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2019-2020学年韶关市始兴县风度中学高三英语月考试卷及答案解析

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2019-2020学年韶关市始兴县风度中学高三英语月考试卷及答案解析
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Thefollowing4famouspaintings,fromJanvanEyck’sportraittoPabloPicasso’smasterpiece,havestoodthetestoftime.
TheArnolfiniPortrait
JanvanEyck’sArnolfiniPortrait,anoilpaintingonwoodproducedin1434,isundoubtedlyoneofthemasterpiecesintheNationalGallery,London.Thispaintingisasvisuallyinterestingasitisfamed.Itisalsoaninformativedocumentonfifteenth-centurysociety,throughvanEyck’sheavyuseofsymbolism-whilehusbandswentouttoengageinbusiness,wivesconcernedthemselveswithdomesticduties.
TheStarryNight
VincentvanGoghpaintedTheStarryNight,oiloncanvas,amoderatelyabstractlandscapepaintingofanexpressivenightskyoverasmallhillsidevillage,duringhis12-monthstayatthementalhospitalnearSaint-Remy-de-Provence,Francebetween1889and1890.WhentheMuseumofModernArtinNewYorkCitypurchasedthepaintingfromaprivatecollectorin1941,itwasnotwellknown,butithassincebecomeoneofvanGogh'smostfamousworks.
TheHarvesters
TheHarvestersisanoilpaintingonwoodcompletedbyPieterBruegeltheElderin1565.ItdepictstheharvesttimewhichmostcommonlyoccurredwithinthemonthsofAugustandSeptember.NicolaesJonghelinck,amerchantbankerandartcollectorfromAntwerp,commissionedthispainting.ThepaintinghasbeenattheMetropolitanMuseumofArtinNewYorkCitysince1919.
Guernica
Guernica,alargeblack-and-whiteoilpainting,waspaintedbytheCubistSpanishpainter,PabloPicassoin1937.Thetitle‘Guernica’referstothecitythatwasbombedbyNaziplanesduringtheSpanishCivilWar.Thepaintingdepictsthehorrorsofwarandasaresult,hascometobeananti-warsymbolandareminderofthetragediesofwar.Today,thepaintingishousedattheMuseoNationalCentrodeArteReinaSofiainMadrid.1.Whatdothefourpaintingshaveincommon?
A.Theyareoilpaintings.B.TheyarekeptinNewYork.

C.Theyshowdifferentpeople’slives.D.Theyarecreatedduring10thcenturyto19thcentury.2.WhatdoweknowaboutTheStarryNight?A.Itshowsthesceneryofasmallhillsidevillage.B.VanGoghproduceditwhenlivinginhishome.C.Aprivatecollectorgaveitawaytothemuseum.D.Itwasnotfamousbefore1941.
3.Whosepaintingshowsthedestructionofwar?
A.JanvanEyck.B.VincentvanGogh.C.PieterBruegel.D.PabloPicasso.
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MiracleVitangcol,ajunioratDowntownMagnetsHighSchoolwithaveragegradesandtestscores,isfailingherAPUShistoryclass.Shesaidshecan’thandletherapidpaceandvolumeofmaterialsheneedstoremember.Butshesaidsheintendstostickitoutbecausetheclassisteachinghertomanagehertime,takegoodnotesandworkhard.“I’mstrugglingtoadjust,”shesaid.“ButIkeeptellingmyself:‘It’sOK.Youcandoit.Justpushyourself’.”
Somecriticsworrythattheopen-accessmovementispushingtoomanyunpreparedstudentsintoAPclasses,asshownbyhigherexamfailureratesoverthelastdecade.Theyalsofearthatopenenrollment(录取policiesare

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