Reading passages

250- According to the passage, some painters losing their patrons supported themselves 
by........... . 
A) exhibiting their works without paying any money to the art galleries 
B) selling their best paintings to the upper class families 
C) opening exhibitions by themselves and collecting money from visitors 
D) going on tours to the countries where their works were appreciated 
E) painting portraits of the royal members 
251- Today‘s artists are luckier than those of 19
th
 century in that ........... . 
A) their paintings are thought to be more attractive 
B) advances in art make it easy for them to paint 
C) people appreciate art more than those lived in 19
th
century 
D) they can display their work with ease at art centres 
E) they no longer have trouble in getting sponsorships for their exhibitions 
252- While artists painted to fascinate firstly their patrons in the past, today they paint ............ . 
A) to earn livelihood without relying on anyone 
B) to display emotional states they are in 
C) to support art periodicals which will otherwise go bankrupt 
D) to please the owners of the art galleries 
E) to attract people who are interested in their paintings 
For more than 100 years the Olympic Movement has conceived of itself as promoting culture, human 
development, international education, and peace through sport. Founded mainly by writers, 
educators, scientists, and scholars, the Olympic Movement's understanding of "culture" has shifted 
over the years among the fine-arts conception, the idea of general moral cultivation, and the 
anthropological understanding of total and distinctive ways of life. What hasn't changed is the 
commitment, in the words of the 1995 charter, to "symbolising the universality and the diversity of 
human cultures" through the Olympic Games, thereby serving intercultural understanding and 
reconciliation. (a,e,b)