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【题目】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. 【1】 .

Although Leonardo hated war, he invented many different machines used for war. His most special invention was the machine gun, 【2】 .

【3】 , Leonardo tried to find out the secret of flying. Among his sketch 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 his ideas and scientific discoveries. He usually used mirror writing, which looks like writing in a mirror, 【4】 .

【5】 . 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.

A. We have very little of his work today. B. Many of his inventions have become important in modern daily life. C. By watching the way birds fly. D. which was produced and used in war many years later. E. starting from the right side of the page and moving to the left.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】E

【5】A

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：达文西列奥纳多1452年4月15日生于意大利。当今他最出名的是作为一位艺术家。他的一个著名的画叫蒙娜丽莎。然而，列奥纳多有许多其他的自然能力。他也是一个伟大的发明家。

该篇短文介绍了他在创造发明方面的一些成就。

【1】B联系上句He was also a great inventor.（他也是一个伟大的发明家）可知这里该选B，他的许多发明在现代生活中变得非常重要。

【2】D联系上句 His most special invention was the machine gun（他最特别的发明是机枪）可知这里该选D，许多年后在战争中生产和使用的。

【3】C联系下句Leonardo tried to find out the secret of flying（列奥纳多试图找出飞行的秘密）可知这里该选C，通过观察鸟类的飞行方式。

【4】E联系上文He usually used mirror writing, which looks like writing in a mirror（他通常用镜子写字，这看起来像是在一面镜子上写）可知该选E，从页面右侧开始移动到左边。

【5】A联系下句Leonardo finished only a few of his paintings.（列奥纳多完成了的画只有几幅）可知这里该选A，今天我们拥有的他的的作品很少。