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People often like collecting things．Collecting stamps, books, pictures and pens are some common hobbies．I know many kinds of collections, but the strangest is a collection of clocks．My friend Mr. Clock, a short man, has the hobby．He has as many as one thousand five hundred clocks．

There are clocks everywhere in his house．You can see shelves are full of clocks．As there is not enough room for so many clocks, the man has to fill some boxes with clocks．

Although Mr. Clock likes his large collection of clocks, his wife does not enjoy them at all．She complains（埋怨）every day about the work she has to do, for it is not easy for her to clean hundreds of clocks．She also complains about the noise．Each clock keeps a different time．So she can hear the chimes（报点声）almost any time day and night．There is something even worse．With so many clocks around, she is never able to know what time it is!

【1】What is Mr. Clock’s hobby?

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【2】Does Mr. Clock’s wife like these clocks?

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【3】Why doesn’t Mrs. Clock know the time?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】His hobby is a collection of clocks．/ Collecting clocks．/ To collect clocks．/ He likes collecting clocks．

【2】No, she doesn’t．/ No．

【3】Because each clock tells / keeps a different time．

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是Clock先生喜欢收集钟表，他收集了1,500个钟表。但是Clock夫人却不喜欢这个爱好，她每天都要清理几百个钟表，而且无论白天还是晚上她都能听到报点声，更气人的是，虽然她家里到处是表，但是她却不知道准确的时间。

【1】根据短文第一段中“the strangest is a collection of clocks. My friend Mr. Clock, a short man, has the hobby”， Clock先生的收集很奇怪，他喜欢收集钟表。故用His hobby is a collection of clocks/ Collecting clocks/ To collect clocks/ He likes collecting clocks。

【2】根据短文第三段中“Although Mr. Clock likes his large collection of clocks, his wife does not enjoy them at all.”可知，虽然Clock先生很喜欢他的这些收集，但是他的妻子根本就不喜欢他们。故这个题的答案是否定的。故填No, she doesn’t/ No。

【3】根据短文最后一段中“Each clock keeps a different time. So she can hear the chimes (报点声) almost any time day and night. With so many clocks around, she is never able to know what time it is!”可知，每个表都有不同的时间，因此她任何时候都能听到报点声，因此她不知道现在到底几点了。故填Because each clock tells / keeps a different time。