Different people have different ideas about time．People in the USA think that it is important to know the time．In cities in America, there are clocks in stations, factories and other buildings．Radio announcers(播音员)give you the correct time during the day．Most Americans also have watches with them wherever they go．They want to do certain(一定的)things at certain time．They don't like to be late．
But time is not so important to everybody in the world．When you visit a country in South America(南美洲)，you will find that people there don't like to rush．If you had an appointment(约会)with somebody, he could probably be late, because he may not want to arrive on time．
In South America, even the radio programs may not begin on time．The men on the radio may not think it is important to tell the exact time．People in South America think that clocks or watches are just machines．They think that you let a clock or a watch control(控制)your life if you do everything on time．
(1)
You can see clocks in stations, factories and other buildings in the USA because ________．
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A．
Americans want to make these places beautiful
B．
Americans want to sell these clocks
C．
Americans think that it is important to know the time
(2)
Americans don't want to be late when ________．
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A．
they go to stations, factories or other buildings
B．
they do certain things at certain time
C．
they are free
(3)
The underlined word“rush”most probably means“________．”
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A．
jump
B．
hurry
C．
run
(4)
If you have an appointment with someone in South America, he may not arrive on time, and this is because ________．
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A．
he doesn't have a watch
B．
he forgets to have a watch with him
C．
he doesn't think it is necessary to arrive on time
(5)
In this passage(短文)，we can see that time is very important to ________．
Every night the stars seem to move slowly round the sky in a great circle(圆周)．But one star is dif-ferent from others．It looks as if it never moved．To us, it is always in exactly the same place all thetime．It is called the Pole Star(北极星)．It is not a very bright star, but it is very important．Sailors use the Pole Star to find out where they are moving to．
The amazing(令人惊奇的)thing is that the stars are all so far away．If you travelled in the space-ship for a hundred years you would still not reach the nearest star!
A star is really a great ball of burning gas(燃烧的气体)，like the sun．Some stars are much bigger than the sun, But they are all so far away from us that they just look like dots(圆点)of light．
On the clearest night you can count about 2 000 stars．This may seem a lot, but with a telescope you can see many more．The better the telescope, the more stars you can see．Scientists tell us there are millions and millions of stars．No one know exactly how many there are．
根据短文内容选择最佳答案．
(1)
The stars ________．
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A．
are not moving all the time
B．
seem to move slowly
C．
are moving slowly round the earth
(2)
A star is ________．
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A．
a planet like the earth
B．
a ball of burning gas like the sun
C．
something called a“constellation(星座)”
(3)
The stars we see look like dots of light because ________．
