Who designed (設(shè)計) the first helicopter (直升飛機)? 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 (達芬奇).

　　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 see m 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 ( 大師) 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. pe ople

　　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

　　名師點評

　　本文介紹了堪稱世界上最偉大的天才——達•芬奇在發(fā)明、藝術(shù)等方面為人類所作的巨大貢獻，文章層次分明，通俗易懂。

　　答案簡析

　　1.C。為了引出話題人物━━達•芬奇，這里引用了設(shè)問手法，問題應(yīng)表示“是誰畫了世界上最著名的畫”，故選擇動詞painted。

　　2.B。對人體比較了解的莫過于醫(yī)生了，將達•芬奇與醫(yī)生相比才能顯示其對人體的精通。故選擇doctors。

　　3.A。介詞to常表示一一對應(yīng)的關(guān)系，“問題的答案”習(xí)慣表達為an answer to a question。

　　4.D。達•芬奇應(yīng)是世人所知道的天才中最偉大的人，the world 一般指每個人，相當(dāng)于第三人稱單數(shù)，故people為正確選項。

　　5.D。draw和paint不合文意, work為不及物動詞，不能直接接賓語。在那個時代，達•芬奇所不能做的應(yīng) 是制造飛機，故選擇build。

　　6.B。這一句起承上啟下的作用，意為“達•芬奇不僅僅是一名發(fā)明家”，故選擇 wasn’t just。

　　7.C。less和no不合文章，very不能用來修飾比較級，而even常用來修飾比較級，意為“甚至更……”，故為正確選項。

　　8.A。為了使自己的畫達到最高境界，應(yīng)在畫這幅畫之前去嘗試不同的畫法，所以應(yīng)選before。

　　9.B。達•芬奇的畫今天依然保存在世，為本文作者以及讀者所共享，所以應(yīng)選us。

　　10.C。達•芬奇的名作━━Mona Lisa以畫中人物面部神秘的微笑而名揚天下，故選smiling。

　　中考英語專題練習(xí)2：

　　There was once a millionaire who loved money than anything else in the world. He didn’t know exactly how much he had, so he took on a little girl to __1__ all his money for him.

　　It __2__ the little girl six days to count all the money. When she told the millionaire that he had forty-two __3__ dollars, he was __4__ with joy and asked, “ How much __5__ do you want?” He thought that __6__ she was only a child, he could __7__ her into taking a very small amount of money.

　　The girl said, “well, I worked for six days, so I th ink you __8__ pay me for six days. Give me two pennies for the first day. Each day after that, just give me the amount you give me the day before, multiplied by itself.

　　The __9__ thought that in this __10__ he would only have to give her a __11__ dollars. What a __12__ little girl! So immediately, he __13__ his lawyer sign up the contract, fearing that she would change her __14__ .

　　On the first day the millionaire paid her two pennies, and on the second day, two pennies times two pennies, or four pennies.

　　Ea ch day after that, he gave her __15__ number of pennies he had given her the day before, multiplied by itself. And by the sixth day, the foolish millionaire had to give the clever little girl all his money.

　　1. A. bring B. count C. send D. hide

　　2. A. had B. needed C. got D. took

　　3. A. million B. dozen C. thousand D. hundred

　　4. A. pride B. wild C. surprised D. moved

　　5. A. dollars B. number C. time D. pay

　　6. A. as if B. though C. if D. because

　　7. A. warn B. advise C. cheat D. set

　　8. A. could B. would C. should D. might

　　9. A. girl B. millionaire C. two D. people

　　10. A. measure B. way C. point D. means

　　11. A. few B. little C. less D. much

　　12. A. nice B. clever C. fine D. foolish

　　13. A. ordered B. asked C. had D. persuaded

　　14. A. mind B. heart C. word D. plan

　　15. A. good B. great C. a D. the

　　名師點評

　　一個富翁雇了一個小女孩為他數(shù)錢，她用了六天才把錢數(shù)完。付工錢時，富翁想欺騙她，但聰明的小女孩用了一個簡單的辦法得到了富翁所有的錢。

　　答案簡析

　　1.B。由于不知道自己到底有多少錢，所以找個人幫他“數(shù)”錢。D項意為“隱藏”。

　　2.D。根據(jù)it takes sb. some time to do sth.結(jié)構(gòu)判斷答案用D。

　　3.A。因為他是一個百萬富翁。

　　4.B。be wild with joy意為“欣喜若狂”，表示the man當(dāng)時的心情。

　　5.D。pay在此指“需要支付的錢”，也就是“工錢”。由于前面是how much，所以不能用dollars。

　　6.D。從下文可知，此處表示原因。

　　7.C。由the man 的心理及前面的only a child推知，此時想“欺騙”那個女孩。

　　8.C。should表示“應(yīng)該”。

　　9.B。此處指“富翁”。

　　10.B。in this way為固定短語。

　　11.A。只有few可以修飾dollars。

　　12.D。從下文中可以看出小女孩其實很聰明，但是富翁卻以為她“愚蠢”。

　　13.C。have sb. do sth.意為“讓某人做某事”。其余三詞后面的動詞不定式都要加to。

　　14.A。change one’s mind意為“改變主意”。

　　15.D。the number of表示“……的數(shù)目”，而a number of表示“許多……”。