Archimedes and the golden crown

One day in ancient Greece, King Hiero asked a crown maker to make him a golden crown. At first, he was very__________ with it.

“It’s a nice crown, isn’t it?” he asked his men. Later, however, he began to doubt __________ it was a real golden crown. “Is it made completely of gold?” he wondered. He sent it to Archimedes and asked him to find out the truth.

“This problem seems difficult to solve. What should I do?” thought Archimedes.

Archimedes was still thinking about this problem __________ he filled his bath with water. When he got into the bath, some water ran over.

“That’s it!” shouted Archimedes. “I know __________ to solve the king’s problem!”

Archimedes went straight to the palace to see the king. First, he __________ the crown and asked the king for some gold of the same weight.

Next, he put two pots into two big bowls and filled __________ pots with water. He put the gold into one pot, and some water ran into the bowl. Then he put the crown into __________ pot. This time, even more water ran into the bowl.

“Look at this,” said Archimedes to King Hiero. “A crown __________completely of gold displaces __________water than a crown made of gold and another metal. This crown displaced more water than gold of the same weight, so I’m certain that it is not __________ made of gold. ”

“The crown maker tricked me, didn’t he? What a bad man he is!” shouted King Hiero. He then sent the crown maker to prison.

1.A.happily B.happy C.happier D.more happily

2.A.if B.what C.how D.why

3.A.as soon as B.after C.while D.when

4.A.what B.how C.why D.when

5.A.weighs B.weigh C.weighed D.has weighed

6.A.both B.either C.all D.every

7.A.the others B.other C.the other D.another

8.A.is made B.was made C.makes D.made

9.A.much B.little C.more D.less

10.A.complete B.completely C.completing D.completed

According to a recent study by scientists in the US, people are best at doing different things at different ages. They studied many people aged 10 to 90 years old, who were asked to take part in different memory test. The following is what they have got from the tests.

“Different from what most people have believed, it seems that some of our skills become stronger as we grow old,” Syrion Goodman, one of the scientists, said, “We also find an interesting fact. That is those who do sports regularly seem to do better in our test than those who don’t.”

1.According to the study, at what age do people remember new faces easily?

A.When they are 18 years old. B.When they are 22 years old.

C.When they are 32 years old. D.When they are 43 years old.

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.You can pay full attention to one thing at the age of 34.

B.Your vocabulary skills are at their highest when you are 22.

C.It will be difficult for you to accept failure at the age of 43.

D.It’s easy for you to understand others’ feelings at the age of 18.

3.How many tests did the scientists do at least?

A.Four. B.Five. C.Six. D.Seven.

4.According to Syrion Goodman, we can infer(推断) that __________.

A.our skills will always become stronger and stronger as we grow old

B.doing sports may probably help us improve some skills as we grow old

C.most people may believe our skills become weaker when we grow old

D.we can live a much better life if we can do sports regularly in our daily life

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