Who designed (设计) the first helicopter (直升飞机)? Who __1__ of the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most __2__? There is an answer __3__ all these questions --- Leonardo de Vinci (达芬奇).
Leonardo may have been the greatest genius (天才) __4__ have ever known. He lived in Italy around the year 1500, but many of his inventions seem modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn’t __5__ a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have worked.
But Leonardo __6__ 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 ( 大师) painter, and as he got older he became __7__ more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand ten different ways __8__ he was ready to paint.
Many of Leonardo’s wonderful paintings are still with __9__ today. You may know one of his most famous works the __10__ 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
导师点评
本文介绍了堪称世界上最伟大的天才——达•芬奇在发明、艺术等方面为人类所作的巨大贡献，文章层次分明，通俗易懂。
答案简析
1.C。为了引出话题人物━━达•芬奇，这里引用了设问手法，问题应表示“是谁画了世界上最著名的画”，故选择动词painted。
2.B。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精通。故选择doctors。
3.A。介词to常表示一一对应的关系，“问题的答案”习惯表达为an answer to a question。
4.D。达•芬奇应是世人所知道的天才中最伟大的人，the world 一般指每个人，相当于第三人称单数，故people为正确选项。
5.D。draw和paint不合文意, work为不及物动词，不能直接接宾语。在那个时代，达•芬奇所不能做的应是制造飞机，故选择build。
6.B。这一句起承上启下的作用，意为“达•芬奇不仅仅是一名发明家”，故选择 wasn’t just。
7.C。less和no不合文章，very不能用来修饰比较级，而even常用来修饰比较级，意为“甚至更……”，故为正确选项。
8.A。为了使自己的画达到最高境界，应在画这幅画之前去尝试不同的画法，所以应选before。
9.B。达•芬奇的画今天依然保存在世，为本文作者以及读者所共享，所以应选us。
10.C。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。
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One day in early December, we woke up to discover a heavy fall of snow. “Mom, can we go __36__ after breakfast?” my eleven-year-old daughter Erica begged. I didn’t want to __37__ her request, so we headed towards the only __38__ in our town.
When we arrived, the hill was crowded with people. We found an open spot next to a thin man and his three-year-old son. The boy was already lying in the sled (雪橇), __39__ to be launched. “Come on, Daddy!” he called.
The man looked over at me. “Okay if we go __40__?” he asked.
“Sure. Looks like your son is ready to go,” I said. With that, he gave the boy a huge __41__, and off he flew! And the father ran after his son at full speed.
“He must be afraid that his son is going to __42__ somebody,” I said to Erica. “We’d better be __43__, too.”
Then we also skied down the hill at a great speed. As we returned to the top, I noticed that the man was __44__ his son, who was still lying in the sled, back up to the summit. When we reached the top, the boy was ready to play again. Again, the father __45__ him down the hill, and then pulled both the boy and the sled back up. The little boy was terribly spoilt by his father, I thought. __46__ he was small, the child could pull his own sled up the hill once in a while. This __47__ went on for more than an hour, but the man never __48__, and he was very happy instead. Finally, I could __49__ it no longer. I called to him, “You have tremendous __50__!”
The man smiled and said, “He has cerebral palsy (脑瘫). He can’t walk. ”
I was dumbstruck (惊呆的). It had all seemed so happy, so __51__, that it never occurred to me that the child might be __52__. Although I didn’t know the man’s name, I told the __53__ in my newspaper column. Either he or someone he knew must have recognized him, __54__ shortly afterward, I received this letter:
Dear Mrs. Silverman,
The energy I expended on the hill that day is __55__ compared to what my son does every day. To me, he is a true hero.
36. A. camping B. hiking C. shopping D. skiing
37. A. answer B. refuse C. allow D. accept
38. A. hill B. lake C. market D. gym
39. A. promising B. advising C. waiting D. warning
40. A. too B. second C. last D. first
41. A. wave B. ability C. push D. touch
42. A. look at B. run into C. come across D. call on
43. A. natural B. honest C. careful D. special
44. A. attracting B. following C. pulling D. forbidding
45. A. found B. chased C. drove D. noticed
46. A. As if B. Even though C. Now that D. Ever since
47. A. accident B. signal C. pattern D. adventure
48. A. doubted B. laughed C. tired D. cried
49. A. interrupt B. stand C. change D. demand
50. A. energy B. value C. skills D. attitude
51. A. fair B. frightening C. normal D. unlucky
52. A. homeless B. disabled C. technical D. creative
53. A. joke B. story C. meeting D. news
54. A. because B. unless C. if D. although
55. A. all B. everything C. something D. nothing
36—40 DBACD 41—45 CBCCB
46—50 BCCBA 51—55 CBBAD
