1、1第七节 阅读理解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 modern day life.Although Le
2、onardo 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 seve ral objects.We cons
3、ider 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 didnt eat any meat，which was very unusual in those times.He never published(发表)his ideas and scien
4、tific discoveries.He usually used mirror writing，which looks like writing in a mirror，starti ng 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.
5、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.1According to the passage，Leonardo is not only an artist but also_.Aan inventor Ban engineerCa writer Da musician2_was Leonardos most special invention.AThe mirror
6、 writing BThe cutting machineCThe machine gun DThe flying machine3Leonardo was strange，for example，_.Ahe didnt eat any vegetablesB he usually used mirror writingChe liked to publish his discoveriesDhe enjoyed drawing flying machines4Leonardo invented some machines to_.Astop the war Bhelp paint pictu
7、resCwatch the birds Dmake good use of time5From the passage，we can l earn that Leonardo was very_.Ahumorous BseriousCclever Dlonely参考答案1A 解析：由第一段中的第二句 He is best known as an artist today.和倒数第二句 He was also a great inventor.可知，达芬奇不但是一个艺术家，而且也是一个发明家。故选 A。2C 解析：由第二段中的第二句 His most special invention was
8、the machine gun.可知 C项正确。23B 解析：由第五段中的第二、三、四句 He didnt eat any meat.He never published his ideas and scientific discoveries.He usually used mirror writing.可知 B项是他的奇怪习惯。4D 解析：由第四段“Leonardo 花费了好多个小时考虑如何利用好时间，他开发了像切割机这样的节约劳动力的机器”可知，Leonardo 发明一些机器的目的是充分利用 时间。故选 D。5C 解析：humorous 意为“幽默的”；serious 意为“严肃的”；clever 意为“聪明的”；lonely 意为“孤独的”。由文章最后一句that he was one of the cleverest men the world has ever known.可知，Leonardo 是非常聪明的，故 C项正确。
