2020年高一英语上学期25分钟限时阅读天天练—第8天
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Miss Gorgers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?” Tom at once answ ered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.” “That’s very good,” Miss Gorgers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gorgers said. “Yes, Kate.” “I disagree,” Kate said. “Your brother would hear you ear lier because when it’s 11 o’clock here it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.”
1. Miss Gorgers was teaching her class_________.
A. how to telephone
B. about electricity
C. about sound
D. about time zone(时区)
2. Miss Gorgers raised this question because she wanted to know whether______.
A. her students had grasped her lesson
B. her student could hear her from 75 feet away
C. sound waves were slower than electricity
D. it was easy to phone to Los Angeles
3. Tom thought that electricity was _________.
A. faster than sound waves
B. slower than sound waves
C. not so fast as sound waves
D. as fast as sound waves
4.Kate thought Tom was wrong because _______.
A. electricity was slower than sound waves
B. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York
C. Tom was not good at physics at all
D. Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves
5.Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics?
A. Tom’s
B. Ka te’s
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
B
For years I wanted a flower garden, but with five children I was too busy to have one. Money was limited, and so was time. Often one of the children would want something that cost too much, and I would say,“Do y ou see a money tree outside? Money doesn’t grow on trees, you know.”Finally, when all five had gotten through high school and college, and had started having their own families, I started thinking again about having a garden. However, I knew gardens cost money.
Then, one spring morning on Mother’s Day, as I was working in my kitchen, I heard cars drive by and looked out of the window to see a new tree planted in my yard. I couldn’t believe my eyes: it was a money tree! Dollar bills were stuck all over that tree, and there was a note which read:“I owe you eight hours of digging time. Love, Marvin.”
Marvin, my first son, kept his promise. He dug up a nice ten-by-fifteen-foot bed(花坛，花圃) for me. My other children bought me tools, a sunflower stepping stone(踏脚石) and gardening books. We built a garden together. That was three years ago. My garden is now very pretty, and just what I’d always wanted. When I go out to weed or tend my flowers, I don’t seem to miss my children as much as I once did. It feels as if they were right there
