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How do we know the time? A clock, a watch or a cell phone can help us. However many years ago there were no clocks and knowing the time was not so easy. Over the centuries people have developed different w1.of telling the time.

About 5,500 years ago, the Egyptians i2.the sun clock. This was a tall stone structure. Its shadow (影子)showed the movement of the s3.they were able to determine（测定）midday.

About 3,500 years ago,the Egyptians made a sundial. It was smaller than the sun clock and could measure (测量)the time for half a day. On c4.days or at night it was impossible to tell the time with a sun clock or a sundial.

Water clocks were the f5.clocks not to use the sun. The idea is simple. Water flows（流动） from one container（容器）to another. When the water reaches a certain l 6. it moves a lever (控制杆)and this shows the hours. The Egyptians used water clocks about 3,400 years ago. These clocks were popular in the Middle East and China but they f7.

o keep accurate（精确的）time.

In the 13th century. the mechanical clock was invented. This was more accurate, b8.was expensive to make. Over the next few centuries it was developed. For example, springs(发条)were added around 1500. This i9.accuracy and allowed clocks to be smaller.

In 1927, the first quartz clock was developed. Clocks became cheaper to build and own. People began depending on them more and more to run businesses, markets and so on.

More recently, in1956, came the digital clock. And nowadays satellites（人造卫星）send our cell phones the time to the exact second. There has been a lot of progress in timekeeping but some things never c10.. Man of us still have trouble getting out of bed on time and not missing appointments.

1.ways 2.invented 3.sun 4.cloudy 5.first 6.level 7.failed 8.but 9.improved 10.change 【解析】本文主要说明了是计时工具的发展历史，从原始计时到机械计时再到数码计时。 1. 前文提到”A clock, a watch or a cell phone”,...

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