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Unit4Amazingart

一、阅读理解

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[2024重庆名校一测]In1665，JohannesVermeerputthelastdropofpaintontoacanvas

andcompletedhismasterpieceGirlwithaPearlEarring.ButyearslateronanAprildayacyclist

namedJanineStrongstoppedherbike，pausedherfitnessapp，andwatchedasthesnakingline

ofhercyclingroutedrewtheshapeofVermeer’smasterpieceoverthestreets.

Ms.StrongcreateswhathascometobeknownasGPSart.Itisanartcategory，which

meansyougooutsidewithyourhandheldGlobalPositioningSystem（GPS）andstartmoving.

thepathyou’vetravelled.Whenyoulookatthislineonthemap，thenyoucanseevarious

shapes.Ms.Strongplansherridesintheshapesofstars，birds，lions—andtheoccasional

Vermeer.ThentocompletethedigitalvisionofVermeer’smasterpiece，shebikedalmost50

milesaroundsouthernBrooklyntomakesureeachturnandcirclewasaccuratelyachievingthe

coveringofVermeer’soriginal.

byordinarypeopleinfitnessapps.Itisparticularlypopularintheapp，Strava，andexperienced

asurgeinuseduringthepandemic.Accordingtoareport，morethanthreebillionactivitieshave

beenuploadedtoStravasincethebeginningof2024.

TheGPSartcanbeconsideredthe21st-centuryversionoflarge-scaledrawingsonthe

landscape，aconceptgraduallyknowntotheworld.ItevenhasitsownGuinnessWorldRecords

categories.Therewasonceacouplewhocompleteda4，500-milebikerideacrossEuropethat

resultedina600-mile-wideGPSdrawingofabicycle—thelargestsuchdrawingonrecord.

本文介绍了GPS艺术的起源以及发展。GPS艺术通过创建圆点类型的轨迹具体记录骑

行者所走的路途。这种艺术形式随着卫星跟踪的广泛普及而发展起来，并且渐渐为世人所

知。

1.WhatisGPSartbasedonparagraph2？

A.ItisasystemestablishedbyJanineStrong.

B.Itisalinerecordingthepathyoutravelled.

C.ItisanartformrealizedbyGPStracking.

D.Itisanappcreatingpictures.

解析C