1 . When the lockdown began, 54-year-old artist Steve Derrick had to work from home. As he had ________ time on his hands, he wanted to do something to ________ the heroes on the front lines. One day, he found a magazine photo of a nurse ________, who had stayed so late at night treating COVID-19 patients. He decided to paint her with       _____ from her mask.

After painting that first portrait, Derrick felt ________ and began using Instagram to ________ the nurses who posted photos about treating COVID-19 patients. As ________ spread, medical workers started sending him photos, and so did their friends and family members who wanted to ________ their hard work. He sent the paintings to his subjects, free of charge. The reaction he got was, “This is amazing. It’s ________ a time in history.” Derrick said their ________ kept him going.

Derrick would take a picture of the portrait before putting it in the mailbox. When he ________ publishing the paintings on social media, he began ________ photos of frontline medical workers around the world. Requests       _____ came from patients who were ________ to show their respect for the doctors who helped save their lives. Since early April, Derrick has painted and ________ at least 100 portraits.

Although Derrick ________ reward of any kind, he says he’s gotten very ________ in another way. “Right here,” he said, ________ to his heart. “That’s the payment. That’s the reason why I do it.” Indeed, in the paintings, you can see not only the ________ in the eyes of the medical workers but also the admiration the ________ has for all of them.

3 . On a June morning, Nicolo _________ working the whole night at a factory in Turin. He stopped by the “after work auction (拍卖)” _________ by the Italian police where things with no owners were sold to the highest bidder (竞拍者). There Nicolo spotted two paintings he thought would look _________ above his dining room table. Nicolo and another bidder _________ until Nicolo finally won the paintings for $32.

When Nicolo retired and went to live in Sicily, he _________ the paintings with him. He hung them above the same table he had _________ from Turin. His son, age 15, who had taken an art appreciation class, thought that there was something _________ about the one with a young girl sitting on a garden chair. It was signed “Bonnato” or so he thought, but when he _________ it, he only found “Bonnard,” a French painter he had never heard of. He bought a book and was _________ to find a picture of the artist Pierre Bonnard sitting on the same chair in the same __________ as his father’s painting.

“That’s the garden in our picture.” Nicolo’s son told his father. They finally __________ that the painting was called “The Girl with Two Chairs.” They __________ the other painting and found that it was __________ Paul Gauguin’s “Still Life of Fruit on a Table with a Small Dog.” The __________ called the Italian Culture Ministry; the official __________ that the paintings were originals and worth as much as $50 million.

4 . Mona Lisa, the famous picture _________ by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1505, is getting _________ by the year. Visitors have noticed _________ but repairing the world’s most famous painting is not easy. Nearly 6 million people go to _________ the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery of her smile. ”It is very interesting that when you’re not looking at her, she seems to be _________, and then you look at her and she _________," said Professor Livingstone.

_________, the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as mysterious as the smile.

Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always _________ it with him, until it was_________ sold to France’s King Francis I in 1519. In 1911, the painting was __________ from the Louvre by a former employee, who took it out of the __________ hidden under his coat. He said he planned to __________ it to Italy. The painting was sent back to__________ two years later. During World WarII, the French __________ the painting in small towns to keep it out of the__________ of German forces.

5 . Society has certain standards for beauty. But the Romanian camerawoman Mihaela Noroc is _________ these standards. She spent nearly four years shooting   _________ of women around the world.

She believes that beauty can _________ many forms. “Beauty just means being _________,” Noroc told NPR, “I don’t think we have to _________ ourselves to be in certain way; we just have to keep ourselves as we are and don’t necessarily need to change .”   _________ by a trip to Africa in 2013, Noroc has traveled to more than 50 countries since then.

In 2017, she published a book to show how many different kinds of _________ there are in the world. From a _________ Russian dancer to a joyful cafe owner in New York, Noroc’s subjects _________ her in deep conversation. Noroc found out what __________ them, what their daily struggles and joys are, and what brings beauty into their own lives. “Wherever I go, it is the __________ that carry all the cultures and traditions of a place. I really try to focus on women’s stories, how they face challenges and __________ them,” Noroc told CNN.

In Iran, Noroc met Farnoush, a woman living in two worlds. “In one she is an economist, by __________ . In the other, she is an artist, because this is her __________.” In Noroc’s world, the beauty of women __________ how natural and comfortable they appear while just being themselves.

6 . Tricky Pictures

With bold, swirling brushstrokes and vivid colors, Vincent van Gogh’s stirring Starry Night brings to life a unique sky. It’s one of the most famous paintings in the world. And ________ the scenic canvas (画布) can make museum visitors feel…starstruck.

But seeing the masterpiece framed on a gallery wall isn’t the only way that art fans can experience its emotional impact. In fact, some exhibits give people a chance to be ________ by van Gogh’s celebrated scene. They find themselves surrounded by colors that dance before their eyes and ripple at their feet. These exhibitions, in which moving images are ________ projected onto walls, columns, floors, and sometimes onto viewers themselves, are examples of immersive art.

Immersive art doesn’t ________ a pedestal (基座) or hang on a wall next to a plaque (匾) printed with facts. And don’t expect it to fit in a frame or ________ familiar expectations. While immersive art can be hard to characterize, it is generally a multisensory, ________ experience that engages viewers and makes them feel like part of the artwork. One thing is certain — immersive art is ________ popular, selling out tickets in cities around the world.

Van Gogh sold just one painting during his lifetime and only gained ________ after his death, but now he is immersive art’s biggest superstar. The 19th-century painter’s work has been displayed in a lot of exhibitions ________ immense images furnished with animation and accompanied by music, voices, and background sound.

