Question

Passaee 18(2012 安徽.A)

      Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15,1452 in Italy. He is best known as an artist today. One of his famous paintings is called Mona Lisa.However,Leonardo had many other natural abilities. He was also a great inventor. Many of his inventions have become important in modem day life.

      Although Leonardo hated war,he invented many different machines used for war. His most special invention was the machine gun,which was produced and used in war many years later.

By watching the way birds fly,Leonardo tried to find out the secret of flying. Among his sketches (素描) we can see several ob- jects. We consider them as modern flying machines.

      Leonardo spent many hours thinking about how to make good use of time. He developed ideas for laborsaving machines like cutting machines.

      Leonardo was a strange man.He didn’t eat any meat,which was unusual in those times. He never published ( his ideas and sci- entific discoveries. He usually used mirror writing,which looks like writing in a mirror,starting from the right side of the page and moving to the left.

      We have very little of his work today. Leonardo finished only a few of his paintings. He left many unfinished because he thought they were not perfect. No one in his life time knew how great Leonardo was.We now believe,however,that he was one of the cleverest men the world has ever known.

1. According to the passage,Leonardo is not only an artist but also      .

   A. an inventor   B. an engineer   C. a writer   D. a musician

2.       was Leonardo’s most special invention.

   A. The mirror writing   B. The cutting machine

   C. The machine gun   D. The flying machine

3. Leonardo was strange,for example,       .

   A. he didn’t eat any vegetables

   B. he usually used mirror writing

   C. he liked to publish his discoveries

   D. he enjoyed drawing flying machines

4. Leonardo invented some machines to       .

   A. stop the war   B. help paint pictures

   C. watch the birds   D. make good use of time

5. From the passage,we can learn that Leonardo was very       .

   A. humorous   B. serious   C. clever   D. lonely

Answer 1

1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. C

Passage 18

[语篇解读]本文是一篇说明文，介绍了列奥纳多•达•芬奇不仅是 一位艺术家还是一位发明家。而且介绍了列奥纳多•达.芬奇是一 个十分奇怪的人，不吃肉，从不发表自己的观点和科学发明等，显示了这位伟人独特的性格。

1. A细节理解题。由第一段第五句“He was also a great inventor."可知。

2. C细节理解题。由第二段第二句可知。

3. B细节理解题。由第五段可知B项符合题意。

4. D细节理解题。由文章第四段可知。

5. C细节理解题。由文章最后一句话可知。

[长难句]His most special invention was the machine gun,which was produced and used in war many years later.他最特别的发明是机器枪，许多年之后被生产并用于战争中。

which was produced and used in war many years later 是定语从句，修饰 machine gun .