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Today, we tell about one of the greatest thinkers in the world, Leonardo da Vinci. He began his career as an artist. But his interest in the world around him _______ him to study music, math, science, engineering and building design. Many of his ideas and inventions were centuries _______ his time.

Leonardo da Vinci spent his life studying and _______ in order to develop a scientific understanding of the world. He designed weapons, machines, engines, robots, and many other kinds of _______ devices. When disease spread in Milan, Leonardo designed a city that would help _______ the spread of infection. _______ of these designs were built during his lifetime. But they show his extraordinarily forward-thinking _______ .

Leonardo's first known portrait now _______ in the National Gallery in Washington, D. C. . He made this painting of a young woman named Ginevra de' Benci around 1474. The woman has a pale face with dark hair. In the _______ , Leonardo painted the Italian countryside.

He soon received ________ for his extraordinary artistic skills. Around 1475 he was asked to draw an angel in Verrocchio's painting ''Baptism of Christ. '' One story says that when Verrocchio saw Leonardo's addition to the painting, he was so ________ by his student's skill that he said he would never paint again.

Leonardo's most famous portrait of a woman is called ''Mona Lisa.'' It is now in the ________ of the Louvre museum in Paris. He painted this ________ of Lisa Gherardini starting around 1503. She was the wife of a wealthy businessman from Florence named Francesco del Giocondo.

Lisa Gherardini is sitting down with her hands crossed in her lap. She looks ________ at the painter. She seems to be smiling ever so slightly. A great deal of ________ surrounds the painting. Experts are not sure about how or why Leonardo came to paint the work. But they do know that he never gave it to the Giocondo family. He kept the painting with him for the rest of his life.

1.
A.pulledB.droveC.recommendedD.reminded
2.
A.away fromB.out ofC.ahead ofD.up to
3.
A.observingB.releasingC.hesitatingD.noticing
4.
A.musicalB.educationalC.warningD.engineering
5.
A.insistB.consistC.resistD.list
6.
A.FewB.ManyC.LessD.Much
7.
A.figureB.mindC.humorD.mood
8.
A.standsB.liesC.hangsD.leans
9.
A.distanceB.heartC.mirrorD.air
10.
A.replyB.attentionC.careD.comfort
11.
A.annoyedB.ashamedC.amusedD.amazed
12.
A.chargeB.favorC.nameD.collection
13.
A.imageB.expressionC.gestureD.movement
14.
A.thoroughlyB.directlyC.unbelievablyD.originally
15.
A.doubtB.surpriseC.sorrowD.mystery
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