Question

The Last Supper is regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces（杰作）in the whole field of pictorial art. Tradition says that Leonardo da Vinci worked for ten years upon the painting, and the monks（修道士）in the church were angered at the delay. It was said that Leonardo often painted continuously from dawn to night without eating his meals. But at other times he spent hours before the picture, lost in contemplation, examining, comparing, and measuring with his figures. This inactivity aroused the anger of the fussy（愛挑剔的）Prior, the head of the church, who belonged to the large group of those who believe that the busier a man seems, the more he completes; and so he tried to find fault with the lazy painter. Leonardo was slightly unhappy and explained to somebody else that there is a great difference between the work of the creative artist and the stonemason（石匠）. The creative artist needs time for contemplation; he may be busiest when his hands are idlest. Just now he needed two heads to complete the picture: that of Christ, for which no model on earth could be found, for it was hard to find the man whose face would express the strength, beauty, tenderness, and deep sorrow of the Christ; then he also needed a head for Judas, and it was hard to find the man whose face could express the meanness of that base traitor（卑鄙的叛徒）. But he would look no further, if none came his way, he would be satisfied to take the Prior as a model for Judas. This threat silenced the angry Prior, who quite naturally had no desire to present himself to descendants（后代）in such a fashion.

 

59．Why did the Prior complain about the delay?

A. Because he thought that the painter idled most of the hours.
B. Because he knew that genius might be busiest when seemingly idlest.
C. Because he liked the work of a stonemason.
D. Because he was eager to be taken as a model for Judas.

60．What does “contemplation” in the last sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. Great possibility.                            B. Good attitude.

C. Deep thought.                                D. Eager expectation.

61．Which of the following is NOT true?

 A. Leonardo took the fussy Prior as a model for Judas.

B. The Prior was discontented with da Vinci’s method of work.

C. The painting was completed in ten years.

D. The painting is justly regarded as one of the world’s masterpieces.

62．Why did the Prior stop complaining?

A. He did not wish to be remembered like an evil traitor after he died.

B. He wanted to be painted as Judas who betrayed his master.

C. He disliked to be painted in fashionable clothes.

D. He was pleased to be a fashionable model.

Answer 1

ACAA