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2024-2025学年河北省张家口市高三（上）期末英语试卷

一、阅读理解：本大题共15小题，共37.5分。

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MexicanPrintsattheVanguard

TherichtraditionofprintmakinginMexico—fromtheeighteenthcenturytothemid-twentiethcentury—isexploredinthisexhibitionofworksdrawnmainlyfromTheMetcollection.

AmongtheearlyworkspresentedarethosebyMexicosbest-knownprintmaker，JoséGuadalupePosada，whoseillustrationsofskeletonsengagedindifferentactivitieshelpedestablishaglobalidentityforMexicanart.

FollowingtheMexicanRevolution（1910～1920），printmakingprovedtobetheidealmediumforartistswantingtoaddresssocialandpoliticalconcernsandvoiceresistancetotheriseofwarsaroundtheworld.ArtistsalsoturnedtoprintmakingtoreproduceMexicanmurals（壁画）fromthe1920sandtocreateexhibitionposters，printsforthepopularpress，andalbumscelebratingMexicandressandcustoms.

Featuringover130works，includingwoodcuts，lithographs，andscreenprints，byartistssuchasPosada，DiegoRivera，JoséClementeOrozco，andLeopoldoMéndez，theexhibitionexploreshowprintswerecentraltotheartisticidentityandpracticeinMexico.Ithighlightstheireffectivenessinaddressingsocialandpoliticalissues，aroleofthegraphicartsthatcontinuestoday.

ThemajorityofTheMetsexpansivecollectioncamethroughtheFrench-bornartistJeanCharlot，whoseassociationwiththeMuseumbeganinthelate1920s.CharlotdonatedmanyofhisownprintsandworksbyotherartiststoTheMet，andinthemid-1940sactedonbehalfoftheMuseumtoacquireprintsinMexico.ThecollectiondemonstratesTheMetsearlyinterestinMexicanartandcultureatatimewhentherewasgrowinginternationalinterestinthesubject.

1.Whereisthistextprobablytakenfrom？______

A.Ageneralarthistorytextbook.

B.Amuseumexhibitionintroduction.

C.AhistoricalnovelaboutMexicanart.

D.AnintroductionofMexicanprintmakers.

2.Whichartisthelpedestablishaglobal