梵高绝笔之作创作地被确定
梵高绝笔之作创作地被确定

A postcard has led experts to know a place. In this place, Vincent van Gogh maybe painted his last work.
Wouter Van der Veen, the director of the Institut van Gogh, found a postcard from 1900 to 1910. It showed tree trunks（树干）and roots（树根）growing on a hill side—this, he thought, showed a similar place to that in Van Gogh's Tree Roots. The strange and bright painting is thought to be the painter's last work before he died on July 29, 1890. It was never fully completed.
After he told his ideas to two researchers at the Van Gogh Museum and a vegetation expert, Van der Veen got the good news. Experts thought the inn in Auvers-sur-Oise—150 meters from the Auberge Ravoux, was very much like the painting's place. Van Gogh spent the last 70 days of his life there.

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1.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A A postcard.

B The Van Gogh Museum.

C A Van Gogh’s painting.

D Van der Veen’s finding.

解析：选D。主旨大意题。根据文章全文内容可知，梵高研究所（Institut van Gogh）的所长伍特尔·范·德·维恩（Wouter van der Veen）发现一张明信片上的部分场景与梵高的画作《树根》（Tree Roots）惊人地相似，后经过其他专家的研究，确定了梵高身前创作最后一幅作品的地方，故选D。

2.______ in the postcard gave Van der Veen tips.

A The kind of tree

B The looks of tree

C The body of tree

D The rings of tree

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一句Wouter Van der Veen, the director of the Institut van Gogh, found a postcard from 1900 to 1910. It showed tree trunks（树干）and roots（树根）growing on a hill side—this, he thought, showed a similar place to that in Van Gogh's Tree Roots.可知，梵高研究所所长伍特尔·范·德·维恩发现了一张1900年至1910年的明信片，上面展现了在山坡上生长的树干和树根（即树的样子）——他认为，这张明信片显示了与梵高作品《树根》所相似的地方，故选B。

3.The underlined word “similar” means _______ in Chinese.

A 熟悉的

B 同样的

C 相似的

D 不同的

解析：选C。词义猜测题。根据文章最后一段第二句Experts thought the inn in Auvers-sur-Oise—150 meters from the Auberge Ravoux, was very much like the painting's place.可知，专家们认为，奥维尔镇上的旅馆非常像这幅画的地方，由此推测similar意为“相似的”，故选C。

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A Postcards were very popular in the 1900s.

B Van Gogh completed Tree Roots in a inn.

C Van Gogh got to Auvers-sur-Oise in May, 1890.

D Van der Veen collected many Van Gogh’s paintings.

解析：选C。推理判断题。根据文章第二段倒数第二句The strange and bright painting is thought to be the painter's last work before he died on July 29, 1890.以及最后一段最后一句Van Gogh spent the last 70 days of his life there.可知，这幅奇特而明亮的画被认为是画家在1890年7月29日去世之前的最后一幅作品。他曾在奥维尔镇上的旅馆度过了他生命最后的70天，由此推断他是5月份到达该镇的，故选C。