Unit4AmazingArt測試卷（Ａ卷基礎篇）【外研版】學校：__________班級：__________姓名：_________考號：___________本試卷共分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷兩部分，第Ⅰ卷為選擇題；第Ⅱ卷為非選擇題；滿分為100分，考試時間為90分鐘。第Ⅰ卷第一部分：英語知識運用（共兩節；滿分45分）第一節：單項填空（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）1.Whatcaughtmyattentionfirstwasa15th-centuryqinghuabowlinabreathtaking________ofChineseporcelain.A.broadcast B.exhibition C.neighborhood D.exposition2.Therearedifferentstandswhereartistscould___________theirskillsandteachthevisitors.A.demonstrate B.cave C.sponsor D.establish3.Forlackofmoney,theorganizersarenowtryingtolookformorepeoplewhocan___________theexhibition.A.destroy B.contribute C.declare D.sponsor4.Anotherpartoftheeconomywas__________bytheneedtoprovidealabourforcetogrowthisflourishingcrop.A.injured B.stimulated C.criticized D.proved5.Ican’tbelievethesculptureismadeofstone.Theskillofthe__________isjustincredible.A.sculptor B.painter C.emperor D.neighbor6.TherewasalsoanoldmanwritingChinese_________:hiswritingwassofreeandelegant!A.words B.seal C.calligraphy D.embroidery7.TheTangemperorswereveryfondofhorses,whichmeantthattheanimalwasa(n)__________subjectforartists.A.accurate B.capable C.frequent D.annoying8.Itriedsomepapercutting,thatis,makingimagesoutofpaper.Finally,Imanagedtomakeone_______afish.A.intheshadeof B.intheshadowofC.inthereflectionof D.intheshapeof9.Currently,about35,000works___________inover300roomsintheLouvre,anditwouldtakealifetimetoseeeverything!A.arebeingdisplayed B.aredisplayedC.werebeingdisplayed D.weredisplayed10.TherearesomanypeoplehereandI____________aroundquiteabit.A.ampushed B.ambeingpushedC.waspushed D.wasbeingpushed11.OnemachinewastakentoWuhan’sUnionHospital,wheredoctors__________touseit.A.aretrained B.arebeingtrainedC.weretrained D.werebeingtrained12.Ican’tturnablindeyewhensomeone___________．A.isrobbed B.isbeingrobbedC.wasrobbed D.wasbeingrobbed13.SimilarmeasureshavebeenintroducedintheUSstateofColorado,wherecouples___________toapplyformarriagelicensesonline.A.areallowed B.arebeingallowedC.wereallowed D.werebeingallowed14.Mywashingmachinethisweek,soIhavetowashmyclothesbyhand.

A.wasrepaired B.isrepairedC.isbeingrepaired D.hasbeenrepaired15.Hehurriedhome,neveroncelookingbacktoseeifhe_________.A.wasbeingfollowed B.wasfollowingC.hadbeenfollowed D.followed【答案解析】1-5BADBA6-10CCDAB11-15DBBCA1-8題考查本單元的重點詞匯和短語，9-15題考查本單元復習的語法知識（現在進行時的被動語態）。第二節：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從16-35各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項并在答題卡上將其涂黑。