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1、 1 河北省大名县一中河北省大名县一中 2018 20192018 2019 学年高二英语上学期周测试题三学年高二英语上学期周测试题三 一 阅读理解 共 20 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 40 分 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的四个选项 A B C D 中 选出最佳选项 A 篇 Vincent Van Gogh for whom color was the most important form of expression was born in Holland in 1853 Brought up in a religious and cultured atmosphere Van Gogh w
2、as highly emotional and lacked self confidence Between 1860 and 1880 when he finally decided to become an artist Van Gogh had worked unsuccessfully as a clerk in a bookstore and an art salesman He remained in Belgium to study art determined to give happiness by creating beauty One of his famous pain
3、tings is The Potato Eaters 1885 In 1886 he went to Paris to join his brother Th o In Paris Van Gogh studied with Cormon later met Pissarro Monet and Gauguin and began to lighten his very dark palette 调色板 His nervous temperament made him a difficult companion and night long discussions combined with
4、painting all day undermined his health He decided to go south to Arles where he hoped his friends would join him and help found a school of art Gauguin did join him but with bad results Near the end of 1888 an incident led Gauguin to finally leave Arles Van Gogh ran after him with an open razor was
5、stopped by Gauguin but ended up cutting a part of his own ear off Van Gogh then was sent to a mental 精神的 hospital for treatment In May of 1890 he seemed much better and went to live in Auvers sur Oise under the watchful eye of Dr Cachet Two months later he was dead having shot himself for the good o
6、f all During his brief career he had sold one painting Van Gogh s finest works were produced in less than three years His great fusion 融合 of form and content is powerful dramatic and emotional for the artist was completely absorbed in the effort to explain either his struggle against madness or his
7、comprehension of the spiritual essence 精华 of man and nature 1 Before Van Gogh started to learn art A he couldn t do his work well B he was confident about himself C he did a good job in a bookstore D he was one of the successful artists 2 The underlined word undermined in Paragraph 2 means A harmed
8、B improved C challenged D punished 2 3 Gauguin finally decided to leave Van Gogh probably because A Van Gogh didn t like Gauguin at all B something was wrong with Van Gogh C Gauguin cut off one of Van Gogh s ears D Gauguin hated to be a teacher at the school 4 What can we learn from Van Gogh s works
9、 A His pride and kindness B His cruelty and failure C His honesty and strength D His struggle and viewpoints B 篇 Salvador Dali 1904 1989 was one of the most popular of modern artists The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with a
10、n exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings sculptures drawings and more Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces most importantly The Persistence of Memory There is also L Enigme sans Fin from 1938 works on paper objects and projects for stage and sc
11、reen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artist s showman qualities The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning the world of birth The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain The exhib
12、ition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities 无限 From the infinity small to the infinity large contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum theatre in Figueras explains the Pompidou Centr
13、e The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration 合 作 with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid Spain and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St Petersburg 5 Which of the following best describe Dali according to Paragraph 1 A Optimis
14、tic B Productive C Generous D Traditional 6 How are the exhibits arranged at the World of Dali A By popularity B By importance C By size and shape D By time and 3 subject C 篇 Benjamin West the father of American painting showed his talent for art when he was only six years of age But he did not know
15、 about brushes before a visitor told him he needed one In those days a brush was made from camel s hair There were no camels nearby Benjamin decided that cat hair would work instead He cut some fur from the family cat to make a brush The brush did not last long Soon Benjamin needed more fur Before l
16、ong the cat began to look ragged 蓬乱 His father said that the cat must be sick Benjamin was forced to admit what he had been doing The cat s lot was about to improve That year one of Benjamin s cousins Mr Pennington came to visit He was impressed with Benjamin s drawings When he went home he sent Benjamin a box of paint and some brushes He also sent six engravings 版 画 by an artist These were the first pictures and first real paint and brushes Benjamin had ever seen In 1747 when Benjamin was nine
