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Article 1 Vincent Van Gogh was one of the most famous Dutch artists of the 19th century. O__1__the course of his 37 years, Van Gogh painted some of the most renowned 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 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__2__ cities in Europe. Van Gogh was not c__3__of his own abilities, but through the encouragement and support of his beloved brother, Theo, he went to Brussels 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__4__known to the art world while he was alive. He sold only one painting during his lifetime but his fame grew rapidly in the years after his death. Later Van Gogh also s__5__from severe depression and was admitted to an asylum! While in the asylum, Van Gogh painted one of his best-known paintings—Starry Night. 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__6__. 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 s__7__portraits , landscapes and oil paintings, are among the worlds most recognizable and expensive works of art. Article 2 【2011 年嘉定区一模】 Body language is one of the best ways to find out what is really going on inside someones head. A small movement of the mouth or nose, or a wink of the eye—these actions can say so much more about a persons, feelings than a__1__they say to you. But you need to be very experienced to u__2__what you see completely. Here are some basic movements made by Westerners— and explanationsof what they mean— to get you sta