阅读理解VanGoghwasborninHolland(荷兰)in1853.Heenjoyeddrawingasachild.Hisfirstconnection(关联)withpaintingscamein1869．Heworkedforanartdealer（经营者）inLondonandParisforfouryearsbeforehebecame

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    Van Gogh was born in Holland(荷兰)in 1853. He enjoyed drawing as a child. His first connection(关联)with paintings came in 1869．He worked for an art dealer（经营者）in London and Paris for four years before he became a teacher in England for a short time. He moved back to France in 1877 and soon began to paint. He didn't stay long in Paris. He was attracted（吸引）by the c010urs of the countryside and in 1883 he moved to Ales a small town in the south of France. There he painted his most famous paintings.

    He enjoyed painting people farms flowers and other natural things. Some of his most  famous paintings are The Potato Eaters The Starry Night and some different sun flower  paintings．The Starry Night is now kept in the Museum of Modern Art in New York．There is a quiet Vi11age and a tall black tree under an angry sky. Some people say that it shows a war（战争）in Van Gogh's mind between peace（和平）and anger．It was finished on June 19th，  1889.Scientists say that it is a true picture of the stars on that day.

    He was poor most of his life. He made hundreds of paintings but only sold one of them  while he lived. He was a lonely unhappy man and died at the early age of 37.

    Today people love Van Gogh's use of colour and the emotional power（激情）of his works. Van Gogh's paintings are world famous and worth（值）millions of dollars. Museums around the world proudly（自豪地）show paintings by the great artist.

(    )1.Van Gogh began to paint in_______.

    A. Holland                 B. France                  C. London          D. New York

(    )2.Van Gogh moved to Ales because_______.

    A. it was a famous sma11 town

    B. it was in the south of France

    C. he liked teaching in the countryside

    D. he enjoyed the colours of the countryside

(    )3. In Van Gogh's The Starry Night we can see________

    A. some people          B. some flowers         C. a village          D. a factory

(    )4．Van Gogh died in_______

    A．1890                   B．1888                    C．1877            D．1869

(    )5.His paintings are world famous for_____________

    A．his poor life

    B．the high prices

    C. the use of colour and the emotional power

    D. the war in his mind between peace and anger

Answer 1

1B  2D  3C  4A  5C