Question

Who designed (设计) the first helicopter? Who _______ one of the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most _______? There is an answer _______ all these questions — Leonardo da Vinci (达•芬奇).

Leonardo may have been the greatest genius (天才) _______ have ever known. He lived in Italy about the year 1500, but many of his inventions seem modem to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawing 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 _______ 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 _______ today. You may know one of his most famous works — the ________ woman known as the Mona Lisa.

1.A.took B.made C.painted D.invented

2.A.artists B.doctors C.painters D.people

3.A.to B.of C.for D.from

4.A.the scientists B.the artists C.the world D.people

5.A.draw B.paint C.work D.build

6.A.was just B.wasn't just C.wasn't D.was no longer

7.A.less B.no C.even D.very

8.A.before B.after C.because D.when

9.A.him B.us C.them D.you

10.A.interesting B.crying C.smiling D.surprising

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.C

【解析】

短文大意：本文是一篇人物小传，介绍了著名艺术家达芬奇的生平和才华。

1.句意：谁画了世界上最著名的画之一?考查动词辨析题。根据下文pictures及Leonardo da Vinci可知，此处指作画(paint)。take意为“拿，拍摄(照片)”；make意为“制作”；invent意为“发明”，均不符合文意，故选C。

2.句意：谁比大多数医生更了解人体?考查名词辨析题。根据上文“knew more about the human body”可知，此处指医生(doctor)。artist意为“艺术家”；painter意为“画家”；people意为“人”均不符合文意，故选B。

3.句意：所有这些问题都有一个答案——列奥纳多·达·芬奇。考查介词辨析题。an answer to a question为固定用法，指“针对一个问题的答案”，其他三项均无此用法。根据句意语境，可知选A。

4.句意：列奥纳多可能是有史以来最伟大的天才。考查名词辨析题。根据文意可知，达·芬奇可能是人们(people)知道的最伟大的天才。此处泛指所有人都知道的，并不特指科学家(scientist)或艺术家(artist)；world意为“世界；地球”，而the world意为“世人”，是单数形式，若其后面接has则正确，故选D。

5.句意：当然，用他现有的东西是造不出直升机的。考查动词辨析题。根据下文“with the things he had”可知，他当然不能用他所拥有的东西建造(build)出一架直升机来。draw、 paint都意为“画”，上文提到他自己画出了直升机；work意为“工作”，均不符合文意，故选D。

6.句意：但是列奥纳多不仅仅是一个发明家。A项，was just“只是”；B项，wasn’t just“不只是”；C项，wasn’t“不是”；D项，was no longer“不再是”。根据下文“He was one of the greatest artists of his day”可知，他不只是(wasn’t just)一个发明家，还是一个伟大的艺术家，故选B。

7.句意：随着年龄的增长，他甚至变得更加有名。考查副词辨析题。even more为国定搭配，意为“更加”。此处指随着他年龄的增加，他更加(even more)出名了。no more为“不再”，不符合文意；less为“较少”，very意为“非常”，均不与more搭配。根据句意语境，可知选C。

8.句意：有时在他准备作画之前，他会用十种不同的方法来画一只手。考查连词辨析题。此处指有时在他准备好作画之前(before)，他会先用十种不同的方式画人物的手。after意为“在……之后”；because意为“因为”；when意为“当……时”，均不符合文意。根据句意语境，可知选A。

9.句意：许多列奥纳多的杰作至今仍保存在我们的眼前。考查代词辨析题。him它us我们；them他们；you你。根据句意语境，可知很多达·芬奇的大作现在仍与我们(us)同在，故选B。

10.句意：你可能知道他最著名的作品之一——《蒙娜丽莎》。考查形容词辨析题。根据常识可知，此处指达·芬奇的名画《蒙娜丽莎的微笑(smile)》。interesting “有趣的”；crying “哭泣”；surprising “令人惊讶的”。故选C。