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     Nowadays,we can calculate time very accurately,but before the invention of the clocks, it was very difficult. One way people used to tell the time was by using sun-dials, but it was impossible to tell the time on cloudy and rainny days or at night.
         The first clock was invented in China by Su Sung in 1088. The first clock in England was invented 195 years later.
        The first watch was invented in Italy in 1462. Early watches were different from today's in two ways. First, they only had an hour hand.Second, you could not wear them on your wrist.  You had to keep them in your pocket, So they were called "pocket clocks".
        The first wrist watches came from Switzerland 328 years after the first pocket clocks, but nobody bought them. They did not become popular for a hundred years.

(   )1.When wan it difficult for people to tell the time?

         A.When the clock was invented.

         B.Before the clock was invented

         C.After the clock was invented.

         D.When the watch was invented.

(    )2.Where was the first watch invented?

         A.In Switzerland                      B.In America

        C.In Italy                                  D.In Spain

(    )3.Why were eraly watches called "pocked clocks"?

          A.Because you could wear them on your wrist.

          B.Because you had to keep them in your pockiet.

          C.Because they were similar to modern watches.

          D.Because  they were not very large.

(    )4.What does the passage mainly talk about?

          A.How people tell the time

          B.Different kinds of clocks and watches.

          C.The invention of clocks and watches.

          D.The invention of sundials.

Answer 1

答案：

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.C