科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
ROME: The legend of Leonardo da Vinci is covered in mystery: How did he die? Are the remains buried in a French castle really those of the master? Was the "Mona Lisa" a self-portrait in disguise (偽裝)?
A group of Italian scientists believe the key to solving those puzzles lies with the remains, and they say they are seeking permission to dig up the body to conduct carbon and DNA testing.
If the skull is undamaged, the scientists can go to the heart of a question that has fascinated scholars and the public for centuries: the identity of the "Mona Lisa." Recreating a virtual and then physical reconstruction of Leonardo's face, they can compare it with the smiling face in the painting.
"We don't know what we'll find if the tomb is opened. We could even just find grains and dust," says Giorgio Gruppioni, an anthropologist who is participating in the project. "But if the remains are well kept, they are a biological record of events in a person's life, and sometimes in their death." Silvano Vinceti, the leader of the group, said that he plans to press his case with the French officials in charge of the said burial site at Amboise Castle early next week.
Leonardo moved to France at the invitation of King Francis I, who named him "first painter to the king." He spent the last three years of his life there, and died in 1519 at age 67. The artist's original burial place, the palace church of Saint Florentine, was destroyed during the French Revolution and remains that are believed to be his were eventually reburied in the Saint-Hubert Chapel near the castle.
"The Amboise tomb is a symbolic tomb; it's a big question mark," said Alessandro Vezzosi, the director of a museum dedicated to Leonardo in his hometown of Vinci. Vezzosi said that investigating the tomb could help identify the artist's bones with certainty and solve other questions, such as the cause of his death. He said he asked to open the tomb in 2004 to study the remains, but the Amboise Castle turned him down.
The group of 100 experts involved in the project, called the National Committee for Historical and Artistic Heritage, was created in 2003 with the aim of "solving the great mysteries of the past," said Vinceti, who has written books on art and literature.
Arguably the world's most famous painting, the "Mona Lisa" hangs in the Louvre in Paris, where it drew some 8.5 million visitors last year. Mystery has surrounded the identity of the painting's subject for centuries, with opinions ranging from the wife of a Florentine merchant to Leonardo's own mother.
That Leonardo intended the "Mona Lisa" as a self-portrait in disguise is a possibility that has interested and divided scholars. Theories have existed: Some think that Leonardo's taste for tricks and riddles might have led him to hide his own identity behind that puzzling smile; others have guessed that the painting hid an androgynous lover.
If granted access to the grave site, the Italian experts plan to use a tiny camera and radar to confirm the presence of bones. The scientists would then exhume (挖掘) the remains and attempt to date the bones with carbon testing.
At the heart of the proposed study is the effort to discover whether the remains are actually Leonardo's, including with DNA testing.
Vezzosi questions the DNA comparison, saying he is unaware of any direct descendants (后代) of Leonardo or of tombs that could be attributed with certainty to the artist's close relatives.
Gruppioni said that DNA from the bones could also eventually be compared to DNA found elsewhere. For example, Leonardo is thought to have rubbed colors on the canvas with his thumb, possibly using saliva (唾液), meaning DNA might be found on his paintings.
Even in the absence of DNA testing, other tests could provide useful information, including whether the bones belonged to a man or a woman, and whether the person died young or old.
Even within the committee, experts are divided over the identity of the "Mona Lisa."
Vinceti believes that a tradition of considering the self-portrait to be not just a faithful imitation of one's features but a representation of one's spiritual identity may have resonated (共鳴) with Leonardo.
Vezzosi, the museum director, dismissed as "baseless and senseless" the idea that the "Mona Lisa" could be a self-portrait of Leonardo. He said most researchers believe the woman may have been either a wife of the artist's sponsor, the Florentine nobleman Giuliano de Medici, or Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a rich silk merchant, Francesco del Giocondo. The traditional view is that the name "Mona Lisa" comes from the silk merchant's wife, as well as its Italian name: "La Gioconda."
Where is this passage most probably taken from?
A. A magazine. B. A newspaper. C. A textbook. D. A research report.
Why does the author ask a couple of questions in the beginning?
A. To arouse the interest of readers. B. To puzzle Italian scientists.
C. To answer the questions himself. D. To make fun of French officials.
The best title of this story might be “_____”.
A. What Is the Purpose of an Investigation?
B. How Did Leonardo da Vinci Die in France?
C. Are the Remains Really Those of the Master?
D. Did Leonardo Paint Himself as 'Mona Lisa'?
The sentence “he plans to press his case with the French officials” (underlined in Paragraph 4) suggests that Vinceti intends to _____.
A. press the French officials to participate in their project
B. urge the French officials to open the tomb early next week
C. persuade the French officials to allow opening the tomb
D. record events in a person’s life with the French officials
Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Scholars have the same opinion on DNA testing.
