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阅读理解。

How did ancient people tell time?      ◇Natural ways of keeping time       In ancient time, people had to use the sun and the moon to tell time. They got up when the sun came up and worked in the fields until the sun went down.      ◇Man-made things       The sand clock is made of two glass balls joined in a narrow neck. The top ball was filled with sand. The sand slowly moved through the neck into the bottom (底部) hall. People knew the time by watching how much sand fell to the bottom ball. People also made the water clock. They made a small hole near the bottom of a pot. When the water in the pot dripped (滴) out, marking (刻度) inside the pot showed how much fame passed.      ◇Body clocks in living things       Animals' body clock       Animals don't need clocks to know time. They have their body clocks. Birds know when to fly to warmer places before winter. Some animals know when to keep more food for the winter. Some fish know when it's time to move up the river and lay eggs.      Plants' own chock      Plants have their own clocks to keep time. Plants know when to open flowers or when to drop their leaves.      Body clock in human beings      People also have their own body clocks. When we get used to our lives, our body clocks can be very exact. It can tell us when it's time to wake up. It can also tell us when to eat or to go to sleep.

1. How could an ancient farmer know when to go back home from the field in the daytime?

A. By looking at the moon. B. By the sand clock or the water clock. C. By looking at the sun. D. By feeling whether tired or not.

2. According to the passage, how can animals know time?

A. They use body clocks. B. They ask other animals. C. They use the sun and the moon. D. They make something to tell time.

3. How many kinds of living things with body clocks are mentioned here?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Six.

4. In what way is the sand clock the same as the water clock in telling time?

A. Both of them have a neck. B. Both of them have two glass balls. C. Both of them can be used only once. D. Both of them give the time by quantity (数量).

5. The passage is mainly about _______.

A. man-made clocks B. nature's clocks C. time and clock D. how people keep time

题型：阅读理解  难度：中档

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据专家权威分析，试题“阅读理解。 How did ancient people tell time?◇Natural ways o..”主要考查你对  历史文化类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

历史文化类阅读

考点名称：历史文化类阅读

• 历史文化类阅读：
  本类题型常用的方式是夹叙夹议。叙述的目的是为了议，所以要把握其议才是主要方面。
  阅读这类文章，先弄清其引入的话题，再弄清里面人物对其不同的看法，然后理解作者本身对话题的观点看法或思考。

• 初中英语阅读理解的解题技巧：
  一、要注意养成良好的阅读心理，阅读时要去掉杂念，心绪要安定，精神要专一，要形成一种惬意的顺向心理。
  切不可一遇到几个生词难句，就心烦意乱，失去自控能力。心理学家告诉我们，任何恐慌，过分紧张的情绪都会形成一种消极因素妨碍大脑的正常思维功能。
  因此，遇到困难一定要从容不迫，心无旁骛。这样才能对所读的文章印象清晰，理解深刻。
  
  二、要提高视读的速度，考阅读理解，从另一个方面来说，考的是考试速度。因此做阅读理解时，要注意培养自己快速阅读的习惯。
  切不可在个别难懂的词句上磨蹭，只要全篇理解了，个别难懂的词句可以根据上下文和构词法去猜测，去推断。
  
  三、对文章的评价分析，一定要坚持“词不离句，句不离篇”，要理解文章作者的原意，而不能按你自己的意愿去想当然。
  切记：一想当然，就会出错。