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Americans think much about time. From children they learn to value (珍视) time. As children they are taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time goes easily. When a person is dying, they say he is living on a borrowed time.
Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual. In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running.
They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things. But sometimes they also hate time , because they feel they have become servants (仆人)of the clock.
【小题1】What do the Americans mean by “ Time is money”?

A．If someone has time and works hard , he can make a lot of money.

B．It takes quite a lot of time to make money.

C．Working hard can bring people health.

D．It is not easy to make money.

【小题2】Americans think it to be wrong_____

A．to work early

B．to get up early

C．to be late for school

D．to be on time to do everything

【小题3】From this passage we can be sure that ___________.

A．Americans live in a quick rhythm(节奏)

B．Americans live a hard life

C．Americans are good at saving time

D．Americans always walk fast

答案：【小题1】A
【小题2】C
【小题3】A

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了美国人非常的珍惜时间，从小他们就被教给要按时上学，按时上班等。在美国时间就是一切，他们爱时间因为时间能带给他们金钱和许多东西，但是他们又讨厌时间，因为他们感到他们变成了时间的仆人。
【小题1】归纳理解题。题意：美国人通过时间就是金钱表示什么？通过短文阅读及对比选项，可知是指人们有了时间并努力工作就能赚到钱。故选A。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据As children they are taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything故选C。
【小题3】推理判断题。根据短文中In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running.可知他们生活节奏快。故选A
考点：国外生活类短文阅读。

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