Question

Strange things happen when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones. The time difference between two zones is one hour. You can have days with more than twenty-four hours and days with fewer than twenty- four hours. You can have weeks with more than seven days and weeks with fewer than seven days.

If you make a five-trip across the Atlantic Ocean , your ship come into a different time zone every day. As you come into each zone, the time changes one hour. If you travel west, you set your watch back. If you travel east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.

If you make a trip by ship across the Pacific Ocean , you cross the International Date Line. This is the point where a new day begins when you cross the line, you change one full day. If you travel east, today becomes yesterday, if you travel west it is tomorrow.

1.Something interesting will happen to the time if you travel because ______.

A．a day has always fewer than twenty-four hours

B．a day has always more than twenty- four hours

C．a day has more or fewer than twenty-four hours,

D．some time zones are large and some time zones are small

2.The time difference between two time zones is ______.

A．twenty-four hours                       B．one hour

C．two hours                             D．twenty-three hours

3.If we travel east across the International Date Line on July 5th, the date becomes July ____.

A．3rd              B．4th              C．5th              D．6^th

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了世界时区的有趣的事情。

1.C 细节题。根据第一段2,3行The time difference between two zones is one hour. You can have days with more than twenty-four hours and days with fewer than twenty- four hours说明时间的变化是最有趣的事情，故C正确。

2.B 细节题。根据文章第一段第2行The time difference between two zones is one hour说明两个时区之间隔一小时，故B正确。

3.B 推理题。根据文章最后一句If you travel east, today becomes yesterday, if you travel west it is tomorrow.如果你向东，今天变昨天，故5号就变成了4号，故B正确。

考点：考查地理知识类短文

点评：本文讲述的是时区的事情，考查细节题较多，答题时在文章找到对应的地方，用笔进行标记，这有利于后期有时间检查时可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔细理解作者所讲的意思，再结合选项，通过排除法和自己对全文的把握，选出正确答案。