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  Could an Eagle Lift a Baby?  

  Could an eagle carry off a human baby? Ever since we heard the story of Sinbad the Sailor, we've been told that a young human being was carried off by a big bird. Sinbad, so the story goes, was carried off by the Roc. The Roc a huge bird took Sinbad in his beak (喙) and flew him off to his nest in the mountains.

  Sinbad and the Roc were only imaginary. But what about eagles? Can an eagle lift a baby?

  Two scientists wanted to find them out. They climbed up into the high mountains and caught a golden eagle. They tied a heavy weight of eight-pound to its neck. Eight pounds, they felt, was about the right weight for a very young baby. Then they let the eagle loose. The eagle couldn't get off the ground!

1.Sinbad in this passage is ________.

[  ]

A.an eagle
B.a human baby
C.a book
D.a sailor

2.The clause “so the story goes” in the first paragraph means“________”.

[  ]

A.so the story disappears

B.just as the story tells

C.the story spreads so

D.so the story comes into being

3.Which of the following is true?

[  ]

A.Sinbad and the Roc were the true things in the life.

B.An eagle can't lift a human baby.

C.Two scientists tied an eight-pound baby to an eagle's neck.

D.Two scientists caught a golden eagle and kept it.

4.What did the two scientists want to find out?

[  ]

A.Whether an eagle can lift a baby or not.

B.Why an eagle can lift a baby.

C.They wanted to find a golden eagle.

D.Why the eagle couldn't get off the ground.

5.This passage is about ________.

[  ]

A.eagles
B.the lifting power of eagles
C.two scientists
D.Sinbad the Sailor
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