三、完形填空(本大题共 10 小题，每小题 1 分，共 10 分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
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.
16. A. trips B. paintings C. villages D. music
17. A. wrong B. lucky C. interested D. tired
18. A. forget B. start C. hope D. agree
19. A. At last B. Once again C. At least D. At first
20. A. helped B. added C. missed D. guessed
21. A. worked B. sang C. danced D. cooked
22. A. facts B. stories C. ways D. reports
23. A. never B. hardly C. perhaps D. also
24. A. Before B. though C. If D. When
25. A. humorous B. polite C. famous D. quiet
答案及解析：
16. 根据前文“Some artists are often not famous during their lifetime. Vincent van Gogh (梵高) was such an artist.”可知梵高是艺术家，人们没太关注他的应该是“画作”。A选项“trips”旅行;B选项“paintings”画作;C选项“villages”村庄;D选项“music”音乐。所以选B。
17. 根据“he did not want to stop”可知他对正在画的画很感兴趣，所以不想停下来。A选项“wrong”错误的;B选项“lucky”幸运的;C选项“interested”感兴趣的，be interested in是固定短语，意为“对……感兴趣”;D选项“tired”疲惫的。所以选C。
18. 因为对画画太感兴趣不想停下来，所以甚至会“忘记”吃饭。A选项“forget”忘记;B选项“start”开始;C选项“hope”希望;D选项“agree”同意。所以选A。
19. 根据后文“Later, Vincent moved to France... In France, Vincent began using bright colours.”可知这里说的是“起初”他的画很暗沉，后来才有了变化。A选项“At last”最后;B选项“Once again”再一次;C选项“At least”至少;D选项“At first”起初。所以选D。
20. 前面说画很暗沉，用铅笔或炭条，这里应该是然后“添加”颜色。A选项“helped”帮助;B选项“added”添加;C选项“missed”错过，想念;D选项“guessed”猜测。所以选B。
21. 梵高是画家，他去法国是想向在那里“工作”的艺术家学习。A选项“worked”工作;B选项“sang”唱歌;C选项“danced”跳舞;D选项“cooked”做饭。所以选A。
22. 那些艺术家在尝试新的绘画“方式”。A选项“facts”事实;B选项“stories”故事;C选项“ways”方式;D选项“reports”报告。所以选C。
23. 前文说他画乡村和人物，这里说“也”画自画像。A选项“never”从不;B选项“hardly”几乎不;C选项“perhaps”也许;D选项“also”也。所以选D。
24. “people did not buy his paintings during his lifetime”和“his paintings sell for a lot of money today”是转折关系，用though引导让步状语从句。A选项“Before”在……之前;B选项“Though”虽然;C选项“If”如果;D选项“When”当……时候。所以选B。
25. 根据“People think his paintings are masterpieces (杰作).”可知他的画很“著名”。A选项“humorous”幽默的;B选项“polite”有礼貌的;C选项“famous”著名的;D选项“quiet”安静的。所以选C。
