Question

　　Good morning, everyone．My topic(论题，话题)for today is "How Americans Value(重视)Time”．

　　Americans think a lot about time．From childhood(童年)they learn to value time．As children, parents teach them to be on time to go to school, to do work and to do everything．When they are having a good time, they say that time flies．When a person is dying(死亡), they say he is living on(靠……生活)borrowed time．

　　Time is money．Time is knowledge．Time is everything in America．A working American has to work hard for 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week．This is the working time．In his spare time, he also works hard for money．Even Saturday and Sunday are filled with(用……装满)other things．In the street you can hardly see a man who walks slowly．They walk very fast．In fact, they are running．

　　When you ask Americans why they are in a hurry(匆忙)all the time, they will probably say, "Time is money．"

1．When do Americans start to value time?

2．What do American parents tell their children to do when they go to school?

3．What do Americans do when they are happy?

4．Americans are hard-working, aren't they?

5．"Time is money．"is a proverb(谚语，格言)．Please write out four proverbs：one is from this article; the other three mustn't be included(包含，包括)in this test paper(考试卷)．

Answer 1

答案：
解析：

答案：1．From childhood．/When they are children． 　　2．To be on time．/Be on time．(注：如果考生答“on time”给1分) 　　3．They say(that)time flies． 　　4．Yes，they are． 　　5．Time is knowledge．/Time is everything． 　　(注：①本题具有一定的开放度，答出以上2条答案中的1条格言得1分，答出试卷外的1条格言得1分，此外每多答出1条试卷外的格言奖励1分，奖励总分数不超过2分。巧格言时所用的词数不限。②本试卷中还有其他二条格言：Failure is the mother of success．Easier said than done．如果考生答这些格言不给分③提供以下格言仅供老师参考：A good beginning is half done．Actions speak louder than words．Two heads are better than one．It is never too late to learn．A good medicine tasks bitter．Today must borrow nothing of tomorrow．All roads lead to Rome．Better late than never．Haste makes waste．Health is better than wealth．) 　　评分标准：本题具有一定的开放度，如有能够满足试题语境的其它答案，评卷教师应该予以给分。单词拼写、字母大小写、标点符号或语法等错误，每累计2处(含2处)扣1分，扣分总数不超过20分；答案超过5个词的，每累计2处扣1分。