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 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. 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

答案简析

1.C。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。

2.B。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。

3.A。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。

4.D。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。

5.D。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。

6.B。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 wasn’t just。

7.C。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。

8.A。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。

9.B。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。

10.C。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。[page]
　Nasreddin was a poor man， so he tried to grow __1__ he could in his own garden， so that he would not have to buy so many in the market。

One evening he heard a noise in his garden and looked out of the window. A white ox had got into the garden and __2__ his vegetables. Nasreddin at once took his stick， ran out and chased the ox， but he was too old to catch it. When he got back to his garden， he found that the ox had ruined most of his precious vegetables。

__3__， while he __4__ in the street near his house， he saw a cart with two white oxen which looked very much like the one that __5__ his vegetables. He was carrying his stick with him， __6__ he at once began to beat the two oxen with it. As neither of them looked more like the ox that had eaten his vegetables than the other， he beat both of them equally hard。

The owner of the ox and cart was drinking coffee in a __7__ coffee-house. When he saw __8__ Nasreddin was doing __9__ his animals， he ran out and shouted， “What are you doing? What have those poor animals done to you for you to beat them like that?”

“You keep out this!” Nasreddin shouted back， “This is a matter between me and one of these two oxen. He knows very well __10__ I am beating him!”

1. A. so many vegetablesB. many vegetables

C. as many as vegetablesD. as many vegetables as

2. A. was eatingB. ateC. had eatenD. has eaten

3. A. Next dayB. Next morning

C. Last morningD. The next morning

4. A. walksB. wakedC. was walkingD. walking

5. A. ruinedB. had eatenC. ateD. had ruin

6. A. soB. andC. butD. or

7. A. besideB. nearbyC. nearD. near by

8. A. thatB. whichC. whyD. what

9. A. forB. toC. withD. on

10.A. reasonB. whenC. whyD. because

答案简析

1.D。习惯用语as many as possible 意为“尽可能多的”合乎文意，为正确选项。

2.A。过去进行时强调过去正在进行的动作，根据文意Nasreddin看到牛正在吃蔬菜，故选 was eating 。

3.D。指过去某一天的第一天或第二天早上、晚上，应用the next day/morning/evening。 故应选The next morning 。

4.C。在从句动作进行的过程中，主句动作发生了，这时从句常用进行时态，故选择was walking 。

5.B。牛吃蔬菜是贫农上街之前的事，文章本身讲的是过去的故事，指过去的过去应用过去完成时，故选had eaten。

6.A。从句子意思看，空白处前后构成因果关系，故选择so。

7.B。形容词nearby一般作定语，表示“不远的，附近的”，合乎文意，为正确选项。

8.D。这里需要一个引导词，引导saw的宾语从句，同时在句子里作do的宾语，故选 what。

9.B。do sth. to sb。结构中to后面常接动作的对象。

10.C。牛主人问及Nasreddin打牛的原因，这里需要一个引导词引导 knew的宾语从句，且在从句中作状语，根据上文可知这里应填 why。