Passage FiveMost famous people have some unusual story associated with their names. Casanova, for example, was a legend in his own time. He was the epitome of the gallant adventurer and lover. However, he spent thirteen years of his life as a librarian!Thomas Edison, the brilliant inventor, was deaf from the age of twelve. The young Edison's hearing loss was long believed to have been caused when he tried to catch a moving train and a conductor grabbed him by the ears to pull him on board. Edison himself liked to tell this story. No one is really sure how he did lose his hearing.Great writers and artists often require various types of inspirational warm-up before they create. Rudyard Kipling could not write unless his pen was filled with black ink, and only black ink. Ludwig van Beethoven poured icy cold water over his head before he composed his music. He felt that the cold water would refresh his brain. The author Charles Dickens always faced north when working or sleeping. Tycho Brahe, an important Danish astronomer, had his nose shot off in a duel with a Danish nobleman in 1566. He replaced it with another nose made of gold. President James Garfield could simultaneously write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other.52. This passage is about famous ______.

was designed many years ago，with a goal in mind：transmitting the human voice in a more-or-less recognizable form．

In engines with system, the lubricating oil can be added to the engine through the filling hole in the crankcase cover, by using a hand oil can, or through the separator pipe（）

Even where the contract was not made between the master and the consignee，it has been held （）the master maintain an action against consignee upon an implied promise to pay the freight，in considering of his letting the goods out of his hands before payment.

Even if the Shipowner is liable for the loss of or damage to the goods whilst in his custody，his（）may have been limited by a clause in the contract or by statute，so that the owner of the cargo will be unable to recover the full amount of his loss.

The film brought the hours back to me（）I was taken good care of in that remote village.

The boy’s foolish question _____ his mother who was busy with housework and had no interest in talking.

Even where the contract was not made between the master and the consignee，it has been held （）the master maintain an action against consignee upon an implied promise to pay the freight，in considering of his letting the goods out of his hands before payment.

He was not conspicuously hairy nor shiny-bald, but his hair was graying and receding tactfully in keeping with his age.

The murderer was brought in, with his hands ________ behind his back.

After his 1962 season, in which he set a record for on-base percentage, Mitch McAlister left his old team and signed with the Springfield Argonauts, with an annual salary, of $550,000 and was the highest salary in professional baseball at that time.

In the 1860's, author Leo Tolstoy was ______ with his family in the Tula region of Russia; while comfortably established there, he wrote War and Peace