Question

  Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1118. He was working 1        a special painting for a church at that time， 2        the church painting was not 3        well. An Italian businessman asked da Vinci to paint a picture of his second 4         .  This is the woman who 5        be seen in the Mona Lisa.

  All in all,the Mona Lisa is a very good example of da Vinci’s 6        and it satisfied the husband. Da Vinci used 7        and light in a clever 8        in the painting. Da Vinci loved science and 9        Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry(幾何形狀) in the Mona Lisa. The face of the Mona Lisa is made of many circles and 10        shapes like 11       . Even her 12        can be seen as a small part of a large circle. The woman in the 13        is sitting on a balconyC 陽臺) ，and 14        can be seen behind her. Da Vinci loved to study rocks，so these can be seen 15        in his other paintings. The woman is sitting with her knees  16        the side. Her head is turned to look out of the painting. Her hands are 17        together in front of her. This way of 18        is now used by many 19        when 20        The Mona Lisa is a remarkable masterpiece.

1. A.  up   B. in   C. on   D. about

2. A.  but   B. thus   C. however   D. so

3. A.  doing   B. going   C. making   D. working

4. A.  servant   B. daughter   C. nurse   D. wife

5. A.  must   B. should   C. might   D. can

6. A.  works   B. jobs   C. novels   D. photos

7. A.  heaviness   B. black   C. darkness   D. oils

8.  A. way   B. picture   C. hand   D. eye

9. A.  chemistry   B. maths   C. geography   D. biology

10. A.  square   B. round   C. long   D. egg

11. A.  balls   B. sticks   C. vases   D. boxes

12. A.  smile   B. shout   C. cry   D. anger

13. A.  church   B. painting   C. sofa   D. house

14. A.  trees   B. buildings   C. mountains   D. flowers

15. A.  by and by   B. here and there   C. over and over   D. up and down

16. A.  on   B. by   C. to   D. beyond

17. A.  caught   B. held   C. supported   D. hung

18. A.  painting   B. living   C. smiling   D. sitting

19. A.  women   B. actresses   C. girls   D. models

20. A. they are being painted   B. painting

   C. being painted   D. they have painted

Answer 1

1. C work on從事某一件事。

2. A由上下文意思可知是轉折關系。

3. B go well進展順利。

4. D后文的the husband是提示。

5. D

6. A work意為“作品”。《蒙娜麗莎》是達.芬奇的作品之—.

7. C與light相對應的是darkness。

8. A明暗對比是繪畫技巧、方法之一。

9. B在其畫中大量使用幾何形狀，說明他喜愛“數學”。

10. B    和 circles 同義的是 round shapes。

11. A圓形的東西，四個選項中只有balls符合。

12. A

13. B the woman指的就是“畫”中的蒙娜麗莎。

14. C    由后面的rocks可以聯想到mountains。

15. C在其他的一些畫中也能看到rock,說明rock“反復地”出現在他的畫中。

16. C to the side“側向一邊”，符合畫的意境。

17. B

18. D前面談的就是蒙娜麗莎的“坐”姿。

19. D仿效這種坐姿的應是“模特”。

20. A模特應該是在供人們作畫時才擺出這種坐姿的。