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 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 ( 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 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