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范畴:人与自然 主题:人与环境 体裁:说明文 难度:★★★ 建议用时:6分钟 评价:/5
阅读下面材料,从方框中所给的A~E五个选项中选出正确选项(其中一项是多余选项),将其序号填入第1~4小题,并回答第5小题。
Daylight Saving Time(DST) doesn't happen naturally. Like the clock itself, it's human-made. DST begins each year in March when we move the clock's time forward one hour. 1. ______
英语嗨吧
常见缩略词
EMS (Express Mail Service) 邮政特快专递服务
WWW (World Wide Web) 万维网
87
Why do we move the clock's time forward and back in this way? Because enough people thought it was a good idea to make it a rule. That's still underdebate today. And some places don't change their clocks.
There are many arguments for and against the time changes. 2.
3.extra hour of light in the evenings is made up for with an extra hour of darkness in the mornings. Many people prefer having more light in the evening than in the morning.
4.
A. China accepted Daylight Saving Time.
B. Then it ends in autumn when we fall back an hour.
C. Debate continues over whether to keep changing the clocks.
D. But the basic idea is that moving the clock forward saves daylight.
E. Moving our clocks doesn't do anything to the Sun's rising or setting.
5. Does the writer think DST changes the Sun's rising and setting? What will you do if DST starts?
(Answer within 15 words)
KEY→P17
范畴:人与自然 主题:人与环境 体裁:说明文 难度:★★★ 建议用时:6分钟 评价:/5
阅读下面材料,从方框中所给的A~E五个选项中选出正确选项(其中一项是多余选项),将其序号填入第1~4小题,并回答第5小题。
Daylight Saving Time(DST) doesn't happen naturally. Like the clock itself, it's human-made. DST begins each year in March when we move the clock's time forward one hour. 1. ______
英语嗨吧
常见缩略词
EMS (Express Mail Service) 邮政特快专递服务
WWW (World Wide Web) 万维网
87
Why do we move the clock's time forward and back in this way? Because enough people thought it was a good idea to make it a rule. That's still under
There are many arguments for and against the time changes. 2.
D
After people get out of school and work, they have only so many hours to do activities before the Sun sets. When you change the clocks to DST, you get one more hour between the end of the school day and sundown.3.
E
It just does something to what we say the time is when that happens. This 4.
C
Luckily, it keeps giving us sunrises and sunsets, daytime and nighttime, as long as the Earth keeps turning. The Sun doesn't care what we call the time of day.A. China accepted Daylight Saving Time.
B. Then it ends in autumn when we fall back an hour.
C. Debate continues over whether to keep changing the clocks.
D. But the basic idea is that moving the clock forward saves daylight.
E. Moving our clocks doesn't do anything to the Sun's rising or setting.
5. Does the writer think DST changes the Sun's rising and setting? What will you do if DST starts?
(Answer within 15 words)
No, he doesn't. I will adjust my schedule quickly.
答案
任务型阅读
节约时间的夏时制不是自然发生的，就像时钟一样，它也是人为的。夏令时从每年三月开始，我们把时钟的时间往前调一小时，然后在秋天结束，我们拨回一个小时。
1. B 上文提及“夏令时从每年三月开始，我们把时钟的时间往前调一小时”，下文对应表示：然后在秋天结束，我们拨回一个小时。
2. D 由“赞成和反对改变时间的争论有很多”可知，下文表示转折，D项符合语境。
3. E 由下文“它只是对事情发生的时候我们所说的时间有所影响”可知，上文对应表示：改变我们的时钟对太阳的升起或落下没有任何影响。
4. C 由下文“太阳并不关心我们如何称呼一天中的时间”可知，上文对应表示：关于是否继续改变时钟的争论仍在继续。
5. No, he doesn't. I will adjust my schedule quickly.（答案不唯一，言之有理即可）
节约时间的夏时制不是自然发生的，就像时钟一样，它也是人为的。夏令时从每年三月开始，我们把时钟的时间往前调一小时，然后在秋天结束，我们拨回一个小时。
1. B 上文提及“夏令时从每年三月开始，我们把时钟的时间往前调一小时”，下文对应表示：然后在秋天结束，我们拨回一个小时。
2. D 由“赞成和反对改变时间的争论有很多”可知，下文表示转折，D项符合语境。
3. E 由下文“它只是对事情发生的时候我们所说的时间有所影响”可知，上文对应表示：改变我们的时钟对太阳的升起或落下没有任何影响。
4. C 由下文“太阳并不关心我们如何称呼一天中的时间”可知，上文对应表示：关于是否继续改变时钟的争论仍在继续。
5. No, he doesn't. I will adjust my schedule quickly.（答案不唯一，言之有理即可）
