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(節約勞動力) 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家達芬奇在創造發明方面的一些成就。

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

2.句意：許多他的發明在現在的日常生活中變得非常重要。根據句意及首字母提示“發明”應用名詞復數inventions。

3.句意：雖然達芬奇厭惡戰爭，他發明了許多用于戰爭的不同機器。根據句意及首字母提示“雖然”應是Although。

4.句意：他最為特別的發明是機關槍，在許多年以后生產并用于戰爭。根據句意及首字母提示“用于”此處表被動，所以用過去分詞used。

5.句意：通過觀察鳥飛行的方式，達芬奇試圖搞清楚飛行的秘密。根據句意及首字母提示“飛行”此處應填動名詞flying。

6.句意：我們認為它們是現代飛行機器。根據句意及首字母提示“認為”是consider。

7.句意：達芬奇花費了很多時間來考慮如何充分利用時間。根據句意及首字母提示“花費”應用過去式spent。

8.句意：他不吃肉，這在那個時代是不同尋常的。根據句意及首字母提示“不同尋常”是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。根據句意及首字母提示“鏡子”是mirror。

10.句意：達芬奇完成了他作品中的僅僅一部分。根據句意及首字母提示“完成”應用過去式finished。

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