Pictures they liked included Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and Botticellis Birth of Venus. Pictures they found ugly included works by Pablo Picasso, the Italian 20th century artist Anonio Bueno and Columbian Fernando Botero. "These people were not art experts so some of the pictures they found ugly would be considered masterpieces by the art world," said Prof de Tommaso.

　　16. The underlined word “alleviate” in the fifth paragraph probably means “_____”.

　　A. cure

　　B. ease

　　C. improve

　　D. kill

　　17. How many artists have been mentioned in the passage?

　　A. 4.

　　B. 5.

　　C. 6.

　　D. 7.

　　18. Which of the following is TURE about the view of Prof de Tommaso’s?

　　A. Beautiful surroundings could help to heal sufferings completely.

　　B. Hospitals must take their artistic aspects into consideration first.

　　C. Ugly surroundings will surely make the pain worse.

　　D. Both music and beauty can reduce pain in hospital patients.

　　19. From the last paragraph, we know that _____.

　　A. some artists’ paintings were beautiful, so they were masterpieces

　　B. only art experts could judge they were masterpieces or not, though ugly

　　C. the artists mentioned above were not really art masters.

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