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 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth. But in America, time is more than that. Americans see time as a valuable resource. Maybe that's why they are fond of the expression, "Time is money."
Because Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to conserve and manage it. People in the U.S. often attend seminars or read books on time management. It seems 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 expressed 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 course, 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 seem tied to the clock. People in other cultures value relationships more than schedules. In these 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.
小題1:What’s the main topic of this passage?
A．What is time?
B．How to control time?
C．Make good use of time.
D．Time among Americans.
小題2:What’s the meaning of the underlined word “conserve”?
A．protectB．developC．produceD．a(chǎn)ssist
小題3:The sentence “Americans seem 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 use of time.
小題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 seminars, because they want to use time better.

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:D
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B．must have suffered a lot because of the terrible weather
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B．A huge squid ate two children while their mother was not watching.
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B．turned it up to cause the seagulls to explode
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Pop music. Britain is the only country to rival(與…匹敵)the US on this point.
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　　Poor public transport. Trains and buses are promised to defeat tourists who have the most patience, so the over- crowded London tube is inexplicably(難以理解的) popular.
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Sitting is art that isn’t getting passed along. People these days feel as though they have to be doing something. If they are not working, they are jogging, or playing tennis or golf, or taking courses to improve their minds or bodies –or they are parked in front of the TV. Sitting in front of the TV isn’t sitting – it’s watching.
People used to sit a lot. You would walk down the street or drive down the road, and there they would be, out on the doorsteps, sitting. You could go down to the store and sit on the bench out front in the summer or around the fire in the winter. There were sitting benches out in the town square. At the garage, there were straight-backed chairs. There among the oilcans and tries and spare parts, you could kick back and sit.
Houses used to have sitting rooms, where the grown ups would go after Sunday dinner. Mom and Dad, Grandpa and Aunt Ruby would sit and digest (消化) the fried chicken and talk about Aunt Ethel’s illness, and how well the minister did today. Outside, the children would play, and the afternoon would pass by in a comfortable haze (悠閑的氛圍).
That sort of thing looks like doing nothing. A recharging battery (正在充電的電池) doesn’t look as if it’s doing anything either. Sitting restores your soul if you want to enjoy a truly full life, don’t just do something –sit there.
小題1:What message does the author try to get through to us ?
A．People should make better use of their sitting room.
B．People should spend less time watching TV.
C．People should pass down their good habits.
D．People should take things easy for their own good.
小題2:We can learn from the second paragraph that  _____________
A．people lived a more restful life in the past
B．towns were built to make living convenient
C．small town garages had a lot to offer
D．people enjoyed going out for a drive
小題3:The sitting room mentioned in the text used to be a place for______________.
A．eating food .B．watching TV .C．gathering together.D．playing with children.
小題4: From the text we know the writer believes_______________
A．sitting has a good spiritual effectB．sitting helps people remember the past
C．sitting rooms may have different purposesD．a(chǎn) sitting room is important for the old.

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