【題目】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 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 (現(xiàn)在的) 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 details, 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 the king of France, 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】Choose the right order about the happenings onto the Mona Lisa.

a. It was stolen from the Louvre.

b. Its painter sold it to King Francis I.

c. Its state of health was checked.

d. It was returned to France and housed in the Louvre Museum.

e. It was hidden and protected against German forces.

A. b-a-d-e-c B. d-e-c-b-a

C. d-a-e-c-b D. b-c-a-d-e

【3】What makes her smile so mysterious according to Professor Livingstone?

A. The materials the Italian artist used.

B. The way she smiles.

C. The way da Vinci painted the smile.

D. It plays a trick upon the human eye.

【答案】B選項is being damaged after so many years。

【解析】試題分析：本文主要講述名畫《蒙娜麗莎的微笑》隨著歲月的流逝，出現(xiàn)了破損的現(xiàn)象，文章還介紹了這幅畫的一些特別之處。

【1】詞句猜測題。由轉(zhuǎn)折詞but判斷，本句的意思應(yīng)和上文“She is widely seen as proof that good looks can last forever.”“她被看作是美貌是永恒的的證據(jù)”意義相反。結(jié)合第三段的介紹說《蒙娜麗莎》的健康狀況隨著歲月的流逝在惡化，畫板已變形，因此推斷此處講得是隨著歲月的流逝，名畫《蒙娜麗莎》已受到了損壞。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第一句“…the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago”倒數(shù)第三段最后一句“…it was eventually sold to the king of France, Francis I, in 1519.”和倒數(shù)第二段的內(nèi)容可知，1529年這幅畫被賣給法國國王，1911年被從盧浮宮偷走，兩年以后被歸還給法國，接下來第二次世界大戰(zhàn)期間，被保護起來，兩年前專家檢查了這幅畫的狀況。綜上所述，故選A。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段倒數(shù)兩句“It’s because direct vision (視覺) is excellent at picking up details, but less suited to looking at shadows. Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows.”可知，Livingstone教授認為達芬奇在陰影里畫了她的微笑的方式使得微笑如此神秘。故選C。

【名師定睛】

高考中詞義推斷可以是一個單詞的意義推斷，也可以是一個短語或句子的意義推斷，既可以是生詞意義，也可以是熟詞新意；還可以是對替代詞所替代內(nèi)容的判斷。在閱讀理解題中，所考查的詞或短語的意義往往不停留在字面上，要根據(jù)短文提供的語境，通過閱讀上下文，根據(jù)已知的信息或常識來推測尚不熟悉的詞或詞組的含義。例如小題1：

【解題剖析】此題屬于依據(jù)邏輯關(guān)系猜測詞義。解題關(guān)鍵詞是but。

【答案定位】由轉(zhuǎn)折詞but判斷，本句的意思應(yīng)和上文“She is widely seen as proof that good looks can last forever.”“她被看作是美貌是永恒的的證據(jù)”意義相反。結(jié)合第三段的介紹說《蒙娜麗莎》的健康狀況隨著歲月的流逝在惡化，畫板已變形，因此推斷此處講得是隨著歲月的流逝，名畫《蒙娜麗莎》已受到了損壞。

【推理關(guān)系】題干The underlined sentence in the first paragraph means the Mona Lisa .文章內(nèi)容The health of the famous picture, painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1505, is getting worse by the year和The thin, wooden panel on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago。

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