The surprising experiment I am about to describe proves that air is all around you and that it proves down upon you.Air pressure is a wonderful force.When you swim underwater, you can feel water push down your body.The air all around you does the same.However, your body is so used to it that you do not notice this.The pressure is caused by a layer of air called the atmosphere.This layer surrounds the Earth, extending to about five kilometers above the Earth's surface.

The following experiment is an easy one that you can do at home.But make sure that you are supervised, because you will need to use matches.

What you need

·A hard-boiled egg without the shell

·A bottle with a neck slightly smaller than the egg

·A piece of paper

·A match

Method

1)Check that the paper will sit firmly on the neck of the bottle.

2)Tear the paper into strips and put the strips into the bottle.

3)Light the paper by dropping a burning match into the bottle.

4)Quickly sit the egg on the neck of the bottle.

Result

Astonishingly, the egg will be sucked into the bottle.Your friends will be amazed when you show them the experiment.But be careful when you handle matches.

Why it happened

As the paper burns, it needs oxygen and uses up the oxygen (air)in the bottle.The egg acts as a seal in the neck of the bottle, so no more air can get inside.This reduces the air pressure inside the bottle.The air pressure must equalize, so more air from outside must enter the bottle.The outside air presses against the egg and then the egg is pushed into the bottle! That proves that air is all around and that it is pressing down on it.

1.Why is there the need to take care when you are doing the experiment?

A.The bottle could break.

B.You need to light the paper with a match.

C.The egg needs to be shelled.

D.The egg has to be perfectly placed on the neck of the bottle.

2.In the experiment, the burning inside the bottle can__.

A.equalize the air pressure inside and outside

B.make a seal in the neck of the bottle

C.finish up the oxygen inside the bottle

D.produce more oxygen inside the bottle

3.How did the egg put into the bottle?

A.The oxygen inside the bottle sucked the egg in.[來源:學(xué)?。網(wǎng)]

B.It became salt without the shell.

C.The neck of the bottle was wide enough.

D.The outside air pressure forced it into the bottle.

4.The experiment is carried out to prove ____.

A.water pushes on your body when you swim underwater

B.the earth is surrounded by a layer of air called the atmosphere

C.the pressure of air around us has a powerful force

D.the air pressure is not equalized around us

 

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

1.細節(jié)理解題。從Result下面的But be careful when you handle matches可以作出判斷。

2.細節(jié)理解題,從Why it happened下面的As the paper burns, it needs oxygen and uses up the oxygen (air)in the bottle可以判斷瓶子內(nèi)部的氧氣被消耗殆盡。

3.細節(jié)理解題。從Why it happened下面的The outside air presses against the egg and then the egg is pushed into the bottle!可以作出判斷。

4.主旨大意題,文章第一句話The surprising experiment I am about to describe proves that air is all around you and that it proves down upon you.開門見山,提出了寫作的目的。

 

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