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Unit1 Art单元测试卷
考试时间:90分钟 满分:120分
第二部分 阅读 (共两节,满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题;每小题25分,满分375分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选
项中选出最佳选项。
A
Thefolowing4famouspaintingshavestoodthetestof
time.
TheArnolfiniPortrait
JanVanEycksArnolfiniPortrait,anoilpaintingon
wood produced in 1434, isundoubtedly one ofthe
masterpiecesintheNationalGalery,London.Itisalsoan
informativedocumentonfifteenthcenturysociety,through
VanEycksheavyuseofsymbolism—whilehusbandswent
outtoengageinbusiness,wivesconcernedthemselveswith
domesticduties.
TheStarryNight
VincentvanGoghpaintedTheStaryNight,oilon
canvas,amoderatelyabstractlandscapepaintingofan
expressivenightskyoverasmalhilsidevilage,duringhis
12monthstayatthementalhospitalnearSaintRemyde
Provence,Francebetween1889and1890.Whenthe
MuseumofModernArtinNewYorkCitypurchasedthe
paintingfromaprivatecolectorin1941,itwasnotwel
known,butithassincebecomeoneofvanGoghsmost
famousworks.
TheHarvesters
TheHarvestersisanoilpaintingonwoodcompletedby
PieterBruegeltheElderin1565.Itdepicts(描绘)the
harvesttimewhichmostcommonlyoccuredwithinthe
monthsofAugustandSeptember.Thepaintinghasbeenat
theMetropolitan Museum ofArtin New York City
since1919.
Guernica
Guernica,alargeblackandwhiteoilpainting,was
paintedbyPabloPicassoin1937.Thetitle“Guernica”
referstothecitythatwasbombedbyNaziplanesduringthe
SpanishCivilWar.Thepaintingdepictsthehororsofwar
andasaresult,hascometobeanantiwarsymbolanda
reminderofthetragediesofwar.Today,thepaintingis
housedattheMuseoNationalCentrodeArteReinaSofiain
Madrid.
21.WhatdoweknowaboutTheStaryNight?
A.Aprivatecolectorgaveitawaytothemuseum.
B.VanGoghproduceditwhenlivinginhishome.
C.Itshowsthesceneryofasmalhilsidevilage.
D.Itwasnotfamousbefore1941.
22.Whosepaintingshowsthedestructionofwar?
A.JanVanEyck. B.VincentvanGogh.
C.PieterBruegel. D.PabloPicasso.
23.Whatdothefourpaintingshaveincommon?
A.Theyareoilpaintings.
B.TheyarekeptinNewYork.
C.Theyshowdiferentpeopleslives.
D.Theyarecreatedduring10thcenturyto19thcentury.
B
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