Strange things happen when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones. The time difference between two zones is one hour. You can have days with more than twenty-four hours and days with fewer than twenty- four hours. You can have weeks with more than seven days and weeks with fewer than seven days.

If you make a five-trip across the Atlantic Ocean , your ship come into a different time zone every day. As you come into each zone, the time changes one hour. If you travel west, you set your watch back. If you travel east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.

If you make a trip by ship across the Pacific Ocean , you cross the International Date Line. This is the point where a new day begins when you cross the line, you change one full day. If you travel east, today becomes yesterday, if you travel west it is tomorrow.

1.Something interesting will happen to the time if you travel because ______.

A.a(chǎn) day has always fewer than twenty-four hours

B.a(chǎn) day has always more than twenty- four hours

C.a(chǎn) day has more or fewer than twenty-four hours,

D.some time zones are large and some time zones are small

2.The time difference between two time zones is ______.

A.twenty-four hours                       B.one hour

C.two hours                             D.twenty-three hours

3.If we travel east across the International Date Line on July 5th, the date becomes July ____.

A.3rd              B.4th              C.5th              D.6th

 

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.B

【解析】

試題分析:本文介紹了世界時(shí)區(qū)的有趣的事情。

1.C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段2,3行The time difference between two zones is one hour. You can have days with more than twenty-four hours and days with fewer than twenty- four hours說明時(shí)間的變化是最有趣的事情,故C正確。

2.B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段第2行The time difference between two zones is one hour說明兩個(gè)時(shí)區(qū)之間隔一小時(shí),故B正確。

3.B 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一句If you travel east, today becomes yesterday, if you travel west it is tomorrow.如果你向東,今天變昨天,故5號(hào)就變成了4號(hào),故B正確。

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