Duringmysecondyearatthecitycollege,Iwastoldthattheeducationdepartmentwasofferinga“free”course,calledThinkingChess,forthreecredits.I16theideaoftakingtheclassbecause,afterall,whodoesn’twantto17afewdollars?Morethanthat,I’dalwayswantedtolearnchess.And,evenifIweren’t18enoughaboutfreecredits,newsaboutour19wasappealingenoughtome.Hewasaninternationalgrandmaster,which20Iwouldbelearningfromoneofthegame’s21Icouldhardlywaitto22him.MauriceAshleywaskindandsmart,aformergraduatereturningtoteach,andthis23wasnogameforhim;hemeantbusiness.Inhisintroduction,hemadeit24thatourcreditswouldbehard-earned.Inorderto25theclassamongothercriteria,wehadtowriteapaperonhowweplanto26whatwewouldlearninclasstoourfutureprofessionsand27toourlives.ImanagedtogetanAinthat28andleanedlifelessonsthathaveservedmewellbeyondthe29.TenyearsaftermychessclasswithAshley,I'mstillputtingtousewhathe30me：“theabsolutemostimportant31thatyoulearnwhenyouplaychessishowtomakegood32.Oneverysinglemoveyouhaveto33asituation,processwhatyouropponent(對手)isdoingand34thebestmovefromamongallyouroptions.”Thesewordsstillringtruetodayinmy35asajournalist.16.Aputforward Bjumpedat Ctriedout Dturneddown17.Awaste Bearn Csave Dpay18.Aexcited Bworried Cmoved Dtired19.Atitle Bcompetitor Ctextbook Dinstructor20.Aurged Bdemanded Cheld Dmeant21.Afastest Beasiest Cbest Drarest22.Ainterview Bmeet Cchallenge Dbeat23.Achance Bqualification Chonor Djob24.Areal Bperfect Cclear Dpossible25.Aattend Bpass Cskip Dobserve26.Aadd Bexpose Capply Dcompare27.Aeventually Bnaturally Cdirectly Dnormally28.Agame Bpresentation Ccourse Dexperiment29.Acriterion Bclassroom Cdepartment Dsituation30.Ataught Bwrote Cquestioned Dpromised31.Afact Bstep Cmanner Dskill32.Agrades Bdecisions Cimpressions Dcomments33.Aanalyze Bdescribe Crebuild Dcontrol34.Aannounce Bsignal Cblock Devaluate35.Arole Bdesire Cconcern Dbehavior【答案解析】16-20BCADD21-25CBDCB26-30CACBA31-35DBADA本文是一篇人生感悟類文章，以敘述的方式展開，介紹了自已在大學期間選修國際象棋的經歷，從而得出人生感悟：人生如象棋，每一步都需做好決定。在每一步中，你必須分析一個情況，考慮你的對手正在做的事情，并從你所有的選擇中評估最佳的選擇。完形填空特別重視詞匯在語境中含義和句子之間的邏輯關系的考查，做題不能孤立地進行單個詞句的分析。16.B，考查動詞短語。A.putforward提出；B．jumpedat躍向;急切地接受Ctriedout試用;Dturneddown拒絕。空格I（jumpedat）theideaoftakingtheclass處，主語為I，賓語為idea，我們把空格處理成為問句：我對于去學習這門課程是一種怎樣的心里？從后面的句子because,afterall,whodoesn’twantto17afewdollars?Morethanthat,Ialwayswantedtolearnchess.可知作者一直想掌習國際象棋，因此作者迫不及待要去掌習這門課程。故選B.17.C，考查動詞。A.waste浪費；B.earn獲得;C.save節約，挽救；D.pay支付。whodoesn’twantto17afewdollars?與I(jumpedat)theideaoftakingtheclass是因果關系，與Morethanthat,I’dalwayswantedtolearnchess構成并列關系。同時，后文evenifIweren’texcitedenoughaboutfreecredits及前文Iwastoldthattheeducationdepartmentwasofferinga“free”course，可知這門課是免費的的，故選C。18.A,考查形容詞。A.excited激動的；B.worried擔心的；C，moved感動的；D.tired厭惡的。分析語境：And,evenifIweren’t18enoughaboutfreecredits,newsaboutour19wasappealingenoughtome處，一定要體會evenif的作用和整個語境的句意：而且，即使我對免費學分不夠興奮，但關于我們老師的消息卻很有吸引力故選A。19.D，考查名詞。A，tit1e主題，標題；B。competitor競爭者：C，textbook教科書；D，instructor此處指導員。And,evenifIweren’t18enoughaboutfreecredits,newsaboutour19wasappealingenoughtome.為空格處，會發現空格前為代詞our，顯然的名詞考查，可用復現的做題技巧。根據下文Hewasaninternationalgrandmaster處，可知他是一位國際大師。故選D。20.D，考查動詞。