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1、Unit1单元测试新高考专用高二英语精品课件课后习题人教版选择性必修第三册Unit 1 单元测试（新高考专用）（考试时间：100分钟 试卷满分：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四个选项中选出最佳选项。ALater this month, Tate Britain will host its first Van Gogh exhibition since 1947. Here weve rounded up 4 of his best paintings before the show.Po

2、tato EatersPotato Eaters was Van Goghs first major work and, despite a distinct lack of colour, it was one that he was most proud of. His aim was to represent the difficulties of country life, so the farmers are painted in earthy tones with rough faces and bony hands. He was more concerned with conv

3、eying his message than achieving technical perfection in this painting.IrisesVan Gogh finished almost 142 pieces during his stay in the Saint Remy de Provence asylum (精神病院), where he was a voluntary patient from 1889 to 1890. This piece was started shortly after he arrived there. The hospital garden

4、 provided much inspiration for the artist during his stay there. Originally, the flowers in this work were painted purple but the red pigment (色素) faded over time and has now turned blue.Cafe Terrace at NightDespite being painted more than 130 years ago, this cafe still exists in France and has sinc

5、e been renamed the Cafe Van Gogh. This artwork marks the first time Van Goghs famous post-impressionistic star-filled sky was seen in a piece, and it was painted on the ground, in person, rather than from memory. While the artwork doesnt bear his signature, its widely known to be Van Goghs, as he me

6、ntioned Cafe Terrace at Night in a number of his letters.Wheat Field With CypressesThis piece was inspired by the view from Van Goghs asylum window and was finished on the spot. The work was the title of three paintings that offer an insight into his stay at the hospital. Van Gogh was 80 pleased wit

7、h the summer landscape that he made three copies there, one of the same sizewhich hangs in the National Gallery and two smaller copies which he planned to gift to his mother and sister.1Which of the mentioned paintings will Van Gogh probably love best?APotato Eaters. BIrises.CCafe Terrace at Night.

8、DWheat Field With Cypresses.2Where is Wheat Field With Cypresses now?AIn England. BIn France.CIn the asylum. DIn the memorial museum.3Whats the initial color of flowers in Irises?ABlue. BRed. CPurple. DGreen.BMarcelo Toledo usually creates sculptures! and jewelry out of metal. Now the Argentine arti

9、st is working with a new material: waste from the COVID-19 pandemic (大流行病). such as masks, to create an exhibition exploring the painful impact of the virus.Toledo, who has made jewelry for the musical “Evita” on Broadway and unique pieces for many famous people, was among the first in Argentina to

10、be infected with COVID-19, which left him hospitalized for eight days. The experience had a great effect on his life and led to a series of artworks, including a 14-meter mask with the Argentine flag that he placed on the famous obelisk (方尖纪念碑) in Buenos Aires to raise awareness about organ (器官) don

11、ation during the pandemic.For his new exhibition, the “Museum of the After”, Toledo is collecting recycled waste from the COVID-19 sent by hospitals, laboratories and strangers, including old medical parts and newspapers about the pandemic.“I am excited to be able to turn pain into beauty and this e

12、xhibition is just recording everything that is happening to us as a society,” Toledo said. The artworks, which will go on show from September in a public space in downtown Buenos Aires, will all be made from waste materials or garbage that people send him. “It is the first time that I have done an e

13、xhibition in which I do not have to buy any of the elements,” he said.In the exhibition there will be a real ship that will symbolically cross a “storm” and recycling islands to raise awareness about the importance of caring for the environment. “The exhibition will tell the story of this ship that

14、went sailing and was stranded (搁浅) by a storm, which is a great metaphor for what is happening to us. This pandemic is a great global storm,” Toledo said.As with the huge mask, which was replicated (复制) in countries such as the United States and Japan, the artist dreams of replicating the new exhibi

15、tion in other cities around the world.4What inspired Toledo to make the 14-meter mask?AHis hospital stay. BHis Broadway experiences.CHis fear of the pandemic. DHis research on organ donation.5What can we learn about the artworks in the “Museum of the After”?AThey will be exhibited in hospitals.BThey

16、 are greatly praised by the public.CThey are created by people from all walks of life.DThey are made out of rubbish about the pandemic.6What is Toledo trying to express with the story of the ship?AOur awareness of environmental protection is improving.BWe should make every effort to defeat the pande

