Question

【題目】Sometimes we wish we could stop time and go back in time. Well, twice a year, some countries actually decide to______the time.

As summer begins, some countries, like the US, UK and most of other countries in the EU, move the time forward one hour: 12 o’clock becomes 1 o’clock. This is to give people one more hour of ____. This is called “daylight saving time (夏令時(shí)時(shí)間)”.

But as winter arrives, you’ll notice the darkness stays with us______. The sun doesn’t enjoy being out as often as in the summer. To deal with this, these countries turn the clocks______one hour: 1 o’clock goes back to 12 o’clock.

Countries have done this for about 100 years. At some point, most of the world has tested with it. In fact, from 1986 to 1991, China used daylight saving time.

By having another hour of sunlight, you can save______by not needing to turn the lights on. Also, it can help the economy (經(jīng)濟(jì)), as people enjoy shopping when it is brighter. But people think it disrupts (打亂) sleeping habits. And because mornings are darker, the______of people getting to work and school is a problem.

【1】A. change B. stop C. pass

【2】A. sleep B. sports C. sunlight

【3】A. shorter B. longer C. slower

【4】A. back B. up C. forward

【5】A. money B. energy C. time

【6】A. life B. tradition C. safety

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】B

【6】C

【解析】試題這篇說明文介紹了夏時(shí)制的來歷和它的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，介紹了試用夏時(shí)制的幾個(gè)國家。同時(shí)對(duì)夏時(shí)制將會(huì)導(dǎo)致的問題表示了擔(dān)憂。

【1】句意：每年兩次，一些國家實(shí)際上決定改變時(shí)間。考查動(dòng)詞辨析題。A. change改變；B. stop停止；C. pass超過。根據(jù)句意語境，可知BC都是不可能的，故選A。

【2】句意：這是為了給人們多一小時(shí)的陽光�？疾槊�詞辨析題。A. sleep睡眠；B. sports運(yùn)動(dòng)；C. sunlight陽光。根據(jù)move the time forward one hour: 12 o’clock becomes 1 o’clock.，聯(lián)系后文By having another hour of sunlight,，可知選C。

【3】句意：但當(dāng)冬天來臨時(shí)，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)黑暗和我們在一起的時(shí)間更長。考查形容詞比較級(jí)辨析題。A. shorter更短的；B. longer更長的；C. slower更慢的。根據(jù)生活實(shí)際，結(jié)合句意語境，可知AC兩項(xiàng)意思都不合文意，故選B。

【4】句意：為了解決這個(gè)問題，這些國家把時(shí)鐘撥回一個(gè)小時(shí): 1點(diǎn)回到12點(diǎn)。考查副詞辨析題。根據(jù)前文move the time forward one hour: 12 o’clock becomes 1 o’clock.，結(jié)合句意語境，可知此處是往回?fù)�，�?/span>forward相反，需用back，故選A。

【5】句意：再有一小時(shí)的陽光，不用開燈就可以節(jié)省能源�？疾槊�詞辨析題。A. money金錢；B. energy能源；C. time時(shí)間。根據(jù)句意語境，不用開燈可知省的是電，故選B。

【6】句意：而且因?yàn)樵绯扛�黑，人們上班和上學(xué)的安全是個(gè)問題。考查名詞辨析題。A. life生命；B. tradition傳統(tǒng)；C. safety安全。根據(jù)句意語境，可知safety符合句意，故選C。