阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The subject of what separates art and design has been debated for a long time. Artists and designers both create visual works using a/an
1 knowledge background, but their reasons for doing so are
2 different. Some designers consider themselves artists, but few artists consider themselves
3 .
So what exactly is the difference between art and design? Perhaps the most fundamental difference that we can all agree on is their
4 . Typically, the process of creating a work of art starts with nothing, a blank sheet of paper. A
5 of art is born from a view or value that the artist holds within himself or herself. They create the art to share that feeling with others, to
6 the viewers to relate to it, learn from it or be
7 by it. The most renowned and successful art today is something that establishes the strongest
8 connection between the artist and their
9 .
By contrast, when a designer sets out to
10 a new piece, they almost always have a 11 starting point, whether a message, an image, an idea or an action. The designer’s job isn’t to invent something
12 , but to communicate something that already exists, for a purpose. That purpose is almost always to motivate the audience to do something: buy a product, use a
13 , visit a location, or learn certain information. The most
14 designs are those that most effectively
15 their message and motivate their consumers to carry out a task.
| 小题1: | | A．unique | B．separate | C．shared | D．accepted |
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| 小题2: | | A．entirely | B．occasionally | C．hardly | D．unnecessarily |
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| 小题3: | | A．inventors | B．designers | C．writers | D．viewers |
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| 小题4: | | A．purpose | B．product | C．interest | D．cost |
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| 小题6: | | A．stop | B．allow | C．require | D．move |
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| 小题7: | | A．understood | B．fooled | C．inspired | D．discouraged |
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| 小题8: | | A．political | B．social | C．physical | D．emotional |
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| 小题9: | | A．supporters | B．audiences | C．buyers | D．enemies |
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| 小题10: | | A．sell | B．imagine | C．create | D．draw |
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| 小题11: | | A．fixed | B．good | C．strange | D．positive |
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| 小题12: | | A．surprising | B．special | C．creative | D．new |
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| 小题13: | | A．phone | B．service | C．language | D．name |
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| 小题14: | | A．important | B．creative | C．successful | D．unusual |
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| 小题15: | | A．learn | B．receive | C．confuse | D．communicate |
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