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(2019·日照检测)Along with the standard pigments(颜料) and paintbrushes，artist Sean Yoro(known as Hula)，requires an unconventional piece of equipment for his particular brand of mural(壁画) making：a paddleboard.
The Hawaiian muralist，balanced on the top of the floating platform，describes women from various sites across the world，whose homelands are often threatened by the effects of global warming.
For his most recent project，titled“What If You Fly”，Hula traveled to Baffin Island，off the coast of Nunavut，Canada，to paint a portrait of local Inuit woman Jesse Mike，who lives there with her daughter.
In a short film telling of the artist's process，Mike explains her frustrating previous experiences working with filmmakers who reported on the terrible circumstances troubling her endangered landscape.“For most people，it's about the polar bears，it's not about the people，”she said.“Well，let's make it about the people.”
Hula and his team spent 14 hours searching for the perfect iceberg canvas(油画布)，knowing all the while that the ice itself，and any image created on the top of it，would soon melt away into nothing.
“It's a little ambitious to do this largerthanlife ice mural in the Arctic，and somehow，at the same time，make a connection to the human culture，”climber and filmmaker Renan Ozturk said of the project.
When Hula found his proper ice，he painted a portrait of Jesse he took earlier on his camera.Working against the power of time and Mother Nature，the artist aimed to finish as much of Jesse's portrait as he could before the iceberg disappeared.
The massive image，Hula's most remote and technically challenging piece yet，communicates a memorable reality—the consequences of climate change，first and foremost，affect people.
【语篇解读】 本文主要叙述了壁画大师Hula去往Baffin Island，通过在冰上画一位因纽特女性的肖像来提醒人们气候变化的后果正在影响人类这一现实。
1．What is“What If You Fly”？
A．A film about the muralist.
B．A woman called Jesse Mike.
C．A painting based on a local Inuit.
D．A project conducted by Hula.
D [ 细节理解题。根据文章第三段中的“For his most recent project，titled‘What If You Fly’，Hula traveled to Baffin Island”可知，“What If You Fly”是Hula最近进行的一个项目。故选D项。]
2．Why did Jesse Mike complain about some filmmakers?
A．They didn't focus on human beings.
B．They only reported on terrible circumstances.
C．They just reported on frustrating experiences.
D．They showed no sympathy to the endangered landscape.
A [ 推理判断题。根据第四段中的“For most people，it's about the polar bears，it's not about the people”可以看出，Jesse抱怨那些电影制作人只关注气候变化对当地动物的影响，而不关注当地人。]
3．Why did Hula paint images on the Arctic ice?
A．He wanted to show his unconventional painting.
B．He was ambitious enough to explore Mother Nature.
C．He made an attempt to paint on varieties of materials.
D．He warned people of the consequences of global warming.
D [推理判断题。根据全文尤其是最后一段中的“the consequences of climate change，first and foremost，affect people”可知，Hula把画画到北极冰川上是为了警告人们全球变暖的后果。]
4．What can be the best title for the text?
A．A Muralist and an Inuit
B．Mother Nature，Massive Images
C．Arctic Ice Painting，Memorable Reality
D．Standard Tools，Unconventional Paintings
C [标题判断题。通读全文可知，本文讲述了艺术家Hula以北极冰川为画布作画的事情，他以这种独特的方式提醒人们关注气候变暖对人类的影响，故选C项。]
