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 very1 with it.

"It's a nice crown, isn't it?" he asked his men. Later, however, he began to doubt2it 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 problem3he filled his bath with water. When he got into the bath, some water ran over.  

"That's it!" shouted Archimedes. "I know4 to solve the king's problem!"

Archimedes went straight to the palace to see the king. First, he5the crown and asked the king for some gold of the same weight.

Next, he put two pots into two big bowls and filled6pots with water. He put the gold into one pot, and some water ran into the bowl. Then he put the crown into7pot. This time, even more water ran into the bowl.

"Look at this," said Archimedes to King Hiero. "A crown8completely of gold displaces9water 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 not10made 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.

Graham Stookey is an 18-year-old high school student. He plays the guitar very well. He is always interested in taking（A）____ lessons, but he didn't start until he was 13 years old. He took lessons of electric guitar and the other part of music for two years. He was kind of shy. He didn't have many friends, and kids made fun of him at school. In 2007,his dad took him to John Mayer's concert. At the concert, John Mayer played the acoustic（原声的）guitar. It sounded much more beautiful than the electric guitar. A day later, he cut the hair and picked up an acoustic guitar.（B）He started writing music and learning how to sing. He loves music very much.（C）因此练习吉他真的不是一件困难的事情。He wrote a song Jonah. It is about his brother. He's hoping to write more good songs.

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1. 暑假你和家人或朋友一起去了哪里？

2. 你们都干了哪些有趣的事？

3. 你们乘坐什么交通工具去的？

4. 你们当时的心情如何？

5. 你有什么收获？

要求: (1)语法正确，语言流畅，语意通顺，上下文连贯，书写工整； (2)词数不少于 60。

My Summer Holiday

Last spring, I paid a visit to Italy. It is really a beautiful country 1 a long history. There were so many interesting things 2 and do there. People there were kind and friendly, too. But I was a bit worried at first 3 I could only speak English.

 On the first day of my trip, I went to Rome, 4 capital of Italy. When I was walking in the street, I felt hungry and went into a restaurant. A waiter came to me and said in Italian,"5 can I get for you, sir?"I 6 my mouth, put my fingers into it, took them out again and moved my lips(嘴唇). In this way, I meant to say," bring 7 something to eat." The waiter went away and brought back a lot of drink. First tea, then coffee, then milk, 8 no food. I was sorry that I 9 tell the waiter I needed food. I was ready to leave the restaurant when 10 man came in and put his hands on his stomach. And it was good enough for the waiter. In a few minutes, the waiter brought him bread and meat. Finally I had my meal in the same way.

David is a college student（大学生）. Last year he went on vacation to Yunnan with his cousin, Cindy.

{#blank#}1{#/blank#} David liked the weather there. It was not cold or hot. It was really fine. Cindy liked all kinds of flowers there.

After two weeks, they went to Dali by train. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} They also knew about many local customs（风俗）.

One week later, David and Cindy took the bus to Lijian—a beautiful town. They visited Jade Dragon Snow Mountain（玉龙雪山）.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} They also visited the old town of Lijiang. There were many interesting stores and restaurants there.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} And Cindy bought many presents（礼物）for her sister Mary and her brother Bill. David had to come back to the college so they only stayed in Lijiang for one week.

David likes Lijiang so much. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

A．It was really wonderful.

B．They visited the famous Dali old city and some other places of interest there.

C．They ate much fine food there.

D．First, they went to Kunming by plane.

E．He was very happy.

F．He hopes to visit it this summer vacation again.