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What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather? Is it the same all over the world? That’s an easy question, you say. Wherever you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth. Well, maybe. But in America, time is more than that. Americans see time as a valuable resource(资源). Maybe that’s why they like the expression, “Time is money.”

Because Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to keep and manage it. People in the US often attend meetings or read books on time management. It seems that they all want to organize their time better. People try their best to press more life out of their time.

To Americans, being on time is a way of showing respect(尊重) for other people’s time. Being more than 10 minutes late usually calls for an apology(道歉) and an explanation. People who are running late often call ahead to let others know that they can’t be on time. Of course, the less formal(正式的) the situation is, the less important it is to be exactly on time. At informal get-togethers, for example, people often arrive as much as 30 minutes late. But they usually don’t try that at work.

American lifestyles show how much people respect the time of others. When people plan an event, they often set the time days or weeks before it. Once the time is fixed, it is almost impossible to change it. If people want to come to your house for a friendly visit, they will usually call first to make sure it is convenient. Only very close friends will just “drop by” unannounced. Also, people seldom call others late at night for fear they might be in bed. The time may be different, but most people think twice about calling after 10:00 pm.

Even Americans would agree that no one can master time. Time, like money, slips all too easily through our finger. And time, like the weather, is very hard to predict. However, time is one of life’s most valuable gifts.

1.From Paragraph 1, we can learn that ___________.

A. Americans waste lots of money and time

B. people can only control 60 minutes a day

C. Americans regard time as something valuable

D. money is more important than time in America

2.In Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4, the writer mainly tells us that ___________.

A. Americans respect others’ time in daily life    B. Americans never call after ten o’clock

C. Americans visit friends without calling first    D. Americans arrive days before an event

3.The underlined phrase “think twice” probably means “___________”.

A. pay attention    B. learn wisely    C. feel relaxed    D. consider carefully

4.According to this passage, ___________.

A. most American people treasure their time

B. people can master and predict time easily

C. Americans like time better than anything else

D. people are supposed to be on time in all situations

5.This passage mainly talks about ___________.

A. some of the American lifestyles    B. how Americans treat time

C. all kinds of ways to spend time    D. different opinions about time

 

1.C 2.A 3.D 4.A 5.B 【解析】这篇短文给我们讲述的是美国人的时间观念,他们很看重时间,觉得时间是宝贵的资源,他们很守时,因为他们尊重别人的时间,他们对时间是非常珍惜的。 1.细节理解题。根据短文第一段中But in America, time is more than that. Americans see time as a valuable resource(资源)可知,美国人把时间看做是一种很有价值的资源,可见他们觉得时间是非常有价值的。故应选C。 2.细节理解题。根据这两段的首句To Americans, being on time is a way of showing respect(尊重) for other people’s time.和American lifestyles show how much people respect the time of others可知,美国人很守时,因为他们尊重别人的时间。由此可知应选A。 3.词义猜测题。根据划线短语所在的句子Also, people seldom call others late at night for fear they might be in bed. The time may be different, but most people think twice about calling after 10:00 pm可知,晚上很晚的时候,人们很少打电话,因此晚上10点之后如果打电话的话,要三思,以免打扰到别人。故think twice是仔细考虑的意思。 4.推理判断题。这篇短文给我们讲述的是美国人的时间观念,他们很看重时间,觉得时间是宝贵的资源,因此他们对时间是很珍惜的。从短文第一段But in America, time is more than that. Americans see time as a valuable resource以及最后一段time is one of life’s most valuable gifts.可以印证答案。故选A。 5.主旨大意题。这篇短文给我们讲述的是美国人的时间观念,他们很看重时间,觉得时间是宝贵的资源,他们很守时,因为他们尊重别人的时间,他们对时间是非常珍惜的。故B选项能概括短文的大意。 点睛:这篇短文是一篇说明文,给我们介绍了美国人的时间观念。说明文的阅读理解经常比较难,我们一定要抓住文章的中心意思,把握作者的写作意图和态度。后面题目的设置考查也比较全面,细节理解、推理判断、词义猜测、主旨大意,阅读理解的这四个题型都涉及到了。细节理解是比较简单的题型,题目的答案可以从原文找到。这里说一下词义猜测题,词义猜测题中所涉及的单词和短语往往是学生们不熟悉的,即使是熟悉的词,在短文里也可能有我们不熟悉的意思。做题的依据只能通过上下文的文意来判断。例如第3小题,根据划线的短语所在 的上下文可知,这一段作者主要说的是美国人在给别人打电话的时候的时间观念,这一点我们可以理解,很晚的时候就不能给别人打电话了,因为可能会影响别人休息,所以晚上10点后如果打电话这个事情需要考虑清楚。从think twice这个短语的构成上,我们也可以获取一些信息,它跟思考这个意思有关系,故D是最接近的意思。
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