Question

【题目】Learning from Leonardo

Yes, Leonardo Da Vinci was a genius. 【1】 However, we can learn from him and try to be more like him.

Be constantly curious.

Leonardo actually did have special talents, but his distinguishing and most inspiring quality was his strong curiosity. He wanted to know what causes people to yawn and how light is processed in the eye. 【2】Being constantly and randomly curious about everything around us is something that each of us can push ourselves to do, every waking hour, just as he did.

Seek knowledge itself.

Not all knowledge needs to be useful. 【3】 By allowing himself to be driven by pure curiosity, he got to explore more horizons and see more connections than anyone else of his times.

【4】

When Leonardo came up with an idea, he designed an experiment to test it. When his experiment showed that a theory was flawed (瑕疵的), he abandoned his theory and sought a new one. If we want to be more like Leonardo, we have to be fearless about changing our minds based on new and real information.

Take notes on paper.

Five hundred years later, Leonardo's notebooks are around to astonish and inspire us.【5】 This way, fifty years from now, our own notebooks, will also be around to astonish and inspire our grandchildren, unlike our tweets and Facebook posts.

A.Show respect to facts.

B.You'd better show interest in writing.

C.We may never be able to match his talents.

D.Work up the enthusiasm to start writing them.

E.Sometimes it should be learned for pure pleasure.

F.Merely a small part of knowledge can be applied to practice.

G.Also, he instructed himself to learn about the light of the moon.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】G

【3】E

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了，我们要向达芬奇学习，可从文章提及的几个方面入手。

【1】

由上一句“是的，达芬奇是个天才。”可知，承接上文，C选项“我们可能永远无法与他匹敌。”切题；该选项中的may never be able to match his talents对应上文中的a genius。故选C项。

【2】

由上一句“他想知道是什么导致人们打哈欠，光是如何在眼睛中被处理的。”可知，承接上文，G选项“此外，他还指示自己要学习月亮的光。”切题；该选项中的the light对应上文中的light，同词复现。故选G项。

【3】

由上一句“并非所有的知识都需要有用。”和下一句“通过让自己被纯粹的好奇心驱使，他比同时代的任何人都能探索更多的视野，看到更多的联系。”可知，承接上下文，E选项“有时学习它纯粹是为了快乐。”切题；不是所有知识都需要有用，所以可以在好奇心的驱使下为了快乐学习知识。故选E项。

【4】

此处为小标题，要根据小标题下的内容进行判断。由下文倒数第二段的尾句“如果我们想更像莱昂纳多，我们就必须无所畏惧地根据新的和真实的信息改变我们的想法。”可知，承接下文，A选项“尊重事实。”切题；该选项Show respect to facts对应下文中的be fearless about changing our minds based on new and real information。故选A项。

【5】

由本段小标题“在纸上记笔记。”可知，承接上文，D选项“鼓起热情开始写作。”切题；该选项中的start writing them对应上文的Take notes on paper。故选D项。