科目:初中英語 來源:英語教研室 題型:050
If you have a five-day journey across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship goes into a different time zone every day. As you go into each zone, the time changes one hour. Traveling west, you set your clock or watch back; traveling east, you set it ahead. Each day of your journey has either twenty- five or twenty-three hours.
If you travel by ship across the Pacific Ocean you cross the International Date Line. By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar one full day, backward or forward. Traveling east, today becomes yesterday; traveling west, it is tomorrow.
1.The difference in time between zones is______.
A. twenty-four hours B.one hour
C.over seven days D.seven days
2.From the passage it seems true that Atlantic Ocean______.
A. is divided into twenty-four time zones B.can’t be crossed in five days
C.is divided into five time zones D.is in one time zone
3.If you cross the ocean going west, you set your clock______.
A. one hour back in each new time zone B. ahead by twenty-five hours
C.one hour ahead for the whole journey D.back one full day for each time zone
4.The International Date Line is the name for______.
A. any time zone in the Pacific Ocean
B.the point where a new day begins
C.the point where time changes by one hour
D.the beginning of any new time zone
5.The best title for this passage is______.
A. How Time Zones Were Set Up
B.Crossing The International Date Line
C.A Journey Across The Atlantic
D.How Time Changes Around The World
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Strange things happen to time when you travel.because the earth is divided(劃分) into twenty.four zones(地區(qū)).You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours,and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.
If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic(大西洋)Ocean,your ship enters(進(jìn)入) a different time zone every day.As you enter each zone,the time changes one hour. Travelling west, you set your clocr back, travelling east, you set it ahead.Each day of your trip has twenty-five or twenty—three hours.
If you travel by ship across the Pacific(太平洋),you cross the international date line(國際日期變更線). The world agrees that this is the point where a new day begins.When you cross the line,you change your calendar(日歷) one full day,backward(向后)or forward(向前)。Travelling east, today becomes yesterday;traveling west it is tomorrow.
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,回答下面的問題。
1. Why do strange things happen to time when we travel?
2. Is one hour the difference in time between zones?
3. How do you set your clock if you cross the Antlantic Ocean going west?
4. What is the name for the point where a new day begins?
5. What will change when you cross the line?
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科目:初中英語 來源:期末題 題型:閱讀理解
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When you travel in HongKong,you must be careful of the traffic rules,because the traffic keeps to the left and it’s different from that of the interior(內(nèi)地)of China.
Before crossing the street,you must look to the right and then to the left. If the
traffic lights are red,the traffic must stop, people can cross the zebra line.If the traffic lights turn green,the traffic can go,people must not cross the road.
In the morning and in the evening,when people go to or come from work,the streets are very busy.The traffic is the most dangerous.
When you go somewhere by bus in Hong Kong,you have to be careful,too. Do remember the traffic keeps to the left.Have a look first,or you may go the wrong
way.
In Hong Kong, there are a lot of big buses with two floors. You’d better sit on the second floor.From there you can enjoy the city. How wonderful it is!
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 選擇正確答案:
( ) 26. The traffic must keep______ in the interior of China.
A. right B.left C. A and B D. A or B
( ) 27.If you cross the street in Hong Kong, you must look______.
A. first right then left B.first left then right C.both sides D.only right
( ) 28.In Hong Kong, cars and buses can go at the crossing when the traffic lights are______.
A. red B. green C.yellow D.brown
( ) 29.The traffic is busy_________ in Hong Kong.
A. in the morning B.in the afternoon C.in the evening D. A and C
( ) 30.When you travel in Hong Kong, why do you choose the second floor of a big bus with two floors? Because____________________.
A. it is clean here B.it is safe for travellers
C.it is a good place to go sightseeing D.it is cheaper here
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