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用心 爱心 专心1 浙江省长阅读题专项练习浙江省长阅读题专项练习 1 1 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 伪装 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 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 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 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 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 tricks and riddles might have led him to hide 用心 爱心 专心2 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 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 WOCO Lan 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 共鸣 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 55 Where is this passage most probably taken from A A magazine B A newspaper C A textbook D A research report 56 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 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 用心 爱心 专心3 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 da Vinci C experts divided the committee into several groups D opinions differ of the identity of the Mona Lisa 2 2 Most of us spend our lives seeking the natural world To this end we walk the dog play golf go fishing sit in the garden drink outside rather than inside the pub have a picnic live in the suburbs go to the seaside buy a weekend place in the country The most popular free time activity in Britain is going for a walk And when joggers 慢跑者 jog they don t run the streets Every one of them automatically heads to the park or the river It is my firm belief that not only do we all need nature but we all seek nature whether we know we are doing so or not But despite this our children are growing up nature deprived 丧失 I spent my boyhood climbing trees These days children are robbed of these ancient freedoms due to problems like crime traffic the loss of the open spaces and strange new ideas about what is best for children that is to say things that can be bought rather than things that can be found The truth is to be found elsewhere A study in the US families had moved to better housing and the children were assessed for ADHD 多动症 Those whose housing had more natural views showed an improvement of 19 those who had the same improvement in material surroundings but no nice view improved just 4 A study in Sweden indicated that kindergarten children who could play in a natural environment had less illness and greater physical ability than children used only to a normal playground A US study suggested that when a school gave 用心 爱心 专心4 children access to a natural environment the entire school would do better in studies Another study found that children play differently in a natural environment In playgrounds children create a hierarchy 等级 based on physical abilities with the tough ones taking the lead But when a grassy area was planted with bushes the children got much more into fantasy play and the social hierarchy was now based on imagination and creativity Most bullying 恃强凌弱 is found in schools where there is a tarmac 柏油 碎石 playground the least bullying is in a natural area that the children are encouraged to explore This reminds me unpleasantly of Sunnyhill School with its hard tarmac where I used to hang about in corners dreaming about wildlife But children are frequently discouraged from involvement with natural spaces for health and safety reasons for fear that they might get dirty or that they might cause damage So instead the damage is done to the children themselves not to their bodies but to their souls One of the great problems of modern childhood is ADHD now increasingly and expensively treated with drugs Yet one study after another indicates that contact with nature gives huge benefits to ADHD children However we spend money on drugs rather than on green places The life of old people is much better when they have access to nature The most important for the growing population of old people is in quality rather than quantity of years And study after study finds that a garden is the single most important thing in finding that quality In wider and more difficult areas of life there is evidence to indicate that natural surroundings improve all kinds of things Even problems with crime and aggressive behaviour are reduced when there is contact with the natural world Dr William Bird researcher from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds states in his study A natural environment can reduce violent behaviour because its process helps reduce anger and behavior that people might regret later Wild places need encouraging for this reason no matter how small their contribution We tend to think human beings are doing nature some kind of favour when we are protecting nature The error here is far too deep not only do humans need nature for themselves but the very idea that humanity and the natural world are separable things is damaging Human beings are a species of animals For seven million years we lived on the planet as part of nature So we miss the natural world and long for contact with non human life Anyone who has patted a dog stroked a cat sat under a 用心 爱心 专心5 tree with a glass of beer given or received a bunch of flowers or chosen to walk through the park on a nice day understands that We need the wild world It is necessary to our well being our health our happiness Without other living things around us we are less than human 55 What is the author s firm belief A People seek nature in different ways B People should spend most of their lives in the wild C People have quite different ideas of nature D People must make more efforts to study nature 56 What does the author say people prefer for their children nowadays A Personal freedom B Things that are natural C Urban surroundings D Things that are purchased 57 What does a study in Sweden show A The natural environment can help children learn better B More access to nature makes children less likely to fall ill C A good playground helps kids develop their physical abilities D Natural views can prevent children from developing ADHD 58 Children who have chances to explore natural areas A tend to develop a strong love for science B are more likely to dream about wildlife C tend to be physically tougher in adulthood D are less likely to be involved in bullying 59 What does the author suggest we do to help children with ADHD A Find more effective drugs for them B Provide more green spaces for them C Place them under more personal care D Engage them in more meaningful activities 60 In what way do elderly people benefit from their contact with nature A They look on life optimistically B They enjoy a life of better quality C They