B. Scientists doubt if the remains are those of da Vinci.
C. The identity of “Mona Lisa” has already been proved.
D. Alessandro Vezzosi got permission to open the tomb.
We can infer from the last two paragraphs that _____?
A. “Mona Lisa” is the name of the wife of a silk merchant
B. the “Mona Lisa” is a self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci
C. experts divided the committee into several groups
D. opinions differ of the identity of the “Mona Lisa”
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科目：高中英語 來源：2013-2014學年高考二輪復習訓練：專題3 動詞與動詞短語英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
Nowadays fashion speaks aloud.Then do you choose what you wear or does the ____ choose it for you？I am one of the million Americans who struggle with ____ the new trends.The newspapers and magazines work their hardest in trying to ___ us to buy new things for home，work，and family.Many large ___ spend millions of dollars for a one?minute commercial on one of the ___ stations such as FOX and CBS.Television and magazines ____ carefully not only what to wear and when to wear it but also what others are wearing such as movie stars，____ and music artists.Television，one of the ___ mediums of the media world，talks with us about who is wearing what and what is fashionable for the ____.Television shows give us information on new trends ____ all different types of people and in all different countries.Designers such as Calvin Klein，Levi’s and many others try to ____ us to their cool commercials.Indeed，they get ____ from the commercials after their designs are sold.
Television influences the way we ____.It searches each and every one of our wardrobes(衣櫥) with telling us what is ____ and what is not.Teenagers，____，give a lot of their attention to these television programs.They even wish they could ____ like the models immediately.The commercials try to ____ the younger generation because they will have them in the palm of their hands for the ____ of their lives.Also teenagers are ____ influenced by television with the billions of dollars spent on advertisements.These advertisements have them ____ widely—they really know what teenagers like.
1.A.society? B．mood
C．media? D．weather
2.A.looking forward to? B．keeping up with
C．caring about? D．referring to
3.A.follow B．warn
C．force? D．persuade
4.A.supermarkets? B．hotels
C．companies D．malls
5.A.major? B．local
C．common? D．similar
6.A.choose? B．describe
C．change D．watch
7.A.scholars? B．officials
C．managers? D．models
8.A.important? B．changeable
C．cultural? D．national
9.A.day? B．season
C．month? D．year
10.．A.for? B．from
C．of? D．with
11.A.compare? B．fix
C．attract? D．connect
12.A.trust? B．promotion
C．improvement? D．profit
13.A.sleep B．live
C．shop? D．learn
14.A.hot? B．crazy
C．creative? D．expensive
15.A.however? B．hardly
C．nearly? D．especially
16.A.dress? B．walk
C．express? D．grow
17.A.avoid? B．target
C．understand? D．warn
18.A.whole B．half
C．part D．rest
19.A.eagerly? B．slowly
C．easily? D．happily
20.A.killed? B．trapped
C．hurt? D．lost
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第三部分：閱讀理解（共15小題，每小題2分，滿分30分）.
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。
A
Scholars and researchers have tried to discover what personality characteristics go along with success in intercultural experiences. Their findings have often been unclear or incomplete. But three characteristics stand out in their reports: patience, a sense of humor, and the awareness of being unclear.
Patience, of course, is the ability to keep calm even when things do not go as one wants them to, or hopes they will, or has even been sure they will. Impatience sometimes brings improvements in relations with other people, but usually it does not.
A person with a sense of humor is less likely to take things too seriously and more ready to see the humor in his own reactions than a humorless person. The value of a sense of humor really needs to be paid more attention to. “The awareness of being unclear” is a more difficult concept than patience or a sense of humor. Foreigners often find themselves in situations that are unclear to the newcomers. That is, they do not know what is happening in the situation. Perhaps they do not understand the local language well enough, or they do not know how some system or organization works, or they can’t be sure of different people’s roles in what is going on. “It’s like I just got here from the moon,” a Chinese graduate student who newly arrived in the United States said, “things are just so different here. ”
56. The passage mainly tells us_____.
A. some problems about communication.
B. humor- an important thing in communication.
C. some characteristics in communicating with foreigners.
D. three useful ways of communicating with foreigners.
57. From the third paragraph, we can infer that a humorous person_____.
A. tends to treat everything carelessly B. is optimistic about things.
C. likes making fun of others. D. is an impatient one .
58. The underlined part “The awareness of being unclear” refers to “_______”.
A. knowing the meaning of an exact situation. B. not stating clearly what happens.
C. realizing the possible misunderstanding D. being aware of the unclear situations.
59. What can we know from the passage?
A. It is necessary to learn a language before you go abroad.
B Americans are used to the culture of other countries.
C. Patience usually improves the relationship with others.
D. To live in a foreign land, one should get fully prepared.
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
【2011·浙江寧波第二次模擬】
ROME: The legend of Leonardo da Vinci is covered in mystery: How did he dietl Are the remains buried in a French castle really those of the master? Was the “Mona Lisat’ a self-portrait in disguise（偽裝）?
