四、阅读理解
Have you ever looked at Vincent Van Gogh's famous painting The Starry Night and felt like the sky was moving? It turns out your eyes weren't playing tricks on you.
▲ A team of researchers has found that the swirling（旋动的）patterns in Van Gogh's great work are actually very similar to the real movement of air in the sky!
The researchers used clever methods to study Van Gogh's brushstrokes. They found that these patterns match two important ideas in the study of how water and gases move. Don't worry if these terms sound
abstruse—let's explain them in an easy way.
One of these ideas, called Kolmogorov's law, describes how energy moves from larger to smaller parts in a moving fluid（流体）. Imagine a big swirl breaking down into smaller and smaller ones. This is what happens in the sky and oceans... and amazingly, it's exactly what Van Gogh's brushstrokes show in The Starry Night.
Finding this pattern in a painting is uncommon, which makes the discovery even more exciting. "It shows that Van Gogh had a deep and natural understanding of nature," says Yongxiang Huang, the head of the study. This research also brings new chances for the intersection of art and science. It proves that beauty and scientific truth aren't mutually exclusive（相互排斥的）—in fact, they might be more closely connected than we realize.
So, the next time you look at The Starry Night, remember that you're not just seeing a beautiful painting. You're also seeing a picture of the swirling, moving dance of the atmosphere（大气）—a perfect mix of art and science.
（
B
）1. Which of the following can be put in "
▲ " in paragraph 1?
A. It's just a special feeling.
B. There's a scientific reason.
C. Van Gogh painted skillfully.
D. The painting is hard to copy.
（
A
）2. What does the word "abstruse" probably mean in paragraph 2?
A. Hard to understand.
B. Easy to explain.
C. Interesting to learn.
D. Important to remember.
（
B
）3. Which of the following best show Kolmogorov's law?
A.
B. C. D.
（
D
）4. What is the purpose of paragraph 4?
A. To describe the beauty of nature.
B. To explain the steps of the research.
C. To praise the great talent of Van Gogh.
D. To show the importance of the discovery.
（
B
）5. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Van Gogh: A Pioneer of Scientific Research
B. The Starry Night: Beauty Meets Scientific Truth
C. Van Gogh: A Talented Artist and a Natural Scientist
D. The Starry Night: Art Teaches Atmospheric Physics
