes and preoccupations of an unfolding,dominant Puritan tradition in American intellectual life.To take this approach to the New Englanders normally means to start with the Puritans'theological innovations and their distinctive ideas about the church-important subjects that we may not neglect.But in keeping with our examination of southern intellectual life,we may consider the original Puritans as carriers of European culture,adjusting to New World circumstances.The New England colonies were the scenes of important episodes in the pursuit of widely understood ideals of civility and virtuosity.The early settlers of Massachusetts Bay included men of impressive education and influence in England.Besides the ninety or so learned ministers who came to Massachusetts church in the decade after 1629,There were political leaders like John Winthrop,an educated gentleman,lawyer,and official of the Crown before he journeyed to Boston.There men wrote and published extensively,reaching both New World and Old World audiences,and giving New England an atmosphere of intellectual earnestness.We should not forget,however,that most New Englanders were less well educated.While few craftsmen or farmers,let alone dependents and servants,left literary compositions to be analyzed,it is obvious that their views were less fully intellectualized.Their thinking often had a traditional superstitions quality.A tailor named John Dane,who emigrated in the late 1630s,left an account of his reasons for leaving England that is filled with signs.Sexual confusion,economic frustrations,and religious hope—all came together in a decisive moment when he opened the Bible,told his father the first line he saw would settle his fate,and read the magical words:"come out from among them,touch no unclean thing,and I will be your God and you shall be my people."One wonders what Dane thought of the careful sermons explaining the Bible that he heard in puritan churches.Meanwhile,many settles had slighter religious commitments than Dane's,as one clergyman learned in confronting folk along the coast who mocked that they had not come to the New world for religion."Our main end was to catch fish."38.The early ministers and political leaders in Massachusetts Bay__________.

    A.were famous in the New World for their writings
    B.gained increasing importance in religious affairs
    C.abandoned high positions before coming to the New World
    D.created a new intellectual atmosphere in New England

    答案:D
    解析:
    文章第三段谈到“马萨诸塞海湾早期的居民有许多在英格兰受过让人印象深刻的教育和影响”,最后一句谈到“人们写作并出版了大量的关于新旧世界的书,吸引了大量了新旧世界的读者,并给新英格兰创造了一种热心知识分子的氛围”,由这两句内容可以判断答案为D。A、B和C的内容都是一种单一现象的描述,内容过于片面。

  • 第7题:

    Not only______the fall of the czar, but it also destroyed the provisional government.

    A.did World War I cause
    B.World War I cause
    C.was World War I cause
    D.World War I to cause

    答案:A
    解析:
    本题考察倒装,题目意为“第一次世界大战不仅造成沙皇的垮台,还摧毁了临时政府。”not only … but also 连接两个分句,并且 not only 位于句首时,第一个分句中的主语和谓语要部分倒装。动词“cause”为实意动词,使用do提问或提前,过去时用did,所以选择A选项。

    考点
    倒装

  • 第8题:

    Thanks to the militant feminist movement of the()led by Mrs.Pankhurst before the First World War,votes were granted to women over 30 in 1918.

    ALuddites

    BSuffragettes

    CChartists

    DLevellers


    B

  • 第9题:

    单选题
    It was during the Second World War _____ he died.
    A

    when

    B

    after

    C

    before

    D

    that


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    句意:他是在二战的时候死的。强词句型:It is/was+被强调部分+who/that+其他。本句强调的是二战这个时间,故用that。所以答案为D。

  • 第10题:

    问答题
    Practice 5  Expressionism was more than a style in painting. It could be found in theatre and cinema, literature and architecture. It was a sharing of ideas and experiences across all these media. The life stories of the Expressionist artists show just how much they had in common. Many began by studying applied art, such as furniture design, often to please their parents. Although they later made more personal art, they continued to make use of those technical skills. Both art critics and the public received this new movement with derision and outrage. Expressionist artists were trying to shock by challenging the traditional, conservative views held by many people. Gradually, however, it became accepted and even admired.  All the Expressionists were affected by World War I (1914-18). Some fled from Germany and spent the war years in exile. Some never returned to their homeland. Most served in the war and some were killed. At first some of them hoped a war would change society for the better but they were soon disillusioned when they saw the destruction and suffering that it caused. In the years after the war, many Expressionist artist revealed the horrors they experienced in their work.

