Luciano Pavarotti (卢西亚诺·帕瓦罗蒂) is one of all-time Italian tenor(男高音歌手)superstars．(1) He is famous not only in 1 but also in other parts of the 2 ．Unfortunately for the world, in his home town of Modena (蒙得那),Italy , (2)他因癌症(cancer)于2007年9月6日去世。The world mourned(哀悼)the loss of the great tenor superstar．
“When I was a boy, my father, a baker, introduced me to the wonders of songs,” Pavarotti remembered．“He encouraged me to work hard to develop my voice,
Arrigo Pola, anexperiencedtenor in my home town ,took me as a pupil．I also entered a teacher college ．On graduating（毕业）, I asked my father, what shall I be, a teacher or a singer?”
“Luciano” my father replied, “If you try to sit on two chairs, you will fall between them ．For life, you must choose one chair．”
“I choose one．It took seven years of study and hard work before I made my first appearance on the stage．It took another seven years to reach the Metropolitan Opera．I think whether it’s laying (砌) bricks, writing a book ——No matter what we choose, we should devote ourselves to it．”
Pavarotti’s successful career shows that we should put all of our effort into the chosen post (岗位),then we’ll succeed surely．
1. 在（1）句的空白处填入适当的词使句意完整，上下文通顺：2. 将（2）句译成英文：
3. In Chinese, the word “experienced” in paragraph 2 means
4. 找出文中与下列句子意思相近的句子：After I studied and worked hard for 7 years, I appeared on the stage for the first time．
5. 写出文中最能表达该短文主题的句子：
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根据短文内容，完成下列各题。
1. 请把第一段中画线单词连成正确的句子。
2. 请把第二段中画线句子改为反意疑问句。
3. 请用一个形容词代替“They have a large family.”一句中的 large。
4. 请把第三段中画线句子翻译为汉语。
5. Which of the following do you think is the best title?
| A．A Talented Dancer | B．Declan Galbraith |
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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. Many of his inventions have become important in modern daily life.
Although Leonardo hated war, he invented many different machines used for war. His most special invention was the machine gun, which was produced in war many years later.
Leonardo tried to find out the secret of flying, he watched the way birds fly. Among his sketches(素描) we can see many 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 discoveries. He usually used mirror writing, which look like writing in the mirror starting from the right side of page and moving to the left.
We have very few of his works today. Leonardo finished only a few of his painting. 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 that the world has ever known.
1. What was Leonardo da Vinci?2. Did Leonardo invent any machines used for war?
3. How did Leonardo try to find out the secret of flying?
4. Why didn't Leonardo finish all his works?
5. How do people nowadays like Leonardo?
