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. |
Have you seen Avatar（《阿凡达》）? It’s a popular 3D movie, and you may have to wear 3D glasses to see it. The 3D glasses make the images(图像)from the movie look as if they were coming straight towards you.
More and more 3D movies are coming to theaters. Some say that 3D TV sets will come into our homes in the near future. 3D technology can make TV and movies are more exciting. However, people with eye problems may get headaches if they spend too much time watching 3D movies. Why?
When we look at an object(物体), each eye sees it at a different angle(角度). Our eyes send the two images to our brain(大脑), and the brain puts them together. 3D technology uses two film projectors(投影机). One projects a left-eye-image and the other projects a right-eye-image. 3D glasses allow us to see a different image in each eye. So, when we are watching a 3D movie, our brain can’t put together the images sent to our eyes. The brain needs to work harder at “reading” the images. That makes it easier for people with eye problems to get dizzy(头晕的) or have headaches. A famous eye doctor said if your eyes can’t focus(聚焦) on the same object at once, you will have trouble watching 3D movies.
根据短文内容完成下列问题。
1.According to the passage, Avatar is a ______.
A. digital camera B. digital TV set
C. 3D movie D.4D movie
2.The 3D glasses can make the images from the movie ______.
A. look more beautiful than usual
B. look as if they were coming straight towards you
C. look as if they were far away from you
D. look more clear than usual
3.People will have ______ in their homes in the near future.
A. 3D computers B. 3D phones
C. 3D movies D.3D TV sets
4.When we look at an object, ______.
A. each eye sees the object at the same angle
B. our brain puts the two different pictures together
C. there will be two film projectors in our eyes
D. our brain can’t put together the images sent to our eyes
5.If you wear a pair of 3D glasses, ______.
A. you will see different images in both eyes
B. your brain can’t work at all
C. the images can be put together easily by your brain
D. our brain can put the images together
Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881. His father was a painter and art teacher who gave his son the first lesson in drawing. He won a prize— “Science and Charity” for his first important painting when he was only fifteen. He studied in several cities in Spain. But there was no one to teach him all that he wanted to know. When he was nineteen, he visited Paris.
Paris was then the center of the world for artists. Everything that was new and exciting in the world of paintings seemed to happen there. When he was twenty-three, Picasso moved there to live and lived in France for the rest of his life.
When he was over ninety, this great painter still lived his life like a young man. He was still looking for new ideas and new ways to use his artistic materials.
When he died in 1973, he was ninety-one years old.
根据短文内容完成下列问题。
1. What did Pablo Picasso’s father do?
A.A teacher. B.A painter.
C.An artist. D.A painter and art teacher.
2.What prize did he win when he was fifteen?
A.Science and Painting.
B.Science and Art.C.Science and
C.harity.
D.Painting and Charity.
3.Where was he born and where did he visit when he was nineteen?
A.Paris and Spain. B.London and Paris.
C.Spain and Paris. D.London and Spain.
4.How old was he when he moved to Paris and how old was he when he died?
A.Twenty-three and ninety.
B.Twenty-three and ninety-one.
C.Nineteen and ninety-one.
D.Nineteen and ninety.
5.What did he do when he was old?
A.He lived his life like a young man.
B.He looked for new ideas.
C.He looked for new ways to use his artistic materials.
D.All the above.
Many children act in TV shows. They work several hours every day, so they can not go to regular school. How do they get an education?
In Hollywood, many TV shows are made. About forty teachers give lessons to the children in the shows. They teach wherever their pupils are working. The teachers’ job is very important. They are responsible(负责) for making sure that the children work only the permitted(允许) hours each week. They are also responsible for making sure that children learn the required subjects. They make sure, too, that the children get enough rest and play, along with their education.
Children actors are required to attend classes twenty hours each week. California law says they must be taught from September to June. If they do not make much progress in school, they are not permitted to continue working in TV shows. TV children are usually good pupils, and most of their teachers like this special kind of work. Their classes are held in some wonderful places. Sometimes the “classroom” is a Mississippi riverboat, and sometimes it is the inside of a spaceship. Often the pupils become famous TV or movie stars.
根据短文内容完成下列问题。
1.The children actors do not go to regular school because ______ .
A.they do not get good marks
B.there is no school nearby
C.they have to act several hours a day
D.they have to work all day long
2.The teachers usually hold classes in ______ .
A.a classroom building
B.some interesting places
C.a Mississippi riverboat
D.a spaceship
3.The teachers’ duty is to make sure that the children actors ______ .
A.do not overwork
B.learn what they must learn
C.have enough sleep and play
D.all the above
4.The pupils are not allowed to continue working if they ______ .
A.do not act well
B.go to regular school
C.do not get good marks
D.cannot become famous stars
5.Which of the following is not true?
A.California law does not allow children to act in TV shows.
B.Many of the children actors become famous stars.
C.The lessons are given by forty teachers.
D.The teachers must teach them from September to June.
完形填空。
J. K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter, which is now one of the best-sellers in the world. She was born in Britain on July 31st, 1965. She had one sister who was two years younger than her. Both girls liked to their father’s bedtime stories. They especially loved stories about magic. Rowling wrote her first story the age of six.
On a long train trip in 1990, an idea came to her. She wanted to write about a boy who had magic but he didn’t know it. In 1992, Rowling began the first Harry Potter book for young . It appeared in June, 1997. The book was a great success. And the film came out in November, 2001. Now the Harry Potter series (系列) is with people of all ages and about sixty books were sold in 200 countries. In this series, Harry is an ordinary boy: polite, friendly, brave and clever. So when children read about Harry, they can imagine being like him. That’s the Harry Potter series has been so popular.
J. K. Rowling is very with the success. Now she’s really enjoying life. She said she would go on writing children’s books.
1.A.listen B.speak C.listening D.speaking
2.A.in B.at C.for D.to
3.A.write B.wrote C.to write D.written
4.A.writers B.drivers C.singers D.readers
5.A.best B.popular C.glad D.busy
6.A.million B.millions C.million of D.millions of
7.A.when B.where C.why D.what
8.A.sad B.worried C.unhappy D.happy
—What wonderful music!
—Thanks. Neither my classmates nor my mother ______ the piano better than me.
A.is B.plays C.play D.are