    正确答案: 【参考译文】
    表现主义的影响不仅仅局限于美术界,其创作理念在戏剧、电影、文学以及建筑领域中都有所体现。表现主义画家的生平也有着许多共同之处,比如为了讨好父母,他们大都从学习应用工艺美术起步,如家居设计等。尽管他们后来也有了自己个性化的创作,但这些实用技巧仍会在他们的作品中有所体现。因为试图通过这种新的创作方式向传统而保守的社会观念发起挑战,在出现之初,便受到艺术评论家的公然嘲笑,引起了公众的极度愤慨。不过,随着时代的变迁,它逐渐为人们所接受,甚至成为年轻人崇拜的对象。
    第一次世界大战对表现主义画家影响很大。战争期间,他们有的逃离了德国,过着流亡的生活,有些从此就再也没能回去。他们中的大多数都参加了战争,有的在战斗中不幸牺牲。参战之初,他们对战争抱有幻想,期望它能使这个腐化的世界变得更美好,但是战争爆发后不久,这个幻想就破灭了。在亲眼目睹了无数的流血、牺牲、人们流离失所、痛苦挣扎的情景之后,这些画家的精神受到了极大的摧残,战后纷纷在作品中对当时所经历的恐惧和伤害进行了刻画。
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    Thanks to the militant feminist movement of the()led by Mrs.Pankhurst before the First World War,votes were granted to women over 30 in 1918.
    A

    Luddites

    B

    Suffragettes

    C

    Chartists

    D

    Levellers


    正确答案: D
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第12题:

    问答题
    练习9  Then came the First World War and the Second World War. (1) After each war, new ideas, new attitudes, new trades and occupations were revealed to villagers. The long-established order of society was no longer taken for granted. Electricity and the motorcar were steadily operating to make “village life” and “town life” almost alike. (2) Now with the highly developed science and technology and high-level social welfare for all, there is no point whatever in talking any longer about “village life.” It is just life, and that a better life.

    正确答案:
    (1) 每次战争后,村民们都会发现新的观点、新的态度、新的行业以及新的职业。
    (2) 现在,科学技术高度发达,全民享有高水平社会福利,完全没有任何必要再谈论“乡村生活”。
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第13题:

    Which of the following statements is true?

    A. The author's father built a bonfire on VE Day.

    B. The author's father had fought in the First World War.

    C. The author's father had fought in the Second World War.

    D. The author's father threw two chairs on the fire to keep it going.


    正确答案:B
    42.文章最后一段第二行,作者说他的父亲曾经参加过第一次世界大战。但并未提及他是否参加了“二战”。选项 B是正确的。

  • 第14题:

    after the second world war, the united states became a stronger country, proved by the following facts except_______.

    A. the US had over 70% of the gold reserve of the world in its coffers

    B. the US had over 50% of industrial production of the world in its hand

    C. the US was the sole possessor of atomic bombs

    D. the US suffered no losses in the war


    参考答案:D

  • 第15题:

    when the second world war ended,britain no longer was the largest military power in western europe. ()


    参考答案:错误

  • 第16题:

    By saying "the world has been spared a t.rue water war" (Line 1, Para.4), the author means( )

    [A] the water supply in the world is more than needed

    [B] the world has saved enough water to avoid the war

    [C] the world has never suffered a war triggered by water

    [D] the world spares no effort to avoid a war caused by water


    正确答案:C

  • 第17题:

