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Our village carpenter (木匠) , John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to be put into the place between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill (账单) for his job.
My wife said to me, quietly, “That’s his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said, in a loud voice, “It’s a beautiful table, dear, isn’t it?”
“I’ll give him money for his work when I see the bill.” I said.
When I was reading his bill, John said, “It is a fine day, isn’t it? Quite sunny. ”
“Yes,”I said. “I’m glad it’s the 10th of November.”“Me, too,”said John. “You wait – it’ll be a lot colder by the end of the month.”
“Yes. Colder – and more expensive (昂贵)！Dining tables will be $20 more expensive on November 30th, won’t they, John?”
John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes?
I gave his bill back to him.
“If it isn’t too much trouble, John, ” I said, “ please add it up again. You can forget the date.”
I gave him $26.50 for his job and he was happy to get it.
( ) 1. Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was reading the bill?
A.Because he didn’t want the writer to finish reading the bill carefully.
B.Because he was really a fine day.
C.Because he wanted the writer to read the bill carefully.
D.Because he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like.
( ) 2. Why did the writer say that dining tables would be $20 more expensive on November 30th?
A.Because it was hard to make dining tables in cold weather.
B.Because paint would be more expensive.
C.Because the cost of wood would be more expensive.
D.Because he thought John would almost certainly add the date to the cost of
the dining table.
( ) 3. The writer thought John would ask for _______ if he made a dining table on the last day of November.
A. $20.00
B. $ 46.50
C. $56.50
D. $26.50
( ) 4. When the writer gave him the money, John was happy because ________ .
A.he got what he should get for his job
B.he got much more money for his work
C.he got the money easily
D.he didn’t have to add up the cost again
( ) 5. From the story we know _______.
A.John made a mistake (犯错) in the bill
B.John tried to fool the writer to get more money for his job
C.John wrote out the bill before the writer got home
D.John still wanted to get $ 36.50 for his job at last
B
Interesting things happen to time when you travel because the earth is parted into 24 zones (时区) , one hour apart (一个时区相差一小时). You can have days with more or fewer than 24 hours, and weeks with more or fewer than 7 days.
If you make 5 days’ trip across(横跨) the Atlantic Ocean (大西洋), your ship goes in to a different time zone every day. And when you go in to each zone, the time changes one hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back. Traveling east, you set it ahead (向前) . Each day of your trip has either 25 or 23 hours (either…or….. 要么……要么……).
If you travel by ship across the Pacific (太平洋)，you cross the international date line ( 国际日期变更线). Everyone on the earth agreeing, this is the place where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calender (日历) one full day, back or ahead. Traveling east, today becomes yesterday. Traveling west, it is tomorrow.
( ) 1.Interesting things happen to time when you travel because ________ .
A.no day really has 24 hours
B.no one knows where time zones begin
C.the earth is parted into time zones
D.everyone knows the earth is round
( ) 2. If you go across the Atlantic Ocean, going east, you set your clock _______ .
A. 1 hour ahead in each time zones
B. 1 hour ahead for the whole trip
C.one full day back for each time zone
D.one full day ahead for each time zone
( ) 3. From this, it maybe is true that the Atlantic _______.
A.is in one time zone
B.is parted into 24 zones
C.is parted into 5 time zones
D.is in 24 time zones
( ) 4. The international date line is the name for _______.
A.the beginning of any new time zone
B.any place where time changes by one hour
C.the place where a new day begins
D.the place where America is
( ) 5. Which is the best title (标题) for the passage?
A.We Have Time Zones
B.Where Time Zones Are
C.The International Date Line
D.How Time Changes Around the World?
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