Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503．He was working on a special painting for a church at that time，but the church painting was not going well．An Italian business man asked da Vinci to paint a picture of his second wife．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 works and it satisfied the husband．Da Vinci used darkness and light in a clever way in the painting．Da Vinci loved science and math．Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry（几何形状）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 is sitting on a balcony（阳台）and mountains can be seen behind her．Da Vinci loved to study rocks 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．

1．Leonardo da Vinci is a　  　．

A．businessman   

B．scientist    

C．mathematician      

D．painter

2．Who painted the Mona Lisa？　   　

A businessman                   

B．Leonardo Da Vinci

C．The businessman's second wife．

D．The business's wife

3．The woman in the painting is　  　

A．an Italian businessman         

B．the wife of a businessman

C．Leonardo da vinci's wife       

D．a woman from the church

4．Where is the woman in the painting？　  　

A．On a balcony  

B．On a mountains  

C．On a knee   

D．On a rock

5．What can a person see in the painting？　  　

A．a lot of geometry．

B．Mountains．

C．clever use of light and darkness  

D．All of above．

Linda Evans was my best friend﹣like the sister I never had．We did everything together：piano lessons，movies，swimming，horseback riding．When I was 13，my family moved away．Linda and I kept in touch through letters，and we saw each other on special time﹣like my wedding （婚礼） and Linda's．Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes，and we wrote less often．One day a card that I sent came back，stamped"Address （地址） Unknown．"I had no idea how to find Linda．

Over the years，I missed Linda very much．I wanted to share （分享） happiness of my children and then grandchildren．And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died．There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill．One day I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman﹣Linda's married name．"There must be thousands of Wagmans，"I thought，but J still wrote to her．She called as soon as she got my letter．"Mrs Tobin!"she said excitedly，"Linda Evans Wagman is my mother．"Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much，even after 40years，laughed and cried and caught up on each other's lives．

Now the empty place in my heart is filled．And there's one thing that Linda and I know for sure：We won't lose each other again!

6．The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans　  　．

A．at the age of 13                     

B．before she got married

C．after they moved to new homes        

D．before the writer's family moved away

7．They didn't often write to each other because they　  　．

A．got married                  

B．had little time to do so

C．didn't like writing letters      

D．could see each other on special time

8．There was an empty place in the writer's heart because she　  　．

A．was in trouble               

B．didn't know Linda's address

C．received the card that she sent

D．didn't have a friend like Linda to share her happiness or sadness

9．The writer was happy when she　  　．

A．read the newspaper           

B．heard Linda's voice on the phone

C．met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda

D．wrote to the woman whose last name was Wagman 4

10．They haven't kept in touch　  　．

A．for about 40years        

B．for about 27years

C．since they got married     

D．since the writer's family moved away．

Most people in school liked Gloria．So when she got sick，some boys （11）　  　 to visit her．But none of them wanted to（12）　    　 any money on a gift to bring along．

Then Willie said，"We can （13）　      　 some flowers from a（14）　      　．

Gloria will not know（15）　       　 they come from，and the dead man will not （16）　   　  them．

Everybody was afraid，（17）　  　 Willie．So he went alone and（18）　  　 some beautiful flowers．Then they went to Gloria's （19）　  　，and the boys acted as if the flowers were from all of them，but （20）　    did not mind．．

After their visit，Willie （21）　   　  the other boys，"It's a good thing that I was not afraid．Gloria （22）　   　 the flowers．"

The other boys laughed．Gloria would not have liked the （23）　    　 if she had known they had come from a grave （墓地）．

That night，Willie was reading a book （24）　   　his mother came into his room．"Willie，did you and other boys buy some flowers today（25）　   　Gloria？"she asked．"There's a man （26）　   　 asking for you，"she added．"He says that you didn't （27）　    　 the flowers．"

"What does he look （28）　   　？"Willie asked．

"That's hard to say，"Willie's mother answered．"He is all（29）　   　with mud．"

"Willie，all of a sudden，turned（30）　  　．

Christopher Reeve （41）　   　born in September，1952．He was in his first school play（42）　   　he was eight and he started to act in TV shows and films while he was still in college．He made many （43）　    　 （success） films and TV shows but he is most famous（44）　  　 his Superman films．（45）　   　 （lucky），disaster came in 1995when he fell from his horse and （46）　   　 （break） his back．The doctors did not expect him to live．（47）　   　，he made（48）　   　 （amaze） progress．At first，he couldn't breathe without a machine，but he learnt to breathe on（49）　    own．He would never walk again but he started（50）　  　new life with great courage．

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