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(节约劳动力) 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（发表） 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】

试题分析：】这篇短文介绍了伟大的艺术家达芬奇在创造发明方面的一些成就。

1.句意：他今天最为艺术家最为著名。根据句意及首字母提示“著名”是be known。

2.句意：许多他的发明在现在的日常生活中变得非常重要。根据句意及首字母提示“发明”应用名词复数inventions。

3.句意：虽然达芬奇厌恶战争，他发明了许多用于战争的不同机器。根据句意及首字母提示“虽然”应是Although。

4.句意：他最为特别的发明是机关枪，在许多年以后生产并用于战争。根据句意及首字母提示“用于”此处表被动，所以用过去分词used。

5.句意：通过观察鸟飞行的方式，达芬奇试图搞清楚飞行的秘密。根据句意及首字母提示“飞行”此处应填动名词flying。

6.句意：我们认为它们是现代飞行机器。根据句意及首字母提示“认为”是consider。

7.句意：达芬奇花费了很多时间来考虑如何充分利用时间。根据句意及首字母提示“花费”应用过去式spent。

8.句意：他不吃肉，这在那个时代是不同寻常的。根据句意及首字母提示“不同寻常”是unusual。

9.句意：他通常用用镜像书写，这看起来像在镜子中书写一样。根据句意及首字母提示“镜子”是mirror。

10.句意：达芬奇完成了他作品中的仅仅一部分。根据句意及首字母提示“完成”应用过去式finished。

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