A group of ltalian scientists believe the key to solving those puzzles lies with the remains, and they say they are seeking permission to dig up the body to conduct carbon and DNA testing.
If the skullis undamaged, the scientists can go to the heart of a question that has fascinated scholars and the public for centuries: the identity of the “Mona Lisa.’ Recreating a virtual and then physical reconstruction of Leonardots face, they can compare it with the smiling face in the Painting.
“We don’t know what we’ll find if the tomb is opened. We could even just find grains and dust,ll says Giorgio Gruppioni, an anthropologist who is participating m the project. “But if the remains are well kept, they are a biological record of events in a persons life, and sometimes in their death.” Silvano Vinceti, the leader of the group, said that he plans to press his case with the French officials in charge of the said burial site at Amboise Castle early next week.
Leonardo moved to France at the invitation of King Francis I, who named him “first painter to the.king.” He spent the last three years of his life there, and died in 1519 at age 67. The artist’s original burial place, the palace church of Saint Florentine, was destroyed dirring’ the French Revo/ution and remains that are believed to be his were eventually reburied in the Saint-Hubert Chapel near the castle.
“The Amboise tomb is a symbolic tomb; it’s a big question mark,” said Alessandro Vezzosi, the director of a museum dedicated to Leonardo in his hometown of Vinci. Vezzosi said that investigating the tomb could help identify the artist’s bones with certainty and solve other questions, such as the cause of his death. He said he asked to open the tomb in 2004 to study the remains, but the Amboise Castle turned him down.
The group of 100 experts involved in the project, called the National Committee for Historical and Artistic Heritage, was created in 2003 with the aim of “solving the great mysteries of the past,” said Vinceti, who has written books on art and literature.
Arguably the world’s most famous painting, the “Mona Lisal’ hangs in the Louvre in Paris, where it drew some 8.5 million visitors last year, Mystery has surrounded the identity of the tricks and riddles might have led him to hide his own identity behind that puzzling smile; others have guessed that the pamting hid an androgynous lover.
If granted access to the grave site, the ltalian experts plan to use a tmy camera and radar to confirm the presence of bones. The scientists would then exhume(挖掘) the remains and attempt to date the bones with carbon testing.
At the heart of the proposed study is the effort to discover whether the remains are actually Leonardo’s, including with DNA testing.
Vezzosi questions the DNA comparison, saying he js unaware of any direct descendants（后代） of Leonardo or of tombs that could be attributed with certainty to the artist’s close relatives.
Gruppioni said that DNA from the bones could also eventually be compared to DNA found elsewhere. For example, Leonardo is thought to have rubbed colors on the canvas with his thumb, possibly using saliva (唾液), meaning DNA might be found on his paintings.
Even in the absence of DNA testing, other tests could provide useful information, including whether the bones belonged to a man or a WOCOLan, and whether the person died young or old.
Even within the committee, experts are divided over the identity of the “Mona Lisa．”
Vinceti believes that a tradition of considering the self-portrait to be not just a faithful imitation of one’s features but a representation of one’s spiritual identity may have resonated(共鳴)with Leonardo.
Vezzosi, the museum director, dismissed,as “baseless and senselessl’ the idea that the “Mona Lisa” could be a self-portrait of Leonardo. He said most researchers believe the woman may have been either a wife of the artist’s sponsor, the Florentine nobleman Giuliano de Medici, or Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a rich silk merchant, Francesco del Giocondo. The traditional view is that the name “Mona Lisa” comes from the silk merchant’s wife, as well as its Italian name: “La Gioconda.”
55. Where is this passage most probably taken from?
A. Amagazine. B. A newspaper. C. A textbook D. Aresearch report.
56. Why does the author ask a couple of questions in the begjnnjng?
A. To arouse the interest of readers. B. To puzzle Italian scientists.
C. To answer the questions himself. D. To make fun of French officials.
57.The best title of this story might be“ ”．
A. What Is the Purpose of an Investigation?
B. How Did Leonardo da Vinci Die in France?
C. Are the Remains Really Those of the Master?
D. Did Leonardo Paint Himself as ‘Mona Lisa’?
58.The sentence “he plans to press his case with the French officials” (underlined in Paragraph 4) suggests that Vinceti intends to .
A. press the French officials to participate in their project
B. urge the French officials to open the tomb early next week
C. persuade the French officials to allow opening the tomb
D. record events in a person’s life with the French officials
59. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Scholars have the same opinion on DNA testing.
B. Scientists doubt if the remains are those of da Vinci.
C. The identity of “Mona Lisa” l” has already been proved.
D. Alessandro Vezzosi got permission to open the tomo.
60. We can infer from the last two paragraphs that ？
A.“Mona Lisa” is the name of the wife of a silk merchant
B. the“Mona Lisa” is a self-portrait of Leonardo daVinci
C. experts divided the committee into several groups
D. opinions differ of the identity of the “Mona Lisa”
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