The appeal of art - Module 6
B2 First · Open Cloze · First Expert Student's Resource Book, Pearson Education
For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning.
I was never very interested ___ art as a teenager. The famous paintings by classical artists of the past were obviously quite good but the subject matter didn't appeal ___ me. In our local art gallery, ___ instance, they had lots of portraits of people looking very stiff and formal. I'd never heard of most of these people, so they didn't really hold ___ attention. There was also one room full of modern art. We used to laugh at the paintings in there because they seemed ___ be things any child could do. We couldn't make any sense of them at ___ . So when I started going out with a girl ___ was studying at art college, it came as quite a pleasant surprise ___ she told me that she didn't like the stuff in our art gallery either. She made sculptures out ___ everyday objects like old bicycle frames and saucepan lids. Now this may sound strange, but at that point art suddenly started to mean something to me!
THE APPEAL OF ART
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