Question

【题目】Who designed the first helicopter (直升机)？ Who painted the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most ？There is an answer to all these questions — Leonardo da Vinci.

Leonardo may have been the greatest genius(天才) have ever known. He lived in Italy around the year 1500，but many of his seem modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn't a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have worked.

But Leonardo wasn't just an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master painter, and as he got older he became more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand in ten different ways he was ready to paint.

Many of Leonardo's wonderful paintings are still with us today. You may know one of his most famous works the woman known as the Mona Lisa.

【1】 A. artists B. doctors C. painters D. people

【2】 A, scientists B. artists C. doctors D. people

【3】 A. paintings B. inventions C. experiences D. traditions

【4】 A. draw B. fly C. imagine D. build

【5】 A. less B. no C. even D. very

【6】 A. before B. after C. because D. when

【7】 A. interesting B. crying C. smiling D. surprising

Answer 1

【答案】【1】 B

【2】 D

【3】 B

【4】 D

【5】 C

【6】 A

【7】 C

【解析】【1】 对人体比较了解的莫过于医生了，将达·芬奇与医生相比才能显示其对人体的了解甚多. 故选择doctors。

【2】 达·芬奇涉猎广泛，应是世人所知道的天才中最伟大的人，而不是某一类人中所知道的最伟大的天才。故选D项。

【3】 下面举了helicopter的例子，直升机属于“发明”。

【4】 限于当时的条件，达·芬奇虽然画出了一架直升机，却没法将其建造出来。

【5】 达·芬奇年少成名，在20岁时便成为绘画大师，而随着年龄渐长，刘变得越发著名。even常用来修饰比较级，意为“甚至更……”，符合文意。

【6】 为了使自己的画达到最高境界，他会在画某幅画之前去尝试不同的画法，所以应选before。

【7】 达·芬奇的名作——Mona Lisa以画中人物面部神秘的微笑而名扬天下，故选smiling。