Have you ever been to Paris? If you visit the beautiful city, be sure to go to the Louvre and visit Mona Lisa, oneof the most famous paintings in the world.Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci. In the painting is a beautiful woman with a smile on her face.Behind the woman are mountains and lakes. The painting gives people a feeling of beauty. (30.) They may wantto know how Leonardo da Vinci painted Mona Lisa, why the woman in the painting looks like smiling at them, or whatthe artist wanted to say in the painting. Maybe that is why so many people are interested in this painting. They talkabout it, write about it, and love it so much.One of the most often asked questions about Mona Lisa is (31.) . Some people believe it was the wife of asuccessful businessman. Other people think the woman looks just like the artist’s mother, Caterina. Still others say itis a painting of the artist himself.(32.) For the past hundreds of years, people have tried to find the answers to the difficult ones, but they can’t.Today many people are still trying to find out what is kept behind the great work of art. They may not be sure if thewoman in the painting smiles happily or if it’s a sad smile, but to them, the painting is a thing of beauty of all time.
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(A) Few people have noticed it.
(B) It is easy to understand the painting.
(C) People may want to know where to see it.
(D) It also gives them something to think about.