VincentVanGogh(文森特.梵高)wasoneofthemostfamousDutchartistsofthe19thcentury.Othecourse(人生历程)ofhis37years,VanGoghpaintedsomeofthemostrenowned(有名的)paintingsofourtime.Attheageofsixteen,

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　　Vincent Van Gogh(文森特.梵高) was one of the most famous Dutch artists of the 19th century. O____the course(人生历程) of his 37 years, Van Gogh painted some of the most renowned(有名的) paintings of our time. At the age of sixteen, he began a career not as a painter but as an art salesman for the firm(公司) Goupil＆Cie. Van Gogh spent seven years with the firm, but became unhappy. In the following years, Van Gogh went from job to job, living in v____cities in Europe.
　　Van Gogh was not c____of his own abilities, but through the encouragement and support of his beloved brother, Theo, he went to Brussels(布鲁塞尔) to begin studies in art. During the next ten years, he painted 872 paintings. Although Van Gogh is a world-famous artist today, he was l____known to the art world while he was alive. He sold only one painting during his lifetime but his fame(名声) grew rapidly in the years after his death.
　　Later Van Gogh also s____from severe depression(严重忧郁症) and was admitted(准许进入) to an asylum(精神病院). While in the asylum Van Gogh painted one of his best-known paintings—Starry Night(昼夜). On July 27, 1890 Vincent Van Gogh shot himself in the chest in a wheat field. Two days later he died with his younger brother, Theo, by his s____.
　　Van Gogh produced more than 2,000 art works, consisting of around 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches. His work was a strong influence on the modern art, and today many of his pieces, including his numerous(极多的) s____portraits(画像), landscapes(风景画) and oil paintings, are among the world's most recognizable and expensive works of art.

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【分析】1. over 在……时期或期间。在他37年的人生旅程中。
\n2. 在以后的数年里，梵高换了一个又一个工作，辗转于欧洲不同的城市。various 不同的，各种各样的。
\n3. be certain of... 确信……。梵高对自己的能力没有信心。
\n4. 虽然今天的梵高是举世闻名的艺术家，但是他生前在艺术界几乎是个无名小卒。little“几乎没有”表示否定。
\n5. 随后，梵高患上了严重的忧郁症，被送进了精神病院。suffer 遭受。
\n6. 两天后，梵高去世了，当时只有他的弟弟Theo在他身边。by one's side 在某人身边。
\n7. 今天，他的许多作品，包括数量极多的自画像、风景画和油画……。self portraits 自画像。