Newton was a great English scientist. He always gave all his　　 attention （注意）to his work. One morning he got up very early　　 because he was working on a very difficult problem. As he was　　 thinking hard about the problem, he didn't go to have his breakfast.　　 His servant Mary thought he needed food, so she brought an egg and　　 a pan （锅子）of water to his room. But Newton wanted to be alone."Plase leave the egg and I will boil（煮）it," he said. The servant　　 put the egg on the table by the side of Newton's watch and said," Please boil the egg for four minutes and it will be ready." Then she left the room. When she returned about an hour later, Newton　　 was standing by the fire-place（壁炉）. He had put the watch in　　 the pan and was holding the egg in his hand. He didn't know that　　 he had made a terrible mistake.

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1. Newton got up very early in order to work out a maths　　 problem.

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2. He didn't go to take his breakfast because he was working

on a difficult problem.　　 

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3. The servant put the egg beside his watch. 

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4. He worked so hard that he boiled his watch.

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5. When the servant returned, he already had had his breakfast.

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　　Almost all people like flowers. Some people like flowers because of their smells, shapes, colors and so on. Others like flowers because they think different flowers mean different things. Flowers have their own language. For example, red roses mean “love” and sunflowers mean “loyalty”(忠诚). So people in more than 100 countries have chosen their own national flowers which say something about their countries' spirit. In 1994, China talked about choosing a national flower. Some people liked the peony(牡丹) but others liked the plum blossom(梅花). They couldn't agree with each other. So it has not been decided yet.

　　People liked to buy different flowers in different seasons. Where do all the beautiful flowers in shops come from? They may come from far away, so their price is higher.

　　a．Farmers grow flowers in their fields.

　　b．Planes or trains or buses take the flowers to different places.

　　c．Flower shopkeepers buy flowers from the flower markets. They look at the flowers and throw away the broken or bad ones. They cut the flowers to make them more beautiful.

　　d．You go to buy the flowers in the shops. When you buy a flower, you're paying lots of people: the farmer, the driver of the plane or train or bus, the seller in the flower market and the flower shopkeeper.

　　So you'd better keep your flowers from far away for a long time. But how? Why not dry them? It's easy! Sand drying is a way. Dry, clean sand is one of the oldest things for drying flowers. And it's one of the cheapest.

　　·Fill a box half-way with sand.

　　·Put the flowers on top of the sand.

　　·Put the box in a warm, dry place.

　　·Leave the flowers there for one to three weeks.

　　·Take them out and they will be dry.

1．The underlined words “national flowers” most probably means ________.

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A．the flowers of the country

B．the flowers of the season

C．the most beautiful flowers

D．the strongest flowers

2．People usually choose their own “national flower” according to(根据) the flower's ________.

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3．The Chinese national flower has not been decided yet, because ________.

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A．no flower can show China's spirit

B．China hasn't talked about choosing one

C．nobody agrees to choose the national flower

D．people can't agree to choose the same flower

4．You'd better keep your flowers for a long time, because ________.

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A．the flowers are easy to dry

B．the farmer will also ask you to pay

C．the flowers are expensive to buy

D．the shopkeeper has made them more beautiful

5．Sand drying is everything here in the following but ________.

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