精品解析：广东省广州市越秀区第十三中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

广州市第十三中学2022学年第二学期期中测试高二年级 英语学科试卷 本试卷共10页，单选题35小题，非选择题29题，满分120分。考试用时120分钟。 第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分) 第一节 阅读(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四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A The following 4 famous paintings—from Jan van Eyck’s work to Pablo Picasso’s masterpiece—have stood the test of time. The Arnolfini Portrait Jan van Eyck’s The Arnolfini Portrait, an oil painting on oak panel produced in 1434, in which a man and a woman hold hands with a window behind him and a bed behind her, is undoubtedly a masterpiece in the National Gallery, London. This painting is one of the most famous and intriguing (非常有趣的) paintings in the world. It is also an informative document about the fifteenth-century society. The Starry Night Vincent van Gogh painted The Starry Night. an oil on the canvas (帆布画布), a moderately abstract landscape painting of an expressive night sky over a small village, during his stay at the mental hospital near Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France in 1889. 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 become one of Vincent van Gogh’s most famous works now. 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 occurs in the late summer. The painting has been at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City since 1919. Guernica Guernica, a large oil painting, was painted by Spanish painter, Pablo Picasso, in 1937. The title refers to the city that was bombed by the Nazis during the Spanish Civil War. The painting depicts the horror of the war and as a result, has come to be an anti-war symbol and a reminder of the tragedy of the war. Today, the painting is housed in the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid. 1. Which was produced earliest? A. Guernica. B. The Harvesters. C. The Starry Night. D. The Arnolfini Portrait. 2. What do we know about the painting The Starry Night? A. It was pa