Who designed the first helicopter(直升机)? Who __1___some of most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most ___2___of his time? There is an answer ___3___ all these questions --Leonardo da Vinci (达?芬奇)
Leonard may have been the greatest genius ___4___ have ever known. He lived in Italy around the year 1500, but many of his inventions seem modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn’t ____5___ a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have worked.
But Leonard ___6___ an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master(大师) painter, and as he got older he became ___7__ more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand in ten different ways ____8___he was ready to paint.
Many of Leonardo’s wonderful paintings are still with ____9___today. You may know one of his most famous works-- the ___10___ woman known as the Mona Lisa.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给出的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As I held my father’s hands one night, I couldn’t help but notice their calluses(老茧）and roughness. His hands tell the story of his life as a   31 , including all his struggles.    
One summer, I remember, a drought (旱灾）hit Ontario, turning it into a   32 desert. On one of those hot mornings I was picking sweet corn with my dad to fill the last   33  from the grocery store. Fifty dozen was all we needed, which   34  took twenty minutes. That morning, however, the process didn’t   35  quickly. After forty minutes of aimlessly walking in the field, we   36   needed twenty dozen. I was completely frustrated and   37 . Dropping the basket heavily, I declared, “If the store wants its last twenty dozen, they can pick it themselves.” Dad   38 , “Just think, my little girl, only ten dozen left for each of us and then we’re   39 .” Such is Dad—whatever problem he   40 , he never gives up.
  41 , the disastrous(灾难性的) effects of the drought were felt all over our county. It was a challenging time for everyone,   42  Dad remained optimistic. He   43 to be grateful for other things like good health and food on our plates. Only then did I truly begin to   44  Dad and his faith that guided us through the hard times.
Dad is also a living example of real   45 . From dawn to dusk, he works countless hours to   46 our family. He always puts our happiness   47  his own, and never fails to cheer me on at my sports games   48  his exhaustion after long days. His loving and selfless nature has inspired me to become more sympathetic (同情心的) and   49  putting others first.
Dad, the life   50  I have learned from you will stay with me forever. You are my father, teacher, friend and, most importantly, my hero.

There is a small shop about 200 meters from where I live that sells groceries, meat and other basic necessities. About 10 years ago, there was a beggar who would go into the shop every day and ask the owner for a    36  . The owner,   37   he would love to help, simply didn’t have any jobs available, so he kept   38   the man’s request.
This situation continued    39   for a few months, until the owner    40    to give the homeless man a job which    41  sweeping outside the shop. Every single day from 5 am, the homeless man was there doing the very    42  he could for the    43  , even though it did earn him some pennies.    44   , the owner saw how good a job the man was doing and gave him a job working    45  a cashier. He was watched closely to make sure that he didn’t    46  any of the money received from the sales. He was still homeless, after all. The homeless man did a/an    47  job as a cashier for over 2 years, and did such a good job that he was promoted to    48   the finances for the whole shop.
To my    49  , this was the arrangement up until 2 years ago, when the owner     50   . In his will, he only had one    51   , to give the whole shop to the now stable, “homeless” man. Now, I could walk into that shop and see him working as hard as   52  , with his own business that is still   53   and active 10 years after getting his job as a sweeper.
From this story, we can probably get the inspiration: work hard and give everything your best effort, even if it isn’t your    54   situation, it very well may turn out to    55  some day in the future.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从l6-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中， 选出最佳选项。
When I was about 13, my father would take me on short outings on Saturdays.On the way home, Dad      stopped at the Dairy Queen for 10-cent ice creams. I couldn't     it. but I could pray from the    we started heading home to that corner where we would either go straight for the ice cream or      and go home empty-handed. That corner    either mouth-watering excitement or    .
On one special day. we were heading home. and again I was praying for the   sound of his offer. It    . "Would you like an ice cream today?" "That sounds great, Dad!" But then he said, "How would you like to      today?"
Twenty cents! My mind reeled(震惊). I could afford it. I got a weekly allowance of 25 cents. plus some      for odd jobs. But      it was my money, ice cream wasn't a good use of it. In a fit of      , I said, "Well, in that case. I guess I'll     ." My father just said, "Okay, Son."
But as we headed home, I realized how wrong I was and begged him to     . But he just said. "That's okay. We don't really need one." I felt       for my selfishness and ungratefulness. He didn't mind, or     act disappointedly.
I     that generosity goes two ways and gratefulness sometimes costs more than "thank you". On that day gratefulness would have cost 20 cents and it would have been the    ice cream I'd ever had.
I'Il tell you one more thing. We   another trip the next week. As we      the corner, I said, "Dad, would you like an ice cream today? My treat."

