2．Michelangelo was sent to work under the sculptor Bertoldo di Geovanni most probably because________.

　　A．Michelangelo had lost his interest in painting

　　B．Domenico didn't think Michelangelo had a gift for

　　 painting

　　C．Bertoldo di Geovanni offered to show Michelangelo

　　 sculptures

　　D．Domenico wanted Michelangelo to make better use of his gift there

　　解析：选D　推理判断题。根据第二段的"Michelangelo's talents became apparent as he worked ... the sculptor (雕刻家) Bertoldo di Geovanni."可推断，Domenico 是为了米开朗基罗能更好地利用自己的天赋才把他送到Bertoldo di Geovanni 那里去工作的。

　　3．What sculpture by Michelangelo will you see in St.Peter's Basilica?

　　A．Bacchus.

　　B．The Pieta.

　　C．Madonna of the Steps.

　　D．Battle of the Centaurs.

　　解析：选B　细节理解题。根据第三段的"A year later he was asked to make a sculpture called The Pieta. It would become one of the masterpieces of Renaissance art. Today this sculpture sits in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican."可知，应选B。

　　4．When Michelangelo began his work on creating a large statue of David, many people________.

　　A．couldn't wait to make fun of his work

　　B．thought he would finish it within months

　　C．knew it would be his most famous work of art

　　D．didn't think he would make good use of it

　　解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第四段的"Many people didn't think he could do much with it."可知，一开始很多人认为那块大理石不适合雕刻那个作品。

　　B

　　Leonardo da Vinci, the son of a local lawyer, was born on 15 April 1452 near the Tuscan town of Vinci. He was apprenticed (做学徒) to the sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence and in 1478 became an independent master. In about 1483, he moved to Milan to work for the ruling (统治的) Sforza family as an engineer, sculptor, painter and architect.

Leonardo was in Milan until the city was invaded by the French in 1499 and the Sforza family was forced to flee. He may have visited Venice before returning to Florence. During