2016年6月大学英语六级考试阅读模拟题及答案13

　　Leonard Da Vinci

　　Leonard da Vinci was a painter, a sculptor, anarchitect, a musician, an engineer, and a scientist.He was a man of many talents, a Renaissance man1in the true sense of the word.

　　Leonard was born at a small town near Florence,where he was apprenticed to2 a painter. But he soonsurpassed his masters in uniting precision of linewith rhythm of movement, and in finding new ways to show light and shade.

　　Although Leonard is generally known as a painter, his actual output was very small. In facttoday only about twelve paintings are looked upon as3 having been done by him. This isbecause his diverse interest, his far-ranging curiosity in nature and his endless scientificexperiments and designings. To understand the man one has therefore , to read the 5, 000notebooks in which he put down his observations in life and his sketch4 drawings.

　　Nevertheless, Leonard had profound understandings of art, which exerted5 great influenceamong the painters of his own generation and generations to follow. In painting he stressed theexpression of emotional states, which , to him were, the heart of painting:

　　"A good painter has two chief objects — to paint man and the intention of his soul. The formeris easy, the latter hard, for it must be expressed by gestures and the movement of the limbs. .. A painting will only be wonderful for the beholder by making that which is not so raised anddetached from the wall."

　　His major works: Last Supper, many European art masters have painted on the same subject.But none of their versions has been as impressive as da Vinci's. And none has the enduringvalue in the art world as his.

　　Mona Lisa, if Last Supper is the most famous of religious pictures, then Mona Lisa probably isthe world's most famous portrait. Mona Lisa had as its model wife of a banker. The quietlyfolded hands, the gaze that is directed at the observer, the ambiguity of the“smile”togetherhelp to create a curious effect and a secret effect.

　　阅读自测

　　Ⅰ. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words :

　　Leonard da Vinci is first known as a________ , and he is also a________ , an________ , a________ , an________ , and a ________ . The amount of da Vinci's paintings is very small.There are only about________ paintings. For da Vinci, a good painter has two chief objects —to paint ________ and the ________ of his soul. In his famous work Mona Lisa , thequietly________ hands, the________ that is directed at the observer, the ambiguity of the"________ " together help to create a curious effect and a secret effect.

　　Ⅱ. Question :

　　What are da Vinci's famous paintings?

　　参考答案

　　Ⅰ. painter / sculptor / architect / musician /engineer / scientist / 12 / man / intention / folded /gaze / smile

　　Ⅱ. Last Supper and Mona Lisa

　　参考译文

　　达芬奇传奇

　　列奥纳多·达· 芬奇是一位画家、一位雕刻家、一位建筑师、一位音乐家、一位工程师和一位科学家。他多才多艺，是一位真正的文艺复兴新人。

　　列奥纳多出生在佛罗伦萨附近的一个小城镇上，从小给一位画家当学徒。但是，很快他就超越了老师。他将清晰的线条与绘画的动态感和谐地结合在一起，找到了显示光与影的新方式。

　　虽然通常列奥纳多是作为画家而闻名，可他的画作数量并不多。事实上，今天也只有12 幅画被认为是他的作品。之所以这样，是因为他兴趣广泛，对自然界充满好奇，还做了无穷无尽的科学实验及设计。因此，要了解这个人，就必须去读那5 000 份笔记。在那些笔记中，达· 芬奇记录了他在生活中的观察结果与许多素描。

　　尽管如此，列奥纳多对艺术还是有着深刻的理解。这对与他同时代的人及后人都有着深远的影响。在绘画方面，他强调对人物情感的传达。对他而言，这是衡量绘画优秀与否的灵魂所在：

　　“优秀的画家有两大目标——— 画人和画魂。前者易而后者难，因为后者必须通过人物姿态及肢体语言来表达一幅挂在墙上的画，只有给人以呼之欲出之感，才算得上是杰作。”他的主要作品有：

　　《最后的晚餐》，许多欧洲艺术大师都作了同样的画。但是，没有一幅能像达· 芬奇的那样给人留下深刻印象;也没有哪幅作品能像达· 芬奇的那样在艺术界拥有持久的价值。

　　《蒙娜丽莎》，如果说《最后的晚餐》是最有名的宗教画，那么《蒙娜丽莎》则算得上世界上最著名的肖像画。《蒙娜丽莎》以一位银行家的妻子为模特。她娴静地搭在一起的双手，凝视着欣赏者 的双眼以及那含义不甚明了的“微笑”，共同创造出一种奇特而神秘的效果。