    Text 4 The most thoroughly studied intellectuals in the history of the New World are the ministers and political leaders of seventeenth-century New England.According to the standard history of American philosophy,nowhere else in colonial America was"So much importance attached to intellectual pursuits."According to many books and articles,New England's leaders established the basic themes and preoccupations of an unfolding,dominant Puritan tradition in American intellectual life.To take this approach to the New Englanders normally means to start with the Puritans'theological innovations and their distinctive ideas about the church-important subjects that we may not neglect.But in keeping with our examination of southern intellectual life,we may consider the original Puritans as carriers of European culture,adjusting to New World circumstances.The New England colonies were the scenes of important episodes in the pursuit of widely understood ideals of civility and virtuosity.The early settlers of Massachusetts Bay included men of impressive education and influence in England.Besides the ninety or so learned ministers who came to Massachusetts church in the decade after 1629,There were political leaders like John Winthrop,an educated gentleman,lawyer,and official of the Crown before he journeyed to Boston.There men wrote and published extensively,reaching both New World and Old World audiences,and giving New England an atmosphere of intellectual earnestness.We should not forget,however,that most New Englanders were less well educated.While few craftsmen or farmers,let alone dependents and servants,left literary compositions to be analyzed,it is obvious that their views were less fully intellectualized.Their thinking often had a traditional superstitions quality.A tailor named John Dane,who emigrated in the late 1630s,left an account of his reasons for leaving England that is filled with signs.Sexual confusion,economic frustrations,and religious hope—all came together in a decisive moment when he opened the Bible,told his father the first line he saw would settle his fate,and read the magical words:"come out from among them,touch no unclean thing,and I will be your God and you shall be my people."One wonders what Dane thought of the careful sermons explaining the Bible that he heard in puritan churches.Meanwhile,many settles had slighter religious commitments than Dane's,as one clergyman learned in confronting folk along the coast who mocked that they had not come to the New world for religion."Our main end was to catch fish."40.The text suggests that early settlers in New England__________.

    A.were mostly engaged in political activities
    B.were motivated by an illusory prospect
    C.came from different backgrounds.
    D.left few formal records for later reference

    答案:C
    解析:
    从文章第三段内容谈到这些早期的定居者有作家、律师、政客等可以推断出C的结论。

  • 第18题:

    Text 4 The most thoroughly studied intellectuals in the history of the New World are the ministers and political leaders of seventeenth-century New England.According to the standard history of American philosophy,nowhere else in colonial America was"So much importance attached to intellectual pursuits."According to many books and articles,New England's leaders established the basic themes and preoccupations of an unfolding,dominant Puritan tradition in American intellectual life.To take this approach to the New Englanders normally means to start with the Puritans'theological innovations and their distinctive ideas about the church-important subjects that we may not neglect.But in keeping with our examination of southern intellectual life,we may consider the original Puritans as carriers of European culture,adjusting to New World circumstances.The New England colonies were the scenes of important episodes in the pursuit of widely understood ideals of civility and virtuosity.The early settlers of Massachusetts Bay included men of impressive education and influence in England.Besides the ninety or so learned ministers who came to Massachusetts church in the decade after 1629,There were political leaders like John Winthrop,an educated gentleman,lawyer,and official of the Crown before he journeyed to Boston.There men wrote and published extensively,reaching both New World and Old World audiences,and giving New England an atmosphere of intellectual earnestness.We should not forget,however,that most New Englanders were less well educated.While few craftsmen or farmers,let alone dependents and servants,left literary compositions to be analyzed,it is obvious that their views were less fully intellectualized.Their thinking often had a traditional superstitions quality.A tailor named John Dane,who emigrated in the late 1630s,left an account of his reasons for leaving England that is filled with signs.Sexual confusion,economic frustrations,and religious hope—all came together in a decisive moment when he opened the Bible,told his father the first line he saw would settle his fate,and read the magical words:"come out from among them,touch no unclean thing,and I will be your God and you shall be my people."One wonders what Dane thought of the careful sermons explaining the Bible that he heard in puritan churches.Meanwhile,many settles had slighter religious commitments than Dane's,as one clergyman learned in confronting folk along the coast who mocked that they had not come to the New world for religion."Our main end was to catch fish."39.The story of John Dane shows that less well-educated New Englanders were often__________.

    A.influenced by superstitions
    B.troubled with religious beliefs
    C.puzzled by church sermons
    D.frustrated with family earnings

    答案:A
    解析:
    文章第四段谈到“但是,我们不应该忘记大部分新英格兰人较少的文化。虽然有少数手工艺人或农民,更不用说家属及受雇人对文学成分进行分析,他们的思想往往有一种传统的迷信质量”,然后文章拿John Done进行举例说明,由此我们可知答案为A。

  • 第19题:

    American war time objectives were()

    Athe total defeat of Axis powers

    Bthe establishment of a postwar world order under American leadership

    Ccoordination of war efforts of the Soviet Union,Britain and the United States

    DBoth A and B


    D

  • 第20题:

