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Read the following time table and then answer the following question.
Train Time Table
lv. (Leave) Boston Ar. (Arrive) Midway Ar. New York
5:10 AM EX.(Except)Sun. 7:00 AM 10:45 AM
7:10 AM Daily 9:00 AM 12:45 PM
9:10 AM Ex. Sat. & Sun. 11:00 AM 2:45 PM
10:00 AM Ex. Hol.(Holiday) 11:45 AM …
1:15 PM Daily 3:15 PM 5:45 PM
3:40 PM Ex. Hol. 5:40 PM 8:15 PM
5:20 PM Daily 7:20 PM 9:55 PM
1. What is the shortest time between Boston and New York by train?
A. 5 hours 35 minutes B. 5 hours 5 minutes
C. 4 hours 30 minutes D. 4 hours 25 minutes
2. How many trains have to spend over five hours on the way from Boston to New York?
A. 5 B. 3 C. 7 D. 2
3. On Christmas Day, how many trains at least can you take from Boston to New York?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 5 D. 3
【答案与解析】本文为从Boston 到New York的列车时间表。
1.C。计算比较题。通过计算可发现从Boston 到New York的1:15 PM列车只需要4 hours 30 minutes可推知此题答案为C。
2.B。计算题。通过计算可发现5:10 AM、7:10 AM、9:10 AM这三辆列车从Boston 到New York需要五个多小时，由此可推知此题答案为B。
3. D。判断题。因为圣诞节属于节日，所以不能乘坐 10:00 AM Ex. Hol. 和 3：40 PM Ex. Hol. 这两班列车，而圣诞节又可能是星期六或星期天，所以有不能乘坐5：10 AM Ex. Sun. 和 9:10 AM Ex. Sat. & Sun. 这两班列车。这样一定能乘坐的就只有三班车了。故选D。
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Can you remember any of the bad habits you used to have when you were very young? Perhaps, as a baby, you used to suck your thumb(拇指). Of course, you do not do that any more, but you can surely remember your mother’s efforts to train you. The good habits you now have in such matters as personal cleanliness were part of this early training.
We may not suck our thumbs any more, but as we get older we get other bad habits. We can’t give them up easily, either.(Anyone who has tried to give up smoking knows this very well!) Each period brings its own problems. In babyhood, it’s thumb-sucking; in childhood, it’s nail-biting; in our teens, it’s smoking; in middle-age, it’s over-eating, and so on. And if anyone tells you that he has no bad habits, you can be sure that he must have the worst habit of all.
1. Generally speaking, a child likes ______.
A. sucking thumbs B. biting nails C. smoking D. eating too much
2. According to the passage, now we have good habits such as personal cleanliness, for which we benefit from _______.
A. the social conditions B. some strict rules
C. our friends’ kind help D. our mothers’ early training
3. At the end of the story the writer says "And if anyone tells you that he has no bad habits, you can be sure that he must have the worst habit of all". Here what do you suppose the worst habit is?
A. Reading. B. Playing. C. Walking. D. Lying.
4. Which of the following is NOT true to the passage?
A. It is very difficult to get rid of our habits.
B. At different ages people have different bad habits.
C. Giving up smoking is as difficult as giving up other bad habits.
D. Sucking thumbs is a young child’s bad habit.
【答案与解析】本文主要讲人在不同的年龄阶段有不同的坏习惯，并且这些习惯都是很难改掉的。
1. B。细节题。根据 …in childhood, it’s nail-biting 可知答案为B。
2. D。细节题。根据第1段 …your mother’s efforts to train you. The good habits you now have in such matters as personal cleanliness were part of this early training 可知答案为D。
3. D。判断题。根据常识每个人或多或少都有一点坏习惯，所以说如果一个人说他没有坏习惯，他就是在说谎;而在所有的这些坏习惯中，说谎是个最大的坏习惯。所以此题答案为D。
4. D。细节题。根据原文A、B、C 三项说法是正确的;根据原文第2段 In babyhood, it’s thumb-sucking; in childhood, it’s nail-biting 可知 D 项说法是错误的，所以此题答案为 D。
