【題目】 Nowadays, we can know time very easily. Even a little child may know the time. We always ask "What time is it?".

Then people can tell us the exact time. But before the invention of clocks, knowing the time was very difficult. One way that people told the time was by using sundials, but it was impossible to tell the time on cloudy days or at night.

The first mechanical(機(jī)械的) clock was invented in China by Su Sung in 1088. The first clock in Europe was invented at the end of the 13th century.

The first watch was invented in Italy in 1462. Early watches were different from today's in two main ways. First, they only had an hour hand. Second, you could not wear them on your wrist(手腕). You had to keep them in your pocket. That s why they were called "pocket clocks".

The first wrist watch came from Switzerland 328 years later after the first pocket clock came out. But nobody bought them. They did not become popular for a hundred years.

Digital clocks and watches came from the United States and they are the most popular inventions in timekeeping. Shops all over the world started to sell them in 1971.

【1】The underlined word "sundials" in the first paragraph may mean " " in Chinese.

A.太陽(yáng)B.日晷C.手表

【2】The first mechanical clock was invented in .

A.ChinaB.EnglandC.Germany

【3】The first watch was invented years later than the first mechanical clock.

A.1,462B.374C.328

【4】According to the passage, the first wrist watch .

A.was invented in Italy in 1462

B.was very popular among people when it came out

C.came from Switzerland

【5】This passage may be taken from a .

A.novelB.comic bookC.magazine

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】C

【解析】

如今我們可以很容易地知道時(shí)間，但是在時(shí)鐘發(fā)明之前，要知道時(shí)間是非常困難的。本文主要向我們介紹了時(shí)鐘的歷史。

【1】詞句猜測(cè)題。分析第二段中“One way that people told the time was by using sundials, but it was impossible to tell the time on cloudy days or at night.”可知，此處表示“人們報(bào)時(shí)的一種方法是用日晷，但在陰天或晚上是不可能報(bào)時(shí)的�！钡暮x，所以推測(cè)sundials是日晷的意思。故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中“The first mechanical(機(jī)械的) clock was invented in China by Su Sung in 1088.”可知，第一個(gè)機(jī)械鐘是中國(guó)發(fā)明的。故選A。

【3】數(shù)字計(jì)算題。根據(jù)第三段中“The first mechanical clock was invented in China by Su Sung in 1088.”和第四段中“The first watch was invented in Italy in 1462.”可知，1462-1088=374，所以第一塊手表的發(fā)明比第一個(gè)機(jī)械鐘晚了374年。故選B。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段中“The first wrist watch came from Switzerland 328 years later after the first pocket clock came out.”可知，328年后，第一臺(tái)懷表從瑞士問(wèn)世。故選C。

【5】推理判斷題。A：小說(shuō)；B：漫畫書；C：雜志。分析文章可知，本文主要向我們介紹了時(shí)鐘的歷史。所以推測(cè)這邊文章可能在雜志上看到。故選C。

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