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Strangethingshappentotimewhenyoutravelbecausetheearthisdividedintotwenty-fourzones(时区),onehourapart(一个时区相差一个小时).Youcanhavedayswithmoreorfewerthantwenty-fourhours,andweekswithmoreorfewerthansevendays.
Ifyoumakeafive-daytripacrosstheAtlanticOcean(大西洋),yourshipentersadifferenttimezoneeveryday.Asyouentereachzone,thetimechangesonehour.Travelingwest,yousetyourclockback,travelingeast,yousetitahead.Eachdayofyourtriphaseithertwenty-fiveortwenty-threehours.
IfyoutravelbyshipacrossthePacificOcean(太平洋),youcrosstheInternationalDateLine(国际日期变更线).Byagreement,thisisthepointwhereanewdaybegins.Whenyoucrosstheline,youchangeyourcalendaronefullday,backwardorforward.Travelingeasttodaybecomesyesterday.Travelingwest,itistomorrow.
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1.Strangethingshappentotimewhenyoutravelbecause______.
A.nodayreallyhastwenty-fourhours
B.nooneknowswheretimezonesbegin
C.theearthisdividedintotimezones
D.insomeplacesonedayalwayshastwenty-fivehours
2.Thedifferenceintimebetweenzonesis______.
A.onehour
B.morethansevendays
C.sevendaysD.twenty-fourhours
3.IfyoutravelacrosstheAtlanticOcean,goingeast,yousetyourclock______.
A.onehouraheadineachtimezone
B.onehouraheadforthewholetrip
C.onefulldaybackforeachtimezone
D.onehourbackineachtimezone
4.Fromthispassage,itseemstruethattheAtlantic______.
A.isinonetimezones
B.isdividedintotwenty-fourzones
C.isdividedintofivetimezone
D.isinfourtimezones
5.TheInternationalDateLineisthenamefor______.
A.thebeginningofanynewtimezone
B.anypointwheretimechangesbyonehour
C.thepointwhereanewdaybegins
D.theendofanynewtimezone