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2．Friday，December 30，2011 has been cut for the tiny South Pacific island nation，Samoa as it moved its time zone 24 hours ahead to catch up with Asia，New Zealand and Australia． On New Year's Eve，Samoa will Slave jumped to the west of the international dateline，which runs through the Pacific Ocean and broadly follows the 180 degree line of longitude （經(jīng)線）．
Its Prime Minister said it would make it easier for Samoa to trade with their key partners．"No longer shall we have people ringing us up on Monday from New Zealand and Australia thinking it is Monday when we are closing our eyes and praying at churches．And in the same way，on our Fridays when we ring up and already our contacts are holidaying on their Saturdays，"he told Radio New Zealand on Friday．
To help win public support，the government declared employers must still pay workers for the missing Friday，although banks will not be allowed to charge interest for the lost day．
Countries are free to choose whether the dateline passes to the east or west，and Samoa's decision means all new maps will need to change．But some tourism operators are worried Samoa will lose business by losing its position as the last place on earth to see the sunset each day，although it is now one of the first places to see in each new day．
Samoa，a country of about 180，000 people，used to be in the same time zone as New Zealand and Australia，but went back a day in 1892，celebrating July 4 twice and aligning itself with the United States．The date change is not the first major change in Samoa in recent years．In 2009，the country switched to driving on the left hand side of the road from the right hand side，in line with New Zealand and Australia．
71．Samoa moved its time zone 24 hours ahead toD   
   A．trade with the United States
    B．be the first place to see in each new day
    C．follow the international dateline
    D．be in the same time zone as Australia
72．Which of the following is true according to the text？A
A．It's Monday now in Samoa while it is Sunday in America．
    B．Samoa once had a date change about 200 years ago．
    C．Samoa and America are now in the same time zone．
    D．In Samoa，cars move on the right hand side of the road．
73．On the missing Friday，___ in Samoa，C
    A．banks still charged interest      B．a(chǎn)ll the people had a day off
    C．workers still got paid            D．a(chǎn)ll celebrated New Year's Eve
74．The underlined word"aligning"in the last paragraph possibly meansB．
    A．celebrating     B．a(chǎn)djusting        C．moving           D．trading
75．What's the text mainly about？D
    A．The change of international dateline．
    B．The first nation to greet New Year．
    C．A new neighbor of Australia．
    D．A new date change in Samoa．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要介紹了薩摩亞日期的變化．

解答 DACBD
71  D    細節(jié)題． 根據(jù)文章第一 段 Samoa as it moved its time zone 24 hours ahead to catch up with Asia，New Zealand and Australia．可知 薩摩亞往前撥24小時的目的是和澳大利亞保持一致，故選D．
72  A   細節(jié)題． 根據(jù)文章第二 段 No longer shall we have people ringing us up on Monday from New Zealand and Australia thinking it is Monday when we are closing our eyes and praying at churches可知澳大利亞星期一的時候我們星期天，故美國星期天的時候，薩摩亞是星期一，故選A．
73   C  細節(jié)題． 根據(jù)文章第三 段the government declared employers must still pay workers for the missing Friday，可知雖然沒了星期五但是老板必須付給員工工資，故選C．
74   B    猜測詞義題．  根據(jù)文章最后一段In 2009，the country switched to driving on the left hand side of the road from the right hand side，in line with New Zealand and Australia． 可知薩摩亞改變時間的目的是為了和美國保持一致，故選B．
75  D    主旨大意題．  通讀全文可知本文主要介紹了薩摩亞日期的變化．故選D．

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