    American war time objectives were()

    • A、the total defeat of Axis powers
    • B、the establishment of a postwar world order under American leadership
    • C、coordination of war efforts of the Soviet Union,Britain and the United States
    • D、Both A and B

    正确答案:D

  • 第21题:

    单选题
    American war time objectives were()
    A

    the total defeat of Axis powers

    B

    the establishment of a postwar world order under American leadership

    C

    coordination of war efforts of the Soviet Union,Britain and the United States

    D

    Both A and B


    正确答案: D
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第22题:

    问答题
    “THE JAZZ AGE” refers to the decade after World War I, when the nation became predominantly urban. It took its name from the rich and varied new popular music which was essentially a creation of the Negro in the city. Historians cannot agree on the origin of the word “jazz”: some say it is of African or Creole origin, and others say that it derived from the name of a musician. But there is no denying that this American form of music originated with Negroes in the first age of their migration to the city, and jazz flourished primarily because of the talent, energy, and imagination of Negroes in cities. In Europe, too, the years after World War I were an age of musical experiment. But jazz was a more democratic, more communal kind of experiment. For the old World saw developing novel forms of “art music”, of salon and concert-hall music.

    正确答案:
    “爵士乐时代”指的是第一次世界大战后的十年,当时城市居民已占全国人口的多数,而爵士乐则得名于主要由城市黑人创作的一种丰富多彩的新型流行音乐。历史学家对jazz(爵士)这个词的来源看法不一:有的说它源自非洲或克里奥耳语,有的说它原本是一位音乐家的名字。然而,不容否认的是,这一美国音乐形式是黑人移居城市后最初阶段的产物,爵士乐主要是靠城市黑人的天才、活力和想象力盛行起来的。在欧洲,第一次世界大战之后的年代同样也是音乐实验的时代。不过爵士乐是一种更民主、更大众化的音乐实验,而在旧世界发展起来的则是“艺术音乐”的新形式,即沙龙和音乐厅音乐。
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第23题:

    问答题
    Practice 6  Then came the First World War and the Second World War. (1) After each war, new ideas, new attitudes, new trades and occupations were revealed to villagers. The long-established order of society was no longer taken for granted. Electricity and the motorcar were steadily operating to make “village life” and “town life” almost alike. (2) Now with the highly developed science and technology and high-level social welfare for all, there is no point whatever in talking any longer about “village life.” It is just life, and that a better life.

    正确答案:
    (1) 每次战争后,村民们都会发现新的观点、新的态度、新的行业以及新的职业。
    (2) 现在,科学技术高度发达,全民享有高水平社会福利,完全没有任何必要再谈论“乡村生活”。
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第24题:

    问答题
    Practice 1Expressionism  Expressionism is an art movement that produced a wealth of wonderful works of art, and the lives of the artists who created them were no less colorful and exciting. The word “expressionism” can be used to describe art from different times and places, most of them were part of a movement that took place in Germany from 1905 to 1920. They shared some of the beliefs. Those beliefs were that art should try to change society, to make it less conservative. It should express the energy of nature—following in the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh—-and personal feeling rather than simply representing nature. It should feel “uncomfortable”, which means it should challenge the traditional ways of looking at the world. This differed from the opinion of Henri Matisse who believed that art should be “comfortable”. Expressionist art should be inspired by folk art, and the art of what were then called “primitive” people, for example from Africa.  The aim of the Expressionists was to express personal feeling about what they were painting rather than representing it exactly as it was. It should have strong colors and shapes, be relatively direct, untutored and unplanned and should still contain recognizable things, but not be realistic. The lines could be distorted, and the colors could be strengthened or changed as in the art movement that began in 1905 called Fauvism.  Expressionism was more than a style in painting. It could be found in theatre and cinema, literature and architecture. It was a sharing of ideas and experiences across all these media. The life stories of the Expressionist artists show just how much they had in common. Many began by studying applied art, such as furniture design, often to please their parents. Although they later made more personal art, they continued to make use of those technical skills. Both art critics and the public received this new movement with derision and outrage. Expressionist artists were trying to shock by challenging the traditional, conservative views held by many people. Gradually, however, it became accepted and even admired.  All the Expressionists were affected by World War I (1914-18). Some fled from Germany and spent the war years in exile. Some never returned to their homeland. Most served in the war and some were killed. At first some of them hoped a war would change society for the better but they were soon disillusioned when they saw the destruction and suffering that it caused. In the years after the war, many Expressionist artist revealed the horrors they experienced in their work.  After World War I, Expressionism became very fashionable in Germany, where art was allowed to flourish. This freedom ended in 1933 when Hitler declared all Expressionists were “degenerate”. This led to them being sacked from their jobs or forced to leave Germany. In 1937 the Nazis took thousands of art works from German museums and put them in an enormous exhibition called the Degenerate Art Exhibition, to show how bad and decadent this art was. It presented a view of the world that went against their political and cultural ambitions to rid Germany of all inferior races.

