题目内容
【题目】Americans think much about time. From children they learn to value (珍视) time. As children they are taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time goes easily. When a person is dying, they say he is living on a borrowed time.
Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual. In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running.
They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things. But sometimes they also hate time , because they feel they have become servants (仆人)of the clock.
【1】 What do the Americans mean by “ Time is money”?
A. If someone has time and works hard , he can make a lot of money.
B. It takes quite a lot of time to make money.
C. Working hard can bring people health.
D.It is not easy to make money.
【2】Americans think it to be wrong_____
A. to work late
B. to get up early
C. to be late for school
D. to be on time to do everything
【3】 From this passage we can be sure that ___________.
A. Americans live in a quick rhythm(节奏)
B. Americans live a hard life
C. Americans are good at saving time
D. Americans always walk fast
【答案】
【1】A
【2】C
【3】A
【解析】
试题分析：这篇短文给我们介绍的是美国人的时间观念，他们觉得时间非常的宝贵，时间就是金钱，时间就是一切，因此他们对时间非常的苛刻，他们的生活节奏也非常的快。但有时候他们也觉得自己就像是时间的仆人。
【1】A细节理解题。根据短文第二段的内容A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week…In his free time, he also works hard for more money可知，美国人认为时间就是金钱，因为如果你有时间，你就可以努力工作，去赚很多的钱。故选A。
【2】C推理判断题。根据文意可知，美国人的时间观念很强的，他们非常珍惜时间，因此A选项：工作到很晚；B选项：早起以及D选项：按时去做每件事，这都是符合美国人的时间观念的，而C选项：上学迟到这是不对的，是不守时的表现，故选C。
【3】A细节理解题。 根据文意和短文第二段中In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running可知，美国人时间观念很强，他们非常看重时间，他们的生活节奏非常的快，故应该选A。
黄冈天天练口算题卡系列答案【题目】The Simpsons is a famous cartoon (卡通片). It tells about the happy life of an American family. What chores does each of them like and dislike?
Tom is the father of the family. He likes sweeping the floor. He often weeds (除杂草) in the garden and washes the car. He never feeds their dog or cooks the meals for his family. |
Mary is the mother of the family and she is very busy. She always cooks the meals, does the laundry and cleans the house. She never washes the car and changes light bulbs (灯泡). |
Lisa is the daughter of the family. She likes making her bed. She cleans the table and does the dishes every day. She can’t cook the meals but she is a good helper for her mother. |
Bill is the son of the family. He only likes feeding the dog and walking it outside. He never cleans his bedroom. |
判断下列句子的正（T）误（F)
【1】Simpsons come from America.
【2】Tom often feeds the dog and cooks the meals.
【3】Mary cooks the meals in the kitchen.
【4】Lisa doesn’t like making her bed doing.
【5】Bill never cleans his bedroom.