Question

【題目】 Many people see Vincent Van Gogh (文森特·梵高) as a great artist. But the Dutch painter’s life was filled with failures.

Van Gogh didn’t start painting until he was 27 or 28. But he had finished nearly 900 oil paintings by the time he died at 37. Born to a rich family in the Netherlands, Van Gogh once worked as an art dealer (藝術品商人), a teacher and a minister (牧師), but failed in all. He started to paint in 1880. In 1886, Van Gogh moved to Paris. Influenced by a number of impressionist artists (印象派畫家), Van Gogh began to use bright colors. He used them to express his feelings, which changed the direction of art forever.

However, people were not ready to accept his way of painting. Tired of his hard life in Paris, Van Gogh moved to Arles in southern France two years later. Although he made a number of works there, his serious depression (抑郁) led him to cut off the lower part of his left ear. American authors Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith said in 2011 that he was shot (槍擊) by two boys accidentally, according to the BBC.

Today, Van Gogh’s paintings sell for record-breaking prices. However, during his lifetime, he sold only one picture called the Red Vineyard.

Read the passage and fill in the blanks. (One word for each blank)

【1】Van Gogh painted for ________ or ________ years in his whole life.

【2】Van Gogh liked using ________ ________ in his paintings.

【3】Van Gogh once worked as an art dealer, ________ ________ and a minister.

【4】Answer the fllowing question:

Did people like Van Gogh’s paintings at first?

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【5】Translate the sentence into Chinese.

Today, Van Gogh’s paintings sell for record-breaking prices.

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 9 10

【2】 bright colors

【3】 a teacher

【4】No, they didn’t.

【5】如今，梵高的畫以破紀錄的價格出售。（意思相近即可）

【解析】

短文大意：本文是人物類閱讀，介紹了偉大的荷蘭畫家文森特·梵高的藝術之路和他潦倒失敗的人生。

【1】句意：梵高一生中畫了9到10年的畫。

考查細節(jié)理解。根據“Van Gogh didn’t start painting until he was 27 or 28. But he had finished nearly 900 oil paintings by the time he died at 37梵高直到27或28歲才開始繪畫。但在37歲去世時，他已經完成了近900幅油畫”，37-27=10，37-28=9，可知他畫了9或10年，故填(1). 9 (2). 10。

【2】句意：梵高喜歡在他的畫中使用明亮的顏色。

考查原詞重現。根據“Influenced by a number of impressionist artists, Van Gogh began to use bright colors受許多印象派藝術家的影響，梵高開始使用明亮的色彩”，可知填(1). bright (2). colors。

【3】句意：梵高曾做過藝術品經銷商、教師和牧師。

考查原詞重現。根據“Van Gogh once worked as an art dealer, a teacher and a minister梵高曾做過藝術品經銷商、教師和牧師”，可知填(1). a (2). teacher。

【4】題意：人們一開始喜歡梵高的畫嗎？考查細節(jié)理解。根據“However, people were not ready to accept his way of painting然而，人們還沒有準備好接受他的繪畫方式”，結合他一生只賣出一幅畫，可知答案是否定的，故填No, they didn’t.。

【5】Today今天，時間狀語；Van Gogh’s paintings梵高的畫；sell賣，謂語動詞；for record-breaking prices以破紀錄的價格。根據句意結構，故填：如今，梵高的畫以破紀錄的價格出售。