1-Beds
Read the passage. Then answer questions about the passage below.
A long time ago, people didn’t sleep in beds. Ten thousand years ago, people
Probably slept on leaves and animal furs.
Long ago in Egypt, people ate, slept, and talked to friends in bed. Over 3,000
years ago, King Tut of Egypt had a beautiful bed made of wood and gold! But common
people in Egypt slept on beds of grass and leaves.
In the 16th century, in the 1500’s, people piled bird feathers or straw on rope
webs. Later, people made mattresses by stuffing feathers inside large cotton bags.
Louis 14th, king of France from 1643 until 1715, had 413 beds. He liked to talk to
his friends and do his work in bed. He liked beautiful beds.
In 1865, people started to put springs under their mattress to make it more
flexible.. This would make it bend and flex when the sleeper moved. By the 1930’s, most
beds had springs. About 100 years after people started to put springs under their mattress,
the modern waterbed was invented.
Today there are different kinds of beds. Some people have waterbeds. Some sleep
on mats. Others sleep on foam mattresses or airbeds.
1) King Tutt and Louis 14tth both had…
A. springs in their beds. B. beds made of fur. C. beautiful beds. D. many beds.
2) How many beds did Louise 14th have?
A. 3,000 B. 1,715 C. 1,643 D. 413
3) Who lilied to talk in bed?
A. Egyptian people B. French people C. The king of France D. Both A and C are correct.
4) The modern waterbeds was invented in…
A. the 1830’s. B. the 1860’s. C. the 1930’s. D. the 1960’s.
5) What do people sleep on now?
A. Foam mattresses B. Waterbeds C. Airbeds D. All of the above
Vocabulary::
1) The best synonym for common is…
A. rich. B. sleepy. C. ordinary. D. important.
2) A century is…
A. 1 year. B. 10 years. C. 100 years. D. 1000 years.
3) Mattresses are…
A. mats filled with something soft. B. wooden frames for beds. C. types of rope. D. kings.
4) Something flexible…
A. sleeps very easily. B. sleeps a lot. C. bends and flexes. D. looks beautiful.
5) When something is invented it is…
A. made of something soft. B. built of wood and gold. C. made for the first time.
D. built with springs
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