英语中考综合能力专练

英语中考综合能力专练内容摘要：

don39。 t move even though the wind often blows strongly． C． Female penguins take care of the eggs． D． Male penguins use their ears to choose wives． （ 2） Strange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided into twentyfour zones（时区）， one hour apart（一个时区相差一个小时）． You can have days with more or fewer than twentyfour hours， and weeks with more or fewer than seven days． If you make a fiveday 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 twentyfive or twentythree hours． If you travel by ship across the Pacific Ocean（太平洋）， you cross the International Date Line（国际日期变更线）． 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 bees yesterday． Traveling west， it is tomorrow． 根据短文 内容选择最佳答案。 1． Strange things happen to time when you travel because ______． A． no day really has twentyfour 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 twentyfive hours 2． The difference in time between zones is ______． A． one hour B． more than seven days C． seven days D． twentyfour 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 zones。