完形填空 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 1 with it.
"It's a nice crown, isn't it?" he asked
his men. Later, however, he began to doubt 2it 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 3he filled his bath with water. When he got into the
bath, some water ran over.
"That's it!" shouted Archimedes. "I know 4 to solve the king's problem!"
Archimedes went straight to the palace to see the king. First, he 5the crown and asked the king for some gold of the
same weight.
Next, he put two pots into two big bowls and filled 6pots with water. He put the gold into one pot, and
some water ran into the bowl. Then he put the crown into 7pot. This time, even more water ran into the bowl.
"Look at this," said Archimedes to King Hiero. "A crown 8completely of gold displaces 9water 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 10made 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.
