WHAT IS THE BEST TITLE OF THE PASSAGE

Câu 25: What is the best title of the passage?A. Shackleton‟s Amazing Feat B. A Great Attempt to Cross AntarcticaC. Shackleton‟s Life in Antarctica D. A Successful ExpeditionRead the following passage and blacken the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following questions.Free-standing sculpture that is molded or carved is a type familiar to almost everyone.Although certain free-standing figures or groups of figures can have only a single sideintended for viewing, others are completed on all sides. As with all other forms of art, theultimate shape of a sculpture reflects the artist„s vision of individuals or experiencesrepresented by the work. Throughout history, people everywhere have discovered a needfor sculpture as a record of events and feelings.Materials which can be sculptured do much to contribute to the artist‟s imagination.Wood, stone, metal, and various types of plastic and synthetics are all used as sculptingmedia. When sculptures are made of stone, wood, ivory, or even ice, the sculptor carvesor chips the substance to reduce it to the necessary shape. Developing a sculptured imageon all sides represents a change from the older approach when artists left the back portionof the figure unfinished and rough. In fact, sculpture in relief is completely attached to theflat background material and appears to be a part of it. Relief, which is completed only onone side intended for viewing, was the first type of sculpture created by man, whenancient sculptors removed the background material in a side of a tree or a cave to maketheir drawing appear more realistic.While creating a statue, the artist depends on the appropriate lighting to develop thefigure because the quality of the final product relies on the interplay between light andshade. When the work is finished, the sculpture must be displayed in the same light as itwas originally created. If a light from a source is too weak or too strong, the effect that thesculptor intended may be lost. For example, in painting, the light and shade give theimage shape and solidity that cannot be altered by an external light in which it isdisplayed. When a sculpture is exhibited, the artist‟s work is brought to life by light, andits character can be altered by the control of the light source. A fundamental differencebetween a painting and a sculpture is that when viewing a painting, the audience can onlysee the point of view that the painter had intended. A free- standing sculpture can be seenfrom practically any angle. The job of the sculptor is then to attain the quality and thevolume of the image from any possible point of view.In addition to carving a work, sculptures can be cast. In the process of casting, asculpture can be reproduced in a mold when a liquefied medium is poured into shape.After the material from which the sculpture is made hardens, the mold is removed, and thework is cleaned of the excess and polished. Casting allows the artists to produce as manyreplicas as needed. Most commercially sold sculptures are made in this way. Castingmetals requires special care and skill. Bronze is the preferred metal because of itsversatility and malleability. To make bronze sculpture, the space in a mold is filled withwax until it is melted by the heated metal. This process, sometimes called lost-wax, wasfavored by Benvenuto Cellini and was common among the artists in ancient China.