Reading comprehension (Test 44)

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In order to make the first clock, man had to first divide the day into hours and minutes. The Babylonians were the first to divide the hour into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds. The Egyptians created shadow clocks which later became sundials. Around 100 B.C. the first hourglass was used. These were usually timed for one hour. The Greeks and Romans later used water clocks which had been developed by the Chinese and were called clepsydras. The first mechanical clocks were developed in Europe in the 1300’s. These were improved and in 1656 a Dutchman designed the first pendulum clock, which was more accurate than the other clocks of the time. After World War II the atomic clock was developed and is still the world’s most accurate clock. The quartz crystal clocks and watches that were developed in the 1960’s and 70’s are also extremely accurate, second in accuracy to only the atomic clock.

The first clocks _____.
1. were made by the Babylonians
2. were based on a one hour schedule
3. could only be made after the day had been divided into time
4. were the clepsydras
5. cannot be considered a true clock
Today _____.
1. the sundials of the Egyptians are used instead of the atomic clock
2. quartz crystals are much more dependable than the atomic clocks of WW II
3. mechanical clocks are used in Holland
4. hourglasses can be designed for up to one hour
5. historians think that the Babylonians are responsible for the trend towards measuring time
The Chinese _____.
1. taught the Greeks how to tell time
2. learned how to tell time from the Greeks and Romans
3. used the same type of water clock as the Greeks and Romans did
4. preferred the clepsydras to mechanical clocks
5. used sundials before the Egyptians

Reading comprehension (Test 44)

Multiple-choice quiz; Answer the following questions according to the text.