Question

Some say that madness and genius (天才) often come hand in hand. This is especially true of the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh.

Van Gogh is famous for  1. amazing 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 paintings look real like photographs.  2. later on, art became more about the artist’s own ideas. If you see a Van Gogh, it won’t look like the real world. It will look even  3. (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 (自畫(huà)像),4. brought him a lot of fame. Van Gogh had a great gift for painting; however, he was a 5. (trouble) man. At one point, he cut off  his own ear.

Van Gogh is now one of the world’s most famous artists. But he died at the age of 37, alone and poor. Almost 6. knew or cared about his art at that time. Although he was a great genius, he suffered  7. (great). Some say that his madness was  8. he paid for his art.

Actually, if Van Gogh  9.(die) at the age of twenty, no one would have connected him with failure or mental illness. Instead he would have been remembered by those close to him 10. a dutiful son .

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.his

2.But

3.more beautiful

4.which

5.troubled

6.nobody

7.greatly

8.what

9.had died

10.as

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了荷蘭的著名畫(huà)家凡高擅長(zhǎng)畫(huà)風(fēng)景和花，他也畫(huà)過(guò)許多自畫(huà)像，他年輕時(shí)他是制造麻煩的人，他曾經(jīng)割過(guò)自己的耳朵，曾患過(guò)精神疾病，最后因?yàn)槭�敗和疾病而去世�?/p>

1.考查代詞。因?yàn)檫@里的形容詞性物主代詞與主語(yǔ)一致，故用his.

2.考查連詞。這里用but表示前后是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故用but.

3.考查形容詞。這里用even 修飾形容詞在比較級(jí)，故用more beautiful.

4.考查非限制性定語(yǔ)從句。這里是非限制性定語(yǔ)從句，先行詞是self-portraits ，不能用that ，只能用which，它在從句中作主語(yǔ)。

5.考查形容詞。這里修飾后面在名詞所以用形容詞troubled.

6.考查代詞。根據(jù)上下文可知當(dāng)時(shí)在人沒(méi)有人知道他，故用nobody.

7.考查副詞。這里用副詞來(lái)修飾動(dòng)詞，故用greatly.

8.考查連詞。這里what引導(dǎo)在表語(yǔ)從句，它在從句中作賓語(yǔ)。

9.考查虛擬語(yǔ)氣。根據(jù)主句在謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞可以看出是對(duì)過(guò)去在虛擬，所以從句用had died.

10.考查介詞。as作為某種身份。

考點(diǎn)：語(yǔ)法填空。

點(diǎn)評(píng)：考查了高中要求掌握最基礎(chǔ)的語(yǔ)法知識(shí)，有連詞、非限制性定語(yǔ)從句、形容詞、副詞及虛擬語(yǔ)氣等，需要考生有扎實(shí)的基礎(chǔ)知識(shí)，牢記一些短語(yǔ)及單詞的用法。根據(jù)短文的大意判斷用什么單詞的什么形式來(lái)填空。