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What time is it? There are many ways you can (1) the time. You may have a watch on your wrist(手腕) .You can look at a clock on the wall. You can listen to the radio or (2) a number on the telephone to get the time.

I has not always been (3) to know the time. A long time ago people looked at the (4) to tell the time. They could tell the time by looking at it in the sky: morning, noon or afternoon.

Around the year 1400, people began to use the hourglass(沙漏) . It was made (5) glass with sand in it. It was wide at both ends, (6) narrow ( 窄的) in the middle. The sand ran from one end to (7) in one hour. At the end of every hour people turned the glass over ant it began (8) .

Hundreds of years later a machine called (9) was invented. After that people made (10) clocks so that they could (11) them in their pockets. These pocket clocks were called watches. Then, during the first world war (战争) men started (12) their watches on their wrists. It was easier and faster to tell the time

1.make sure       B. look at         C. write down        D. find out

2. A. call            B. read             C. count          D. write

3. A. different       B. difficult        C. easy             D. important

4. A. earth            B. sun               C. moon           D. satellite

5. A. by              B. into             C. from             D. of

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

7. A. another        B. other          C. others               D. the other

8. A. once            B. more            C. again               D. too

9. A. watch           B. clock            C. radio            D. telephone

10. A. good           B. cheap            C. beautiful            D. small

11. A. take          B. bring             C. carry                 D. get

12. A. wearing        B. inventing       C. making               D. buying

Nancy and Peter like sports. In summer they swim and in winter they ski. They are planning a ski trip for this weekend, but they don’t know about the weather. It’s 7:30 now, and they are listening to the weather report on the radio. The weatherman is giving the weather for the weekend.
“Friday is going to be cold and cloudy, but it’s not going to rain. It’s going to snow on Friday night and maybe Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon and Sunday are going to be cold and sunny.” Now Nancy and Peter are excited. The weather is going to be good for a ski trip. They are going to have a wonderful weekend in the mountains.
【小题1】When do Nancy and Peter listen to the weather report?

—You can ______ music here.
—Yes. But I don’t like the music. May I listen to the CDCDs by S.H.E?

1.—What         she         (do) last Sunday?

—She       (listen)to the radio.

2.—        you         (return) the book to the library yet?

—Yes,I         .I       (return)it yesterday afternoon.The book       (be) very interesting.

3.—Where is my friend?        you         (see) her?

—Yes,I         her three minutes ago.But she       (go) to the post office.I think she       (be) back soon.

4.What do you think Li Ping       (do) right now?

5.—        you         (have) your supper?—Yes,I have.

6.The girl         (go) to visit the city if it         (not rain) tomorrow.

7.Don’t forget         (close) the door when you leave home.

8.Many girls are good at       (make) things.

—You can ______ music here.

        —Yes. But I don’t like the music. May I listen to the CDs by S.H.E?

       A. listen           B. enjoy             C. see               D. read