摘要:2.j a trip of some distance, usually by land.

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  Strange things happen when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones(分……区).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(旅行)across the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋), 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(向前).Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.

  If you make a trip by ship across the Pacific Ocean(太平洋), you cross the International Date Line(国际日期变更线).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 f ewer 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 cross the Atlantic Ocean, we _________.

[  ]

A.

change one full day

B.

set our watch back

C.

set our watch ahead

D.

set our watch back or ahead

(4)

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

[  ]

A.

3rd

B.

4th

C.

5th

D.

6th

(5)

The Atlantic Ocean _________.

[  ]

A.

is in one time zone

B.

is divided into twenty-four zones

C.

is divided into five time zones

D.

can not be crossed in five days

(6)

Which of the following sentences is true?

[  ]

A.

If we travel around the world, we will get into trouble in telling the time.

B.

If we travel west across the Atlantic Ocean, we will have twenty-three hours.

C.

If we travel by ship across the Atlantic Ocean, we will cross the International Date Line.

D.

If we travel across the Pacific Ocean, today becomes tomorrow.

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 Look in the bedrooms of young people in the world. Maybe you will find a pair of blue jeans in each room. Jeans are very popular all over the world.

 Jeans give you the feeling of comfort(舒适), youth(青春)and energy(活力). Every person likes them very much.

 Levi Strauss is an American company. It first made blue jeans. The company was founded(建立) in 1853 by 24-year-old Levi Strauss. Twenty years later, he made first blue jeans in the world. The jeans were used as working trousers for the cowboys(牛仔) of American West. During the Second World War, American soldiers brought blue jeans to Europe and Asia. People there began to wear jeans. Little by little, they become cool.

 People from different countries like different styles of jeans. Americans like to wear simple and single-colored jeans, but many Chinese people like to wear jeans with lots of different colors.

 Now we can see jeans everywhere. However, in many places, it’s not always good to wear jeans. No matter how good they may look, or what color they are, it’s often not right to wear jeans in formal(正式的) places. But when you are out, relaxing or having fun, jeans are the best choices.

( ) 63.The story is talking about _________________ .       

   A. Levis Strauss    B. young people   C. clothes’ history        D. jeans

( ) 64. Levis Strauss made the first blue jeans_________________. 

   A. when he was 44   B. when he was 24   C. in 1853          D. in 1924

( ) 65.When you_________________, you’d better not wear a pair of jeans.

A. go to an important meeting           B. go to a trip

C. have a party                 D. are having fun

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J.K.Rowling is the writer of the Harry.Potter series,one of the most popular hooks.

J.K.Rowling was born in Bristol in 1965 She has one sister who is two years younger than her.Both girls loved listening to their father reading bedtime stories to them.

They loved stories about the magical(有魔力的)world.Rowling wrote her first story,called Rabbit at the age of six.

After she graduated(毕业)from the university,Rowing worked in London.During that time,on a long train trip in the summer of 1990,the idea of a boy who has magic but doesn't know it came to her.In 1992,Rowling began to teach English.She lived with her daughter,Jessica,and spent much time finishing the first Harry Potter book for young readers.It came out in l997 To her surprise.the book was very successful.The film came out in 2001.Now the Harry Potter series is popular with people of all ages.

Why is the series so successful? Many other magical stories take place in faraway lands or in the past or future times.But Harry lives in modem England.He's also a very normal(正常的)boy.When other children read the story about Harry,they call imagine(想象)being like him.

J.K Rowling is very happy with her success.She says she will go on writing children’s books.

1.From the passage,We learn that J.K.Rowling__________.

  A.has two sisters

  B.1ives with her son

  C.worked in Bristol after university

  D.wrote a story when she was six

2.The first Harry Potter book cam out in __________.

  A.1990          B.1992           C.1997          D.2001

3.The Harry Potter series is __________.

  A.written for young people

  B.only enjoyed by children

  C.about an old woman

  D.not very popular

4.In Rowling's story,Harry lives in __________

  A.the past                         B.a faraway village

  C.modem England                     D.the future

5.How is the Harry Potter series different from other magical stories?

A.There are magical things in it.

  B.It takes much time to finish reading.

  C.It has seven books

  D.The stories take place in the modem world.

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