13．Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the great people in Italian Renaissance．Like many leaders of Renaissance humanism，he didn't see a division between science and art His observations and inventions were recorded in 13，000pages of notes and drawings，including designs for flying machines，plant studies，war machinery，anatomy （解剖） and architecture．
Da Vinci was born on IS April，1452near the Tuscan town of Vanci，the son of a local lawyer．He learned from the sculptor （雕塑家） and painter Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence and in 1478，he became an independent master．In 1483，he moved to Milan to work for the ruling Sforza family as an engineer，sculptor，painter and architect From 1495to 1497，he produced a painting of The Last Supper，through which he got the world attention
Da Vinci was in Milan until the city was ruled by the French in 1499，which made him return to Florence．During that time，he painted several portraits，and the only one that survives is Mona Lisa．
In 1506，Da Vinci moved to Milan，remaining there until 1513．This was followed by three years in Rome．In 1517，at the invitation of the French king Francis 1，Da Vinci moved to the Chateau of Cloux，near Amboise in France，where he died on 2May，1519．
The fame of Da Vinci's surviving paintings has meant that he has been regarded primarily as an artist，but thousands of surviving pages of his notebooks show the most brilliant of minds．His true genius wasn't as a scientist or an artist，but as a combination of the two-an"artist-engineer'．His paintings were scientific，based on a deep understanding of the workings of human bodies and physics of light and shade．His science was expressed through art and his drawings show what he meant，and how he understood the world．
54．What's the main idea of the first paragraph about Da Vinci's？B
A．Inventions （mown by the world
B．Devotion to Italian Renaissance．
C．Achievements on science．
D．Talent in the field of art．
55．What can we know about Da Vinci from the text？B
A．He got a lot of support from his father．
B．His work 77re Last Supper made him popular．
C．He joined the army to fight against the French in 1499．
D．He was the first person to invent flying machines in the world．
56．Why did Da Vinci return to Florence in 1499？Because _A
A．Milan was seized by the French
B．he missed Andrea del Verrocchio
C．he didn't want to work for the ruling Sforza family
D．Florence could offer him many materials for his paintings
57．What can we infer from the last paragraph？D
A．Da Vinci is only regarded as a gifted artist．
B．Da Vinci applied scientific technology to his paintings．
C．Da Vinci was the best at using light and shade in his works
D．Da Vinci showed his attitudes towards the world by drawing．
分析 本文為說明文，介紹了偉大的藝術(shù)家--達(dá)芬奇，包括他的生平和著作．
解答 54---57 BBAD
54．答案B．主旨大意題．根據(jù)第一段第一句Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the great people in Italian Renaissance可知，下文將要介紹達(dá)芬奇在意大利文藝復(fù)興期間所做出的貢獻(xiàn)．故選B．
55．答案B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段最后一句話he produced a painting of The Last Supper，through which he got the world attention可知，他的畫作《最后的晚餐》讓他享譽(yù)世界．故B項(xiàng)正確．
56．答案A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段Da Vinci was in Milan until the city was ruled by the French in 1499，which made him return to Florence可知，1499年米蘭被法國占領(lǐng)，達(dá)芬奇回到弗洛倫薩．故選A．
57．答案D．推理判斷題．根據(jù)最后一段最后一句話His science was expressed through art and his drawings show what he meant，and how he understood the world可知，達(dá)芬奇用自己的畫作傳達(dá)自己的思想，表達(dá)了自己的世界觀．故選D．
點(diǎn)評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
