30、    Strange things happen to time when you travel．because the earth is divided(劃分) into twenty．four zones(地區(qū))．You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours，and weeks with more or fewer than seven days．

    If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic(大西洋)Ocean，your ship enters(進(jìn)入) a different time zone every day．As you enter each zone，the time changes one hour. Travelling west, you set your clocr back, travelling east, you set it ahead．Each day of your trip has twenty-five or twenty—three hours．

If you travel by ship across the Pacific(太平洋)，you cross the international date line(國(guó)際日期變更線). The world agrees that this is the point where a new day begins．When you cross the line，you change your calendar(日歷) one full day，backward(向后)or forward(向前)。Travelling east, today becomes yesterday；traveling west it is tomorrow．

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答下面的問(wèn)題。

1. Why do strange things happen to time when we travel?

2. Is one hour the difference in time between zones?

3. How do you set your clock if you cross the Antlantic Ocean going west? 

4. What is the name for the point where a new day begins?

5. What will change when you cross the line?

30、l、Because the earth is divided into time zones．

2、Yes，it is．

3、One hour back in each new time zone

4、The international date line．

5、Your calendar one full day．backward or forward．

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    Strange things happen to time when you travel．because the earth is divided(劃分) into twenty．four zones(地區(qū))．You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours，and weeks with more or fewer than seven days．

    If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic(大西洋)Ocean，your ship enters(進(jìn)入) a different time zone every day．As you enter each zone，the time changes one hour. Travelling west, you set your clocr back, travelling east, you set it ahead．Each day of your trip has twenty-five or twenty—three hours．

If you travel by ship across the Pacific(太平洋)，you cross the international date line(國(guó)際日期變更線). The world agrees that this is the point where a new day begins．When you cross the line，you change your calendar(日歷) one full day，backward(向后)or forward(向前)。Travelling east, today becomes yesterday；traveling west it is tomorrow．

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答下面的問(wèn)題。

1. Why do strange things happen to time when we travel?

2. Is one hour the difference in time between zones?

3. How do you set your clock if you cross the Antlantic Ocean going west? 

4. What is the name for the point where a new day begins?

5. What will change when you cross the line?

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　　Strange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided(劃分)into twenty-four zones(時(shí)區(qū)), one hour apart(一個(gè)時(shí)區(qū)相差一個(gè)小時(shí))．You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-fours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days．

　　If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋), your ship enters a different time zone every day．As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour．Traveling west, you set your clock back, traveling east, you set it ahead．Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours．

　　If you travel by ship across the Pacific Ocean(太平洋), you cross the International Date Line(國(guó)際日期變更線)．By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins．When you cross the line, you change your calendar one full day, backward or forward．Traveling east, today becomes yesterday．Traveling west, it is tomorrow．

(1)

Strange things happen to time when you travel because ________．

[　　]

A．

no day really has twenty-four hours

B．

no one knows where time zones begin

C．

the earth is divided into time zones

D．

in some places one day always has twenty-five hours

(2)

The difference in time between zones is ________．

[　　]

A．

one hour

B．

more than seven days

C．

seven days

D．

twenty-four hours

(3)

If you travel across the Atlantic Ocean, going east, you set your clock ________．

[　　]

A．

one hour ahead in each time zone

B．

one hour ahead for the whole trip

C．

one full day back for each time zone

D．

one hour back in each time zone

(4)

From this passage, it seems true that the Atlantic ________．

[　　]

A．

is in one time zone

B．

is divided into twenty-four zones

C．

is divided into five time zone

D．

is in four time zones

(5)

The International Date Line is the name for ________．

[　　]

A．

the beginning of any new time zone

B．

any point where time changes by one hour

C．

the point where a new day begins

D．

the end of any new time zone

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