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　　Strange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones (时区) , one hour apart(相差一个小时). You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.

　　If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back. Traveling east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.

　　If you travel by ship across the Pacific, you cross the international date line (国际日期变更线) . By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar one full day, backward or forward. Traveling east, today becomes yesterday. Traveling west, it is tomorrow.

(1) Why does time become strange when a person travels? Because ________ .

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A. no day really has twenty-four hours

B. no one knows where time zones begin

C. the earth is divided into time zones

(2) The difference in time between zones is ________ .

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A. one hour

B. more than seven days

C. seven days

(3) If you travel across the Atlantic Ocean, going east, you set your clock ________ .

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A. one hour ahead in each time zones

B. one hour ahead for the whole trip

C. one full day back for each time zone

(4) From this selection, it seems true that the Atlantic ________ .

A. is in one time zone

B. is divided into twenty-four zone

C. is divided into five time zone

(5) The international date line is the name for ________ .

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A. the beginning of any new time zone

B. any point where time changes by one hour

C. the point where a new day begins

My father woke me up early one summer morning when I was fourteen and announced: “Get up, you're going with me to cut the grass in the garden. ”

　　The idea that my father thought I was old enough to help him in his business made me feel proud and excited. From sunup to sundown, my father, my younger brother and I worked in the large garden. By the end of the day I was too tired to say a word but I felt good. This was my first time to help my father in his business. I got $ 6 for my work that day.

　　One day my father found some leaves I had missed and pulled me aside. “Take away these leaves! ”he said, “and don't make me have to tell you to do it again.” The message was clear. Today I value(珍视)the importance of doing a job well the first time. It will never fail to impress(给……留下印象） the person you are working for.

　　After two years, my father told me and my brother that he felt we were old enough to cut the grass by ourselves. Every Saturday during my last two years of high school, we set off early in the morning with the same strong wish we had gained while working under our father.

　　Looking after the garden was neither exciting nor high paying, but that didn't matter. It taught me that any job was a good job and that whatever I was paid was more than I had before.

　　A newspaper reporter once asked me how someone could possibly live with hard work and low pay. “If you're only thinking about hard work and money, you probably don't want to do any better than you are doing.” I answered. In every job, from cutting the grass to washing dishes, I've learned much. I've learned something that helps me in my next job.

　　If you work hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.

46. The writer felt proud and excited when he was asked to cut the grass because he thought______.

　　 A. he could cut the grass himself

　　 B. he could make much money

　　 C. he could enjoy sunup and sundown

　　 D. he could help his family

47. The underlined word "message" in the passage probably refers to_____.

　　 A. not leaving leaves behind

　　 B. giving no excuse for your mistakes

　　 C. doing a good job at the very beginning

　　 D. missing things which can be found out

48. When the writer finished high school, maybe he was _____ years old.

　　 A. fourteen     B. eighteen        C. twenty　　      D. twenty-two

49. Which of the following does the writer probably think is the most important?

　　 A. Keeping learning from any job you had.

　　 B. Asking no money for work.

　　 C. Finishing work as quickly as possible.

　　 D. Keeping looking for different jobs.

50. The writer probably thinks his father is_____.

　　 A. lazy　　      B. helpful　　    C. careless        D.interesting