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【題目】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】

試題分析：本文是一篇記敘文，簡要介紹了荷蘭有名的油畫家梵高的人生和他的繪畫。這種題型主要考察考生的單詞水平，同時這類題目在解題過程中要注意時態(tài)、詞性等問題。

【1】of/ for 考察介詞。Of表示關于、屬于、由…制成。而for是表示為了、關于。這里this代指前面的那句話：有人說瘋子和天才只在一念之間。對于荷蘭畫家梵高來說，這一點是尤其準確的。

【2】amazing考察形容詞。Amazing令人驚奇的，形容詞。在句子中修飾動詞use。該句意思為：梵高以令人驚異的色彩使用和形象塑造而聞名。

【3】paintings 考察名詞。所給Paint是動詞，繪畫。因為該空前面有their，所以后面的應該是一個名詞，故將paint變?yōu)閜ainting。由因為their修飾復數(shù)名詞，所以要加s，故填paintings。

【4】a 考察冠詞。這里的a修飾的是后面的Van Gogh，結合上文來看，這個應該是梵高自畫像。根據(jù)后面的it可以判斷是一幅自畫像，所以用冠詞a表示泛指。

【5】brought 考察時態(tài)。Bring意思是帶來，動詞。根據(jù)該句的謂語painted可以判斷出時態(tài)為一般過去式，所以要將所給單詞變?yōu)檫^去形式，故填brought。

【6】his 考察代詞。結合上下文來看，梵高對于繪畫很有天賦，但是他卻是一個有毛病的人，他曾一度割下了自己的耳朵。因為梵高是男人，所以用his。

【7】and 考察連詞。該空前后的詞分別為alone孤獨的，poor貧窮的，都是形容詞，所以它們之間必有一個表示并列的連詞連接。根據(jù)句意：但是他死在了37歲，既貧窮又孤獨。

【8】greatly 考察副詞。Great偉大的，形容詞。形容修飾動詞一般在動詞前，副詞修飾動詞則在動詞后面。該句中謂語動詞為suffered，并且該空在suffered后面，所以要把形容詞變?yōu)楦痹~。

【9】what 考察表語從句。What引導的表語從句在句中做賓語，what在從句中做表語。該句意思為：有人說他的瘋狂是他為藝術付出的代價。

【10】Instead 考察副詞。Instead表示取而代之的。結合最后一段，前一句假設如果梵高死在他20歲的時候，沒有人會認為他失敗或者是有精神疾病。取而代之的是，他可能會被那些和他親近的人認為是一個有責任心的兒子。該空前和該空后的句子表示對比，故用instead。