Question

Americans think much about time. When they are children they learn to value(珍惜,重视) time. As children they are taught to be on time to go to school, to go to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time goes easily. When a person is dying, they say he is living on borrowed time.

Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. Even on Saturdays and Sundays he also works hard as usual. In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running.

They love time because time can bring them money and a lot of things. But sometimes they also hate time, because they feel they have become servants(佣人) of the clock.

1.Americans think that “time is money”. What do they mean by this?

A. If someone has money, he has time.

B. It takes quite a lot of time to make money.

C. Americans cherish(珍视) time very much.

D. Wasting money is wasting time.

2.Americans think it to be wrong______.

A. to work early B. to get up early

C. to be late for school D. to be on time to do everything

3.A person is dying, but he lives longer than he is expected. He_______.

A. is having a good time B. thinks time goes easily

C. is living on borrowed time D. is saving time

4.From the passage we can be sure that_______.

A. Americans live in a quick rhythm(节奏) B. Americans live a hard life

C. Americans are good at saving time D. Americans always walk fast

5.Which is the best title for this passage?

A. Time is money B. Americans’ idea about time

C. Never waste any time D. Learn to be on time

Answer 1