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The importance of drawing

In the 19th century, John Ruskin, an English writer and art critic, made great efforts to encourage people to draw. He believed that drawing was a skill that was greatly neglected in schools and (1)............ that it was more important to the human (2)........... than writing.

In order to do something to improve the (3).......... , he published two books on drawing and gave a series of lectures at the Working Men's College in London. His books were (4)........ read, and his lectures (5)........... large audience. This further (6)........... Ruskin's belief that everybody should be given the opportunity to learn how to draw.

Ruskin's efforts were not (7)......... at turning people into good artists but at making them happier. For him, drawings were of the value even when they were done by people with no talent, as drawing teaches people to (8)........... things rather than just to see them. He felt that when we are involved in the process of drawing something, we have to look at it very (9)......... and become aware of the different parts which (10)........... up the whole. It is in this way that we (11)............ to a deeper appreciation and (12)............ of the thing itself.

1. A) claimed B) convinced C) recommended D) expressed

2. A) family B) people C) race D) beings

3. A) state B) condition C) case D) situation

4. A) vastly B) broadly C) immensly D) widely

5. A) gained B) collected C) attracted D) brought

6. A) strenghtened B) raised C) ensured D) grew

7. A) designed B) aimed C) pointed D) intended

8. A) observe B) regard C) witness D) look

9. A) closely B) distinctly C) definitely D) exactly

10. A) work B) set C) make D) take

11. A) arrive B) come C) reach D) achieve

12. A) meaning B) intelligence C) understanding D) significance

Answer 1

1.   A

2.   C

3.   D

4.   D

5.   C

6.   A

7.   B

8.   A

9.   A

10. C

11. B

12. C