The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has welcomed home two paintings by the Dutch master, more than 14 years after they were ripped (扯) off the museum’s wall in a nighttime theft. Museum director Axel Rueger called their return “one of the most special days in the history of the museum”. The paintings were discovered last year by Italian police while they were searching an Italian criminals’ farmhouse near Naples for evidence of drug dealing. They were in a box and hidden behind a wall in a toilet when they were found.

The paintings were considered among the artworks most searched for in the world. After years in darkness, they can now shine again. They are back on display at the museum before being taken to the conservation studio for repair. Fortunately, they suffered surprisingly little damage as thieves who had climbed up a ladder and broken a window to get into the museum in 2004 ripped them out of their frames.

“It is not only a surprise that the works have been recovered but it’s even more surprising they are in relatively unharmed condition,” Rueger said.

The museum director was on vacation when the call came last year from Italian authorities who believed they had recovered the paintings. He didn’t celebrate right away. He’d had calls like this before.

“I was hopeful but also a little hesitant. Over these years, we had so many occasions when people phoned us, contacted us, claiming that they knew something about the whereabouts (下落) of the works and each time it was false, the trace went cold,” he said. “So… the way has been full of disappointment.” But museum experts sent to Italy to check the authenticity (真实性) of the works quickly turned Ruegers doubts into delight.

Rueger said the paintings are now back at the museum, which is home to dozens of works by Van Gogh. “I’m very confident that everything is safe in the museum from now on,” he said.

Xu Beihong, who developed the tradition of 【小题1】（combine）poetry with painting, was important in modern Chinese folk art. His famous painting is Racing Horse. He used different shades of grey in a 【小题2】（create）way to show the sweat along the horse’s body.

Qi Baishi was one of China’s greatest painters. He 【小题3】（work）with wood during his early youth. Then his interest changed to simple pictures from everyday life, such as 【小题4】（vegetable）, flowers, birds and insects.

Chen Yifei was a very successful artist, 【小题5】 soft portraits of beautiful women are very valuable. His painting, named Poppy, is a typical example of Chen’s style. In the painting, 【小题6】 young woman sits alone and is deep 【小题7】 thought. Her hand holding the fan is 【小题8】（elegant）positioned above her knees. 【小题9】（emphasise）the woman even more, Chen adds a lot of detail to the fan and the cloth of her dress, 【小题10】 chooses to paint the background behind the woman black.

About the year 1900, a dark-haired boy 【小题1】 (name) Charlie Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrance of London theatres. He looked thin and hungry. He was hoping to get work in show business. He could sing and dance, and above all, he knew 【小题2】 to make people laugh. Sometimes he 【小题3】 (send) away to a home for homeless children.

But twenty years later, this same Chaplin became the 【小题4】 (great), best-known, and best-loved comedian in the world. People all over the world are greatly amused by the man with a moustache,【小题5】 (wear) large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round hat. Even people who don’t understand English can enjoy his films, because they are mostly 【小题6】 (silence). It isn’t what he says 【小题7】 makes us laugh. Acting out common human situations, without words,【小题8】 (play) an important part in his films.

   Art researchers have found a hidden painting of a man under one of Pablo Picasso's masterpieces，The Blue Room.By using infrared（红外线的）imagery they discovered that the hidden man under the painting was a man with his face resting on his hand.Now the question that scientists at the Phillips Collection hope to answer is simple.Who is he？

The finding of the hidden man in The Blue Room leads to new research about the 1901 painting，which was created by Picasso in Paris at the start of his blue period of unhappiness.Researchers discovered that the hidden man was painted in a reworked composition by Picasso.They are sure that it is not a self-portrait. They think it might be the Paris art dealer AmbroseVillard who hosted Picasso's first show in 1901，but there's no record or evidence to prove this，so the research continues.

Hidden pictures have been found under other important Picasso's paintings，such as la Vie and Woman roning.A technical analysis of La Vie at the Cleveland Museum of Art also found that Picasso reworked the painting's composition.And scientistsfound a portrait of a man under Picasso's painting Woman lroning at the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan.

Dorothy Kosinski，director of the Phillips Collection，said more new knowledge about Picasso's paintings can be discovered through high-tech cooperation（合作）among museums. "Our audience are curious about the high-tech research because it can help them know more about the paintings. It's giving them a doorway to make them understand Picasso's paintings more， " she said." The more we can understand，the greater our appreciation of the paintings will be."

People have been 【小题1】（flock）to the exhibition where 【小题2】（masterpiece）of many famous artists are on show. One work is 【小题3】（super）to the others. In it there is a 【小题4】（scene）part of America，with a gorge（峡谷）lined with vertical cliffs and a beautiful rainbow. A woman who is polished，standing with great dignity is 【小题5】（accompany）by a young man whose expression conveys his affection. Its beauty is 【小题6】（breath）.It gives me a thrill .I adore it. In the exhibition people also enjoy famous symphonies that are 【小题7】（access）to the public. Their tunes are delicate，and 【小题8】（fresh）visitors' memories. In the end，a man in command 【小题9】（deliver）a lecture，explaining the tendency of Christian poetry which can be sentimental or 【小题10】（romance）.