三、閱讀理解：（共13小題，滿分26分）
A
Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503.He was working on a special painting for a church at the time, but the church painting was not going well. An Italian businessman asked da Vinci to paint a picture of the businessman’s secondwife. This is the woman who can be seen in the Mona Lisa.
All in all, the Mona Lisa is a very good example of da Vinci’s work. Da Vinci uses darkness and light in a clever way in the painting.
Da Vinci loved science and maths. Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry in the Mona Lisa. The face of the Mona Lisa is made of many circles and round shapes like balls. Even her smile can be seen as a small part of a large circle.
The woman in the painting is sitting on a balcony, and mountains can be seen behind her. Da Vinci loved to study rocks and mountains, so these can be seen over and over in his other paintings.
The woman is sitting with her knees to the side. Her head is turned to look out of the painting. Her hands are held together in front of her. This way of sitting is now used by many artists when they are painting a picture of a man or woman today.
1.Who painted the Mona Lisa?
A.A businessman.B. His second wife.
C. Leonardo da Vinci.D. The businessman’s wife.
2.The woman in the painting is______.
A. an Italian businesswomanB. Leonardo da Vinci’s wife
C. the wife of a businessmanD .a woman from the church
3.Where is the woman in the painting?
A. On a balcony.B. On a knee.
C. On a mountain.D. On a rock.
4.What can a person see in the painting?
A.A lot of geometry.B. Clever use of light and darkness.
C. Mountains.D. All of the above.
5.Leonardo da Vinci enjoyed studying______.
A. mathsB. rocks
C. scienceD. all of the above
B
Scientists are trying to make the deserts(沙漠) into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.
Why is more and more land becoming deserts？Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.
Some places on the earth don’t get much rain. But they still don’t become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important for dry places. Plants don’t let the sun make the earth even drier. Plants do not let the wind blow the dirt away. When a bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become deserts more easily.
6. Deserts ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ .
A. never have any plants or animals in them
B. can all be turned into good land before long (不久以后)
C. are becoming smaller and smaller
D. get very little rain
7. Small green plants are very important for dry places because ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A. they don’t let the sun make the earth even drier
B. they don’t let the wind blow the soil away
C. they hold water
D. All of the above.
8. Land is becoming deserts little by little because ＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A. plants can’t grow there
B. there is not enough rain
C. people haven’t done right things that scientists wish them to do
D. scientists know little about the deserts
9. Which is the main idea of the first paragraph？
A. Scientists know how to change desert into good land.
B. Land is becoming deserts faster than scientists can change them into good land.
C. If scientists can bring water to desert, people can grow food there.
D. More and more places are becoming deserts all the time.
A
Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503.He was working on a special painting for a church at the time, but the church painting was not going well. An Italian businessman asked da Vinci to paint a picture of the businessman’s secondwife. This is the woman who can be seen in the Mona Lisa.
All in all, the Mona Lisa is a very good example of da Vinci’s work. Da Vinci uses darkness and light in a clever way in the painting.
Da Vinci loved science and maths. Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry in the Mona Lisa. The face of the Mona Lisa is made of many circles and round shapes like balls. Even her smile can be seen as a small part of a large circle.
The woman in the painting is sitting on a balcony, and mountains can be seen behind her. Da Vinci loved to study rocks and mountains, so these can be seen over and over in his other paintings.
The woman is sitting with her knees to the side. Her head is turned to look out of the painting. Her hands are held together in front of her. This way of sitting is now used by many artists when they are painting a picture of a man or woman today.
1.Who painted the Mona Lisa?
A.A businessman.B. His second wife.
C. Leonardo da Vinci.D. The businessman’s wife.
2.The woman in the painting is______.
A. an Italian businesswomanB. Leonardo da Vinci’s wife
C. the wife of a businessmanD .a woman from the church
3.Where is the woman in the painting?
A. On a balcony.B. On a knee.
C. On a mountain.D. On a rock.
4.What can a person see in the painting?
A.A lot of geometry.B. Clever use of light and darkness.
C. Mountains.D. All of the above.
5.Leonardo da Vinci enjoyed studying______.
A. mathsB. rocks
C. scienceD. all of the above
B
Scientists are trying to make the deserts(沙漠) into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.
Why is more and more land becoming deserts？Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.
Some places on the earth don’t get much rain. But they still don’t become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important for dry places. Plants don’t let the sun make the earth even drier. Plants do not let the wind blow the dirt away. When a bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become deserts more easily.
6. Deserts ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ .
A. never have any plants or animals in them
B. can all be turned into good land before long (不久以后)
C. are becoming smaller and smaller
D. get very little rain
7. Small green plants are very important for dry places because ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A. they don’t let the sun make the earth even drier
B. they don’t let the wind blow the soil away
C. they hold water
D. All of the above.
8. Land is becoming deserts little by little because ＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A. plants can’t grow there
B. there is not enough rain
C. people haven’t done right things that scientists wish them to do
D. scientists know little about the deserts
9. Which is the main idea of the first paragraph？
A. Scientists know how to change desert into good land.
B. Land is becoming deserts faster than scientists can change them into good land.
C. If scientists can bring water to desert, people can grow food there.
D. More and more places are becoming deserts all the time.