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Every day, art comes alive in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and through its exhibitions and events, revealing new ideas and unexpected connections across time and across cultures.
Making The Met 1870-2020
The signature exhibition of The Met’s 150th-annivei-sary year takes visitors on a fascinating journey through the history of one of the world’s top cultural institutions. Rarely seen valuable records, photographs, and stories of both behind-the-scenes work and the Museum’s community outreach enhance this unique experience.
The New British Galleries
The British Galleries exhibit almost seven hundred works of art, including a large number of new acquisitions. particularly objects made in the, nineteenth century that were purchased with this project in mind.
About Time: Fashion And Duration
The Costume Institute’s 2020 exhibition tracks a century and a half of fashion—from 1870 to the present - along a troubled timeline, on the occasion of The Met’s 150th anniversary. Employing Henri Bergson’s concept of la durée (duration), it explores how clothes generate time-related associations that mix past, present, and future.
Art of Native America: The Charles and Valeric Diker Collection
This splendid exhibition in the Museum’s American Wing shows 116 masterworks, ranging in date from the second to the early twentieth century, the diverse works are promised gifts, donations and loans to The Met from the pioneering collectors Charles and Valerie Diker.
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what makes the exhibition Making The Met 1870-2020 unique?
A. Travelling around the world.
B. Some valuable records, photographs and stories.
C. Photography skills.
D. Diverse masterworks.
22. Which exhibition will you go if you want to know how fashion develops?
A. The New British Galleries. B. Art of Native America.
C. About Time: Fashion And Duration. D. Making The Met 1870-2020.
23. What will you appreciate in the exhibition Art of Native America?
A. A statue made in 106. B. A vase made in 318BC.
C. A teapot made in 2020. D. A violin made in 1999.
【答案】21. B 22. C 23. A
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇应用文。文章介绍了大都会艺术博物馆的展览和活动，欢迎大家前去参加。
【21题详解】
细节理解题。根据Making The Met 1870-2020中“Rarely seen valuable records, photographs, and stories of both behind-the-scenes work and the Museum’s community outreach enhance this unique experience. (难得一见的珍贵记录、照片和幕后工作的故事，以及博物馆的社区推广，都增强了这种独特的体验。)”可知，一些有价值的记录、照片和故事让Making The Met 1870-2020展览与众不同。故选B项。
【22题详解】
细节理解题。根据About Time: Fashion And Duration中“Employing Henri Bergson’s concept of la durée (duration), it explores how clothes generate time-related associations that mix past, present, and future. (采用Henri Bergson的持续时间概念，它探索了服装如何产生融合了过去、现在和未来的与时间有关的联想。)”可知，如果想了解时装是如何发展的，可以去About Time: Fashion And Duration展览。故选C项。
【23题详解】
推理判断题。根据Art of Native America: The Charles and Valeric Diker Collection中“This splendid exhibition in the Museum’s American Wing shows 116 masterworks, ranging in date from the second to the early twentieth century, the diverse works are promised gifts, donations and loans to The Met from the pioneering collectors Charles and Valerie Diker. (这次在博物馆美国馆举办的精彩展览展示了116件杰作，范围从2世纪到20世纪早期，这些不同的作品都是先驱收藏家Charles和Valerie Diker承诺送给大都会的礼物、捐赠和贷款。)”可知，可以在Art of Native America展览中欣赏到106年建造的雕像。故选A项。
