46 What is the passage mainly about?
(A) The origin of European art.
(B) The ancient buildings of Paris.
(C) The importance of art to the French.
(D) The development of architecture in France.

Wherever you go in France, the country`s artistic heritage遺產 is very much in evidence. France does have her share of ugly urban sprawl蔓延 (都市擴張) and unlovely out-of-town hypermarkets大賣場, but these are eclipsed by her wealth of beautifully restored被修復的 and maintained維護的 historic buildings which, together with striking引人注目的 new architecture and works of art, are part of the fabric of everyday life.

法國這個城市雖然有些醜陋的建築，但被被她豐富的經過精心修復和維護的歷史建築所掩蓋。#第47題

eclipse (v.) 蝕(月亮那個)，引申覆蓋、掩蓋 

fabric (n.) 織物/布料，引申為生活中的一部份

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France has had an important role throughout the history of western art which began with the cave painters of the Dordogne, long before their land became a nation. From the Renaissance文藝復興 onwards French kings invited the finest European painters to decorate their palaces宮殿, and Paris became the center of nearly all important artistic developments, whether the artists concerned were French or not. It was only in the nineteenth century that French painters formed a distinctively獨特地 French movement法國運動 that was far more influential than the Flemish, German and Italian schools派系 of previous centuries. #第49題The impressionists印象派 and their successors繼任者 radically根本 altered the direction of European art, attracting even more foreign artists to Paris.印象派及其繼任者從根本上改變了歐洲藝術的方向，吸引了更多的外國藝術家前往巴黎。 Since the seventeenth century, when the Academies of painting and sculpture, and architecture were founded, architecture and the visual arts have been a central concern of the French state國家. Today, the Ministry of Culture文化部 is housed in the elegant優雅的 seventeenth-century Palais-Royal, alongside two of the nation`s highest institutions, the Conseil Constitutionnel and the Conseil d`Etat, exemplifying體現 the belief of Catherine Trautmann, the culture minister文化部部長 from 1997 to 2000, that “culture is at the heart of our democratic system.”文化是我們民主制度的核心 

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This sentiment情緒 echoes呼應 the aims of herpredecessors前任 who include de Gaulle`s post-war minister Andre Malraux and Mitterrand`s innovative and daring minister, Jack Lang, both of whom wanted to enrich the lives of ordinary普通的 citizens.這種情緒呼應了她的前任的目標，包括戴高樂的戰後部長安德烈·馬爾羅和密特朗的創新大膽的部長傑克·朗，他們兩個都想豐富普通民眾的生活。