16. Some people hate everything that is modern because _______.
A. they are aged
B. they find it hard to accept modern things
C. they take their standards of perfection from the Greek
D. they look at things by the standards of the past
17. The writer of the passage thinks that ________.
A. it is true to say some artists fail in their work
B. it is untrue to say artists fail in their work
C. it is true to say artists fail in their work
D. it is true to say only painters fail in their work
18. The writer thinks the failure of a building _______.
A. concerns others
B. means nothing
C. concerns only the artist
D. concerns all the people in the world
19. The writer thinks that _________.
A. we can’t judge buildings by the ancient standards
B. we can’t judge all the buildings by the ancient standards
C. we can’t judge modern buildings
D. we can’t judge all the modern buildings by the ancient standards
20. Technologically, the modern buildings are more advanced. The sentence means _________.
A. the modern architects use more advanced technology
B. the ancient architects had no technology
C. the modern buildings are advanced because they are completely different from the ancient buildings
D. the modern buildings are more beautiful

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