Aurged敦促；Bdemanded要求；Cheld堅持，舉行；Dmeant意思是，意味著。分析Hewasaninternationalgrandmaster,which20Iwouldbelearningfromoneofthegame’s21Icouldhardlywaitto22him.空格處，會發現此處一句三空。學生在讀句和分析時顯得無所適從。解決此類問題，就應該學會斷句。在語境中，which引導的是定語從句。其語境的語意為：他是一位國際大師，這意味著我會從這場比賽中學到最好的東西，我迫不及待地想見到他。故選D．21.C，考查形容詞。A。fastest最快的：B，easiest最容易的：C，best最好的：D。rarest最少的。分析同上題，故選C.22.B，考查動詞。A，interview采訪，面試；B，meet遇見；C。challenge挑戰；D。beat打敗。分析同第5題，故選B.23.D，考查名詞。A,chance機會；B,qualification資歷；C，nonor榮譽；D，job工作。MauriceAshleywaskindandsmart,aformergraduatereturningtoteach,andthis23wasnogameforhim為空格句，仔細分析會找到this的解題核心提示詞。this是復現考查的解題的提示詞，因此通過查找名詞的方法，前面aformergraduatereturningtoteach處可知這對于他說是份工作，故為D.24.C,考查形容詞。A，real真正的；B，perfect完美的；C，clear清晰度的：D，possible可能的。Inhisintroduction,hemadeit24thatourcreditswouldbehard-earned.他在開場白中明確表示，我們的學分是來之不易的.之所以用clear，是因為后面的語句的語意為：為了通過這門課的其他標準，我們不得不寫一篇關于我們計劃把我們在課堂上學到的東西應用到我們未來的職業中，并最終應用到我們的生活中的論文。顯然透漏著學分是來之不易，可知：老師也明確說過，故為C，25．B，考查動詞。A，attend參加：B，pass通過；C，skip跳過：D，observe觀察。Inorderto25theclassamongothercriteria…處與前文ourcreditswouldbehard-earned對照可知，空格處意為：為了通過這門課的其他標準。故選B.26.C，考查的動詞．Aadd增加；B，expose曝光；C，apply甲請，運用；D，compare比較。分析Inorderto25theclassamongothercriteria,wehadtowriteapaperonhowweplanto26whatwewouldlearninclasstoourfutureprofessionsand27.處，可知核心信息為wehadtowriteapaperonhowweplanto26whatwewouldlearninclasstoourfutureprofessionsand27toourlives句義為：把我們在課堂上學到的東西應用到我們未來的職業中，并最終應用到我們的生活中。故選C.27．A．考副詞，A．eventually最后；B．naturally白然地；C．directly直接；D，normally正常地。分析思路與上一題一致。我們Inorderto25theclassamongothercriteria,wehadtowriteapaperonhowweplanto26whatwewouldlearninclasstoourfutureprofessionsand27toourlives.處，進行簡化處理：weplantoapplywhatwewouldlearninclasstoourfutureprofessionsand27toourlives，意為：把我們在課堂上學到的東西應用到我們未來的職業中，并最終應用到我們的生活中。故選A.28．C．考查名詞．A。game比賽，游戲；B．presentation展示；C，course課程；D，experiment實驗。ImanagedtogetanAinthat28andleanedlifelessonsthathaveservedmewellbeyondthe29.做題可以關注“that”，體會其指代作用，也是解答復現考查類題的標志詞之一。根據前文offeringa“free”course可知作者在這門課程中就得了A。故選C.29.B，考查名詞.A，criterion標準；B，classroom教室；C，department部門；D。situation情形。對ImanagedtogetanAinthat28andleanedlifelessonsthathaveservedmewellbeyondthe29處分析，可知thathaveservedmewellbeyondthe29是lifelessons的定語，整體意義為：這些課程遠遠超出了課堂的范圍的生活的課程.句中“the”的有限定作用，因此the29指learninclass，故選B.30．A．考查動詞，A.taught教；B．wrote寫；C．questioned疑問；D．promised允諾。TenyearsaftermychessclasswithAshley,I'mstillputtingtousewhathe30me：做此題，先簡化：I'mstillputtingtousewhathe30me根據前文MauriceAshleywaskindandsmart,aformergraduatereturningtoteach以及后面引號中的內容，可知MauriceAshley是作者的教師。whathe30me處應翻譯為：他教我的。故選A.31.D，考查名詞，A，fact事實：B．step步子，辦法；C，manner行為：D。skill技巧。分析theabsolutemostimportant31thatyoulearnwhenyouplaychessishowtomakegood32.處.31所要填的名詞，被后面從句修飾。整體理解從句語義可知：當你下棋的時候，你學會了如何做出正確的決定。顯然此從句修飾skill，故選D.32．B．考查名詞，A，grades等級；B．decision決定；C，impressions印象;D，comments評論。簡化處理theabsolutemostimportant31thatyoulearnwhenyouplaychessishowtomakegood32.