What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money? Or is it

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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 time the same all over the world?That's an easy question, you say. Wherever you go, a minute is 60 conds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth. But in America, time is more than that. Americans e time as a valuable resource. Maybe that's why they are fond of the expression, "Time is money."Becau Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to conrve and manage it. People in the U.S. often attend minars or read books on time management. It ems they all want to organize their time better. Professionals carry around pocket planners -- some in electronic form -- to keep track of appointments and deadlines. People do all they can to squeeze more time out of their time. The early American hero Benjamin Franklin expresd this view best: "Do you love life? Then do not waste time, for that is the stuff life is made of."To Americans, punctuality is a way of showing respect for other people's time. Being more than 10 minutes late to an appointment usually calls for an apology and an explanation. People who are running late often call ahead to let others know of the delay. Of cour, the less formal 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 past the appointed time.To outsiders, Americans em tied to the clock. People in other cultures value relationships more than schedules. In the societies, people don't try to control time, but to experience it. Even Americans would admit that no one can master time. Time -- like money -- slips all too easily through our fingers. And time -- like the weather-- is very hard to predict. Nevertheless, time is one of life's most precious gifts. And unwrapping it is half the fun.小题1:What’s the main topic of this passage?A．What is time?B．How to control time?C．Make good u of time.D．Time among Americans.小题2:What’s the meaning of the underlined word “conrve”?A．protectB．developC．produceD．assist小题3:The ntence “Americans em tied to the clock” probably means __________.A．Americans often carry a clock with them.B．Americans can not predict the time.C．Americans can take control over time.D．Americans often make full u of time.小题4:We can safely draw a conclusion from this passage that _________________.A．Americans have more time than others.B．by using pocket planners, people can have more time.C．for informal meeting, Americans often arrive 30 minutes earlier.D．Americans often attend minars, becau they want to u time better. 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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小题1:D小题2:A小题3:D小题4:D

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据考高分专家说，试题“What is time? Is it .....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。 日常生活类阅读

日常生活类阅读的概念：

日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。

日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：

【题型说明】该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。 【备考提醒】为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点： 1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。 2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。 3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。 4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。