(C)
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.
104.( )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
( )105. The time difference
between two time zones is .
(A) twenty-four hours (B) one hour
(C) two hours (D) twenty-three hours
106.( ) 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
107.( ) If we travel east
across the International Date Line on July 5th, the date becomes July .
(A) 3rd (B) 4th (C) 5th (D)
6th
( )108 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
109.( ) 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.