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Newton (牛顿) was a great English scientist. He was one of the greatest     1     in history. One morning he got up early and began     2     on a difficult problem. It was time to have breakfast, but he was thinking     3    the problem. Her servant, Mary brought a pan of water and egg to his room. She was going to boil (煮) the egg for him. But Newton wanted to do by     4    . He said to Mary, "Please put the egg on the table. I'll boil     5    ."         Mary put the egg beside Newton's watch on the table and     6   , "Boil the egg for only four minutes and it'll be     7    . "Then quickly she walked out of the room. Mary was afraid Newton would     8     to boil the egg. She went to his room again half an hour later. What did she     9   ? Newton was standing by the pan, having the    10    in his hand. He had put the watch in the pan and was boiling it .

(     )1. A. woman   (     )2. A. work    (     )3. A. ∕      (     )4. A. itself  (     )5. A. one     (     )6. A. said    (     )7. A. free    (     )8. A. forget  (     )9. A. look    (     )10. A. pen

B. women      B. to work    B. about      B. herself    B. ones       B. told       B. ready      B. want       B. looked     B. egg

C. man        C. try        C. for        C. himself    C. it         C. spoke      C. bad        C. decide     C. see              C. book

D. men         D. to try      D. over        D. themselives D. them        D. talked      D. well        D. need                           D. san         D. watch

Answer 1

1-5: D B B C C      6-10: A D A C B