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Canada 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.

Canada is a big country with six time zones. In the west, it is four a.m., and everyone is asleep, but in Halifax on the east coast it is eight o'clock and people are having breakfast. It is a cold Friday morning in November, and the temperature is ten degrees below zero Centigrade.

Argentina 9:00 a.m.

In Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, it is nine a.m. on a warm summer morning, and people are starting work or school. November is a summer month in Argentina because it is in the southern hemisphere（南半球）.

Scotland 12:00 noon

Scotland is part of the United Kingdom. The capital of Scotland is Edinburgh, and the capital of the UK is London. It is twelve noon, or midday, in Edinburgh. Children are having lessons, but they are looking forward to the weekend because there is no school on Saturday and Sunday.

Egypt 2:00 p.m.

Friday is already the weekend in Egypt. Friday is a special day for Muslims, so schools, offices and shops are closed in all Arab countries. So now, at two p.m., most people in Egypt are having lunch with their families.

Japan 9:00 p.m.

Japan is seven hours ahead of Egypt, so it is already Friday evening there. The weekend is beginning. Most people are out with friends or watching television or playing computer games.

New Zealand 12:00 midnight

It is late on Friday night, so most people are asleep. Now Saturday morning is arriving. It is morning in Canada too, but that is Friday morning!

小题1:In eastern Canada, the time is _____ that in western Canada.

A．four and a half hours behind

B．four hours ahead of

C．three hours ahead of

D．the same as小题2:While Canadian children in Halifax are having breakfast, Argentinean children are _____.

A．sleeping

B．going home

C．at school

D．having supper小题3:It’s midday in the capital of _____ when it's 9:00 a.m. in the capital of Argentina.

A．Japan

B．Canada

C．New Zealand

D．Scotland小题4:Two p.m. in Egypt is not a good time to telephone people in New Zealand, because in New Zealand _____.

A．it’s midnight and most people are asleep

B．it’s noon and many people are having lunch

C．it’s the morning and many people are working

D．it’s the afternoon and most people are playing computer games小题5:What time is it in New Zealand if it's 11:15 p.m. in Japan?

A．1:15 p.m.

B．2:15 p.m.

C．1:15 a.m.

D．2:15 a.m.

答案

小题1:B

小题2:C

小题3:D

小题4:A

小题5:D

文章讲述的是地球上不同国家的时区差别。

小题1:推理判断题，根据canada部分的In the west, it is four a.m., and everyone is asleep, but in Halifax on the east coast it is eight o'clock and people are having breakfast可知。

小题2:推理判断题，根据加拿大的in Halifax on the east coast it is eight o'clock and people are having breakfast和阿根廷的the capital of Argentina, it is nine a.m. on a warm summer morning, and people are starting work or school可知

小题3:事实细节题，根据Argentina 9:00 a.m.Scotland 12:00 noon可知

小题4:事实细节题，根据New Zealand 12:00 midnight可知，新西兰是午夜的时间

小题5:推理判断题，根据Japan 9:00 p.m. New Zealand 12:00 midnight可知相差三小时

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教育是一个国家能否在世界竞争中站得住脚的重要基石，下面措施中制约了中国教育发展的是[ ]

A．孔子创办私学

B．八股取士

C．开办京师大学堂

D．实施科教兴国战略
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The Cost of Higher Education

Individuals (个人) should pay for their higher education.

A university education is of huge and direct benefit to the individual. Graduates earn more than non-graduates. Meanwhile, social mobility is ever more dependent on having a degree. However, only some people have it. So the individual, not the taxpayers, should pay for it. There are pressing calls on the resources (资源) of the government. Using taxpayers' money to help a small number of people to earn high incomes in the future is not one of them.

Full government funding (资助) is not very good for universities. Adam Smith worked in a Scottish university whose teachers lived off student fees. He knew and looked down upon 18th-century Oxford, where the academics lived comfortably off the income received from the government. Guaranteed salaries, Smith argued, were the enemy of hard work; and when the academics were lazy and incompetent, the students were similarly lazy.

If students have to pay for their education, they not only work harder, but also demand more from their teachers. And their teachers have to keep them satisfied. If that means taking teaching seriously, and giving less time to their own research interests, that is surely something to celebrate.

Many people believe that higher education should be free because it is good for the economy (经济). Many graduates clearly do contribute to national wealth, but so do all the businesses that invest (投资) and create jobs. If you believe that the government should pay for higher education because graduates are economically productive, you should also believe that the government should pay part of business costs. Anyone promising to create jobs should receive a gift of capital from the government to invest. Therefore, it is the individual, not the government, who should pay for their university education.

1. The underlined word "them" in Paragraph 2 refers to____________

A. taxpayers                     B. pressing calls

C. college graduates              D. government resources

2. The author thinks that with full government funding____________

A. teachers are less satisfied

B. students are more demanding

C. students will become more competent

D. teachers will spend less time on teaching

3. The author mentions businesses in Paragraph 5 in order to ____________

A. argue against free university education

B. call on them to finance students' studies

C. encourage graduates to go into business

D. show their contribution to higher education
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