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25. How did Mr Scotty`s visit to New York last?

A) one hour B) twelve hours C) three days D) forty eight hours

26. Why did the plane stop at Kennedy Airport?

A) It happened because of accident. C) It was because of non-flying weather.

B) Hijackers made the pilots land. D) It needed refuelling.

27. The strange thing for Mr. Scotty in New York was that …

A) all New York people were speaking another language. B) he still couldn`t meet his relatives.

C) time in the city was nearly equal to in Rome. D) a shopkeeper didn`t want to take US dollars.
Leonardo Da Vinci was born in 1452 on his father`s family estate in Vinci. His father was Florentine notary and landlord. His mother was a young peasant woman. Leonardo grew up in his father`s house and received the usual elementary education of that day. But at the age of 15 his father took him a renowned workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio. There he received a many sided training that included not only painting and sculpture but the technical-mechanical arts as well. He was accepted in the painter`s guild on Florence in 1472. His superb intellect, his unusual powers of observation and his mastery of the art made him the man genius of Renaissance and Humanism.