Time Zones（时区）
Strange things happen to time when you travel. Because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones one hour apart（相差）.You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks more or fewer than seven days.
If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋)，your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour. Travelling west ,you set your clock back; traveling east , you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.
If you travel by ship across the Pacific（太平洋）, you cross the international date line. By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins, when you cross the line, you change your calendar one full time day, backward or forward. Travelling east, today becomes yesterday; traveling west, it is tomorrow.
【小题1】Strange things happen to time when you travel because______.

Time Zones（时区）

Strange things happen to time when you travel. Because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones one hour apart（相差）.You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks more or fewer than seven days.

If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋)，your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour. Travelling west ,you set your clock back; traveling east , you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.

If you travel by ship across the Pacific（太平洋）, you cross the international date line. By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins, when you cross the line, you change your calendar one full time day, backward or forward. Travelling east, today becomes yesterday; traveling west, it is tomorrow.

1.Strange things happen to time when you travel because______.

A．no day really has 24 hours                B．the earth is divided into time zones

C．time zones are not all the same size          D．no one knows where time zones are

2.From this passage it seems true that the Atlantic Ocean___.

A．is divided into five time zones              B．is divided into 24 time zones

C．is in one time zone                      D．cannot be crossed in five days

3.If you cross the ocean going west, you set your clock_____.

A．ahead by 25 hours in a new time zone       B．one hour ahead for the whole trip

C．back one full day for each time zone         D．one hour back in each new time zone

4.The international date line is the name for______.

A．the beginning of any new time zone         B．the point where a new day ends

C．the point where a new day begins           D．any time zone in the Pacific Ocean

The work_______ ahead of time,I’ll go with you.

　 A.is finished 　 B.finishing 　　　 C.to finish 　　　 D.finished

Time Zones（时区）
Strange things happen to time when you travel. Because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones one hour apart（相差）.You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks more or fewer than seven days.
If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋)，your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour. Travelling west ,you set your clock back; traveling east , you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.
If you travel by ship across the Pacific（太平洋）, you cross the international date line. By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins, when you cross the line, you change your calendar one full time day, backward or forward. Travelling east, today becomes yesterday; traveling west, it is tomorrow

1. 1.

   Strange things happen to time when you travel because______.

   1. A.
      no day really has 24 hours
   2. B.
      the earth is divided into time zones
   3. C.
      time zones are not all the same size
   4. D.
      no one knows where time zones are
2. 2.

   From this passage it seems true that the Atlantic Ocean______.

   1. A.
      is divided into five time zones
   2. B.
      is divided into 24 time zones
   3. C.
      is in one time zone
   4. D.
      cannot be crossed in five days
3. 3.

   If you cross the ocean going west, you set your clock______.

   1. A.
      ahead by 25 hours in a new time zone
   2. B.
      one hour ahead for the whole trip
   3. C.
      back one full day for each time zone
   4. D.
      one hour back in each new time zone
4. 4.

   The international date line is the name for______.

   1. A.
      the beginning of any new time zone
   2. B.
      the point where a new day ends
   3. C.
      the point where a new day begins
   4. D.
      any time zone in the Pacific Ocean

 _____ the task ahead of time, they decided to go to Phuket Island（普吉岛） for a holiday.

A. Having accomplished                 B. accomplishing    

C. To have accomplished                D. To accomplish