Some say that madness and genius (天才) often come hand in hand. This is especially true of the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh.Van Gogh is famous for 小题1: amazing use of color and shape. Born in 1853, he was painting at a time when art was changing. A long time ago, artists tried to make their paintings look real like photographs. 小题2: later on, art became more about the artist’s own ideas. If you see a Van Gogh, it won’t look like the real world. It will look even 小题3: (beautiful).Some of Van Gogh’s most famous paintings are of natural scenes and flowers, such as Sunflowers. He also painted many wonderful self-portraits (自画像), 小题4: brought him a lot of fame. Van Gogh had a great gift for painting; however, he was a 小题5: (trouble) man. At one point, he cut off his own ear.Van Gogh is now one of the world’s most famous artists. But he died at the age of 37, alone and poor. Almost 小题6: knew or cared about his art at that time. Although he was a great genius, he suffered 小题7: (great). Some say that his madness was 小题8: he paid for his art.Actually, if Van Gogh 小题9: (die) at the age of twenty, no one would have connected him with failure or mental illness. Instead he would have been remembered by those close to him 小题10: a dutiful son .
| 小题1:his 小题2:But 小题3:more beautiful 小题4:which 小题5:troubled 小题6:nobody 小题7:greatly 小题8:what 小题9:had died 小题10:as |
| 试题分析：本文叙述了荷兰的著名画家凡高擅长画风景和花，他也画过许多自画像，他年轻时他是制造麻烦的人，他曾经割过自己的耳朵，曾患过精神疾病，最后因为失败和疾病而去世。 小题1:考查代词。因为这里的形容词性物主代词与主语一致，故用his. 小题2:考查连词。这里用but表示前后是转折关系，故用but. 小题3:考查形容词。这里用even 修饰形容词在比较级，故用more beautiful. 小题4:考查非限制性定语从句。这里是非限制性定语从句，先行词是self-portraits ，不能用that ，只能用which，它在从句中作主语。 小题5:考查形容词。这里修饰后面在名词所以用形容词troubled. 小题6:考查代词。根据上下文可知当时在人没有人知道他，故用nobody. 小题7:考查副词。这里用副词来修饰动词，故用greatly. 小题8:考查连词。这里what引导在表语从句，它在从句中作宾语。 小题9:考查虚拟语气。根据主句在谓语动词可以看出是对过去在虚拟，所以从句用had died. 小题10:考查介词。as作为某种身份。 点评：考查了高中要求掌握最基础的语法知识，有连词、非限制性定语从句、形容词、副词及虚拟语气等，需要考生有扎实的基础知识，牢记一些短语及单词的用法。根据短文的大意判断用什么单词的什么形式来填空。 |