Read the text and answer the questions below.
The painting I like best is the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. The lady in the painting has an unsual expression on her
face. I like the fact that you can't tell if she is smailing or not. I wonder what's she thing and if she is sad or happy.
I'm also interested in the history behind the painting. Leonardo da Vinci painted it in the carly sixteenth century. In 1516 he
took it to France and sold it to King Francis for 4,000 gold coins. The painting was put in the Louvre museum in Paris, in 1911,
somebody stole the painting. At first no one noticed that the painting was missing. The people who worked at the museum thought that
the official museum photograpger was taking pictures of the painting in his studio. After a few days, they realised he didn't have it and the painting
was gone. The police questioned many people, including the artist Pablo Picasso.
More than two years later, an Italian, Vincenzo Perugia, tried to sell the Mona Lisa to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, for $100,000. The police
arrested him and Perugia confessed that he stole the painting because of patriotism. He thought such a famous painting by a gamous Italiashould belong to Italy,
not France.
1. What is the writer's favorite painting? ____________
2. Who painted it? ________________
3. Is the lady in the picture sad? ___________
4. When did the artist paint it? _____________
5. When did he take the picture to France?
6. How much did the king pay for it? ___________
7. When did someone steal the picture? ____________
8. Who did the police ask about the picture? __________
9. When did Perugia try to sell the picture? ___________
10. What happened to the thief? _______________
The painting I like best is the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. The lady in the painting has an unsual expression on her
face. I like the fact that you can't tell if she is smailing or not. I wonder what's she thing and if she is sad or happy.
I'm also interested in the history behind the painting. Leonardo da Vinci painted it in the carly sixteenth century. In 1516 he
took it to France and sold it to King Francis for 4,000 gold coins. The painting was put in the Louvre museum in Paris, in 1911,
somebody stole the painting. At first no one noticed that the painting was missing. The people who worked at the museum thought that
the official museum photograpger was taking pictures of the painting in his studio. After a few days, they realised he didn't have it and the painting
was gone. The police questioned many people, including the artist Pablo Picasso.
More than two years later, an Italian, Vincenzo Perugia, tried to sell the Mona Lisa to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, for $100,000. The police
arrested him and Perugia confessed that he stole the painting because of patriotism. He thought such a famous painting by a gamous Italiashould belong to Italy,
not France.
1. What is the writer's favorite painting? ____________
2. Who painted it? ________________
3. Is the lady in the picture sad? ___________
4. When did the artist paint it? _____________
5. When did he take the picture to France?
6. How much did the king pay for it? ___________
7. When did someone steal the picture? ____________
8. Who did the police ask about the picture? __________
9. When did Perugia try to sell the picture? ___________
10. What happened to the thief? _______________
2. It was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
3. You can't tell if she's sad or happy.
4. The artist painted it in the early sixteenth century.
5. He took the picture to France in 1516.
6. The king paid for it 4000 gold coins.
7. It was stolen in 1911.
8. The police asked many people including Pablo Picasso about the picture.
9. Perugia tried to sell the picture more than two years later.
10. The police arrested him.