17.Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15,1452in Italy.He is best known as 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.

76.According to the passage,Leonardo is not only an artist but alsoA.
A.an inventor       
B.an engineer     
C.a writer      
D.a musician
77.C  was Leonardo's most special inventor.
A.The mirror writing    
B.The cutting machine    
C.The machine gun    
D.The flying machine
78.Leonardo was strange,for example,B.
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
79.Leonardo invented some machines toD.
A.stop the war     
B.help paint pictures     
C.watch the birds     
D.make good use of time
80.From the passage,we can learn that Leonardo was veryC.
A.humorous     
B.serious     
C.clever     
D.lonely.

For most people, the word "fashion" means "clothes". But people may ask the question, "What clothes are in fashion?" And they use the word "fashionable" in the same way.

"She was wearing a fashionable coat. His shirt was really a fashionable colour. "

But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs ... and in languages.

Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.

Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours.

New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.

1.Most people think that "fashion" means __________.

A.subjects B.holidays C.books D.clothes

2.By we can see that fashions change as time goes.

A.finding a job B.looking at pictures

C.eating in a restaurant D.wearing a fashionable coat

3. In the 5th paragraph , the writer mentions kinds of ways to send information.

A.three B.four C.five D.six

4. "There is money in fashion" means .

A.people like fashion and money

B.fashionable things are expensive

C.one can make money through fashion

D.a fashionable man makes much money

5.The passage is mainly about .

A.the changes of fashions

B.the kinds of colours

C.the money in fashion

D.the differences between houses

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