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模拟限时练(五) (时间：45分钟) Ⅰ.阅读 (2022·重庆市育才中学高三下学期二诊)Vincent Van Gogh (1853－1890), perhaps the most famous artist in the world, is perceived by many as the “mad” artist. His artistic genius is often overshadowed by those who see his paintings as only visual expressions of his troubled mind. While in part this may be true, in reality his innovative and unique artistic style was of enormous importance to a host of artists who followed in his wake. Even when openly influenced by his predecessors or contemporaries (前辈或同辈), his art remained identifiably his own, developing a distinctive style that failed to be accepted by the art­buying public in his own time. The career of Vincent Van Gogh as a painter was short, but his extraordinary boldness of his technique created masterpieces that exercise a profound influence on the art of the twentieth century. Although the artist's first formal job after leaving school was art­related, he did not actually begin painting until years later. At 16, Vincent Van Gogh entered an apprenticeship (学徒身份) at his uncle's branch of Goupil & Cie, a Paris­based art dealership. The position involved travel and certainly exposure to the contemporary art of his day, but Van Gogh would move on to religious work and a bookseller before producing the first Van Gogh painting. His earliest works, completed from 1881 through 1883, reflect a new­comer's attention to detail as well as hints of the new genius that would fully emerge in his later paintings. Although his sketches and watercolor drawings may, at first glance, seem two­dimensional and amateurish, they are fascinating in terms of their testament to the Van Gogh's early studies in Realism. Vincent Van Gogh produced his first drawings while staying at his parents' home in Etten, the Netherlands, schooled chiefly by books on artistic technique. The artist restricted his first drawings to a black and white palette (调色板), believing mastery of this discipline to be essential before attempting works in co