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 day life.

Although Leonardo hated war, he invented many different machines used for war. His most special invention was the machine gun, which was produced and used in war many years later.

      By watching the way birds fly, Leonardo tried to find out the secret of flying. Among his sketches(素描)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 (发表) his ideas and scientific discoveries. He usually used mirror writing, which looks like writing in a mirror, starting from the right side of the page and moving to the left.

      We have very little of his work today. 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.

Although it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet (西藏).Our legs were so heavy and cold that 1 felt like big pieces of ice. Have you 2 seen snowmen ride bicycles? That's what we looked like! Along the way children who were 3 long wool coats stopped to look at us. In the late 4 we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze (结冰).However, the lakes 5 like glass in the setting sun and looked wonderful.

Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual. She was in high spirit and I knew I didn't need to 6 her. To climb the mountains was hard work but as we 7 us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for miles, and we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds. After a while, we began going 8 the mountains. It was great fun especially as it slowly became much 9 .

      At the foot of the mountains, colourful butterflies flew around us and we saw many sheep eating green grass. Then we had to 10 our caps, gloves and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.   

      In the early evening we stopped to make camp .We   11   our tent（帐篷）and then we ate. After supper Wang Wei went to sleep but I stayed   12   . At midnight the sky became       13   and the stars grew brighter. As I   14  below the stars I thought about how far we had already travelled.

      We will reach Dali in Yunan Province soon, where our cousins will join us. We   15 hardly wait to see them !

    A long time ago，some farmers lived in a small village.And there was a farmer1 had four sons.

    The farmer raised the four boys on his own.He hoped that his sons could learn not2 opinions about things too quickly.So he gave his four sons 3 question in turn asking them to go to see a pear tree at a distance in different seasons.The sons promised they would not let their father 4.

    The first son5 out in the winter，the second in the spring，the third in the summer，and the youngest in the autumn.

    One year passed.When all of them returned home，the farmer called them together to describe6they had seen.

    The first son said the tree was7bent and distorted.It wasn't worth seeing at all.And it seemed that it wouldn't bear any fruit，8.

    The second son said it was not like that. But the tree was covered9 green buds and made people feel full of hope.

    The third son disagreed，saying that it was full of flowers which smelled so sweet and 10 so beautiful.And he had never seen such beautiful scene that everyone would love it.

    The last son disagreed with all of them，saying that it 11 with fruit，full of life and content.People would be satisfied with it.

    At last，the four sons'eyes were fixed12 their father.The father smiled.Then he told his four  sons that13 they were all correct，they only saw the tree in one season.He told his sons that14 could not judge a tree or a person only by one season，and that the essence of a person could only be measured when all the seasons 15 over.

    If you just give up in winter，you will miss the hope of spring，the beauty of

summer and the harvest of autumn in your life.

    Garnett entered the 1995 NBA draft, where he was selected with the fifth overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves and became the first NBA player drafted1 out of high school in two decades.

    In 2004, Garnett led the Timberwolves to the Western Conference Finals and 2 the NBA MVP Award.312 seasons with the Timberwolves, Garnett teamed with Paul Pierce and Ray Allen in the Celtics in 2007 and he helped lead them to their first NBA championship（2008）since 1986. Garnett played six seasons in Boston, and then spent one and a half season with the Brooklyn Nets. In 2015, Garnett was traded4 to Minnesota.

    "Kevin Garnett is one of the5competitors our league has ever seen, "NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement released by the league." He held himself to the highest standard of preparation and performance for a remarkable 21 seasons. On behalf of the NBA6, I thank Kevin for his sustained excellence and the enormous impact he's had on the game."

    Once upon a time, there lived a bird named Bharunda. He was strange 1he had two necks with two heads, but shared the same body.

    One day, the bird found a delicious apple. The first head said2. "Oh, what a delicious-looking apple! I am 3 to find it." Then, he started eating the apple.

    The second head wanted to share the fruit, but he was 4. The first head laughed and said, "We share the same 5. It makes no difference on who eats the 6. After all, it goes to the same stomach.

    What's more, I am the one who found it, so I have the right to eat it myself." The second head felt 7, but he kept silent.

    A few days later. the second head found a pear which was from a poisonous(有毒的)tree. He said to the first head that he was going to eat this fruit.

    The first head began to 8. He shouted loudly "Please don't eat this fruit. It is a poisonous one. We share the same stomach. If you eat it, we will both die. I'm sorry 9what I did several days ago." The first head also promised to 10 things with the second one.

    From then on, they got on well with each other.

    One day a boy 1his home to find the Bird of Happiness. He 2the bird to bring warmth, flowers and trees to his village.

    Before long, he met a monster(怪兽) with a black beard(胡子) The monster asked him 3he was going. The boy told him. "I'll tell you where it is," the monster said, "but you must kill someone for me. If you don't, I'll take away all your food and drink. "The boy 4, so the monster took all of them away.

    Before long, the boy was very 5and thirsty. Then he met a monster with a white beard. "I'll tell you where the Bird of Happiness is," the monster said, "but you must blind someone 6 me. If you don't, I'll blind you. "The boy refused, and the monster blinded him.

    At last, the boy reached the top of the mountain where the Bird of Happiness lived. He lay before the bird, near death.

    Then the bird touched his eyes and he could 7again. The bird fed him, built up his strength and carried him home. 8the bird landed in the boy's 9, the countryside all around turned green. Flowers and other plants grew and everyone lived in peace. It was all 10the brave boy brought the Bird of Happiness home to them.