"Ittookmeayeartocompleteallatnight.Iusedalmost500litresofpaint.Itwasthebiggestillegalgraffiti(涂鸦)pieceever.”
ThesearethewordsofamannamedSaberfromtheUnitedStates.SaberistalkingaboutapieceofcolorfulgraffitithathepaintedinLosAngeles.Saberdidnothavepermissionforthispainting.Itwasoncityproperty.Wasthegraffitiapieceofart?OrwasSaberacriminalbecausehepainteditillegally?
AbdalUllahacouncilorinLondontoldTIMESmagazine“Graffitiisacrime.Itruinstheenvironment.Itmakesourneighborhoodsfeellesssafe.Anditcoststhousandsofpoundseachyeartoclean.”
Graffitiartistsoftenusehightechnologypaint.Thisishardtoremoveorpaintover.Largecitiesspendmillionsofdollarsayeartoremovegraffiti.Graffitiisalsooftendoneinplaceswhereothercriminalbehaviortakesplaceincludingviolenceandtheuseofillegaldrugs.
Somepeoplesaythatsomekindsofgraffiticanbeconsideredart.SaberfromLosAngelessaid“Mypaintingshows22yearsofintenseartmaking.AndIthinkartisthenumberonegoalformyself.GraffitiisthewayIlearn.Artgetsabadnamebecauseitisconsideredsomethingonlyforafewpeopleinsociety.Itisseenassomethingonlyarichorhighlyeducatedpersoncanunderstand.Andthatisnottrue.Everysinglechildintheworlddrewapictureonceandhadthatexcitement.”
LuckilythereisagroupcalledWriterzBlokinSanDiegoCalifornia.Theysetup12wallswherepeoplecanlegallypaintgraffiti.MarcusTufonowhoworksatWriterzBlokexplains“Ourgoalistomovetheillegalgraffititoalegalwallandthenputitonacomputerscreenandsomesoftwaresothattheycantaketheirartanduseitaroundthecommunity.Thengraffitiartistshaveachancetosucceedthroughtheirart.”
32.Saber’spaintingwasillegalbecause .
A.itwaspaintedatnight B.itwasonpublicproperty
C.itscreatorwasacriminal D.itwasofpoorquality
33.WhatdoesParagraph4mainlytalkabout?
A.Theadvantagesofgraffiti. B.Thebadeffectsofgraffiti.
C.Thecostofremovinggraffiti. D.Thematerialsusedforgraffiti.
34.WhichstatementmaySaberagreewith?
A.Graffitiisatypeofart.