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1. Reading
A group of recently discovered paintings were reported to be original works of the abstract
artist J ackson Pollock, and several of the works have already been sold by the owner at high
prices. However, analysis by experts has revealed that the found art pieces are just imitations.
Issue: recently discovered paintings

Thesis: imitations

First, according to a team of research scientists, some of the materials used in the paintings
were not available in America until long after J ackson Pollocks death in 1956. One painting
includes a red pigment that was first patented in 1983.
1: materials unavailable

1: red pigment

Another is painted on a board that was not manufactured until the 1970s. These facts rule out
the possibility that J ackson Pollock was the one who made the piece.
1: materials unavailable

1: red pigment
board

Next, a physicist examined the newly discovered paintings and concluded that they did not
show Pollocks characteristic patterns. When Pollock painted, he dripped paint onto the canvas
in recurring patterns, which were enclosed in other recurring patterns just like fractals in
geometry.
2: physicist characteristic pattern

2: fractals

But the newly discovered paintings did not have these distinctive patterns.





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2: physicist characteristic pattern

2: fractals
paintings not include pattern

Lastly, friends of renowned artists usually emulate those artists work, and the newly found
paintings are likely imitations of this sort. It is no coincidence that the paintings were found in
an old storage container that once belonged to Herbert Matter.
3: friends emulate

3:

His wife, Mercedes Matter, was an abstract painter and close friend of J ackson Pollock. It is
highly likely that the works in question were painted by her.
3: friends emulate

3: imitations by Mercedes Matter

2. Listening
So, some drip paintings of J ackson Pollock were recently discovered. This is an exciting
find because there arent a whole lot of Pollocks drip paintings around. Anyway, some
people have argued that they arent genuine.but this is not the case.
Issue: recently discovered paintings

Thesis: genuine

Ok, lets talk about the issue of pigment used in one of the paintings. Well, many people
think the pigment was not available in America during Pollocks time. But guess what?
Pollock had a ________ in ____________ who incidentally had an _____ __________
store there.





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1: Pollock could have acquired pigment

1: friends art supply store Switzerland

So Pollock couldve acquired those pigments from this friend-even though they were not
yet on the market in America!
1: Pollock could have acquired pigment

1: friends art supply store Switzerland

On top of that _____ _____ of Pollocks paintings have the distinctive fractal patterns that
skeptics have referred to. There are many other paintings of his that dont show the
pattern.
2: fractal pattern not all

And even the physicists who noticed the fractal patterns said it was mainly a feature of
Pollocks _____ paintings. The newly discovered paintings were created in the ______
_______ of Pollocks ______ period.
2: fractal pattern not all

2: feature of later paintings
early stages

Finally, some say the paintings were done by Mercedes Matter.well, this argument does
not hold, uh, because ______ of her known paintings were done using a ______ style. The
recently found paintings have drips, which was a ______ ________ in Pollocks work
during the late 1940s.
3: not done by Matter

3: friend didnt use drips
key element of Pollocks paintings






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Even though the two were friends, Mrs. Matter never mimicked Pollocks style.
3: not done by Matter

3: friend didnt use drips
key element of Pollocks paintings
friend didnt mimick

3.

acquire

genuine/authentic

readily

available

appear

key / essential / crucial / critical / vital

feature / element / factor / ingredient



4. Summary
The reading passage contends that
____________________________________
________________________________________
On the other hand, the lecturer brings up several points that contradict this
argument.


1 First, the speaker argues that Pollock could have ________ pigments
that were _____ _________ ____________ in America.
This is because he had a friend in Switzerland who owned an art supply
store.
1 This casts doubt on the reading, which states that such materials were





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unavailable to Pollock during his lifetime.


2 Second, according to the lecturer, distinctive fractal patterns _____
______ ____ ________ of Pollocks work.
In fact, they usually appear in the artists ________ _______, and
these new paintings are from his _______ _____ ________.
2 This refutes the reading passages assertion that the __________ ___
___ __________ __________ means the paintings are not genuine.


3 The final point made by the lecturer is that the paintings were not
painted by Pollocks friend. The newly discovered paintings have a drip
style, which is a _____ ___________ of Pollocks art. On the other hand, his friend ______
_______ _____ _____ _________ in her paintings. 3 These points rebuff
the reading passages argument that the paintings were imitations painted by Pollocks
friend.