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explained how a lot of the money spent on candles used for light (this was before electricity) could be saved
if everyone woke up earlier and went to bed earlier.
Even though Franklin"s idea had a clear meaning, most people didn"t want to get up earlier than they had
to. Who would?
It was not until 1907 that an Englishman named William Willet came up with a way to "make" the sun set
later. His idea was to turn clocks forward by 20 minutes on each of the four Sundays in April, for a total of
80 minutes.
William"s idea was laughed at, at first. But when World War I started in 1914. Many countries decided they
had to save energy for the war.
Daylight saving time has other uses. The more time you spend outside playing, the less time you are spending
in front of the computer or the TV. These things also use energy.
Also, daylight saving time sometimes causes problems. For example, China used it in 1986-but stopped it in
1991. That was because me temperatures are quite different from North to South and time from East to West.
If the people from northwest part of China use daylight saving time. sometimes they have to get up to work
when it is not very bright outside. That will cause some trouble for them.
Still, most parts of the world do have daylight saving time, and most people look forward to the extra hour
of evening light.
B. To save time.
C. To wake up earlier.
D. To go to bed earlier.
B. In 1914.
C. In 1986.
D. In 1991.
B. 6:20.
C. 6:40.
D. 7:20.
B. the temperatures are quite different
C. the country is large
D. the time is quite different
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handed. Only about five people out of a hundred are left-handed. New-born babies can take things with either
of their hands, but in about two years they like to use their right hands. Scientists don"t know why this happens.
They have studied it. They think our animal ancestors (祖先) are right-handed. This may not true. Monkeys-
are our closest relations in the animal world. Scientists have found that monkeys like to use one of their hands
more than the other-but it can be either hand. There are as many fight-handed ones. Next time you visit the zoo,
watch the monkeys carefully. You"ll see that some of them will swing (摆动)from their right hands and others
will use their left hands. But most human beings (人类) use their right hands better and this makes life difficult
for the left-handed ones. We live in a right-handed world.
B. we can"t use both hands
C. many people can use one as well as the other
D. some of us can use both hands
B. can only use their left hands
C. can"t use their hands
D. can use both their hands
B. Monkeys are right-handed.
C. Some of the monkeys are left-handed monkeys.
D. There are much more right-handed monkeys than left-handed monkeys.
B. most people use their right hands better
C. they can"t use both of their hands
D. they can"t use their left hands
increasing? Yes, according to a recent study. Last year researchers visited 32 cities and measured how fast
people walked. They timed adults to see how long it took them to walk 18 meters along the sidewalk.
Researchers found that walking speed today is about 10 percent faster than ten years ago. They also
learned that some of the biggest changes took place in Asian cities like Singapore and Guanzhou. The two
cities had the largest increase in walking speed. Nowadays, over half of people in the world live in cities.
Certainly the world"s pace of life is becoming faster and cities are becoming more crowded.
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2. What does the new study find?
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3. For the study, how many cities did the researchers visit?
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4. In Asia, which cities had the largest increase in walking speed?
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5. Does the passage mention why so many people live in cities?
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flying objects 3______ (make)a lot of people interested. Some of the reports about them are difficult 4______
(believe). Some have been explained in scientific ways, and others have never been explained.
It"s not easy to decide whether a report is true or not. One report of UFOs. 5______ (come) from a British
plane on its way from New York to London in 1954. The Brisith plane 6______ (fly) over an island at 19,000
feet when the captain 7______ (notice) that something was on their left and a little lower than their plane. It
was about five miles away.
"It was not one object but several." The captain said. "Well 8______ (see)one large and six small objects. I
sent radio message to report about this and I received the answer that the other planes 9______ (come) out to
meet us. Before the planes arrived, the smaller objects entered the larger one. The large object then became
smaller and 10______ (move) away fast".