This is a map of our school. There six buildings in our school: a library, office building, a classroom building, a dining hall, a sports hall and a science building. In the middle of the is a big playground. The library is the left of the playground near the school gate. There are many , maps and computers in it. Behind the library, on the left, are the school offices. Between this building the dining hall is the classroom building twenty-four classrooms. On the right of the classroom building is the hall. In front of the dining hall is the sports hall and the in front of that is for science. There are six labs and five computer rooms in the science building.

1.A. is B. am C. are　 D. be

2.A. a B. an C. the D. /

3.A. school B. farm C. hospital D. shop

4.A. at B. in C. for D. on

5.A. books B. film C. kitchen D. shop

6.A. or B. and C. but D. also

7.A. on B. at C. to D. with

8.A. reading B. sports C. dining D. clothes

9.A. music B. building C. hotel D. cinema

10.A. food B. animal C. science D. plant

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 (旅行) across the Atlantic Ocean (大西洋) , your ship come 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 (向前). Each day of your trip has either twenty-five 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 the 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.

66. 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 f ewer than twenty-four hours,

D. some time zones are large and some time zones are small

67. The time difference between two time zones is　　　　 .

A. twenty-four hours　　　　　　 　 B. one hour

C. two hours　　　　　　　　 　 D. twenty-three hours

68. 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

69. If we travel east across the International Date Line on July 5th, the date becomes July　　　 .

A. 3rd　　　　　 B. 4th　　　　　　 C. 5th　　　　　 D. 6th

70. 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

  Strange things happen when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones (分区). 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 seven days and weeks with fewer than seven.

  If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean (大西洋), 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-five or twenty-three hours.

  If you make a trip by ship across the Pacific Ocean (太平洋), you across the International Date Line (国际日期变更线). This is the 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. The time difference between two time zones is ___________.

A. twenty-four hours　　　　     　B. one hour           

C. two hours　　　　　           D. twenty-three hours

(  ) 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 east across the International Date Line on July 5th, the date becomes July _________________.

A. 3rd　　　B. 4th　　　C. 5th　　　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 across the Pacific Ocean, today becomes tomorrow.

　　　　Strange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones（时区）, one hour apart（一个时区相差一小时）. 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（大西洋）,your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour. Travelling west, you set your clock back, travelling 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 inter-national date line. By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar（日历） one full day, backward or forward. Travelling east, today becomes yesterday,travelling west, it is tomorrow.

　　根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案。

1. Strange things happen to time when you travel because______.

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　　　　　　 A. one day has twenty-four hours

　　　　　　 B. no one knows where time zones begin

　　　　　　 C. the earth is divided into time zones

　　　　　　 D. how time flies

2. The difference in time between zones is ______.

[　　]

　　　　　　 A. one hour

　　　　　　 B. more than seven days

　　　　　　 C. seven days

　　　　　　 D. one day

3. If you travel across the Atlantic Ocean, going east,you set your clock ______.

[　　]

　　　　　　 A. one hour ahead in each time zone

　　　　　　 B. one hour ahead for the whole trip

　　　　　　 C. one full day back for each time zone

　　　　　　 D. one hour back in each time zone

4. From this passage, it seems true that the Atlantic______.

[　　]

　　　　　　 A. is in one time zone

　　　　　　 B. is divided into twenty-four zones

　　　　　　 C. is divided into five time zones

　　　　　　 D. is divided into seven time zones

5. The international date line is the name for ______.

[　　]

　　　　　　 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

　　　　　　 D. the point between two different zones

完成下面的对话

A: Excuse me.　　　　　　　　 B: ______1________

A: Can you help me? Where’s the Summer Palace?　 B: ______2_________

A: Is it far from here?　　　 B: ______3__________

A: How can I get there?　　　 B: ______4___________

A: Thanks.　　　　　　　　　 B: ______5___________

A. Yes, it’s very far.　　　 B. It’s near the Tian’anmen Square.

C. You can go there by bus.　 D. Yes?　 E. You’re welcome!