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      Leonardo da Vinci was bom 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 dif?ferent 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 sketches (素描) we can see several objects. We consider them as modern fly?ing machines.

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

      Leonardo was a strange man. He didn't eat any meat,which was unusual at that time. 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 fin?ished 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's one of the cleverest men the world has ever known.

6. According to the passage,Leonardo is not only an artist but also .

   A. an inventor   B. an engineer

   C. a writer      D. a musician

7. was Leonardo's most special invention.

   A. The mirror writing   B. The cutting machine

   C. The machine gun   D. The flying machine

8. 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

9. Leonardo invented some machines to .

   A. stop the war      B. help paint pictures

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

10. From the passage,we can learn that Leonardo was very.

   A. humorous     B. serious

   C. clever      D. lonely

Answer 1

6. A 7. C 8. B 9. D 10. C

6. A  由第一段中的“He was also agreat inventor. ”可知答案为A。

7. C  由第二段中的“His most special invention was the machine gim...”可知答案为C。

8. B  由第五段中的“ He usually used mirror writing...” 可知答案为B。

9. D  通读第四段可知答案为D。

10. C  由最后一段中的“We now believe,however,that he’s one of the cleverest men the world has ever known. ” 可知答案为C。