Salvador Dali (1904－1989) was one of the most popular of modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly The Persistence of Memory. There is also L'Enigme sans Fin from 1938, works on paper, objects, and projects for stage and screen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artist's showman qualities. 

The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, the world of birth. The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain. 

The exhibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities (无限). “From the infinity small to the infinity large, contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus: amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum­-theatre in Figueras, ” explains the Pompidou Centre. 

The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration (合作) with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. 

1.Which of the following best describes Dali according to Paragraph 1?

A Optimistic.

B Productive.

C Generous.

D Traditional.

解析：选B。B　推理判断题。本文第一段介绍了艺术家Dali的作品。根据第一段第二句“...with an exhibition bring together over 200 paintings，sculptures，drawings and more.”可推断，Dali的作品是多产的。故选B。

2.What is Dali's The Persistence of Memory considered to be?

A One of his masterworks.

B A successful screen adaptation.

C An artistic creation for the stage.

D One of the best TV programmes.

解析：选A。A　推理判断题。根据第一段第三句“...the visitor will find the best pieces，most importantly the Persistence of Memory” ，可知该作品在Dali的杰作中是最重要的，由此可以推断它是Dali的杰作之一。故选A

3.How are the exhibits arranged at the World of Dali?

A By popularity.

B By importance.

C By size and shape.

D By time and subject.

解析：选D。D　细节理解题。根据第二段第二句中的“...follows a path of time and subject.”可知，Dali的作品是按时间和主题安排的。故选D。

4.What does the word “contributions” in the last paragraph refer to?

A Artworks.

B Projects.

C Donations.

D Documents.

解析：选A。A　词义猜测题。由最后一段可知，展出的作品主要来源于两个途径：一是与马德里的一家艺术馆密切合作；一是靠像Salvador Dali Museum这样的机构的捐赠。联系全文大意及前一分句不难推测contributions是指其它机构捐赠的艺术作品。故选A。