《2025年名校课堂九年级英语下册人教版》

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(2024·贵州改编) Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa, one of the most famous paintings of all time, in 1503. He was working on a special painting for a church at the time, but it was not going 26. ________ (good). The woman who can be seen in the Mona Lisa is said to be Madonna Lisa del Giocondo. She was the wife of an Italian businessman. Her husband asked da Vinci 27. ________ (paint) a portrait(肖像) of her.
After da Vinci finished the painting in 1506, he was invited by the French King to visit France 28. ________ he took the painting with him. The painting measures(量度为) only 77 centimeters by 53 centimeters and is painted 29. ________ oil on wood. In 1911, Vincenzo Peruggia, a worker at the Louvre, stole the painting. He took it out of the museum by hiding it under 30. ________ (he) coat. Two years later, police officers found 31. ________ painting when he tried to sell it.
In 1962, the Mona Lisa was 32. ________ (take) to Washington and New York for artwork shows. For the journey, the museum 33. ________ (want) to insure(给……投保) the painting. The insurance company set the value of it at 100 million dollars, making it the most 34. ________ (value) painting ever! Today, the value of the painting would be over 700 million dollars. Today the Mona Lisa is kept in the Louvre, an art museum in Paris, and it is seen by about six million 35. ________ (visit) a year.

答案： 26. well 27. to paint 28. and 29. with 30. his 31. the 32. taken 33. wanted 34. valuable 35. visitors