短文填空  先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所填单词必须在答题卡标有题号的横线上完整写出。（本大题共6分，每格0.5分）

 Who was Leonardo da Vinci? You may answer without t     1.     : “He is the painter of the Mona Lisa.” What e     2.   do you know about him? Da Vinci was more than just a great artist in history. He’s also f    3.      as a scientist and an inventor.

Leonardo da Vinci was b     4.    to a rich family in Florence, Italy, in 1452. From childhood, Leonardo was given a good e    5.      and he showed talent at painting. By the age of 26, da Vinci had already become a famous painter.

He designed many i     6.     machines. Da Vinci’s idea l   7.     to the modern tank(坦克). Though da Vinci never b     8.      many of the inventions he designed, some of the things he i     9.     in the late 1400s are in use today.

As a scientist, da Vinci was very interested in the h 10.    body. He spent a whole year c  11.  up dead bodies in hospitals to learn about human anatomy(解剖学). He made more than 200 d  12.    of bodies.

根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词，并将完整单词写在对应题号的横线上。

Paul worked in an office．He didn't have a wife，he didn't have any children，e___1__．And he lived in an old house a___2___．He liked nothing but drinking．He almost spent all of his money on drinks．Sometimes when he was h___3___，he had to borrow some money from his workmates to buy a little food．

one evening he m__4___ a friend of his in the street．The man asked him to have d___5___ in a restaurant．He was so happy that he drank a l___6___．When they left there at midnight．he could h__7___ stand．His friend had to s___8___ a taxi and asked the driver to take him home．Soon they arrived at the door of his house．The d__9___ helped him to get out of the taxi．

“Thank you，sir．” said Paul，“Now I can open the door myself．”

The taxi went away，but he couldn’t put the key i___10___ the keyhole（钥匙孔）．At that time，a policeman came．

“What can I do for you，sir?” asked the policeman．

“Thank you，sir．” said Paul，“The house is circling（旋转）now．If you can make it not move．I can open the door myself．”

Christmas was coming．Mr. Smith had no money to buy any presents for his children．His wife was ill and he spent a lot of money on her m  （1）  ．And the harvest（收成）was bad and all his family were going to be h  （2）  the next spring．He was q  （3）  worried about it．

“We have only a cock,” said Mrs. Smith one day．“You’d b  （4）   take it to the town．Sell it there and buy some cakes and sweets for our c  （5）  ．”

“It’s a good idea!” the man said and caught the cock the next morning and put it into a box．It was d  （6）   to walk on the road covered with thick snow．Two hours l  （7）  he was very tired and wanted to have a rest．He put the box to the ground and sat down．

“The air in the box must be close,” the man said to h  （8）  ． “I’d better let the cock walk outside for a while, or it’ll die．”

So he put the cock to the ground．When he started again, he couldn’t catch it any l  （9）   

“How foolish you are!” Mr. Smith called out a  （10）   ．“You can herald（预示…来临）the break of day at night but you can’t find the way to the town in the daytime!”