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 （1） . He began to think he was not a very good painter. But he did not give up painting. He was so （2） in what he was painting that he did not want to stop. He would even （3） to eat!

（4） , his paintings were dark. He used pencils or charcoal sticks（炭条）to make them. Then he （5） colour. He used lots of brown and dark green.

Later, Vincent moved to France. He wanted to learn from the artists who （6） there. They were trying new （7） 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 （8） painted self-portraits（自画像）. He created more than 20 portraits of himself!

Vincent completed more than 2,000 paintings in his life. （9） 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 （10） all over the world.

（1）

A．

trips

B．

paintings

C．

villages

D．

music

（2）

A．

wrong

B．

lucky

C．

interested

D．

tired

（3）

A．

forget

B．

start

C．

hope

D．

agree

（4）

A．

At last

B．

Once again

C．

At least

D．

At first

（5）

A．

helped

B．

added

C．

missed

D．

guessed

（6）

A．

worked

B．

sang

C．

danced

D．

cooked

（7）

A．

facts

B．

stories

C．

ways

D．

reports

（8）

A．

never

B．

hardly

C．

perhaps

D．

also

（9）

A．

Before

B．

Though

C．

If

D．

When

（10）

A．

humorous

B．

polite

C．

famous

D．

quiet