Question

She is widely seen as proof that good looks can last forever. But, at nearly 500 years of age, time is catching up with the Mona Lisa.

The health of the famous picture, painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1505, is getting worse by the year, according to the Louvre museum(盧浮宮博物館)where it is housed.

“The thin, wooden panel on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago,” the museum said. Visitors have noticed the changes but repairing the world’s most famous painting is not easy. Experts are not sure about the materials the Italian artist used and their current chemical state.

Nearly 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery of her smile. “It is very interesting that when you’re not looking at her, she seems to be smiling, and then you look at her and she stops,” said Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University. “It’s because direct vision(視覺)is excellent at picking up detail, but less suited to looking at shadows. Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows.”

However, the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as mysterious as the smile. Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always carried it with him, until it was eventually sold to France’s King Francis I in 1519.

In 1911, the painting was stolen from the Louvre by a former employee, who took it out of the museum hidden under his coat. He said he planned to return it to Italy. The painting was sent back to France two years later.

During World War II, French hid the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of German forces.

Like many old ladies, the Mona Lisa has some interesting stories to tell.

1.The underlined sentence in the first paragraph means the Mona Lisa ________.

A．is losing its value

B．is being damaged after so many years

C．is getting more valuable with years passing

D．will rot away

2.Experts haven’t any repairs on the Mona Lisa because______.

A．it is now in a poor chemical state

B．they don’t know how to replace the wooden panel

C．they don’t have the materials Da Vinci used

D．they are afraid it will be done further damage.

3.The smile of the Mona Lisa can only be seen_______.

A．by indirect vision

B．at a distance

C．by direct vision

D．in shadows

4.From the last paragraph, we can infer that______.

A．many interesting stories have been written about the Mona Lisa

B．people are interested in the stories about the Mona Lisa.

C．some mysteries still remain to be solved about the Mona Lisa.

D．Many more stories will be told about the Mona Lisa.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了《蒙娜麗莎的微笑》這幅畫隨著歲月的流逝，現在也發生了破損的現象，同時文章里講述了這幅畫的一些特別之處。

1.B 推理題。根據time is catching up with the Mona Lisa.和第二段3,4行“The thin, wooden panel on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago,”說明這幅畫現在也受到歲月的侵襲，也有了破損。故B正確。

2.D 推理題。根據Visitors have noticed the changes but repairing the world’s most famous painting is not easy. Experts are not sure about the materials the Italian artist used and their current chemical state.說明專家不清楚達芬奇所使用的原料，所以擔心會不會把畫反而弄壞。故D正確。

3.A 推理題。根據第三段最后“when you’re not looking at her, she seems to be smiling, and then you look at her and she stops,” It’s because direct vision(視覺)is excellent at picking up detail, but less suited to looking at shadows. Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows.”可知在不直視的情況下才能看到她的微笑。故A正確。

4.C 推理題。根據本句Like many old ladies, the Mona Lisa has some interesting stories to tell.可知在這幅畫的身上還有很多的情況是我們所不熟悉的。故C正確。

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點評：本文講述了《蒙娜麗莎的微笑》這幅畫隨著歲月的流逝，現在也發生了破損的現象，同時文章里講述了這幅畫的一些特別之處。本文要求考生在閱讀理解整體語篇的基礎上，把握文章的真正內涵。要吃透文章的字面意思，從字里行間捕捉有用的提示和線索，這是推理的前提和基礎;要對文字的表面信息進行挖掘加工，由表入里，由淺入深，從具體到抽象，從非凡到一般，通過分析、綜合、判定等，進行深層處理，符合邏輯地推理。