I’ve always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed, but others had their own ways of showing care.
What I      most about visiting my boyfriend’s parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we      ate our meal. With so little conversation I was quick to      his family as cold. When we got into the      to go home, his father suddenly appeared.      , he began to wash his son’s windscreen. I could feel he was a caring man through the glass.
I learned another lesson about love a few years later. My father often      me early in the morning. “Buy Xerox. It’s a good sharp price,” he might say when I answered the phone. No pleasant   or inquiry about my life, just financial instructions. This manner of his      me and we often quarreled. But one day, I thought about my father’s success in business and realized that his concern for my financial security lay behind his      morning calls. The next time he called and told me to buy a stock, I      him.
When my social style has conflicted with that of my friends, I’ve often felt     . For example, I always return phone calls      and regularly contact with my friends. I expect the same from them. I had one friend who rarely called, answering my messages with short e-mails. I rushed to the     : She wasn’t a good friend! My anger       as the holidays approached. But then she came to a gathering I      and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some window-shopping the previous month. I was      at her thoughtfulness, and regretful for how I’d considered her to be      . Clearly I needed to change my expectations of friends.
Far too often, I ignored their       expressions, eagerly expecting them to do things in my   . Over the years, however, I’ve learned to      other persons, love signs.

Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker. He is not famous in sports or the arts, But people in the streets    him, especially those who are     .
For those people, he is "Gloves" Greenberg. How did he get that   ?He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文箱). But he's _____. His briefcase always has some gloves。
In winter, Mr.Greenberg does not  like other New Yorkers, who look at the sidewalk and  the street. He looks around at    .He stops when he     someone with no gloves. He gives them a pair and then he _____ ,looking for more people with cold     .
On winter days, Mr.Greenberg     gloves. During the rest of the year, he    gloves. People who have heard about him      him gloves, and he has many in his apartment.
Mr. Greenberg    doing this 21 years ago. Now, many poor New Yorkers know him and   his behavior. But people who don't know him are sometimes    him. They don't realize that he just wants to make them  .
It runs in the   .Michael's father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier. Michael Greenberg feels the   .A pair of gloves may be a   thing, but it can make a big difference in winter.

My husband and I arrived in a new country just a month ago. We were sort of    about what was waiting for us. However，when we    at the airport, a tall man with smiling eyes greeted us. The days and months were    made easy for us by this kind man.
He greeted us every day with his smiling face. He    us in going to the bank, in buying our groceries, in telling us    to buy almost everything. He told us he is our big brother.
  , We watched the match in a coffee shop. During the first get-together, he     us that we’re lucky—my husband and I are   in this foreign land. He said he has been  for eight years now because he rarely sees his family，  they are in his home country.
During the second get-together, he    told us that we are his family. He said that he loves us and that he will   us because he has been given a     of 45 days to go back to his home country. That night, he spoke these words which     a great impact in my life: “You changed my life…”
That night deep in our hearts we were     by our friend’s words. We texted him upon reaching home,    him for being a Big Brother to us in the foreign land. We told him    that we feel safe in going out when we are with him, to which he  , “You are my family here.”
On the first week of October, we’re going to   him back from his vacation. We’ll watch the football match again in that    shop that holds dear memories.

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was at a concert that I happened to find David. He was holding his head at a strange     as if he were stating down at something. Then the truth struck me. He was blind. The last thing he remembers    was his daughter being born. Then the world went    .
Bad luck is no stranger to this 44-year-old man. His mother died of cancer, and his weak father had to    11-year-old David to the care of the state.
Things seemed always to go from bad to    . Two years ago, his beloved guide dog pulled him out of the    of a truck. David was not hurt. The dog    .
But David does not feel sorry for himself. "These are just little obstacles (障碍) you have to    in your life," he said.
He has to make a daily two-hour trip to his working place -- the X-ray department of an _  room.
It was a hard job to   . Before he got it, David was determined to escape the workshop ran by the Lighthouse, an organization    to help blind people. He wanted a job of developing X-ray film, something   , not just he, must do in the dark, including people with    eyesight. The Lighthouse called many hospitals, with no result,    they offered to pay his first three months' salary.
David works alone in a dark room that    of chemicals. He cannot wear gloves.   , he could not feel. Since this is an emergency room, lives can be put    or out of danger. His directress says she trusts him 100 percent.
He makes $20,000 a year. But his motivation (动机) goes    money. "By working, I can actualize my own    . That's the most important!" he said.
What a shining example for us to   !

When I was about 6 years old I lived in Kenya. There was a lot of      and there were always street children on the roads asking for money. There was such a big divide between those children and me and I grew up very aware of being so     .
We had a wonderful and very kind driver, John, who had been working with my     for decades. He used to take us to and from school. One day while we were stopped in traffic a young street child, probably no more than 10 years old,     with a friendly greeting, “Hi, John!”
He      the car and shook John’s hand,. John then gave him a little bit of money and waved him off with a smile before we carried on our way to school.
I had watched the whole incident completely     . John had a large family himself and had to work very hard to make ends    .I knew that he didn’t have any spare money. So, of course, at that age I couldn’t understand why he would be giving money to the child.
“Who was that?” I asked. “My friend,” he replied. “I see him every morning on my way to work and I give him a little bit of money.”       Unable to comprehend, I asked, “Why do you have to give him money every morning?” John replied, “So he can use it to buy some food.”
It was probably at that    that I understood what kindness really was. A person who was in a difficult situation himself still found some money to     for a child who needed it. Even at the age of 6 that had such a great impact on me. I didn’t have any money, but I wanted to     too. So when my grandfather gave us a chocolate bar after dinner every Friday, I would          mine up so I could give it to John to give to his friend.