Another interactive hot spot with a DIY vibe is The House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The venue (场所) is ________ to over 70 rooms of surreal art. It’s run by the artistic cooperative Meow Wolf, which describes the project as a “multidimensional mystery house with secret passages and ________ to magical worlds.” ________, what looks like a perfectly normal refrigerator door is the gateway to a hidden tunnel…and an unusual artistic adventure.

The growing awareness of immersive art is partly ________ by social media. As visitors post selfies filled with van Gogh’s intense palette or videos of friends stepping into a fantastical fridge, these experiences draw bigger and bigger crowds. Meanwhile, traditional artists are beginning to follow the trend, ________ immersive techniques and technologies in their works. That’s because many curators and creators share a ________ goal — to help more people get into art!

7 . Society has certain standards for beauty. But Romanian photographer Mihaela Noroc, who spent nearly four years _________ photos of women from around the world, is challenging these standards.

She believes that beauty can _________ many forms. “Beauty just means being _________,” Noroc told NPR, “I don’t think we have to change ourselves to be in a certain way; I think we just have to keep ourselves as we are and don’t _________ need to change.”

_________ by a trip to Africa in 2013, Noroc has traveled to more than 50 countries and regions since then. In 2017, she published a book called The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits to show how many different kinds of beauty there are in the world.

From a struggling Russian dancer to a talkative cafe owner in New York, Noroc’s subjects (拍摄对象)_________ her in deep conversation. Noroc found out what _________ them, what their daily struggles and joys are, and what brings beauty into their own lives. “No matter where I go, it’s the _________ that carry all the culture and traditions of a place. I really try to focus on women’s stories, how they face challenges and _________ them,” Noroc told CNN.

Her __________ with Ala, a student at a self-defense school in Jordan called “She Fighter”, left a lasting impression on her. Ala raises her clenched (紧握) fists as she looks into the __________ while her face is covered by a white hijab (面纱). Noroc describes She Fighter as “the first self-defense school for women in the Arab world”, and writes, “I discovered an amazing initiative and a(n) __________ sisterhood.”

In Iran, Noroc met Farnoush, a woman who lives in two worlds. “In one she is an economist, by __________. In the other, she is an artist, because this is her __________.” For Noroc, the women’s beauty __________ how natural and comfortable they appear while just being themselves.

8 . When storm clouds gather, and the wind howls in anger, the natural reaction for most people is to seek shelter. But some run towards the ________. Photographer Liu Yijing is one of that rare type, as he captures and ________ nature’s anger.

For the past year, Liu, 21, has travelled about 24,000 kilometers across 11 provincial-level administrative regions in China, chasing (追赶) and ________ thunderstorms. From the first ________— a small wind developing into a strong wind, a violent sky, and birds fleeing— he ________ what appears to be a ________ task.

Liu has received a great deal of ________ for his work. His photos captured a complete supercell structure, a type of thunderstorm which ________ in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Aug 22. This image has been ________ as the cover photo for the May edition of Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, a key publication in its field.

“It is a typical supercell and I still have a vivid memory about how ________ I felt the moment it formed. While recording, I couldn’t ________ myself and kept screaming, he says, ________ that the picture and video have become popular on the Internet, ________ among meteorologists (气象学家).

Many social media users nicknamed him “storm chaser”. A Sina Weibo user ________ that Liu’s photos and videos show how amazing ________ is and how insignificant humans are.

9 . Let me tell you a secret. There are no wrong answers when you’re talking about art.

As an art historian, I am interested in_______my love of art to the public. Sometimes art can be difficult to understand. But there is no need to_______. At the heart of every engagement with an artwork is this: Do you like it or not?

_______a lot of art galleries are free, many people are hesitating (犹豫) to visit for_______that they won’t understand the art. There’s a(n)_______that other visitors may be more knowledgeable and that they understand what the artworks mean. But this_______isn’t true. Everyone is_______in front of an artwork and there are no wrong answers.

When talking about the challenges of understanding art, I’m often_______of the story “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. When the Emperor parades before his_______in his “new clothes”, everyone spoke well of the new clothes-no one dares to__________they can’t see anything. It takes a young child to tell the truth. “Listen to the voice of__________,” shout the Emperor’s people.

__________，in front of an artwork， you should try to look at it innocently (天真地). Contemporary art can be particularly difficult to understand and __________but enjoying an artwork is an instinct (直觉). Do you like it or not? Do you find it __________ or not? If you don’t like it, that’s OK! It doesn’t matter what other people say or think.

An art historian called Ernst Gombrich believes that a viewer “completed” the artwork, and that part of an artwork’s meaning came from the person__________it.

10 . It was just after sunrise on a June morning. “Nicolo,” whose real name cannot be _________ to the public because of Italy’s privacy laws, _________ working the whole night at a factory in Turin. As he often did, he stopped by the “after work auction (拍卖)”. There, among many other things, Nicolo spotted two paintings he thought would look _________ above his dining room table. Nicolo and another bidder _________ until Nicolo finally won the paintings for $32.

When Nicolo retired and went to live in Sicily, he _________ the paintings with him. His son, age 15, who had _________ an art appreciation class, thought that there was something _________ about the one with a young girl sitting on a garden chair. It was signed (签名)”Bonnato” or so he thought, but when he _________ it, he only found “Bonnard,” a French _________ he had never heard of. He bought a book and was __________ to find a picture of the artist Pierre Bonnard sitting on the same chair in the same __________ as his father’s painting.

“That’s the garden in our picture,” Nicolo’s son told his father. They __________ learned that the painting they __________ was called “The Girl with Two Chairs.” The __________ called the Italian Culture Ministry; the official confirmed that the painting was __________ and worth as much as $50 million.