Question

Americans think much about time. From children they learn to value (珍视) time. As children they are taught to be on time to go to school, 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 a 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 Saturday and Sunday 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 lots of things. But sometimes they also hate time , because they feel they have become servants (仆人)of the clock.

1. What do the Americans mean by “ Time is money”?

A. If someone has time and works hard , he can make a lot of money.

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

C. Working hard can bring people health.

D.It is not easy to make money.

2.Americans think it to be wrong_____

A. to work late

B. to get up early

C. to be late for school

D. to be on time to do everything

3. From this 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

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文给我们介绍的是美国人的时间观念，他们觉得时间非常的宝贵，时间就是金钱，时间就是一切，因此他们对时间非常的苛刻，他们的生活节奏也非常的快。但有时候他们也觉得自己就像是时间的仆人。

1.A细节理解题。根据短文第二段的内容A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week…In his free time, he also works hard for more money可知，美国人认为时间就是金钱，因为如果你有时间，你就可以努力工作，去赚很多的钱。故选A。

2.C推理判断题。根据文意可知，美国人的时间观念很强的，他们非常珍惜时间，因此A选项：工作到很晚；B选项：早起以及D选项：按时去做每件事，这都是符合美国人的时间观念的，而C选项：上学迟到这是不对的，是不守时的表现，故选C。

3.细节理解题。 根据文意和短文第二段中In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running可知，美国人时间观念很强，他们非常看重时间，他们的生活节奏非常的快，故应该选A。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。

考点分析： 考点1：政治经济文化类

政治经济文化类阅读理解：

    阅读能力是中学生学习英语应具备的一种基本能力。学习英语的一个重要目的在于获取信息。通过阅读这一重要手段，我们可以大量地获取知识，拓展知识面，还可以增强语感，培养敏捷的思维能力。

阅读理解也是各地中考试题的必考题型之一，在中考试题中占有较大比例，主要考查学生通过文字获取信息的能力。在中考中，阅读的篇数一般是三到四篇，选材范围越来越广，除故事、幽默、人物轶事外，科普性文章也多了起来。体裁也趋于多样化，有记叙文、说明文、应用文等。还要求学生能理解及解释图表多提供的简单信息等。三四篇短文中有的难度跨度较大，以便拉开档次，体现选拔功能。并且扩大了选材范围，主要考查考生阅读所给材料，理解其中词语、句子或片段含义的能力。有时涉及对全文意思和篇章结构的理解，对一些问题作出推理和判断。阅读理解的考核中包括了对词汇、语法等语言知识的考查，要求学生具备一定的背景知识、各种常识、科普知识和一定的分析及逻辑推理能力；要求学生具有归纳段落大意、中心思想的能力。测试的方向由时间、地点、身份、人物等一些细节问题，改为测试对全文整体意义的理解程度；由考查短文的表层现象改为考对文章深层含义的理解和逻辑推断能力。另外，任务型阅读形式灵活多样，内容丰富多彩，联系实际，易考查学生的灵活运用能力和对语言的综合运用能力。在中考中占30-40分。

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