??? Who designed (設計) the first helicopter (直升飛機)？ 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. tookB. madeC. paintedD. invented

　　2. A. artistsB. doctors C. painters D. people

　　3. A. toB. of C. for D. from

　　4. A. the scientistsB. the artistsC. the worldD. people

　　5. A. draw B. paint C. workD. build

　　6. A. was justB. wasn’t justC. wasn’tD. was no longer

　　7. A. less B. noC. even D. very

　　8. A. before B. afterC. because D. when

　　9. A. himB. usC. themD. you

　　10. A. interestingB. cryingC. smilingD. surprising

　　答案簡析

　　1.C。為了引出話題人物━━達？芬奇，這里引用了設問手法，問題應表示“是誰畫了世界上最著名的畫”，故選擇動詞painted。

　　2.B。對人體比較了解的莫過于醫生了，將達？芬奇與醫生相比才能顯示其對人體的精通。故選擇doctors。

　　3.A。介詞to常表示一一對應的關系，“問題的答案”習慣表達為an answer to a question。

　　4.D。達？芬奇應是世人所知道的天才中最偉大的人，the world 一般指每個人，相當于第三人稱單數，故people為正確選項。

　　5.D。draw和paint不合文意， work為不及物動詞，不能直接接賓語。在那個時代，達？芬奇所不能做的應是制造飛機，故選擇build。

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

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

　　8.A。為了使自己的畫達到最高境界，應在畫這幅畫之前去嘗試不同的畫法，所以應選before。

　　9.B。達？芬奇的畫今天依然保存在世，為本文作者以及讀者所共享，所以應選us。

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