17、mic.COur irresponsible behavior leads to natural disasters.DWe suffer a lot from the COVID-19 pandemic.7What does Toledo hope to do?AMake more huge masks.BHost exhibitions on different themes.CReproduce his exhibition in other places.DCollect exhibition elements from around the world.CRembrandt van

18、Rijns most famous work, The Nightwatch was commanded in 1639 by Franz Ban-ninck Cocq, the captain of Amsterdams civil army, and portrayed him and his 17 members: It was completed in 1642 and spent more than 70 years in the hall of the civil army it was based on.In 1715, Dutch officials decided to mo

19、ve the painting to the city hall in Amsterdams Royal Palace. The almost 12-foot by 14-foot art work was too large to go through the doors, so the movers decided to cut the edges. The strips (边条) were never recovered. However, art historians have been aware of the missing items thanks to a smaller co

20、py of the original scene painted by Dutch artist Gerrit Lundens.In 2019, officials of Amsterdams Rijksmuseum decided to recreate the missing sections. The team, led by scientist, Robert Erdmann, turned to a new AI algorithm (算法), which helps computers figure out what images may have once looked like

21、. The scientists scanned images of the original and Lundens painting to the computer. The AI was able to study the paintings perspective. It also recognized the exact colors used by the Dutch master and could even copy his brushstrokes (笔画).The “missing” strips were printed and added to the painting

22、. The left side included two men watching the event and a young boy running away from the army. A drummer and a barking dog were added to the paintings right side.“It is spectacular because what Rembrandt painted was Captain Franz ordering his soldiers to march out, and that is now exactly what you

23、see,” said Taco Dibbits. “With the addition, especially on the left and the bottom, an empty space is created in the painting where they march towards. When the painting was cut, the soldiers were in the center, but Rembrandt intended them to be off-center marching towards that empty space, and that

24、 is the genius that Rembrandt understands: you create movement, a dynamic of the troops marching towards the left of the painting.”8Why were some sides of The Nightwatch cut off?ATo make it easy to be displayed. BTo get it through the doorway.CTo place it in the hall of the civil army. DTo please ca

25、ptain Franz Banninck Cocq.9How can AI help reconstruct the painting?ABy changing the paintings perspective. BBy grasping the painters brushstrokes.CBy identifying the colors of the painting. DBy finding a copy of the original painting.10What can we learn from Tacos words?AThe painting reflects an in

26、tention to move.BThe original painting centers on the soldiers.CFranz Banninck Cocq is a genius of painting.DThe empty left of the painting is useless.11What is the best title for the text?AAI Draws a Masterwork in the FleshBAI Brings a Painting Back to LifeCAI Creates a PaintingDAI Helps Restore a

27、Painting to Its Original FormDTo say that Spanish painter Pablo Picasso was a leader in Western art in the 20th century is to repeat an accepted fact, according to Time magazine. “No painter before him had enjoyed such a large following in his own lifetime.”This year marks the 140th anniversary of P

28、icassos birth. Born on Oct. 25, 1881, Picasso had created more than 20,000 paintings, drawings, sculptures and other pieces of art by the time he died at 91.Thats a long time to paint! The result is not only a lot of art, but a lot of different phases in Picassos work. On its website, Christies auct

29、ion (拍卖) house lists eight different periods in the course of his painting career.Over a century ago, the painter once said that, “Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.” So the eight periods are all very different in their choice of subjects and yet unmistakably drawn by Picas

30、sos hands. Financial Express called his style unusual.As his style changed over time, it became more simplistic. A common joke is that Picasso forgot how to paint. After all, he was classically trained at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona.Now he is best known for leading an artistic movement know

31、n as “Cubism (立体派)”. It used geometric shapes to create human and animal figures. With this method, Picasso tried to show his figures from multiple perspectives (视角) in two-dimensional space. For example, a persons left eye may be shown from straight ahead while his right eye and nose are shown from

32、 the side. The result is strange and beautiful, frightening and funny.Picasso often said that he admired primitive art and drawings made by youngsters. “When I was the age I could draw like Raphael, but it took me a lifetime to learn to draw like them,” he said. Maybe thats why Picasso is still so popular. We look at his work and think, “Maybe I could do that!”12Which of the following best describes Pablo Picasso?AProductive. BOptimistic. CTrad