荷兰画家伦勃朗的“仿作”或是真迹
荷兰画家伦勃朗的“仿作”或是真迹

A Rembrandt’s painting that was thought to be a fake and was hidden in a basement for many years may in fact be real, according to experts who believe it was painted on wood from the same tree as other 17th century works.
Head of a Bearded Man(《大胡子男人头像》) was donated to the University of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum in 1951, but the Rembrandt Research Project, a leading authority on the Dutch painter's works, determined in 1982 that it was just one of a number of copies.
Now, an expert has said that the wood panel(面板) on which it was painted came from the same tree used for Rembrandt's Andromeda Chained to the Rocks and Jan Lievens's Portrait of Rembrandt's Mother—two works dating to 1630 that were painted when the two artists were working in Leiden. 
Peter Klein, an expert in tree dating, analyzed the growth rings of the tree to determine when it was cut. "The Ashmolean's Head of a Bearded Man was painted on a panel which came from a tree in the Baltic region, cut between 1618 and 1628, and used in two known works by Rembrandt and Lievens," Klein said in a report.

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1.The underlined word “fake” means _______ in Chinese.

A 真迹

B 样品

C 赝品

D 复原图

解析：选C。词义猜测题。根据文章第一段A Rembrandt’s painting that was thought to be a fake and was hidden in a basement for many years may in fact be real以及第二段the Rembrandt Research Project... determined in 1982 that it was just one of a number of copies可知，伦勃朗画作《大胡子男人头像》曾被荷兰一权威伦勃朗作品鉴定机构认定是一件复制品，如今有人又对其重新鉴定，认为实际上可能是真的，由此推断fake意为“赝品”，故选C。

2._______ owns the painting Head of a Bearded Man now.

A Rembrandt

B Peter Klein

C The Rembrandt Research Project

D The University of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据文章第二段Head of a Bearded Man was donated to the University of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum in 1951可知，《大胡子男人头像》于1951年被捐赠给牛津大学阿什莫林博物馆，故选D。

3.The expert knew the age of a painting according to _______.

A the paint

B the wood panel

C the manner of painting

D the works in the same period

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据文章最后一段内容可知，树木年代测定专家彼得·克莱因分析了这棵树的年轮，以确定它是何时被砍伐的，《大胡子男人头像》是在一块面板上绘制的，这块面板取自波罗的海地区的一棵树，伦勃朗和利文斯的两幅已知作品都使用了来自同一棵树的木头。故选B。

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A Peter Klein is an expert in the field of trees.

B Rembrandt and Jan Lievens were of the same age.

C Rembrandt’s works were created in the 16th century.

D A Rembrandt’s painting may be mistaken for nearly 40 years.

解析：选D。推理判断题。根据文章全文内容可知，荷兰一权威伦勃朗作品鉴定机构于1982年认定，《大胡子男人头像》只是众多复制品中的一个。但根据彼得·克莱因重新鉴定，确定了画作面板的树龄，认定为真迹，由此说明伦勃朗的这一画作可能被误会了近40年，故选D。