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It hasn't always been easy to know the time. A long time ago people looked at the sun, the sun was their clock. They could tell the time of day by the position of the sun in the sky: morning, Boon, or afternoon.
After many years people began to see something else about the sun. When the sun shone on something, it made a dark shadow behind it. This was the place that didn't get sunlight. As the sun moved across the sky, the shadow moved too. People could tell time better by the shadows of things than by the sun. They set something long and pointed in the ground so the shadow was easier to see.
About the same time people began to make sundials. A sundial has round flat part called a dial. A long, thin, pointed stick stands in the center. There are 12 lines in the dial to divide the day into 12 parts. When the shadow of the stick fails on a certain part, people know it is a certain part of the day.
Around the year 1250, someone made the first mechanical(機械的)clock. It was a mechanical clock because it was a machine that ran by itself. It did not need the help of anything in nature.
People began to use the hourglass around 1400. An hourglass is made from glass, and is wide at the top and bottom but very narrow(狹窄的)in the middle. There is sand in one part. When people want to keep time, they place the hourglass on the table with all the sand on top. The sand takes an hour to run from the top into the bottom part. At the end of every hour people turn the glass over and begin again.
People carried the first watch in their pockets. Then during World War I men started wearing their watch on their wrists(手腕), not in their pockets. It was easier and faster to tell the time in this way. Now almost everyone wears a wristwatch.
Today people want to know the exact time. The time they have must be the right time, not a few minutes early or late. Radio and TV stations, train, airplanes, science, and business all need to know that they have the same exact time.
1.After many years in ancient times, people found they could tell time better by ________.
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2.The mechanical clock was invented ________.
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3.An hourglass is ________.
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A.made from glass and is narrow at the top
B.made from sand and is narrow in the middle
C.made from glass and wide at the top and bottom
D.is full of sand and narrow at both ends
4.The timepiece which is more popular than most others is ________.
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5.Choose the best title for the passage.
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科目:高中英語 來源:名師伴讀高中英語二年級上 題型:050
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New York , May 25?
Millions of volunteers (志愿者)joined in a long chain spreading 4 125 miles across the world's richest nation Sunday and burst into songs , reaching the highest
development in the Hands Across America road to raise 50 million for the nation's homeless and hungry.
The chain began with a 6-year-old homeless girl named Amy in New York's Buttery Park. It spread across 16 states and Washington, D.C. where it crossed the White House to the Queen Mary's port in California. The last people in the line were Bill and Mary Jones and their five small children, who lived in a family shelter (收容所) for the homeless in Venice, California.
The chain was not unbroken some gaps were planned for safety, others opened where there were not enough people to cover the ground. But along most of the route, the healthy joined the sick, beautiful film stars , homeless beggars , wealthy artists , poor children and President and Mrs Regan all took places in the long line.
1.What is the main idea of the passage?
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A.Millions of volunteers support the poor.
B.The longest line is waiting for support.
C.The homeless and poor need help.
D.The richest nation faces the problem.
2.The underlined word “raise” in the first paragraph means _______.
[ ]
A.try to lift |
B.manage to collect |
C.bring up |
D.join up |
3.From the article, we know that the volunteers were made up of ________.
[ ]
A.both the homeless and the poor
B.the government officials, including President Regan
C.people in every field
D.people of 16 states except Amy
4.What do you think of the people in the chain spreading 4 125 miles?
[ ]
A.They were hand in hand. |
B.They were in good order. |
C.They were troublesome. |
D.They were planned for safety. |
5.Although the United States is a developed country, ________.
[ ]
A.there is still a rebellion sometimes.
B.there is still many people waiting for jobs
C.there are still some family shelters
D.there are still many social problems to be solved.
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:053
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New York , May 25?
Millions of volunteers (志愿者)joined in a long chain spreading 4 125 miles across the world's richest nation Sunday and burst into songs , reaching the highest
development in the Hands Across America road to raise 50 million for the nation's homeless and hungry.
The chain began with a 6-year-old homeless girl named Amy in New York's Buttery Park. It spread across 16 states and Washington, D.C. where it crossed the White House to the Queen Mary's port in California. The last people in the line were Bill and Mary Jones and their five small children, who lived in a family shelter (收容所) for the homeless in Venice, California.
The chain was not unbroken some gaps were planned for safety, others opened where there were not enough people to cover the ground. But along most of the route, the healthy joined the sick, beautiful film stars , homeless beggars , wealthy artists , poor children and President and Mrs Regan all took places in the long line.
1.What is the main idea of the passage?
[ ]
A.Millions of volunteers support the poor.
B.The longest line is waiting for support.
C.The homeless and poor need help.
D.The richest nation faces the problem.
2.The underlined word “raise” in the first paragraph means _______.
[ ]
A.try to lift |
B.manage to collect |
C.bring up |
D.join up |
3.From the article, we know that the volunteers were made up of ________.
[ ]
A.both the homeless and the poor
B.the government officials, including President Regan
C.people in every field
D.people of 16 states except Amy
4.What do you think of the people in the chain spreading 4 125 miles?
[ ]
A.They were hand in hand. |
B.They were in good order. |
C.They were troublesome. |
D.They were planned for safety. |
5.Although the United States is a developed country, ________.
[ ]
A.there is still a rebellion sometimes.
B.there is still many people waiting for jobs
C.there are still some family shelters
D.there are still many social problems to be solved.
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科目:高中英語 來源:浙江省嘉興一中2010-2011學年高二10月月考英語試題 題型:054
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科目:高中英語 來源:0101 期中題 題型:閱讀理解
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