题目内容
The time may be 10 a.m.in Beijing and 2 a.m.in New York.It is set on the same time—Greenwich Mean Time.This is because in l884, many nations met to decide how to prevent the confusion(混乱)made by almost every town having its own time.
Such a time rule was devised(设计)by Sir Sanford Fleming(1827-1915).He was an engineer who lived in Canada.He held a meeting in 1884 to discuss the time problem.He suggested that there should be 24 meridians(子午线)dividing the world into 24 time zones(时区).The zero meridian would pass through the village of Greenwich near London.The time at Greenwich would be called Greenwich Mean Time,and at each of the 24 meridian lines,the time would go forward or backwards by one hour.
Twenty-seven nations agreed to this suggestion,and since then GMT has been the centre of time-keeping for all nations.Most nations have only one time zone,however,large nations such as the USA and Australia are divided into several time zones.
1.What time is it in New York when it is 10 a.m.in Beijing?
2.Who devised Greenwich Mean Time?
3.When was the meeting held to discuss the time problem?
4.How many nations agreed to Greenwich Mean Time?
5.Does Australia have only one time zone?
1.It is 2 a.m.in New York. 2.Sir Sanford Fleming.
3.It was held in l884 4.Twenty-seven nations.
5.No,it doesn't.

Tired of bad handwriting, Richie decided to perfect his penmanship (书法) last January. Though the year progressed, his writing didn’t. “My penmanship just got worse,” he says. “I get tired of trying to write neatly.”
Like Richie, many teenagers make resolutions in the New Year. More than half of Americans say they make a New Year’s resolution – but only one-third of them keep to it, reports the University of North Carolina, US.
Demanding (追求) perfection stops people working on their resolutions, says Chicago life coach Alison Miller.
Resolutions sometimes can be unrealistic (不现实).. Going for a goal that’s too hard to achieve can leave a person feeling sad. “Saying ‘I’m going to look like a super-model’ is going to make you unhappy,” she says.
Sure, it’s a great idea to aim for improvement, but not all resolutions are helpful. The difference between good and bad resolutions is whether you expect too much from yourself, Miller says. For example, it’s OK to say, “I’m going to eat fewer French fries,” but striving (力争) for a perfect body isn’t reasonable.
Timing can also damage a resolution. Kevin M., 16, says he doesn't set resolutions because 12 months is unrealistic. “It’s too long and you start putting off keeping your resolution during summer,” he says.
He’s considering a career in music, but says school is his main focus. Knowing how hard he has to work, he says he’ll “be lucky to get 30 minutes a day” of practice. But a bit is better than nothing, and making reminders can help you make progress. Miller says teenagers should write down their goals and say to themselves, “What can I do today to make my goal a reality?”
“It’s just small steps along the way. It’s not about doing it all at once,” Miller says.
【小题1】What’s the writer’s purpose by talking Richie in the first paragraph?
A.To advise people to keep their New Year’s resolutions. |
B.To show that some people fail to keep their New Year’s resolutions. |
C.To tell readers why Richie isn’t a good hand writer. |
D.To show why New Year’s resolutions are important. |
A.they think it is silly to make resolutions |
B.they find keeping resolutions is boring |
C.the time of keeping resolutions is too short |
D.their choice of resolution turns out to be unrealistic |
A.Teenagers should set themselves perfect goals. |
B.To achieve your goals, you needn’t write them down. |
C.People should try to realize their goals step by step. |
D.A good resolution helps people realize their possibility. |
The story is about a young student.She worked very hard at her lessons.She worked so hard that she became ill.She couldn't go to sleep at night.But when she got up the next morning, she felt very tired.
So she went to see a doctor.Hearing the student's words, the doctor said, "You are too stressed out.You must eat more yin foods like vegetables and tofu Besides(此外), you can try to count numbers when you are lying in bed.By the time you count one thousand, you will be asleep(入睡).I'm sure of it."
The next day, the student came to see the doctor again."Well," said the doctor, "How are you feeling today? "The student still looked tired."Not very well," she said." I tried to count one , two, three, four., up to one thousand.But when I counted five hundred and sixty, I felt sleepy.I had to get up and drink some coffee so that(以便)I could go on counting up to one thousand.But then I still couldn't be asleep.
1.Why couldn't the young student go to sleep?
A.She was worried about her lessons. |
B.She always couldn't finish her homework. |
C.She worked too hard and became ill. |
D.Her bed was too small. |
2.What did the doctor ask the young student to do?
A.To eat more yin foods and count numbers when she was lying in bed in the evening. |
B.To exercise more in the morning. |
C.To do more reading. |
D.To take some medicine. |
3.What did the young student do after she felt sleepy?
A.She fell asleep. |
B.She got up to have some coffee. |
C.She listened to some music. |
D.She got up to do some homework. |
4.What made the girl unable(不能) be asleep during the night after she went to see the doctor?
A.The doctor's advice |
B.The student's lesson. |
C.The student's illness |
D.The coffee. |
5.If you are a doctor, what will you ask the girl to do?
A.I will ask the girl to do more homework every day.
B.I will ask her to go to bed earlier.
C.I will ask her not to do so much homework
D.Both B and C.