Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Italy. He is best k 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 i
have become important in modern day life.
A Leonardo hated war, he invented many different machines used for war. His most special invention was the machine gun, which was produced and u
in war many years later.
By watching the way birds fly, Leonardo tried to find out the secret of f . Among his drawing we can see several objects. We c
them as modern flying machines.
Leonardo s many hours thinking about how to make good use of time. He developed ideas for labor-saving(节约劳动力) machines like cutting machines.
Leonardo was a strange man. He didn't eat any meat, which was u in those times. He never published(发表) his ideas and scientific discoveries. He usually used mirror writing, which looks like writing in a m
, starting from the right side of the page and moving to the left.
We have very little of his work today. Leonardo f 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.

As we all know, life is f______ of dreams and having a good dream is of great importance in our daily life. Without a good dream, people can’t make progress(进步); without a good dream, countries can’t d__
____; without a good dream, the world can’t become so beautiful! And I believe that everyone, whether he is old or y____
___, poor or rich, does have a good dream! After all, dreaming is certainly a part of our life, and wishing for good things, h_
___, costs nothing!
What’s more, it is important to fly our d_______, especially for those who are Grade9 students. It is high time for them to fly their dreams. If they can’t let their dreams fly, the dream would just die!
Therefore, it is no wonder that so m_____ people have a dream since their childhood. With a nice dream, China held the 29th Olympic Games successfully in 2008; with a nice dream, Hong Kong r___
_ to the motherland peacefully in 1997; with a nice dream, I can stand on this stage to take part in the final English speech competition. And in order to achieve s___
______, I must do the best!
So my good friends, if you want to r_______ your dream, please do not be afraid in face of d__
__ .You must keep going forward bravely! Just fly your dream highly above the sky!
根据句子意思,用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。(每空一词)Wu Wei, the young artist, has _______________(给…留下印象)the whole country with his create work.
Did you know colours can __________ (影响)our moods
With his books, Mo Yan has won high __________(赞扬)from home and abroad .
When the star(出现) on the stage, the fans all screamed excitedly.
The Chinese people have lots of______(智慧)and create many wonders.
“You’re not children any more, so you’d better do it by_________ (you).” the father said.
The woman is one of the most important ___________(energy) members in the club.
I can help you if you have difficulty ________(solve) such a problem.
To make yourself more ____________(power), you should practice harder.
The student’s _(care) made him lose lots of marks in the Maths exam.
He promised not to tell anybody about my ____(秘密)。
(知识)is power.
It is necessary for us to ask questions _______(礼貌地).
Don’t leave your bike outside. Someone may _______(偷)it.
She knew the ____ (重要性) of working hard and not just to do what she enjoyed.
I couldn’t decide _____(是否) or not to go to the party.
Pictures can be sent online(遍及)the world within seconds.
His father is very(幽默的)and he often tells jokes to make us laugh.
His house was broken into by some(小偷)yesterday evening.
- Hi ,Tom, why didn't you(参加)my birthday held last week?
-I am sorry,1 was busy writing my report.The new rules are called "the(严厉的)traffic rules ever" on the planet.
People need to be encouraged when(面对)difficulty.
Jim's parents were very happy that he had made(进步)in his study.
- What's thebetween you and your parents?
- We are just like friends.- Have you seen the film A Christmas Carol?
- Yes, it's wonderful. And I know it wason a novel by Dickens.must come first. So the teacher often tells us not to cross the road when traffic
lights are red.
I went to Sydney with my parents last month. We went there for the summer vacation. I was so excited about the .We did many things there. On the first day, we Sydney Opera House(悉尼歌剧院) in the morning. Then we some delicious food for lunch. After lunch, we went to Taranga . We saw lots of kangaroos (袋鼠) and koalas there. The kangaroos were very and the koalas were very cute! In the evening wealong Darling Harbor (港口). Then we had dinner at a restaurantthe harbor and next we went back to the hto relax. There are a lot of interesting places to in Sydney. We went to the beach and had fun the next day. It was an exciting trip. I reallyethe vacation there! I hope to go there again.