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英语专业八级考前拉力赛（2）

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The word armillary comes from the Latin armilla—a bracelet or ring.One ring representing the equator has the hours walked on it,a second stands for the meridian,and a third the horizon.

The rod through the centre representing the earth's axis shows the time by casting its shadow on to the hour times marked on the equatorial ring.

Sun time is not the same as watch time because it measures time as it is,not as we would like it to be,with noon today exactly 24 hours away from noon tomorrow.Before the world became a small place and people didn't move around very much,local time was a perfectly satisfatory measurement.But as modern communication and means of travel grew more sophisticated standard time zones were adopted.As a result,your sundial will agree with your watch only on four days of the year,not because it is inaccurate but because it is measuring a different kind of time.Adjustments for“daylight saving”time throw yet another spoke in the wheel.There's a new kind of tour for you —time travel.It couldn't catch on.

22The sundial is now finding favour once again in the West because____.

A.Nations in the West begin to rely on it for making the time.

B.many quotes or mottoes promoto people's reflection and thought of the use of sundials.

C.sundials can be used to check the accuracy of clocks and watches.

D.sundials can provide the perfect ornament with their inherent dignity and image of scientific order.

23Which of the following statements about sundials is true?

A.Sundials used to be uncrafted but now western sculptors are designing dramatic new sundials.

B.The quotes or mottoes now are inscribed on sundials to promote thought.

C.All sundials are set on a pedestal,consisting of a flat dial face and a slanting piece of metal that casts the shadow

D.The earliest sundials are recorded in use around 300BC when men and women used simple trees and markers to show the time of day as the shadows moved.

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