Have you ever made something that no one else had made before? People who make something new are called ______. Victor Ochoa was one of those people. He ______ many things and one of them was a flying machine. In 1908, he was thinking about ______ birds used their wings and went into the sky. He hoped to make a machine that ______ like a bird. Soon he took action and began to ______ birds carefully to learn how their wings worked.
Finally, he used what he learned to build a plane. The body of the plane was made of two ______ side by side. The plane had a small motor(发动机) that sat between the two bikes. The back was shaped like a bird's tail. The wings were ______ from a common plane. They could even be folded(折叠) down like a bird’s wings. Amazing!
Victor wanted to help people with his ideas. His mind was like a motor that never turned ______. He was always trying to make life better and easier. He did not let any ______ stop him from making other things.
However, not all of his ideas worked. No one who tries something new is ______ every time. The most important method is to keep trying and never give up.
11. A.dreamers | B.players | C.inventors | D.drivers |
12. A.collected | B.fixed | C.sold | D.made |
13. 14. 15. A.look for | B.look up | C.look after | D.look at |
16. A.bikes | B.chair | C.boxes | D.sticks |
17. A.absent | B.free | C.far | D.different |
18. 19. A.habits | B.difficulties | C.feelings | D.choices |
20. A.grateful | B.colorful | C.successful | D.careful |