2019-2020学年河南省顶级名校联考高三(上)开学英语试卷.pdf

2019-2020 学年河南省顶级名校联考高三（上）开学英语 试卷 一、阅读理解（本大题共 15 小题，共 30.0 分） A A painting of a famous artist could cost several million dollars in the market ． This is why many artworks -even those that are housed inside highly guarded museums-go missing ． Here is a list of some of the most famous paintings that were lost ， stolen or destroyed ． -Vincent Van Gogh's Poppy Flowers This artwork was housed at the Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo ． It was first lost in 1977 ， but was recovered 10 years after ． The second time this same Vincent Van Gogh painting was stolen was in August of 2010 ． The painting is estimated （估价）to be worth something between 50 and 55 million ． ﹩ ﹩ -Pablo Picasso's Le Pigeon Aux Petits Stolen on May 20 ， 2010， this painting by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso is worth 28 million ． It was stolen at the Museed' Art Moderne de la ﹩ Ville de Paris ， along with five other artworks ． However the thieves threw the painting away in a trashcan when they were caught． But that container was emptied before the authorities got there ． It was feared that the painting was already destroyed ． -Paul Cezanne 's View of Auvers Sur Oise Lost on December 31 1990 this artwork that used to be on exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford was stolen the night before the city's Millennium celebration ．The thieves planned the robbery in time with the fireworks exhibition during peak of the celebrations This artwork is estimated to be worth 5 million ． ﹩ ． -Govert Flinck 's Landscape with an Obelisk Stolen on March 8 1990 this artwork was at the Isabella Steward Gardner Museum in Boston ． This painting by Govert Flinck was pr