August 28 - September 03, 2006
Where there's muck, there's Monet
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1. Why are MonetŐs paintings being analysed?
A. to set a sales price
B. to help restore them
C. to learn about air pollution
D. to protect them from falsification

2. What element of his pictures is especially interesting to the scientists?
A. the haze
B. the background
C. the brush strokes
D. the ingredients of the paint

3. What do opponents of the researchers claim?
A. Monet was colour-blind.
B. The colours changed over time.
C. Monet didnŐt paint exactly what he saw.
D. MonetŐs pictures look exactly the same as the scene looks today.

4. What other evidence is used in the research?

A. eyewitness accounts
B. meteorological records
C. photographs of the time
D. interviews with MonetŐs compatriots

5. How can the exact date when the pictures were painted be determined?
A. with a calendar
B. through carbon dating
C. by the position of the sun
D. by reading the date print at the back


Synonyms: Which of the following words or phrases replace the ones from the passage best?
6. legendary
A. big
B. artistic
C. famous
D. beautiful

7. haze
  A. fog
B. frame
C. flowers
D. buildings

8. precise
A. likely
B. exact
C. remote
D. presumed

9. concur
A. differ
B. agree
C. oppose
D. contradict

10. eerie
A. cosy
B. warm
C. creepy
D. drowsy

 

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