1 . The exact location from where Vincent van Gogh is likely to have painted his final masterpiece, perhaps just hours before his death, has been determined with the help of a postcard.

The scene in Tree Roots, a painting of trunks (树干）and roots growing on a hillside, was first spotted on a card dating from 1900 to 1910 by Van der Veen, the scientific director of the Institute Van Gogh. Following a comparative study of the painting, the postcard and the current condition of the hillside, researchers concluded that it was highly possible that the place where Van Gogh made his final brushstrokes had been unearthed.

The main trunk in the painting has survived the 130 years since the Dutch master’s death. It has long been believed that Van Gogh had been working on Tree Roots shortly before he took his own life with a shot to the chest. Andries Bonger, the brother-in-law of Van Gough's brother Theo, had described in a letter how the “morning before his death” Van Gogh had “painted a forest scene, full of sun and life” Van der Veen said, t4The sunlight painted by Van Gogh suggests that the last brushstrokes were painted towards the end of the afternoon.”

Teio Meedendorp, a senior researcher at the Van Gogh Museum, said the spot, some 150 meters from the hotel where Van Gogh had stayed the last 70 days of his life, would likely have been passed on a number of occasions by him. “The scene on the postcard shows very clear similarities to the shape of the roots on Van Gogh’s painting,” he said. “He must often have passed by the location when going to the fields behind the castle of Auvers, where he painted several times during the last week of his life and where he would take his own life.”

1. What is Tree Roots?

A．A trunk.

B．A hillside.

C．A drawing.

D．A postcard.

2. What do we know about Van Gogh according to the text?

A．He had a close relationship with his brother.

B．What he drew in his paintings all came from real life.

C．He was working on his artwork shortly before killing himself.

D．He was so sick in his last days that he spent all the time in a hotel.

3. Where did Van Gogh kill himself according to Teio Meedendorp?

A．In the fields.	B．In a local hotel.
C．In the castle of Auvers.	D．In the scene on the postcard.

4. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To remember a famous painter. Van Gogh.

B．To introduce Van Gogh's life and his works.

C．To describe the influence of Van Gogh in art.

D．To tell the place in Van Gogh’s last painting.