Late last night, or early this morning, something terrible happened in East Town. Mr Raymond Johnson has lived in East Town and has worked there as a manager for many years. He is forty-two years old, unmarried, and he lives in a big wooden house on Moonlight Road. The people of East Town know Mr Johnson as an unusual man. He does not often leave his house, but his business has made him very rich. Last night, at about midnight, a man who was out walking saw that one of Mr Johnson’s rooms was on fire. He immediately called the fire station, and the firemen arrived soon after. It took them half an hour to put out the fire. The firemen were surprised that Mr Johnson did not come out of the house, and two of them went inside to look for him. But Mr Johnson was not in the house. In the bedroom the two men found an open safe（保险箱）, which was empty. There were papers on the floor. Mr Johnson’s bedroom windows on the ground floor of the house were open. The firemen also found a set of keys in the room. The police then found out that the keys belonged to Mr Paul White, who visited Mr Johnson at his home yesterday evening. The police are sure that they know the motive（动机）for the crime and are looking for Mr White. The police are puzzled because nobody knows where Mr Johnson is.
REPORT ON MR RAYMOND JOHNSON’S CASE | |
When | Late last night, or 1. this morning |
2. | Mr Raymond Johnson’s home on 3. Road, East Town |
Who | Victim: Mr Raymond Johnson (a single, 42-year-old manager of great 4. ) Suspect: Mr Paul White |
What | At about midnight, one of Mr Johnson’s rooms 5. fire. It took the firemen 6. minutes to put out the fire. In the bedroom on the ground floor: an 7. open safe; papers on the floor; open bedroom windows; Mr Paul White’s 8. . The police are trying to 9. Mr Paul White. Mr Johnson is 10. , which puzzles the police. |
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. |