Question

Strange things happen to time when you travel. The earth is divided into twenty-four zones on hour apart. You can have days with more or less than twenty-four hours, and weeks more or less than seven days.

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

 

Answer 1

答案：B;C;A;B;D
解析：

1.    As you go into each zone, the time changes one hour. 根据这句可知，本题选B. 2.    If you have a five-day journey across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship goes into a different time zone every day. 根据这句可知，本题选C。 3.    Traveling west, you set your clock or watch back; traveling east, you set it ahead. 根据这句可知，向西お航行要把表调慢，故选A。 4.    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. 根据这两句可知，本题选B。 5.    全文谈的都是时区之间的时间变化问题，因此最佳题目应该是D。