are able to live longer D They become good humored 3 3 Bobby Moresco grew up in New York s Hell s Kitchen a tough working class neighborhood on Manhattan s West Side But Hell s Kitchen lies right next door to Broadway and the bright lights attracted Bobby from the time he was a teen Being stage struck was hardly what a street kid could admit to his partners Fearing their ridicule he told no one not even his girlfriend when he started taking acting lessons at age 17 If you were a kid from the neighborhood you became a cop construction worker longshoreman or criminal 用心 爱心 专心6 Not an actor Moresco struggled to make that long walk a few blocks east He studied acting turned out for all the cattle calls and during the decade of the 1970s made a total of 2 000 I wasn t a good actor but I had a driving need to do something different with my life he says He moved to Hollywood where he drove a cab and worked as a bartender My father said Stop this craziness and get a job you have a wife and daughter But Moresco kept working at his chosen craft Then in 1983 his younger brother Thomas was murdered in a mob linked killing Moresco moved back to his old neighborhood and started writing as a way to explore the pain and the patrimony of Hell s Kitchen Half Deserted Streets based on his brother s killing opened at a small Off Broadway theater in 1988 A Hollywood producer saw it and asked him to work on a screenplay His reputation grew and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood By 2003 he was again out of work and out of cash when he got a call from Paul Haggis a director who had befriended him Haggis wanted help writing a film about the country after September 11 The two worked on the writing but every studio in town turned it down They kept pitching it Studio executives however thought no one wanted to see a severe honest vision of race and fear and lives in collision in modern America Moresco believed so strongly in the script that he borrowed money sold his house He and Haggis kept pushing At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance but the upfront money was too little Moresco delayed his salary Crash slipped into the theaters in May 2005 and quietly became both a hit and a critical success It was nominated for six Academy Awards and won three Best Picture Best Film Editing and Best Writing Original Screenplay by Paul Haggis and the kid from Hell s Kitchen At age 54 Bobby Moresco became an overnight success If you have something you want to do in life don t think about the problems he says think about other ways to get it done 55 Rearrange the following statements in term of time order a His work Half Deserted Streets drew attention as it opened at a small Off Broadway theater b Unexpectedly Crash became both a hit and a huge success c He moved to Hollywood to be a taxi driver and a waiter d He started learn acting in spite of hardness with the belief of doing something diiferent e His younger brother Thomas was killed in conflict among bullies 用心 爱心 专心7 A d c e a b B d e c b a C c d e a b D c e d b a 56 Why Bobby Moresco did not tell anyone that he started taking lessons at age 17 A He wnted to give his girlfriend a surprise B His girlfriend did not allow him to do this C He was afraid of being laughed at D He had no talent for acting 57 Which of the following sentences is NOT true A His father did not support his work as a bartender B Before he became an overnight success his life experienced ups and downs C His brother s death inspired his writing Half Deserted Streets D Moresco grew up in New York s Hell s Kitchen which is a few blocks east of Broadway 58 The Studio executives turned the script Crash down because A they thought the script would not be popular B the script was not well written C they had no money to make the film based on the script D they thought Moresco was not famous 59 What s the best title of the article A The Road to SuccessB Try It a Different Way C A Talented man MorescoD Moresco s Perseverance 60 Which of the following can best describe Bobby Moresco A initiative and persistent B shy but hardworking C caring and brave D aggressive and modest 4 4 He came into the room to shut the windows while we were still in bed and I saw he looked ill He was shivering his face was white and he walked slowly as though it ached to move What s the matter Schatz I ve got a headache You better go back to bed No I m all right You go to bed I ll see you when I m dressed But when I came downstairs he was dressed sitting by the fire looking a very sick and miserable boy of nine years When I put my hand on his forehead I knew he had a fever You go up to bed I said You re sick I m all right he said When the doctor came he took the boy s temperature What s is it I asked him 用心 爱心 专心8 One hundred and two Downstairs the doctor left three different medicines in different colored capsules with instructions for giving them One was to bring down the fever another a purgative 泻药 the third to overcome an acid condition The germs of influenza 流感 can only exist in an acid condition he explained He seemed to know all about influenza and said there was nothing to worry about if the fever did not go above one hundred and four degrees This was a light epidemic 传染病 传染性的 of flu and there was no danger if you avoided pneumonia 肺炎 Back in the room I wrote the boy s temperature down and made a note of the time to give the various capsules Do you want me to read to you All right If you want to said the boy His face was very white and there were dark areas under his eyes He lay still in the bed and seemed very detached 超然的 冷漠的 from what was going on I read aloud from Howard Pyle s Book of Pirates 海盗 but I could see he was not following what I was reading How do you feel Schatz I asked him Just the same so far he said I sat at the foot of the bed and read to myself while I waited for it to be time to give another capsule It would have been natural for him to go to sleep but when I looked up he was looking at the foot of the bed looking very strangely Why don t you try to sleep I ll wake you up for the medicine I d rather stay awake After a while he said to me You don t have to stay in here with me Papa if it bothers you It doesn t bother me No I mean you don t have to stay if it s going to bother you I thought perhaps he was a little lightheaded and after giving him the prescribed capsules at eleven o clock I went out with my gun and the young hunting dog I killed two quail 鹌鹑 and missed five and started back pleased to have found a covey of quail close to the house and happy there were so many left to find on another day At the house they said the boy