Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Strange things happen to time when you travel. __11___the earth is divided into24 time zones, one hour apart, you can have days with __12___ or fewer than 24 hours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.

If you __13___ a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your __14___ enters a different time zone every __15___. As you enter each zone, the time __16___ one hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back; traveling east, you set it __17___. Each day of your trip has __18___ 25 or 23 hours.

­If you travel by ship across the Pacific, you ___19___ the international date line. By agreement, this is the point __20___ a new day begins. __21___ you cross the line, you change your __22___ one full day, backward __23____ forward. Traveling east, today __24___ yesterday; traveling west, __25___ is tomorrow!

1.

   A. Because      B. If        C. Although     D. When

2.

   A. much        B. more     C. many        D. less

3.

   A. do          B. make      C. go          D. travel

4.

   A. plane        B. train      C. car          D. ship

5.

   A. day         B. night      C. hour         D. time

6.

  A. goes        B. changes    C. shows       D. adds

7.

   A. ahead       B. upward    C. backward     D. fast

8.

   A. neither      B. either      C. both         D. nor

9.

 A. travel       B. trip        C. cover        D. cross

10.

   A. which       B. what       C. that         D. where

11.

A. When       B. Where     C. While       D. Before

12.

   A. time        B. calendar    C. date         D. hour

13.

  A. and         B. or         C. but         D. still

14.

   A. changes     B. makes      C. becomes     D. goes

15.

   A. which       B. this        C. that         D. it

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A  2.B  3.B  4.D  5.A  6.B 

7.A  8.B 9.D  10.D  11.A 12. B 

13.B  14.C  15.D

【解析】略