處，32所在空格句核心信息為：howtomakegood32.根據后文Oneverysinglemoveyouhaveto58asituation,processwhatyouropponent(對手)isdoingand59thebestmovefromamongallyouroptions的整體意思：在每一步中，你必須分析每一個情況，處理你的對手正在做的事情，并從你所有的選擇中評估最佳的移動。顯然makegooddecision.故選B。33．A，考查動詞，A。analyze分析；B，describe描述；C，rebuild重建；D，control控制。對Oneverysinglemoveyouhaveto33asituation,processwhatyouropponent(對手)isdoingand34thebestmovefromamongallyouroptions.”處簡化處理：Oneverysinglemoveyouhaveto33asituation,processwhatyouropponent(對手)。結合前面theabsolutemostimportant31thatyoulearnwhenyouplaychessishowtomakegood32.和整個語境可知：你必須分析每一個情況。故選A.34．D，考查動詞，A，Announce宣布；B，signal發信號：C，block；D，valuate評估。34thebestmovefromamongallyouroptions.處，可以變成問題：從你所有的選擇中怎么樣最佳的移動？根據theabsolutemostimportantskilltheabsolutemostimportantskilltheabsolutemostimportantskill下文thebestmovefromamongallyouroptions.可知：從你所有的選擇中評估最佳的移動。故選D.35．A．考查名詞。A．role角色；B．desire希望；C，concern關心；D．behavior行為。定位到Thesewordsstillringtruetodayinmy35asajournalist.處，分析時緊扣“my”，可知又是名詞復現的考查。根據asajournalist，可推斷出35為role，選A.第二部分：閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。ASinceyoucan’tgettotheaters,museums,galleries,musicvenuesoroperahousesduringthesedifficultdaysduetocoronavirus,insteadthey’llcometoyou.Here’salistofsomeofEurope’sbest－knownmuseums.LouvreMuseuminParisAsthemostvisitedmuseumintheworld,itoffersvirtualtoursonline.Italsohasanumberof“VisitorsTrails”indifferentthemes,designedtogiveanoverviewofthescopeandwealthofthemuseum’scollections.Eachtrailisbasedonaselectionofworksthatcharacterizeaperiod,anartisticmovementoratheme,includingtheartworksfromJAY－ZandBeyoncé’smusicvideo.SchirnMuseuminFrankfurtIthasdigitallyopeneditscurrentexhibition,nowclosedduetothevirus,called“FantasticWomen”(scheduledfromFebruary13toMay24),highlightingtheworksof34womenartistsandtheircontributionstoSurrealism(超現實主義),includingFridaKahlo,LeonoraCarrington,LeonorFini,DorotheaTanningandDoraMaar.VanGoghMuseuminAmsterdamAreyoulookingforwaystoentertainyourchildrenwithaneducationaltwist?ThentheVanGoghwillbringthegreatartisttoyouandalsoinviteyoutoavirtualvisitinsidethemuseum.Themuseumexploresthepainter’slife,hisrelationshipwithhisbrotherThéo,hispassionforJapanandalsohismentalillness.Everythingisinhighdefinition.Ofcourse,arangeofrecentoperaandballetproductionsarealsoavailable,withthehopetogivepleasuretoasmanypeopleaspossible.Pleasegetmoreinformationat.36.Whataretheworksin“VisitorsTrails”chosenaccordingto?A.Periods. B.Collections. C.Sites. D.Artists.37．Whoseworksareincludedin“FantasticWomen”？A.JAY－Z’s. B.VanGogh’s.C.LeonardoDaVinci’s. D.LeonoraCarrington’s.38.Ifyourfriendisreallyinterestedinwomenartists,whichmuseumwouldyouliketorecommend?A.LouvreMuseum B.SchirnMuseumC.VanGoghMuseum C.noneoftheabove39.