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Strange things happen to time when you travel．because the earth is divided(划分) into twenty．four zones(地区)．You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours，and weeks with more or fewer than seven days．
If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic(大西洋)Ocean，your ship enters(进入) a different time zone every day．As you enter each zone，the time changes one hour. Travelling west, you set your clocr back, travelling east, you set it ahead．Each day of your trip has twenty-five or twenty—three hours．
If you travel by ship across the Pacific(太平洋)，you cross the international date line(国际日期变更线). The world agrees that this is the point where a new day begins．When you cross the line，you change your calendar(日历) one full day，backward(向后)or forward(向前)。Travelling east, today becomes yesterday；traveling west it is tomorrow．
根据短文内容，回答下面的问题。
1. Why do strange things happen to time when we travel?
2. Is one hour the difference in time between zones?
3. How do you set your clock if you cross the Antlantic Ocean going west?
4. What is the name for the point where a new day begins?
5. What will change when you cross the line?
查看习题详情和答案>> 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 seven days an
d weeks with fewer than seven.
If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean (大西洋), your ship comes 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. 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 across 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. The time difference between two time zones is ___________.
A. twenty-four hours B. one hour
C. two hours D. twenty-three hours
( ) 2. If we cross the Atlan
tic Ocean, we _____________.
A. change one full day B. set our watch back
C. set our watch ahead D. set our watch back or ahead
( ) 3. If we travel east across the International Date Line on July 5th, the date becomes July _________________.
A. 3rd B. 4th C. 5th D. 6th
( ) 4. 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
( ) 5. 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.
查看习题详情和答案>>one hour apart, you can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks with more or fewer
than seven days.
If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters a different time zone (时区) every
day. As you enter each zone, the time changes the hour. Travelling west, you set your clock back; travelling
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 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 the full day, backward or
forward. Travelling east, today becomes yesterday; travelling west, it is tomorrow!
B. How Time Changes Around the World
C. Crossing the International Date Time
D. How Time Zones Were Set up
B. is divided into twenty-four time zones
C. is divided into five time zones
D. cannot be crossed in five days
B. the point where time change by one hour
C. the point where a new day begins
D. any time zone in the Pacific Ocean
B. ahead one time for the whole trip
C. back one full day for each one full day
D. ahead by twenty-three hours
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| Strange things happen to time when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty - four parts, 1 a part. You can have days 2 more or fewer than twenty - four hours, and 3 with more or fewer than seven days. Your ship goes into 4 time part every day if you make a five - day journey across the Atlantic Ocean. As you go into each part, the time 5 one hour. Traveling west, you 6 your clock back; traveling east, you let it ahead. Each day of your jou rney has 7 twenty-five or twenty-three hours. If you travel by ship across the Pacific, you will 8 the International Date Line. This is the point where a new day _ 9 . When you go across the line, you change your calendar one 10 day, back or ahead. | ||||
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Strange things happen when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty-four time zones(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-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋)，your ship comes 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. Each day of your trip has either twenty-four 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.
( ) 46. Something interesting will happen to the time if you travel because .
A. a day is always shorter than twenty-four hours
B. a day is always longer than twenty-four hours
C. a day is more or shorter than twenty-four hours
D. sometimes zones are large and sometimes zones are small
( ) 47. 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
( ) 48. If we travel east across the International Date Line on July 5th, the date becomes July .
A. 3th B. 4th C. 5th D. 6th
( ) 49. 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
( ) 50. 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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