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高三英语第一轮复习Book 5 Module1-2测标试题 （共100分，★题为选做题） 命题人：郝梦影 一、语法填空（每空2分，共20分） 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 even3_________ (beautiful). Some of Van Gogh’s most famous paintings are of natural scenes and flowers, such as Sunflowers. He also painted many wonderful self-portrait自画像,4_________ brought him a lot of fame. Van Gogh had a great gift 5. _________ painting; however, he was a troubled 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 . | 
