his time in Florence, he painted several portraits, but the only one that survives is the famous portrait - the Mona Lisa (1503～1506).

　　In 1506, Leonardo returned to Milan, staying there until 1513.This was followed by three years living in Rome. In 1517, at the invitation of the French King Francis Ⅰ， Leonardo moved to the Chateau of Cloux, near Amboise in France, where he died on 2 May, 1519.

　　 The fame of Leonardo's surviving paintings means that he has been regarded primarily as an artist, but the thousands of surviving pages of his notebooks show the most brilliant mind. He wrote and drew on subjects including geology, anatomy (解剖学), which he studied in order to paint the human form more exactly. He "invented" the bicycle, airplane, helicopter, and parachute some 500 years ahead of their time.

　　If all these works had been published in an understandable form, Leonardo's place as a pioneering scientist would have been beyond debate. Yet his true genius was not as a scientist or an artist, but as a combination of the two: an artist­engineer. His painting was scientific, based on a deep understanding of the workings of the human body and the physics of light and shade. His science was expressed through art, and his drawings and diagrams showed what he meant, and how he understood the world worked.

　　5．Leonardo's career reached its peak probably during his stay in ________.

　　 A．Milan 　　　　　　　 B．Venice

　　 C．Florence D．Rome

　　解析：选C　推理判断题。从文章第二段最后一句可知，达·芬奇在Florence期间创作了很多绘画，其中留下来的只有《蒙娜·丽莎》，由此推断，这个时期是他事业的巅峰。

　　6．Why did Leonardo study anatomy?

　　A．He wanted to be a doctor.

　　B．He had strong interest in it.

　　C．He wanted to invent other objects.

　　D．He wanted to paint the human form exactly.

　　解析：选D　细节理解题。从文章倒数第二段可知，达·芬奇研究解剖学的目的是为了更加精确地描绘人体。

　　7．What does the last paragraph intend to tell us?

　　A．Leonardo had a special way of painting.

　　B．Leonardo was both an artist and a scientist.

　　C．Leonardo was an artist instead of a scientist.

D．Leonardo was more of a scientist than an artist.