Fading beauty
She is widely seen as proof that good looks can last for ever. But, at nearly 500 years of age, time is catching up with the Mona Lisa.
The health of the famous picture, painted by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1505, is getting worse by the year, according to the Louvre Museum (卢浮宫博物馆) where it is housed.
“The thin, wooden panel on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago,” the museum said. Visitors have noticed changes but repairing the world’s most famous painting is not easy. Experts are not sure about the materials the Italian artist used and their current chemical state (化学状态).
Nearly 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery of her smile. “It is very interesting that when you’re not looking at her, she seems to be smiling, and then you look at her and she stops,” said Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University. “It’s because direct vision (视觉) is excellent at picking up detail, but less suited to looking at shadows. Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows.”
However, the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as mysterious as the smile. Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always carried it with him, until it was eventually sold to France’s King Francis I in 1519.
In 1911, the painting was stolen from the Louvre by a former employee, who took it out of the museum hidden under his coat. He said he planned to return it to Italy. The painting was sent back to France two years later.
During World War II, French hid the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of German forces.
Like many old ladies, the Mona Lisa has some interesting stories to tell.


问题是:
1."Interesting stories"in the laragraph probably rerer to the following except__________
A.the painting"S experiencex B.the identity of the woman painted in it
C.how Da vinci produced the painting
D.why Da Vinci loved the Mona Lisa so much.
同时希望能说明下理由．

我认为应该选D。
问题：有关这幅画的有趣故事除了哪个。
A、这幅画的经历，文章中倒数二三四段提到画先卖给法国国王，然后被偸，二年后又回到法国，二战时又被法国人藏起。
B、画中的女人本身，文章第三段开头说到However, the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as mysterious as the smile. 可以表明。
C、达芬奇怎样画的这幅画，文章的第二段从Professor Margaret Livingstone的话中可以看出，特别是这句话：Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows.
D、文章中并没说明达芬奇为什么喜欢这幅画，只是说他很喜欢，没有什么奇特之处。