閱讀理解Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was one of world’s greatest men.He was in Italy in 1452 and died in 1519.He was a great artist and scientist invented many things.He studied body and how plants grow.He drew the first aircraft.He also drew a ship that could go under the sea
Other clever inventors,such as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison,also invented things,but they were not artist too.They did not paint great paintings.Leonardo painted one of the most famous paintings in the world.It is called ‘The Mona Lisa’,
and we can see it in Paris,France.‘The Mona Lisa’ is a painting of a woman.Nobody knows who she was.Leonardo also painted another of the world’s greatest paintings ---‘The Last Supper’.This shows Jesus and his friends having a meal the day before he was killed.
1.Vocabulary:
(1) The __________ could not paint because he had cut his hand.
A.scientist B.artist
(2) What language are you _________?
A.inventing B.studying
(3) There were over a hundred people in the ___________________.
A.aircraft B.body
(4) ‘The Mona Lisa’ is one of Leonardo’s greatest ________________.
A.paintings B.inventions
2.Circle the correct answer:
(1) Who was the Mona Lisa?
A.Leonardo’s mother.B.No one knows.
C.Leonardo’s friend.D.No one.
(2) Leonardo da Vinci was different from Thomas Edison because _________.
A.Edison was Italian.B.Edison was an artist.
C.Leonardo was not an inventor.D.Leonardo was a scientist and an artist.
(3) When Leonardo died he was _____________________.
A.52 years old B.more than 70 years old.
C.more than 60 years old.D.only 50 years old.
(4) Which is a famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci?
A.‘The Last Supper’ B.‘Mona Lisa’s Mother’
C.‘Jesus’s Last Meal’ D.‘The First Aircraft’
3.Summary:Write each letter against the correct word in the box.
inventions body greatest lived famous
Leonardo da Vinci was one of the world’s _________ scientists and artists.He ___________ in Italy over four hundred years ago.He is ___________ for ‘The Mona Lisa’,‘The Last Supper’ and many other paintings.He is also famous for his many __________ and for his studies of the _______________.