4.　　　 They broke ______their conversation as soon as they saw me entering the office.

3.　　　 We should learn to think of a problem _________ a positive way.

2.　　　 ---What do you think of the movie we saw last night?

　--- Well, I regard it _________ one of the worst films I have ever seen.

1.　　　 The young people are compared ________ the rising sun.

39.In this passage, we can see that time is very impor­tant to______.

A. people in the USA　 B. people in South America　 C. everybody in the world

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38. If you have an appointment with someone in South America, he may not arrive on time, and this is because______.

A. he doesn't have a watch　　　　 B. he forgets to have a watch with him

C. he doesn’t think it is necessary to arrive on time

37. The underlined word "rush" most probably means_______.　

A. jump　　　　　　　 B. hurry　　　　　　　 . C. run

36. Americans don't want to be late because______.

A.　　 they go to stations, factories or other buildings　　　 B. they are free t　　　　

C. they do certain things at certain time　　　　　 D.

35. You can see clocks in stations, factories and other buildings in USA because Americans _____.

A. want to make these places beautiful　 B. want to sell these clocks

C. think that it is important to know the time　 D. like clocks and watches

38. What happened at the end of the story?

A. The shopkeeper got angry with the buyer

B. The buyer left the shop without buying the fish.

C. The buyer fought with the shopkeeper.

D.The buyer got some bad news from the fish.

C

Different people have different ideas about time. People in the USA think that it is important to know the time. In cities in America, there are clocks in stations, factories and other buildings. Radio announcers (播音员)give you the correct time during the day. Most Americans also have watches with them wherever they go. They want to do certain things at certain time. They don't like to be late.

But time is not so important to everybody in the world. When you visit a coun­try in South America, you will find that people there don't like to rush. If you had an appointment(约会)with somebody, he could probably be late, because he may not want to arrive on time.

In South America, even the radio programs may not begin on time. The men on the radio may not think it is important to tell the exact time. People in South Ameri­ca think that clocks or watches are just machines. They think that you let a clock or a watch control(控制)your life if you do everything on time.