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?A.ThereareartworksfromJAY－ZinSchirnMuseum.B.WecanknowthedetailedinformationaboutVanGoghinVanGoghMuseum.C.ThesethreemuseumsareinAmerica.D.VanGoghMuseumoffersvirtualtoursonline.40.Whereisthepassagemostlikelytobetakenfrom?A.Areport. B.Awebsite. C.Amagazine. D.Atextbook.【答案解析】36-40ADBBB【語篇解讀】文章主要介紹了歐洲的三個著名的博物館。36.答案A解析細節理解題。根據文章第二段第三句“Eachtraitisbasedonaselectionofworksthatcharacterizeaperiod”可知，VisitorsTrails的作品是根據時期的不同來選擇的。故選A項。37.答案D解析細節理解題。根據第三段最后一句可知它包括“FridaKahlo,LeonoraCarrington,LeonorFini,DorotheaTanning”和“DoraMaar”，故選D項。38.答案B細節理解題。根據第三段“FantasticWomen”(scheduledfromFebruary13toMay24)，可以得知SchirnMuseum會展出女性藝術家的展品。39.答案B解析推理判斷題。根據倒數第二段中第三句可知，在梵高博物館，我們能了解到有關梵高的詳細信息，故選B項。40.答案B解析推理判斷題。根據文章最后一句話中出現的網址“.”可知，這篇文章應該來自網站上。故選B項。BEveryyearinMay,artgalleriesandmuseumsprepareshowstohonorLeonardoDaVinci,whodiedinFranceonMay2,1519.Heisrememberedasoneofthegreatestartistsandcreativethinkersofalltime.HismostfamouspaintingsareMonaLisaandTheLastSupper.Recently,researchershavebeenstudyingapainting—Landscape8Pwhich,theythink,isDaVinci’searliest-knownartwork.Theyusedspeciallightingtostudytheartworkanddiscoveredthereweretwoimages(圖像),notone.Onedrawingisonthebackofthepiece,whichdatesbacktoAugust5,1473.ThedrawingonthefrontwaspaintedwhenLeonardowas21yearsold.ItshowsarivervalleyandacastleoutsidethecityofFlorence.Thereislittleleftofthedrawingontheback,perhapsbecauseitwaswipedoff.Onlyabridgeoverarivercanbeseen.Butthereiswritingonbothsides.Thewritingonthefrontgivesthedateandgoesfromrighttoleft.Somepeoplewouldcallthis“mirror－writing”.It’sawayLeonardooftenwroteinhisnotebooks.Thewritingonthebackgoesfromlefttorightandtellsaboutanagreement,probablytoproduceaworkofart.CeciliaFrosininiisanarthistorian.Shesaid,“Leonardowasbornleft－handed,butwastaughttowritewithhisrighthandfromaveryyoungage.Bylookingathiswritings,includingfromthisdrawing,wecanseehisright－handedhandwritingiseducatedandwelldone.”ExpertscomparedthetwohandwritingsamplesandsaidtheywerebothmadebyLeonardo.Theyshowhecouldwritewellusinghislefthandorhisrighthand.ThedrawingisknownasLandscape8Pfromitsnumberinanartlist.ItwillbepartofanexhibitatItaly’sUffiziGallery.Thegallerydirector,EikeSchmidt,saidbystudyingthedrawingresearchersgaveusanewwayoflookingatLeonardo’sdrawingtechniqueandhisabilitiesinwriting.41.Whathasbeenstudiedbyresearchersrecently?A.MonaLisa. B.Landscape8P. C.Mirror－writing. D.TheLastSupper.42.Whatdoesthewritingonthefrontshowtous?A.Arivervalley. B.Acastle. C.Abridge. D.BothAandB.43.Whatdoesthewritingonthebackprobablytellabout?A.Astatementaboutthepainting.B.AnintroductionaboutLeonardo.C.Anagreementtoproduceapainting.D.SomethingaboutthecityofFlorence.44.WhatcanwelearnaboutLeonardofromCecilia’swords?A.Hecouldwritewitheitherofhishands.B.Hedidbadlyinright－handedhandwriting.C.Hewasn’tgoodatwritingwithhislefthand.D.Hetaughthimselftowritewithrighthand.45.What’sEikeSchmidt’sattitudetowardstheresearch?A.Unclear. B.Indifferent. C.Doubtful. D.Positive.