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　　Who designed (設(shè)計(jì)) the first helicopter (直升飛機(jī))? 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 (達(dá)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 ( 大師) 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

　　點(diǎn)評(píng)

　　本文介紹了堪稱世界上最偉大的天才——達(dá)•芬奇在發(fā)明、藝術(shù)等方面為人類所作的巨大貢獻(xiàn)，文章層次分明，通俗易懂。

　　1.C。為了引出話題人物━━達(dá)•芬奇，這里引用了設(shè)問(wèn)手法，問(wèn)題應(yīng)表示“是誰(shuí)畫了世界上最著名的畫”，故選擇動(dòng)詞painted。

　　2.B。對(duì)人體比較了解的莫過(guò)于醫(yī)生了，將達(dá)•芬奇與醫(yī)生相比才能顯示其對(duì)人體的精通。故選擇doctors。

　　3.A。介詞to常表示一一對(duì)應(yīng)的關(guān)系，“問(wèn)題的答案”習(xí)慣表達(dá)為an answer to a question。

　　4.D。達(dá)•芬奇應(yīng)是世人所知道的天才中最偉大的人，the world 一般指每個(gè)人，相當(dāng)于第三人稱單數(shù)，故people為正確選項(xiàng)。

　　5.D。draw和paint不合文意, work為不及物動(dòng)詞，不能直接接賓語(yǔ)。在那個(gè)時(shí)代，達(dá)•芬奇所不能做的應(yīng)是制造飛機(jī)，故選擇build。

　　6.B。這一句起承上啟下的作用，意為“達(dá)•芬奇不僅僅是一名發(fā)明家”，故選擇 wasn’t just。

　　7.C。less和no不合文章，very不能用來(lái)修飾比較級(jí)，而even常用來(lái)修飾比較級(jí)，意為“甚至更……”，故為正確選項(xiàng)。

　　8.A。為了使自己的畫達(dá)到最高境界，應(yīng)在畫這幅畫之前去嘗試不同的畫法，所以應(yīng)選before。

　　9.B。達(dá)•芬奇的畫今天依然保存在世，為本文作者以及讀者所共享，所以應(yīng)選us。

　　10.C。達(dá)•芬奇的名作━━Mona Lisa以畫中人物面部神秘的微笑而名揚(yáng)天下，故選smiling。

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　　Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they __1__ their work, he left them, saying, “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.”

　　At last one of them said, “What’s the use of doing this foolish work? We can __2__ fill the basket.” __3__ man answered, “That is none of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like, but I am not going to work at __4__ so foolish.” He __5__ his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying __6__. At last the well was almost __7__.

　　As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. __8__ he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You __9__ so well in this little thing,” he said, “ __10__ now I know I can believe you with many things.”

　　1. A. finished B. did C. began D. had

　　2. A. ever B. never C. easily D. no

　　3. A. The other B. Another C. One D. A second

　　4. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything

　　5. A. picked up B. put away C. took away D. threw away

　　6. A. water B. basket C. well D. work

　　7. A. full B. empty C. filled D. clean

　　8. A. While B. As soon as C. Before D. Since

　　9. A. have done B. will do C. do D. are doing

　　10. A. what B. why C. when D. that

　　點(diǎn)評(píng)

　　本文講述了一個(gè)國(guó)王為了考驗(yàn)兩個(gè)人，讓他們往籃子里打水，忠誠(chéng)的人不遺余力地往空籃子里打水，直到國(guó)王歸來(lái)。結(jié)果不僅獲得了一枚金戒指，而且得到了國(guó)王的信任。

　　1.C。這里did和finished都表示完成了這項(xiàng)工作，而給籃子裝滿水是不可能的，國(guó)王應(yīng)在兩人開始打水后不久離開，所以應(yīng)選began。

　　2.B。往籃子里盛滿水是永遠(yuǎn)不可能的，故選擇never。

　　3.A。兩者中的另一個(gè)用the other加名詞來(lái)表示。

　　4.C。the first man想離開，因?yàn)樗�覺(jué)得自己干的是無(wú)用功，故選擇nothing意為“從事某項(xiàng)工作”。

　　5.D。pick up意為“撿起”，pick away意為“放好”，take away意為“取走”，而throw down意為“扔掉、丟棄”，比較貼近文意，為正確選項(xiàng)。

　　6.A。根據(jù)文意，另一個(gè)人一直在打水，故選water。

　　7.B。不停地打水必然會(huì)導(dǎo)致井空，故選empty。

　　8.B。while引導(dǎo)從句時(shí)，從句應(yīng)用延續(xù)性動(dòng)詞，before和since不符合文意，as soon as…表示“一……就”為正確選項(xiàng)。

　　9.A。國(guó)王是因?yàn)檫@個(gè)誠(chéng)實(shí)的人所做過(guò)的事情而表?yè)P(yáng)他，所以應(yīng)用完成時(shí)態(tài)have done。

　　10.D。國(guó)王講的最后一句話是含有 “so……that”結(jié)構(gòu)的復(fù)合句，意為“如此……以致”故選that。

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