Question

【題目】Learning from Leonardo

Yes, Leonardo Da Vinci was a genius. 【1】 However, we can learn from him and try to be more like him.

Be constantly curious.

Leonardo actually did have special talents, but his distinguishing and most inspiring quality was his strong curiosity. He wanted to know what causes people to yawn and how light is processed in the eye. 【2】Being constantly and randomly curious about everything around us is something that each of us can push ourselves to do, every waking hour, just as he did.

Seek knowledge itself.

Not all knowledge needs to be useful. 【3】 By allowing himself to be driven by pure curiosity, he got to explore more horizons and see more connections than anyone else of his times.

【4】

When Leonardo came up with an idea, he designed an experiment to test it. When his experiment showed that a theory was flawed (瑕疵的), he abandoned his theory and sought a new one. If we want to be more like Leonardo, we have to be fearless about changing our minds based on new and real information.

Take notes on paper.

Five hundred years later, Leonardo's notebooks are around to astonish and inspire us.【5】 This way, fifty years from now, our own notebooks, will also be around to astonish and inspire our grandchildren, unlike our tweets and Facebook posts.

A.Show respect to facts.

B.You'd better show interest in writing.

C.We may never be able to match his talents.

D.Work up the enthusiasm to start writing them.

E.Sometimes it should be learned for pure pleasure.

F.Merely a small part of knowledge can be applied to practice.

G.Also, he instructed himself to learn about the light of the moon.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】G

【3】E

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章講述了，我們要向達(dá)芬奇學(xué)習(xí)，可從文章提及的幾個(gè)方面入手。

【1】

由上一句“是的，達(dá)芬奇是個(gè)天才�！笨芍�，承接上文，C選項(xiàng)“我們可能永遠(yuǎn)無(wú)法與他匹敵�！鼻蓄}；該選項(xiàng)中的may never be able to match his talents對(duì)應(yīng)上文中的a genius。故選C項(xiàng)。

【2】

由上一句“他想知道是什么導(dǎo)致人們打哈欠，光是如何在眼睛中被處理的�！笨芍�，承接上文，G選項(xiàng)“此外，他還指示自己要學(xué)習(xí)月亮的光�！鼻蓄}；該選項(xiàng)中的the light對(duì)應(yīng)上文中的light，同詞復(fù)現(xiàn)。故選G項(xiàng)。

【3】

由上一句“并非所有的知識(shí)都需要有用。”和下一句“通過(guò)讓自己被純粹的好奇心驅(qū)使，他比同時(shí)代的任何人都能探索更多的視野，看到更多的聯(lián)系。”可知，承接上下文，E選項(xiàng)“有時(shí)學(xué)習(xí)它純粹是為了快樂(lè)。”切題；不是所有知識(shí)都需要有用，所以可以在好奇心的驅(qū)使下為了快樂(lè)學(xué)習(xí)知識(shí)。故選E項(xiàng)。

【4】

此處為小標(biāo)題，要根據(jù)小標(biāo)題下的內(nèi)容進(jìn)行判斷。由下文倒數(shù)第二段的尾句“如果我們想更像萊昂納多，我們就必須無(wú)所畏懼地根據(jù)新的和真實(shí)的信息改變我們的想法。”可知，承接下文，A選項(xiàng)“尊重事實(shí)�！鼻蓄}；該選項(xiàng)Show respect to facts對(duì)應(yīng)下文中的be fearless about changing our minds based on new and real information。故選A項(xiàng)。

【5】

由本段小標(biāo)題“在紙上記筆記�！笨芍�，承接上文，D選項(xiàng)“鼓起熱情開(kāi)始寫作�！鼻蓄}；該選項(xiàng)中的start writing them對(duì)應(yīng)上文的Take notes on paper。故選D項(xiàng)。