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Dreams of Flight There is also an English legend of King Bladud who, during his rule in the ninth century B.C., used wings to fly. But his flight was short-lived and he fell to his death. The dream of flying continued, but in all the legends, the flier rose like a bird only to fall like a stone. It took hundreds of years that men flew up into the air and returned to earth safely. After studying the flight of birds and the movement of the air, a great scientist of the fifteenth century concluded that birds flew because they flapped their wings and that it was possible for man to do the same. So a kind of flapping-wing flying machine was invented. Many men tried and failed to fly with flying machines. It was not until 1890 that people discovered why this method would never succeed - man could not develop sufficient power with his arms and legs. A He killed the guards and got out of the island. C His son came to rescue him and took him away. 42 According to the English legend, King Bladud lost his life because__________. B he flew too high. D he was hit by a stone. A a Greek. C a Chinese. 44 The priest failed to build the boat because__________. B his design was not scientific. D copper spheres could not be made as designed | 
