TOEFL / Reading practice / Section YRHU
Complete the Words
Fill in the missing letters in the paragraph.
A top that is not spinning falls the moment it leans, because gravity pulls o side do and not opposes i. A spin top le just a far, a the sa pull ac on it, but the pull now meets a body already turning, and the result is not a fall but a slow circling of the axis. Energy lost to friction lets the lean grow until the circling becomes a wobble, and the top drops at the moment the spin can no longer carry it.
Type only the missing letters. Each box is one letter, and the number of boxes matches the letters that are missing.