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According to Gelb, the author of HowtoThinklikeLeonardodaVinci, although not everyone is born with the gifts and the capacities of Leonardo da Vinci, it is possible for any person to use the fundamentals of Da Vinci's approach to learning to guide us towards the realisation of our inner Da Vinci£®One typical fundamental is curiosity£®“The desire to know is natural to good men£®”— Leonardo da Vinci

The young Leonardo loved being in nature, showed an early gift for drawing and was fascinated by mathematics£®Young Leonardo's curiosity regarding education and mathematics especially often raised constant unsureness and difficulties for the teachers who taught him and continuously proved them to be wrong£®Most children have in them endless amounts of curiosity and a sense of wonder£®Unfortunately for multiple reasons these qualities are lost as children reach adulthood, not Leonardo though£®Perhaps one of his greatest characteristics was his willingness to question accepted knowledge£®Leonardo's curiosity never faded and fuelled the lake of his genius for his entire life£®Leonardo's motives were not money, women or loyalty to any church or person£®His pursuits were pure: the long search for beauty and above all: truth£®

Leonardo would wonder around asking questions he did not himself yet understand£®He always carried a notebook with himself so that he could quickly write down hundreds of questions, ideas, thoughts, impressions and observations as they occurred£®He was expectant and reliant only upon himself to answer his own questions£®Being modest, he was not afraid to make mistakes and appear foolish£®Leonardo accepted the feelings of unfamiliarity and foolishness£®

His questions led him to designing a snorkel (ˮϺôÎüÆ÷) as well as diving equipment and even a submarine and also inventing flying machines and a parachute£®His curiosity took him under the water and into the sky£®

1£®What do the underlined words “Da Vinci”refer to?

A£®Potential£®¡¡¡¡¡¡                   B£®Curiosity£®

C£®Honesty£®                           D£®Motive£®

2£®What was most typical of the young Leonardo?

A£®Educating kids£®

B£®Seeking for love£®

C£®Appreciating nature£®

D£®Questioning his teachers£®

3£®What can be learned about Leonardo's sense of curiosity from the text?

A£®It fooled himself£®

B£®It made him independent£®

C£®It inspired his whole life£®

D£®It disappeared in his adulthood£®

4£®Which saying can best reflect Leonardo da Vinci?

A£®An idle youth,  a needy age£®

B£®First come, first served£®

C£®Stay hungry, stay foolish£®

D£®Nothing ventured, nothing gained£®