Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15,1452 in Italy.

He is best known 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 inventions

have become important in modern day life.

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

By watching the way birds fly, Leonardo tried to find out the secret of flying. Among his sketched(素描)we can see several objects. We consider them as modern flying machines.

Leonardo spent many hours thinking about how to make good use of time. He developed ideas for labor-saving machines like cutting machines.

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

We have very little of his work today. Leonardo finished 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.

(    )71. According to the passage, Leonardo is not only an artist but also             .

    A. an inventor       B. an engineer      C. a writer      D. a musician

(    )72.         was Leonardo's most special invention.

A. The mirror writing                               B. The cutting machine   

C. The machine gun                                 D. The flying machine

(    )73. Leonardo was strange, for example,              .

A.he didn't eat any vegetables                 B. he usually used mirror writing      

C. he liked to publish his discoveries         D. he enjoyed drawing flying machines    

(    )74. Leonardo invented some machines to           .

.stop the war                                           B. help paint pictures   

C. watch the birds                                    D. make good use of time

(    )75. From the passage, we can learn that Leonardo was very          . 

A. humorous        B. serious                    C. clever        D. lonely  

　 Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Italy. He is best known 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（发明家）. Many of his inventions have become important in modern day life.

Although Leonardo hated war, he invented many different machines used for war. His most special invention was the machine gun（枪）, which was produced and used in war many years later.

By watching the way birds fly, Leonardo tried to find out the secret of flying. Among his sketches（素描）we can see several objects. We consider them as modern flying machines.

Leonardo spent many hours thinking about how to make good use of time. He developed ideas for labor-saving machines like cutting machines.

Leonardo was a strange man. He didn’t eat any meat, which was very unusual in those times. He never published（发表）his ideas and scientific discoveries. He usually used mirror writing, which looks like writing a mirror, starting from the right side of the page and moving to the left.

We have very little of his work today. Leonardo finished 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.

（ ）52. According to the passage, Leonardo is not only an artist but also 　　　　 .

A. an inventor　　　 B. an engineer　　　 C. a writer　　　 D. a musician

（ ）53. 　　　　　 was Leonardo’s most special invention.

A. The mirror writing　　　　　 B. The cutting machine

C. The machine gun　　　　　　 D. The flying machine

（ ）54. Leonardo was strange, for example, 　　　　　　　 .

A. he didn’t eat any vegetables　　　　　　　 B. he usually used mirror writing　　　　　　

C. he liked to publish his discoveries　　　　　 D. he enjoyed drawing flying machines

（ ）55. Leonardo invented some machines to 　　　　 .

A. stop the war　　　　　　　　　　　 B. help paint pictures　

C. watch the birds　　　　　　　　　　 D. make good use of time

My mother was telling me about how she and her family got their first television when she was a teenager. Of course it was black and white. She said she only watch it at night. She doesn’t remember over watching it in the morning or afternoon. When I was young we had only about 3 or 4 different channels(频道). My bothers, my sisters and I would sometimes fight(打架) about which channel to watch. But we usually enjoyed the same shows. Now we can get hundreds of channels on TV. I can’t believe it! There are channels with old films, cooking, fishing and so on. It’s surprising! There is a channel for everything. I wonder how much my bothers, my sisters and I would fight if we had hundreds of channels when I was a child. Of course we had only one television set. These days I find families with 2 or 3 or more television sets in their homes. I guess it stops people from arguing(吵架) about which channel to choose from .

1.In those days, how many television sets did people have?

A．more than one     B．one              C．3 or 4            D．more than 4

2.What kind of TV channels do we have now?

A．Channels with cooking                   B．Channels with old films

C．Channels with fish                       D．A, B&C

3.Now how many channels can we get on TV?

A．3 or 4 different channels.                 B．Only one channel.

C．Hundreds of channels.                   D．Less than 10 channels.

4.When my mum was a teenager, her brothers, sisters and she usually enjoyed______.

A．different channels                      B．the same shows

C．different shows                         D．all the shows

5.Which of the following in NOT true?  

A．My mum’s brothers and sisters would fight about which channel to watch when she was a child.

B．These days, there is only one channel with old movies, cooking and fishing.

C．People have many channels to choose from now.

D．Family members will not fight for the television set.

In those days ,books could only be produced one at a time _____________.

A. in handB. with hand　 C. by handD. by hands

There once was a master who went to India. In those times, we didn't have airplanes or many kinds of transportation that we do now. So the master went to India     . And when he got there, he saw a lot of fruit. In India they have plenty of fruit to sell, but much of it is     because they can't grow much       the water situation. So he saw one basket, a big basket of some very red, long fruit. And it was the cheapest in the shop, not expensive at all.

So he     and asked, "How much per kilo?" And the shopkeeper said, "Two rupees."(印度货币) Two rupees in India is     ; it's like dirt (尘土). So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started eating it. But after he ate some of it: Oh, my God! His     __ watered, his mouth watered and burned, his eyes were burning, his head was burning and his face became     . As he coughed terribly , he       up and down, saying, "Ah! Ah! Ah!"

But he still continued to eat the fruit! Some people who were looking at him shook their heads and said, "You're crazy, man. Those are chilies（辣椒）! You can't eat so many; they're not good for you! People use them      a condiment（作料）, but only a little bit to put into food for taste. You can't just eat them by the handful like that; they're not      !" So the silly master said, "No, I can't stop! I paid money for them,      now I'll eat them. It's my     !"

   And you think that master was silly, right? Similarly, we sometimes do a lot of things like that. we still continue just because we've     money, time, effort and love into it. Just like the man who ate the chilies and felt so bad but couldn't stop because he didn't want to waste the money he'd paid.

So      you've lost something, let it go and move on. That's better than continuing to      .

1.A. by air                   B. on foot                    C .by taxi                               D .by car

2.A .delicious      B .cheap                    C .expensive         D .fresh

3.A .because of              B .with the help of         C .in need of                    D .as a result

4.A .got up                  B .went up                  C .turned up                  D .looked up

5.A .something     B .nothing           C .everything                  D .anything

6.A .eyes          B .ears              C .mouth            D .nose

7.A .sad            B .ugly            C .red                          D .cold

8.A .searched        B .climbed                C .jogged                      D .jumped

9.A .as             B .for                       C .to                           D .with

10.A .medicine       B .vegetables             C .fruit                         D .food

11.A. instead         B .and                   C .but                         D .also

12.A .money         B .food             C .fruit              D .drink

13.A. joined         B .spent                  C .paid                         D .put

14.A. as if           B .ever since         C .even if                          D .so that

15.A. fight           B .fail                    C .try                       D .lose