Question

Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Italy. He is best k 1. as an artist today. One of his famous paintings is called Mona Lisa. However, Leonardo had many other natural abilities. He was Also a great inventor. Many of his i 2. have become important in modern day life.

A 3. Leonardo hated war, he invented many different machines used for war. His most special invention was the machine gun, which was produced and u 4. in war many years later.

By watching the way birds fly, Leonardo tried to find out the secret of f 5. . Among his drawing we can see several objects. We c 6. them as modern flying machines.

Leonardo s 7. many hours thinking about how to make good use of time. He developed ideas for labor-saving(節(jié)約勞動(dòng)力) machines like cutting machines.

Leonardo was a strange man. He didn't eat any meat, which was u 8. in those times. He never published（發(fā)表） his ideas and scientific discoveries. He usually used mirror writing, which looks like writing in a m 9. , starting from the right side of the page and moving to the left.

We have very little of his work today. Leonardo f 10. only a few of his paintings. He left many unfinished because he thought they were not perfect. No one in his life time knew how great Leonardo was. We now believe, however, that he was one of the cleverest men the world has ever known.

 

 

Answer 1

1.known

2.inventions

3.Although

4.used

5.flying

6.consider

7.spent

8.unusual

9.mirror

10.finished

【解析】

試題分析：】這篇短文介紹了偉大的藝術(shù)家達(dá)芬奇在創(chuàng)造發(fā)明方面的一些成就。

1.句意：他今天最為藝術(shù)家最為著名。根據(jù)句意及首字母提示“著名”是be known。

2.句意：許多他的發(fā)明在現(xiàn)在的日常生活中變得非常重要。根據(jù)句意及首字母提示“發(fā)明”應(yīng)用名詞復(fù)數(shù)inventions。

3.句意：雖然達(dá)芬奇厭惡戰(zhàn)爭，他發(fā)明了許多用于戰(zhàn)爭的不同機(jī)器。根據(jù)句意及首字母提示“雖然”應(yīng)是Although。

4.句意：他最為特別的發(fā)明是機(jī)關(guān)槍，在許多年以后生產(chǎn)并用于戰(zhàn)爭。根據(jù)句意及首字母提示“用于”此處表被動(dòng)，所以用過去分詞used。

5.句意：通過觀察鳥飛行的方式，達(dá)芬奇試圖搞清楚飛行的秘密。根據(jù)句意及首字母提示“飛行”此處應(yīng)填動(dòng)名詞flying。

6.句意：我們認(rèn)為它們是現(xiàn)代飛行機(jī)器。根據(jù)句意及首字母提示“認(rèn)為”是consider。

7.句意：達(dá)芬奇花費(fèi)了很多時(shí)間來考慮如何充分利用時(shí)間。根據(jù)句意及首字母提示“花費(fèi)”應(yīng)用過去式spent。

8.句意：他不吃肉，這在那個(gè)時(shí)代是不同尋常的。根據(jù)句意及首字母提示“不同尋�！笔�unusual。

9.句意：他通常用用鏡像書寫，這看起來像在鏡子中書寫一樣。根據(jù)句意及首字母提示“鏡子”是mirror。

10.句意：達(dá)芬奇完成了他作品中的僅僅一部分。根據(jù)句意及首字母提示“完成”應(yīng)用過去式finished。

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