初中英语 阅读理解（6）

初中英语：阅读理解 (6)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 couldnt _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 Leonardos 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. invented2. A. artistsB. doctors C. painters D. people3. A. toB. of C. for D. from4. A. the scientistsB. the artistsC. the worldD. people5. A. draw B. paint C. workD. build6. A. was justB. wasnt justC. wasntD. was no longer7. A. less B. noC. even D. very8. A. before B. afterC. because D. when9. A. himB. usC. themD. you10. A. interestingB. cryingC. smilingD. surprising名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1C。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。2B。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。3A。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。4D。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。5D。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。6B。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 wasnt just。7C。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。8A。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。9B。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。10C。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。2