Question

【题目】Some say that madness and genius often come hand in hand. This is especially true 【1】 the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh.

Van Gogh is famous for his 【2】 (amaze) 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 【3】 (paint) look real like photographs. But later on, art became more about the artist’s own ideas. If you see 【4】 Van Gogh, it won’t look like the real world. It will look even more 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, which 【5】 (bring) him a lot of fame. Van Gogh had a gift for painting; however, he was a troubled man. At one point, he cut off 【6】 own ear.

Van Gogh is now one of the world’s most famous artists. But he died at the age of 37, alone 【7】 poor. Almost nobody knew or cared about his art at that time. Although he was a great genius, he suffered 【8】 (great). Some say that his madness was 【9】 he paid for his art.

Actually, if Van Gogh had died at the age of twenty, no one would have connected him with failure or mental illness. 【10】 , he would have been remembered by those close to him as a dutiful son.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】of/ for

【2】amazing

【3】paintings

【4】a

【5】brought

【6】his

【7】and

【8】greatly

【9】what

【10】Instead

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文，简要介绍了荷兰有名的油画家梵高的人生和他的绘画。这种题型主要考察考生的单词水平，同时这类题目在解题过程中要注意时态、词性等问题。

【1】of/ for 考察介词。Of表示关于、属于、由…制成。而for是表示为了、关于。这里this代指前面的那句话：有人说疯子和天才只在一念之间。对于荷兰画家梵高来说，这一点是尤其准确的。

【2】amazing考察形容词。Amazing令人惊奇的，形容词。在句子中修饰动词use。该句意思为：梵高以令人惊异的色彩使用和形象塑造而闻名。

【3】paintings 考察名词。所给Paint是动词，绘画。因为该空前面有their，所以后面的应该是一个名词，故将paint变为painting。由因为their修饰复数名词，所以要加s，故填paintings。

【4】a 考察冠词。这里的a修饰的是后面的Van Gogh，结合上文来看，这个应该是梵高自画像。根据后面的it可以判断是一幅自画像，所以用冠词a表示泛指。

【5】brought 考察时态。Bring意思是带来，动词。根据该句的谓语painted可以判断出时态为一般过去式，所以要将所给单词变为过去形式，故填brought。

【6】his 考察代词。结合上下文来看，梵高对于绘画很有天赋，但是他却是一个有毛病的人，他曾一度割下了自己的耳朵。因为梵高是男人，所以用his。

【7】and 考察连词。该空前后的词分别为alone孤独的，poor贫穷的，都是形容词，所以它们之间必有一个表示并列的连词连接。根据句意：但是他死在了37岁，既贫穷又孤独。

【8】greatly 考察副词。Great伟大的，形容词。形容修饰动词一般在动词前，副词修饰动词则在动词后面。该句中谓语动词为suffered，并且该空在suffered后面，所以要把形容词变为副词。

【9】what 考察表语从句。What引导的表语从句在句中做宾语，what在从句中做表语。该句意思为：有人说他的疯狂是他为艺术付出的代价。

【10】Instead 考察副词。Instead表示取而代之的。结合最后一段，前一句假设如果梵高死在他20岁的时候，没有人会认为他失败或者是有精神疾病。取而代之的是，他可能会被那些和他亲近的人认为是一个有责任心的儿子。该空前和该空后的句子表示对比，故用instead。