Question

　　Good morning, everyone．My topic(論題，話題)for today is "How Americans Value(重視)Time”．

　　Americans think a lot about time．From childhood(童年)they learn to value time．As children, parents teach them to be on time to go to school, to do work and to do everything．When they are having a good time, they say that time flies．When a person is dying(死亡), they say he is living on(靠……生活)borrowed time．

　　Time is money．Time is knowledge．Time is everything in America．A working American has to work hard for 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week．This is the working time．In his spare time, he also works hard for money．Even Saturday and Sunday are filled with(用……裝滿)other things．In the street you can hardly see a man who walks slowly．They walk very fast．In fact, they are running．

　　When you ask Americans why they are in a hurry(匆忙)all the time, they will probably say, "Time is money．"

1．When do Americans start to value time?

2．What do American parents tell their children to do when they go to school?

3．What do Americans do when they are happy?

4．Americans are hard-working, aren't they?

5．"Time is money．"is a proverb(諺語，格言)．Please write out four proverbs：one is from this article; the other three mustn't be included(包含，包括)in this test paper(考試卷)．

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解析：

答案：1．From childhood．/When they are children． 　　2．To be on time．/Be on time．(注：如果考生答“on time”給1分) 　　3．They say(that)time flies． 　　4．Yes，they are． 　　5．Time is knowledge．/Time is everything． 　　(注：①本題具有一定的開放度，答出以上2條答案中的1條格言得1分，答出試卷外的1條格言得1分，此外每多答出1條試卷外的格言獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)1分，獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)總分?jǐn)?shù)不超過2分。巧格言時(shí)所用的詞數(shù)不限。②本試卷中還有其他二條格言：Failure is the mother of success．Easier said than done．如果考生答這些格言不給分③提供以下格言僅供老師參考：A good beginning is half done．Actions speak louder than words．Two heads are better than one．It is never too late to learn．A good medicine tasks bitter．Today must borrow nothing of tomorrow．All roads lead to Rome．Better late than never．Haste makes waste．Health is better than wealth．) 　　評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)：本題具有一定的開放度，如有能夠滿足試題語境的其它答案，評(píng)卷教師應(yīng)該予以給分。單詞拼寫、字母大小寫、標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào)或語法等錯(cuò)誤，每累計(jì)2處(含2處)扣1分，扣分總數(shù)不超過20分；答案超過5個(gè)詞的，每累計(jì)2處扣1分。