Some artists are often not famous during their lifetime. Vincent van Gogh (梵高) was such an artist. People did not pay much attention to his ____16____. He began to think he was not a very good painter. But he did not give up painting. He was so ____17____ in what he was painting that he did not want to stop. He would even ____18____ to eat!

____19____, his paintings were dark. He used pencils or charcoal sticks (炭条) to make them. Then he ____20____ colour. He used lots of brown and dark green.

Later, Vincent moved to France. He wanted to learn from the artists who ____21____ there. They were trying new ____22____ of painting. In France, Vincent began using bright colours. He used oil paints (油画颜料) to create his art. He painted both the countryside and people. He ____23____ painted self-portraits (自画像). He created more than 20 portraits of himself!

Vincent completed more than 2,000 paintings in his life. ____24____ people did not buy his paintings during his lifetime, his paintings sell for a lot of money today. People think his paintings are masterpieces (杰作). For example, the painting Sunflowers is very ____25____ all over the world.

1.1.

A trips

B paintings

C villages

D music

解析：选B。1.选B. Pay more attention to 投入注意力，大家并没有对梵高的画关注过多。A选项旅游，C选项村庄，D选项音乐。所以选B绘画。

2.2.

A wrong

B lucky

C interested

D tired

解析：选C。选C. 固定搭配be interested in对.....感兴趣,A选项错误，B选项幸运，D选项劳累的

3.3.

A forget

B start

C hope

D agree

解析：选A。3.选A. 梵高一旦开始作画就停不下来，就会忘记吃饭。B选项开始，C选项希望，D选项同意。

4.4.

A At last

B Once again

C At least

D At first

解析：选D。4.4.选D. 起初，梵高的画非常的黑暗。A选项最后，B选项再一次，C选项至少D选项起初。

5.5.

A helped

B added

C missed

D guessed

解析：选B。5.6.选A. 他想要向在这里工作的艺术家学习，B选项唱歌，C选项跳舞，D选项做饭。

6.6.

A worked

B sang

C danced

D cooked

解析：选A。6.6.选A. 他想要向在这里工作的艺术家学习，B选项唱歌，C选项跳舞，D选项做饭。

7.7.

A facts

B stories

C ways

D reports

解析：选C。7.选C. 他们在尝试新的画法。A选项事实，B选项故事，D选项报道。

8.8.

A never

B hardly

C perhaps

D also

解析：选D。8.选D. 他也画了自画像，A选项从未，B选项几乎不，C选项可能。

9.9.

A Before

B Though

C If

D When

解析：选B。选B. 尽管在他活着的时候并没有人买他的画，但在今天他的画卖的很好，A选项在...之前，C选项如果，D选项当....的时候。

10.10.

A humorous

B polite

C famous

D quiet

解析：选C。选C. 例如，向日葵这一幅画享誉世界。A选项幽默的，B选项礼貌的，D选项安静的。