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buried in a French castle really those of the master? Was the "Mona Lisa" a self-portrait in disguise (伪装)?
A group of Italian scientists believe the key to solving those puzzles lies with the remains, and they say
they are seeking permission to dig up the body to conduct carbon and DNA testing.
If the skull is undamaged, the scientists can go to the heart of a question that has fascinated scholars
and the public for centuries: the identity of the "Mona Lisa." Recreating a virtual and then physical
reconstruction of Leonardo"s face, they can compare it with the smiling face in the painting.
"We don"t know what we"ll find if the tomb is opened. We could even just find grains and dust," says
Giorgio Gruppioni, an anthropologist who is participating in the project. "But if the remains are well kept,
they are a biological record of events in a person"s life, and sometimes in their death." Silvano Vinceti, the
leader of the group, said that he plans to press his case with the French officials in charge of the said
burial site at Amboise Castle early next week.
Leonardo moved to France at the invitation of King Francis I, who named him "first painter to the
king." He spent the last three years of his life there, and died in 1519 at age 67. The artist"s original burial
place, the palace church of Saint Florentine, was destroyed during the French Revolution and remains
that are believed to be his were eventually reburied in the Saint-Hubert Chapel near the castle.
"The Amboise tomb is a symbolic tomb; it"s a big question mark," said Alessandro Vezzosi, the
director of a museum dedicated to Leonardo in his hometown of Vinci. Vezzosi said that investigating the
tomb could help identify the artist"s bones with certainty and solve other questions, such as the cause of
his death. He said he asked to open the tomb in 2004 to study the remains, but the Amboise Castle
turned him down.
The group of 100 experts involved in the project, called the National Committee for Historical and
Artistic Heritage, was created in 2003 with the aim of "solving the great mysteries of the past," said
Vinceti, who has written books on art and literature.
Arguably the world"s most famous painting, the "Mona Lisa" hangs in the Louvre in Paris, where it
drew some 8.5 million visitors last year. Mystery has surrounded the identity of the painting"s subject for
centuries, with opinions ranging from the wife of a Florentine merchant to Leonardo"s own mother.
That Leonardo intended the "Mona Lisa" as a self-portrait in disguise is a possibility that has interested and divided scholars. Theories have existed: Some think that Leonardo"s taste for tricks and riddles might
have led him to hide his own identity behind that puzzling smile; others have guessed that the painting hid
an androgynous lover.
If granted access to the grave site, the Italian experts plan to use a tiny camera and radar to confirm
the presence of bones. The scientists would then exhume (挖掘) the remains and attempt to date the
bones with carbon testing.
At the heart of the proposed study is the effort to discover whether the remains are actually
Leonardo"s, including with DNA testing.
Vezzosi questions the DNA comparison, saying he is unaware of any direct descendants (后代) of
Leonardo or of tombs that could be attributed with certainty to the artist"s close relatives.
Gruppioni said that DNA from the bones could also eventually be compared to DNA found elsewhere. For example, Leonardo is thought to have rubbed colors on the canvas with his thumb, possibly using
saliva (唾液), meaning DNA might be found on his paintings.
Even in the absence of DNA testing, other tests could provide useful information, including whether
the bones belonged to a man or a woman, and whether the person died young or old.
Even within the committee, experts are divided over the identity of the "Mona Lisa."
Vinceti believes that a tradition of considering the self-portrait to be not just a faithful imitation of one"s
features but a representation of one"s spiritual identity may have resonated (共鸣) with Leonardo.
Vezzosi, the museum director, dismissed as "baseless and senseless" the idea that the "Mona Lisa"
could be a self-portrait of Leonardo. He said most researchers believe the woman may have been either
a wife of the artist"s sponsor, the Florentine nobleman Giuliano de Medici, or Lisa Gherardini, the wife of
a rich silk merchant, Francesco del Giocondo. The traditional view is that the name "Mona Lisa" comes
from the silk merchant"s wife, as well as its Italian name: "La Gioconda."
B. To puzzle Italian scientists
C. To answer the questions himself
D. To make fun of French officials
B. How Did Leonardo da Vinci Die in France?
C. Are the Remains Really Those of the Master?
D. Did Leonardo Paint Himself as "Mona Lisa"?
suggests that Vinceti intends to _____
B. urge the French officials to open the tomb early next week
C. persuade the French officials to allow opening the tomb
D. record events in a person"s life with the French officials
B. Scientists doubt if the remains are those of da Vinci
C. The identity of "Mona Lisa" has already been proved
D. Alessandro Vezzosi got permission to open the tomb
B. the "Mona Lisa" is a self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci
C. experts divided the committee into several groups
D. opinions differ of the identity of the "Mona Lisa"
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human emotions or feelings, are said to be cold-blooded killer.For example, the police are searching
for a cold-blooded killer.He seems to kill for no reason, and no emotion, as if taking someone"s life as
nothing.
