Open Forum 2 Web Site Worksheet: 1. Preparing To Listen
Open Forum 2 Web Site Worksheet: 1. Preparing To Listen
Open Forum 2 Web Site Worksheet: 1. Preparing To Listen
1. Preparing to Listen 5. The faces on the first painting are flat because
You are going to listen to a conversation .
between three friends at an art museum. a. they are badly painted
Before you listen, think about the following b. they are very old
c. that was the style at the time
questions.
6. The first Renaissance painting they look at shows
Have you ever been to an art museum? If so, what
.
kinds of art did you see there?
a. a Greek god
Are there any forms of art that you do not enjoy or b. a knight and a woman
feel like you do not understand? c. a landscape
7. Botticelli was .
2. Listening for Main Ideas a. a disease
Read questions 1 and 2. Listen to the b. a painter
conversation. Then choose the correct answer c. a Greek god
for each question. 8. Nick likes the Constable painting because .
a. it looks like a scene from real life
1. Which of the three friends knows the least about
b. it is really powerful
art?
c. it is a portrait
a. Bruno
b. Kathy 9. When you look closely at an Impressionist
c. Nick painting, you see .
a. vague shapes
2. Which of the three friends knows the most about
b. clear lines
art?
c. colored dots
a. Bruno
b. Kathy 10. The painting with four colored squares is an
c. Nick example of .
a. Renaissance art
b. Impressionism
3. Listening for More Detail
c. Modern art
Read question 3–10. Then listen to the
conversation again and choose the correct
answer for each question.
3. The gallery they visit features paintings from
.
a. Europe
b. America
c. both Europe and America