IV.阅读理解
Today,roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago,it wasn’t easy at all. Before 1750,no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.
One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near,Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room.
Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally,he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.
On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was very surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on,suddenly,he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down,breaking into pieces.Merlin's idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?
() 1. The passage is mainly about.
A. a careless man
B. a wonderful man
C. the birth of violin
D. the birth of roller skates
() 2. What did the writer want to tell us in
the last paragraph?
A. Merlin made a lot of trouble.
B. Roller skates should be improved.
C. The people were angry with Merlin.
D. Merlin was strong enough to break the mirror into pieces.
() 3. Which of the following is true?
A. Nothing happened to Merlin at the party.
B. Merlin made a surprising entrance that day.
C. No one noticed Merlin when he entered the room.
D. Merlin couldn’t sleep well because he dreamed a lot
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vt.阅读理解
Strange things happen when you travel,because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones (时区) . 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,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 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. Something interesting will happen to the time if you travel because .
A. a day has always fewer than twenty-four hours
B. a day has always more than twenty-four hours
C. a day has more or fewer than twenty-four hours
D. sometimes zones are large and sometimes zones are small
() 2. 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
() 3. If we travel west across the International
Date Line on July 5th,the date becomes July.
A. 3rd B. 4th
C. 5 th 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 west across the Pacific .Ocean,today becomes tomorrow.
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