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UNIT 1 ART
B卷·能力提升卷
(时间:100分钟满分:120分)
第一部分阅读(共两节,满分50分)
第一节(共15小题:每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项巾选出最佳选项。
The following famous paintings-from Jan van Eyck's portrait to Pablo Picasso's
masterpiece-have stood the test of time.
The Amolfini Portrait
Jan van Eyck's The Amolfini Portrait,an oil painting on wood produced in 1434,in which a
man and a woman hold hands with a window bchind him and a bed bchind her,is undoubtedly
one of the masterpieces in the National Gallery,London.This painting is as visually interesting as
it is famed.It is also an informative document on fifteenth-century society,through van Eyck's
heavy use of symbolism-while husbands went out to engage in business,wives concerned
themselves with domestic duties.
The Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh painted The Starry Night,oil on canvas ()a moderately abstract
landscape painting of an expressive night sky over a small hillside village,during his 12 month
stay at the mental hospital near Saint-Remy-de-Provence.France between 1889 and 1890.When
the Museum of Modern Art in New York City purchased the painting from a private collector in
1941,it was not well known,but it has since become one of van Gogh's most famous works.
The Harvesters
The Harvesters is an oil painting on wood completed by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1565.It
depicts the harvest time which most commonly occurred within the months of August and
September.Nicolacs Jonghelinck,a merchant banker and art collector from Antwerp,
commissioned this painting.The painting has been at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York City since 1919.
Guernica
Guernica.a large black-and-white oil painting,was painted by the Cubist Spanish painter.
Pablo Picasso in 1937.The title "Guernica"refers to the city that was bombed by Nazi planes
during the Spanish Civil War.The painting depicts the horrors of war and as a result,has come to
be an anti war symbol and a reminder of the tragedies of war.Today,the painting is housed at
the Museo Nacional Cent