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    表现主义 表现主义是20世纪初至30年代盛行于欧美一些国家的艺术流派。它首先出现于美术界,后来在音乐、文学、戏剧以及电影等领域得到重大发展。艺术家们从丰富多彩的现实生活中提取素材,创作了大量优秀的艺术作品。虽然表现主义涵盖的范围很广,但本书中所提到的这些表现主义画家是1905年至l920年间,活跃在德国表现主义运动的舞台上的那部分群体。书中其他被提及的作家,有的是用作品影响了这些画家的创作,有的与这些画家有着共同的创作理念。在理念上,表现主义强调反传统,他们对社会现状不满,要求变革。受凡·高艺术的影响,在创作上,他们不满足于对客观事物的摹写,要求进一步表现事物的内在实质,突破对人的行为和人所处的环境的描绘,揭示人的灵魂和内心的感情世界,以此来引起观众的强烈震撼和共鸣,并给人们提供了看待周围世界的全新视角。表现主义的这一创作观点与野兽派亨利·马蒂斯的观点很不一致,后者认为艺术应该能给人带来内心的祥和与平静,起到抚慰的作用。
    表现主义画家在创作过程中改变了以往以写实为主的油画传统,注重通过作品来表达画家个人的真实情感。表现主义的创作受到民间艺术和原始艺术,如非洲艺术的启发。其作品大都色彩鲜艳,轮廓粗犷,虽然在其间也能看见具体的形象,但绝不写实。它们直接、纯朴、直觉地表达了画家的情感。与野兽派的技法较为相近,表现主义擅长运用扭曲的线条或是粗犷的色彩轮廓。
    表现主义的影响不仅仅局限于美术界,其创作理念在戏剧、电影、文学以及建筑领域中都有所体现。表现主义画家的生平也有着许多共同之处,比如为了讨好父母,他们大都从学习应用工艺美术起步,如家居设计等。尽管他们后来也有了自己个性化的创作,但这些实用技巧仍会在他们的作品中有所体现。因为试图通过这种新的创作方式向传统而保守的社会观念发起挑战,在出现之初,便受到艺术评论家的公然嘲笑,引起了公众的极度愤慨。不过,随着时代的变迁,表现主义逐渐为人们所接受,甚至成为年轻人崇拜的对象。
    第一次世界大战对表现主义画家影响很大。战争期间,他们有的逃离了德国,过着流亡的生活,有些从此就再也没能回去。他们中的大多数都参加了战争,有的在战斗中不幸牺牲。参战之初,他们对战争抱有幻想,期望它能使这个腐化的世界变得更美好,但是战争爆发后不久,这个幻想就破灭了。在亲眼目睹了无数的流血、牺牲、人们流离失所、痛苦挣扎的情景之后,这些画家的精神受到了极大的摧残,战后纷纷在作品中对当时所经历的恐惧和伤害进行了刻画。
    一战结束后,百废待兴,表现主义也在德国风靡一时,成为主流艺术。1933年,希特勒上台,情况随之发生了变化。在表现主义作品中,希特勒看到了不利于德国当时所采取的种族灭绝政策的倾向,便宣布表现主义画家都是“堕落分子”。他们在德国社会中已无立足之地,纷纷失去了工作,被迫离开祖国。1937年,纳粹当局从德国博物馆搜罗出上千幅表现主义作品,并组织了一场名为“堕落艺术”的大型展览,以此来宣扬这种艺术形式的腐朽和败坏。
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