【答案解析】41-45BDCAD【語篇解讀】本文是說明文。由每年五月進行的紀念藝術家萊昂納多·達·芬奇的活動，引出科學家們正在研究的一幅畫作，這可能是已知的他最早的畫作。緊接著本文對這幅畫作的內容進行描寫，包括圖像和文字。該作品將在意大利某畫廊展出。41.答案B解析細節理解題。根據第二段第一句可知最近研究者研究了Landscape8P。答案選B項。42.答案D細節理解題。根據第三段第二句話，判定選D。43.答案C解析細節理解題。首先根據題干“背后寫的東西”可以定位到第四段第四句：畫作背后寫的東西是從左往右寫的，講的是一個協議，可能是關于創作藝術作品的。可以得知答案選C項。44.答案A解析推理判斷題。根據第五段內容可知，達芬奇生下來是個左撇子，但在很小的時候就有人教他用右手寫字。看他的字跡，包括本幅畫作中的字跡，可以看出他右手寫字頗有功底，寫得很好，故選A項。45.答案D解析觀點態度題。根據最后一段第三句可知，EikeSchmidt說通過研究這幅畫作，研究者們給了我們一個全新的視野來看待達芬奇的繪畫技術和他的寫字能力。很顯然，他認為這項研究是很有意義的，因此推測他的態度是很積極的。答案選D項。CPapercuttingisoneofChina’smostpopularfolkarts.Archaeological(考古學上的)findsshowthatthetraditionstartedinthesixthcentury;itisevensupposedthatthebeginningofpapercuttingisevenafewcenturiesearlier.Papercutshavespecialimportanceatfestivalsandonholidays.Togetridoftheoldandbringgoodluck,peopleputuppapercutsonthewindowsontheEveoftheSpringFestival.Papercutsarenotproducedbymachine,butbyhand.TheyaredonealloverChina,butaredifferentinthemethodindifferentareas.Therearetwomethodsofmakingpapercuts—byusingscissors(剪刀)orknives.Asthenamesuggests,scissorscuttingsaremadewithscissors.Severalpiecesofpaper(uptoeightpieces)areplacedtogether.Thepatternsarethencutwithpointedscissors.Knifecuttingsaremadebyputtingseveralpiecesofpaperonatable.Followingapattern,theartistcutsthepatternsintothepaperwithaknife.Inthepast,papercutswereusuallymadeonlybywomenandgirls.Theyusedscissorsandpapertocutallkindsofpicturessuchasappletrees,peachblossoms,mice,fightingroosters(公雞)andrabbitseatingcarrots.Thisusedtobeoneoftheskillsthateverygirlwastomaster.Professionalpapercuttingartistsare,ontheotherhand,almostalwaysmenwhocanmakealivingbyworkingtogetherinworkshops.46.Howlonghaspapercuttinglastedatleast?A.About600years. B.About1,500years.C.About2,000years. D.About2,700years.47.Peopleputuppapercutsonthewindowsinorderto.

A.makethemlookmorebeautiful B.showotherstheirexcellentskillsC.bringthemgoodluckinthenewyear D.sellthemontheEveoftheSpringFestival48.Whatdoesthethirdparagraphmainlytellus?A.Twokindsofpapercuts. B.Papercutsaremadebyhand.C.Papercutsaremadebymachine. D.Theprocessofmakingpapercuts.49.Papercutsareusuallyabout.

A.familymembersoftheartists B.sportsandsocialactivitiesC.fightsbetweenanimals D.thingsinourdailylife50.WhichofthefollowingstatementisTRUE?A.Papercutsaremadebymachine.B.Thetraditionofpapercuttingiscertainlyoriginatedfromthesixthcentury.C.Thewaysofpapercuttingaredifferentindifferentareas.D.Atpresent,papercutsarestillmadeonlybyfemales.【答案解析】46-50BCADC【語篇解讀】本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了中國最為流行的民間藝術之一——剪紙。46.解析：推理判斷題。根據第一段可知，考古發現顯示剪紙起源于六世紀，甚至有人認為還要早上幾個世紀。由此可以推知，剪紙至少有約1500年的歷史了。答案：B47．解析：細節理解題。根據第二段的第二句“Togetridoftheoldandbringg