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　　Americans think much about time. From children they learn to value(珍惜) time. As children they axe taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time flies. When a person is dying(生命垂危), they say he is living on borrowed time.

　　Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week. This is the working time. In his spare(業(yè)余) time, he also works hard for more money. Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual. In the street you can hardly see that a man walks slowly. They walk very fast. In fact(事實上), they are running.

　　They love time because time can bring them money and a lot of things. But sometimes they also hate time, be cause they feel that they have become servants(仆人) of the clock.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷下列各題正(T)誤(F)。

1．The Americans think much about time because time means everything in America.

2．People all over the word love and value time.

3．The Americans even value their spare time.

4．Sometimes the Americans hate time.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案。

5．A working American has to work ________ days a week in his working time.

[　　]

A．seven
B．six
C．five
D．four

6．An American always walks very ________ in the street.

[　　]

A．sadly
B．slowly
C．happily
D．quickly

7．“He is living borrowed time.” means that________.

[　　]

A．he is dying
B．he has little money
C．he is dead
D．he has no time

8．In his spare time, an American usually________.

[　　]

A．has a good rest

B．drinks tea or coffee with his friends

C．stays at home and watches TV

D．gets more money by working

答案：T;F;T;T;C;D;D;D
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