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Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in Vinci, Italy. He studied birds in flight and noticed that they used their wings and feathers to cup air and hold it, allowing them to fly. Based on these observations, da Vinci designed the first model of a helicopter in 1483. However, his design was not successful during his lifetime because motors had not yet been invented, which was an important part of powered flight. It was not until 1936 that the first modern helicopter was developed.

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Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in Vinci, Italy. He studied birds in flight and noticed that they used their wings and feathers to cup air and hold it, allowing them to fly. Based on these observations, da Vinci designed the first model of a helicopter in 1483. However, his design was not successful during his lifetime because motors had not yet been invented, which was an important part of powered flight. It was not until 1936 that the first modern helicopter was developed.

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Leonardo da vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy. He was the illegitimate son of Ser Pierro, a
Florentine notary and landlord, but livedon the estate and was treated as a legitimate son.

In 1483, Leonardo da Vinci drew the first model of a helicopter. It did not look very much like our
modern day “copter”, but the idea of what it could do was about the same.

Leonardo was an artist and sculptor. He was very interested in motion and movement and tried to show
it in his art. In order to show movement, he found it helpful to study the way things moved. One subject
he liked to study was birds and how they flew. He spent many hours watching the birds and examining
the structure of their wings. He noticed how they cupped air with their wings and how the feathers
helped hold the air. Trough these studies, Leonardo began to understand how birds were able to fly.

Like many other men, Leonardo began to dream of the day when people would be able to fly. He
designed a machine that used all the things he had learned about flight, and thus became the first model
of a helicopter.

Poor Leonardo had only one problem, however, He had no way necessary speed to his invention. You
see, motors had not yet invented and speed was an important part pf the flying process. It would be
another four hundred years before airplane. Leonardo’s dream of a helicopter finally came to pass in
1936.

The Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist, Leonardo died on May 2, 1519, and was
buried in the cloister of San Fiorentino in Amboise.

1. What is the author’s main point?


a. The invention of the helicopter.
b. Birds cup air with their wings and use feathers to help hold the air.
c. An overview of the one of Leonardo da Vinci’s many skills.
d. Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 and died in 1519.

2. The word problem in paragraph five could best be replaced by the word :
a. dilemma b. mistake c. danger d. pain.

3. The word it in paragraph two refers to :


a. Leonardo da Vinci c. 1483
b. The first model helicopter d. motion and movement

4. Which paragraph explains why Leonardo’s helicopter was not successful in his lifetime :
a. paragraph 1 b. paragraph 2 c. paragraph 4 d. paragraph 5

5. The word illegitimate in paragraph one is closest in meaning to :


a. against the law or illegal c. incorrectly deduced; illogical
b. not in correct usage d. born out of wedock

6. The following sentence would best complete which paragraph? “Since then people have been living
out Leonardo’s dream of flying.”
a. paragraph 3 b. paragraph 4 c. paragraph 5 d. paragraph 2

7. What was the main problem with Leonardo’s invention?


a. motors were not yet invented c. he was illegitimate
b. the birds lost their feathers d. he couldn’t draw

8. The word they in the third paragraph refers to :


a. the feathers b. the birds c. the studies d. the wings

9. In what year in the third paragraph refers to :


a. 1483 b. 1452 c. 1519 d. 1936

10. What two things did birds have that Leonardo da Vinci noticed helped them to fly?
a. wings and beaks c. wings and feathers
b. feathers and talons d. cups and feathers

11. The word thus in the fourth paragraph could best be replaced by :
a. Hence b. after c. Unsuitably d. Inappropriately

Kunci Jawaban :

1. A
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. B
9. D
10. C
11. A

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