Question

【題目】What time is it？There are many ways you can find out the time.You may have a watch on your wrist(手腕)．You can look at a clock on the wall.You can listen to the radio，watch TV or ring a number on the telephone to get the time.But do you know the history of how people tell the time?

It has not always been easy to know the time.A long time ago people looked at the sun to tell the time.They could tell the time of the day by looking at the sun in the sky：morning，noon and afternoon.

Around the year 1400，people began to use the hourglass(沙漏)．It was made of glass with some sand in it.It was wide at both ends，but narrow in the middle.The sand ran from one end to the other in one hour.At the end of every hour，people turned the glass over and began again.Hundreds of years later，a machine called clock was invented.

After that people made small clocks，so that they could carry them in their pockets.Then during World War Ⅰ，men started wearing their watches on their wrists.It was easier to tell the time.Now almost everyone wears a wrist watch.

【1】How could people know the time a long time ago？(不超過10個(gè)詞)

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【2】What was the hourglass made of？(不超過15個(gè)詞)

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【3】What does the writer mainly want to tell us？(不超過10個(gè)詞)

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 By looking at the sun..

【2】 It was made of glass with some sand in it.

【3】 The history of how people tell the time.

【解析】

你可以通過很多方式找出時(shí)間，你的手腕上可能有一塊手表，你可以看看墻上的鐘表，你可以收聽收音機(jī)，看電視或撥打電話號(hào)碼得到時(shí)間，這篇文章就講了人們得知時(shí)間的歷史。

【1】句意：很久以前人們?cè)趺茨苤�道時(shí)間？原文“A long time ago people looked at the sun to tell the time.”（很久以前人們看著太陽告訴時(shí)間。）說明很久以前人們是通過看太陽來得知時(shí)間的，故填：By looking at the sun.

【2】句意：沙漏是由什么制成的？原文“It was made of glass with some sand in it.”（它由玻璃制成，里面有一些沙子。）說明了沙漏是由什么制成的，故填： It was made of glass with some sand in it.

【3】句意：作者主要想告訴我們什么？首段作者就提出了自己的問題“But do you know the history of how people tell the time?”（但是你知道人們?nèi)绾沃v出時(shí)間的歷史嗎？）說明這篇文章就是想告訴我們?nèi)藗冎v出時(shí)間的歷史，故填：The history of how people tell the time.