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【題目】A

Mona Lisa, the mysterious woman in Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th century masterpiece, had just given birth to her second son when she sat for the painting, a French art expert said.

The discovery was made by a team of Canadian scientists who used special infrared and three-dimensional technology to look through paint layers on the work, which now sits in the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Bruno Mottin of the French Museums’ Center for Research and Restoration said that on very close examination of the painting, it became clear that Mona Lisa’s dress was covered in a thin transparent gauze dress.

“This type of gauze dress was typical of the kind worn in the early 16th century in Italy by women who were pregnant or who had just given birth. This is something that has never been seen up to now because the painting was always judged to be dark and difficult to examine,” he told a news conference. “We can now say that this painting by Leonardo da Vinci was painted to commemorate the birth of the second son of Mona Lisa, which helps us to date it more precisely to around 1503. The young woman with the half smile has been identified as Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Florentine merchant Francesco de Giocondo. She had five children.”

Mottin also said that, contrary to popular belief, the subject had not let her hair hang freely, but in fact she had worn a bonnet from which only a few curls had managed to escape.

"People always wrote that the Mona Lisa had allowed her hair to hang freely over her shoulders. This greatly surprised historians because letting your hair hang freely during the Renaissance was typical of young girls and women of poor virtue," he said.

The team had hoped to discover more details about Leonardo's "sfumato " technique of subtly blending one tone into another, which the artist used to create a special effect. But scientist John Taylor said the team had been frustrated by the lack of brush stroke detail on the painting.

【1】This passage mainly discusses___________..

A. a new discovery about Leonardo da Vinci

B. a new discovery of Mona Lisa

C. the way Leonardo da Vinci painted Mona Lisa

D. the relationship between Mona Lisa and Leonardo da Vinci

【2】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Mona Lisa was in fact the wife of Lisa Gherardini.

B. The painting is in French now.

C. Mona Lisa lived in the 1500s in Canada.

D. Leonardo da Vinci painted the masterpiece in memory of the birth of his second son.

【3】What did people think of the hair of Mona Lisa?

A. People thought her hair was in fashion.

B. People thought she had her hair curled.

C. People thought she had let her hair hang freely over her shoulders.

D. People thought she wore fake hair.

【4】Why didn’t people find Mona Lisa’s dress was covered in a thin transparent gauze dress at first ?

A. Because they didn’t look carefully.

B. Because the painting was in bad condition.

C. Because Leonardo da Vinci fooled people.

D. Because the color of the painting was dark.

【5】From the last two paragraphs we can know the scientists felt a little_________.

A. discouraged B. satisfied

C. hopeful D. surprised

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】在本文中專家指出，蒙娜麗莎---達(dá)芬奇著名作品中的神秘人物，在坐著被畫(huà)這幅畫(huà)時(shí)，是剛剛生完她的第二個(gè)兒子。在文章中作者指出蒙娜麗莎所穿著的薄紗是典型懷孕或者剛分娩后的婦女所穿的衣服，盡管這種薄紗由于暗淡的色調(diào)不容易被人們發(fā)現(xiàn)。

【1】B主旨大意題。文章開(kāi)頭提出Mona Lisa......had just given birth to her second son when she sat for the painting,然后在下文對(duì)此提出判斷依據(jù)，然后在文中又提出this painting by Leonardo da Vinci was painted to commemorate（紀(jì)念）the birth of the second son of Mona Lisa來(lái)與開(kāi)頭相呼應(yīng)，告訴讀者這幅畫(huà)是為了紀(jì)念蒙娜麗莎第二個(gè)兒子的出生而繪畫(huà)的，由此判斷這是關(guān)于蒙娜麗莎的新發(fā)現(xiàn)，故B為正確選項(xiàng)。

【2】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第二段which now sits in the Louvre Museum in Paris可知選B。根據(jù)第四段We can now say that this painting by Leonardo da Vinci was painted to commemorate the birth of the second son of Mona Lisa, 和The young woman with the half smile has been identified as Lisa Gherardini可知A、D選項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。而從第四段This type of gauze dress was typical of the kind worn in the early 16th century in Italy by women who were pregnant or who had just given birth.可知蒙娜麗莎是生活在16世紀(jì)的意大利，故選B。

【3】C推理判斷題。從文章倒數(shù)第三段contrary to popular belief, the subject had not let her hair hang freely“與普遍的看法相反，繪畫(huà)主體沒(méi)有讓她的頭發(fā)隨意散落著”可知大多數(shù)人都認(rèn)為蒙娜麗莎的頭發(fā)是隨意散著的。其他選項(xiàng)沒(méi)有提及，故答案選C。

【4】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段because the painting was always judged to be dark and difficult to examine可知蒙娜麗莎衣服外面罩的透明薄紗之所以沒(méi)被人們發(fā)現(xiàn)，是由于繪畫(huà)色彩較暗，很難被發(fā)現(xiàn)的緣故，故答案選D。

【5】A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)末段But scientist John Taylor said the team had been frustrated可知科學(xué)家很難看清細(xì)節(jié)，感到有點(diǎn)沮喪，故選A。