Cold can affect other parts of the body.The expression "get cold feet" has nothing to do with cold or
your feet.The expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to do.For example, you
agree to be president of an organization.But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned, and
all the work of the organizations will be your responsibility.You are likely to get cold feet about being
president when you understand the situation.
The expression "give someone the cold shoulder" probably comes from the physical act of turning
your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face to face.You may give a cold shoulder to a
friend who has not kept a promise he made to you.Or, to someone who has lied about you to others.
A cold fish is not a fish.It is a person.But it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love
or warmth.A c
old fish does not offer much of himself to anyone.Someone who is a cold fish could be cold-hearted.Now a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathy.Several popular songs in
recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the
hearts of their lovers.
"Out in the cold" means not getting something that everybody else got.A person might say that
everybody but him got a pay raise--he was left out in the cold.And it is not a pleasant place to be.
B. I think he is a cold-blooded man
C. I think he is a cold fish
D. I"m likely to get cold feet
say ______.
B. she gets cold feet
C. she is a cold fish
D. she is out in the cold
hurts his lover without mercy.B. cold shoulder
C. cold feet
D. cold-hearted
B. some expressions about friendship
C. some expressions connected with cold
D. how cold weather comes into being
sometimes betray the idea in their daily lives, they have a deep faith 2 in some fundamental way no one
is born superior to anyone else.
In the early years of American history, because titles of nobility (贵族) were forbidden, no 3 class
system developed in the United States. Firmly believing that being born into a lower class would not 4
them from success and they would have a better chance in Americ
a, thousands of immigrants 5 to leavethe European societies, where their 6 in life was determined 7 by the social class into which they were
born. It was because the dreams of many of there immigrants were 8 in their new country, though there
might be 9 in some situations, that Americans came to believe in equality of opportunity.
Americans do not mean that everyon
e should be 10 equal when they say they believe in equality of opportunity. 11 , they do mean that each person should have an equal chance for success. Abraham
Lincoln once said, "We wish to 12 the humblest (最微贱的) man an equal chance to get rich with
everybody else. When one starts poor, free society is 13 that he knows he can 14 his condition."
However, competition is the price to be 15 for his equality of opportunity. Americans match their
energy and intelligence against that of others in a competitive contest for success, because they believe
competition 16 the best in any person. Indeed, the pressure of competition causes an American to be
17 , but it also places a constant emotional stress on him. In fact, in a society that gives so much 18
to those "winners", 19 does not compete successfully for whatever reason never 20 into it as well as
those who do.
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For thousands of years, the most important two buildings in any British village have been | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. The passage mainly tells us something about ______. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. the past and present of British pubs B. the decline of British pubs C. the long history of British pubs D. the importance of British pubs | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. Which may not be the cause of the decline of British pubs? | ||||||||||||||||
| A. The credit crunch. B. The present closing time. C. The ban of smoking. D. Having no spare money. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. We can infer from the passage that ______. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. British people used to like drinking slowly B. closing the pubs early will reduce social problems C. binge drinking means drinking less beer D. British government aims to discourage people from binge drinking | ||||||||||||||||
4. We can se e from the last paragraph that the author _______. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. is against the admission of too many women to the pubs B. holds an optimistic attitude towards the British pubs C. thinks that women in the pubs will cause less social problems D. thinks that British pubs should offer every  thing you need | ||||||||||||||||
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| Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all !It speaks 1 than words. According to specialists, our bodies send out more 2 than we realize. In fact, non-verbal (非语言) communication takes up about 50% of what we really 3 .And body language is particularly 4 when we attempt to communicate across cultures.Indeed, what is called body language is so 5 ,a part of us that it"s actually often unnoticed.And misunderstandings occur as a result of it. 6 , different societies treat the 7 , between people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having 8 , contact (接触) even with friends, and certainly not with 9 . People from Latin American countries 10 , touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, it"s possible that in 11 ,it may look like a Latino is 12 a Norwegian all over the room. The Latino, trying to express friendship, will keep moving 13 . The Norwegian, very probably seeing this as pushiness, will keep 14 - which the Latino will in return regard as _15 . Clearly, a great deal is going on when people 16 .And only a part of it is in the wards themselves. And when parties are from 17 cultures, there"s a strong possibility of 18 . But whatever the situation, the best 19 is to obey the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be 20 . | ||||||||||||||||
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