The clock pointed at a quarter before nine when he appeared at the Reform Club. Phileas Fogg had finished the journey round the world in eighty days! Phileas Fogg had won his wager (打赌) of twenty thousand pounds!
How could such an exact man make this mistake of a day? Why did he think that he had arrived in London on Saturday, the twenty-first day of December, when it was really Friday, the twentieth, the seventy-ninth day only from the day he left?
The cause of the mistake was very simple.
Phileas Fogg had gained one day on his journey, because he had travelled eastward. During travelling eastward, he had gone towards the sun, and the days therefore diminished(缩短) as many times 4 minutes as he crossed degrees(经度) in this direction. There are 360 degrees on the circumference (周长) of the earth; and these 360 degrees, multiplied (乘) by 4 minutes, gives 24 hours, the day gained. In other words, while Phileas Fogg, going eastward, saw the sun pass 80 times, his friends in London only saw it 79 times. This is why they waited for him at the Club on Saturday, and not Sunday, as Mr. Fogg thought.
Phileas Fogg, then, had won the twenty thousand pounds; but as he had spent nearly nineteen thousand on the way, the gain was small. His aim was, however, not to win money. He divided the one thousand pounds between Passepartout and Fix. From Passepartout’s share, he deducted(扣除) the cost of the gas which had burned in his room for nineteen hundred and twenty hours.
The next day just after the wedding party, as soon as it was light, Passepartout knocked on his master’s door. Phileas opened it, and asked, “What’s the matter, Passepartout?”
“What is it, sir? Why, I’ve just found out —”
“What?”
“That we might have made the tour of the world in only seventy-eight days.”
“No doubt,” said Mr. Fogg, “by not crossing India. But if I had not crossed India, I should not have saved Aouda out of danger and fell in love with her afterwards, and she would not have been my wife.”
Phileas Fogg had won his wager, and had made his journey around the world in eighty days.
Would you make the tour around the world for less than eighty days?
1.How did Fogg most probably feel after he finished the journey around the world?
A.Proud but a bit afraid. B.Excited but a bit angry.
C.Curious but a bit worried. D.Satisfied but a bit sorry.
2.Which of the following shows the right order of the whole trip?
a. Fogg got married to Aouda. b. Fogg’s friends gathered at the Club.
c. Fogg started the trip around the world. d. The group travelled across India.
A.c-b-d-a B.b-d-a-c C.c-d-b-a D.b-c-a-d
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Phileas Fogg had gained one day on his journey, because he had travelled westward.
B.Phileas Fogg didn’t gain a lot though he had won the twenty thousand pounds at last.
C.Phileas Fogg paid for the cost of the gas which had burned in his room for 1920 hours.
D.Phileas Fogg’s friends in London saw the sun pass more times than Fogg.
Hot Dog The 1600s — A German called Johann Georghehner created the “dachshund” sausage(香肠). “Dachshund” is a German small long thin dog. The 1860s — The very first hot dog — the “dachshund” sausage in a roll — was sold by Germans in New York. It became popular in the US later. 1871 — Charles Feltman, a German, started the first Coney Island hot dog stand. It made hot dogs known to more people. 1893 — Chris Ahe started the American tradition of eating hot dogs at baseball parks, making hot dogs more popular. 1901 — A New York painter, Tad Dorgan, saw the red hot “dachshund” sausages sold on streets. He wanted to draw a picture of it, but he wasn’t sure how to spell “dachshund”, so he simply wrote: “Hot Dog”. It is widely believed how Hot Dog had its name. 1949 — The first vegetarian (素食) hot dogs came out. | Hot Dog Fun Facts
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1.The passage mainly shows us ________.
A.how to make hot dogs B.what the history of hot dogs is
C.how to sell hot dogs D.what people like hot dogs for
2.It’s believed that the name “Hot Dog” was created by ________.
A.Tad Dorgan B.Charles Feltman
C.Chris Ahe D.Johann Georghehner
3.From the passage, we can know that ________.
A.New Yorkers like eating hot dogs most in the World.
B.Germans eat about 150 million hot dogs each July 4th.
C.A world record says someone ate 73 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
D.About 21 million hot dogs were sold in America in the 1860s.
1.The passage is most probably taken from ________.
A.a sports club newsletter B.a news website
C.a comic magazine D.a science documentary
2.Why is Charlie crying for help?
A.Because he is afraid of the girl. B.Because he wants to play a joke.
C.Because he is afraid of the snowman. D.Because he wants the girl to save him.
3.From the picture, what will most probably happen next?
A.Two kids will play together. B.Charlie will be hit by the snowman.
C.Two kids will go home. D.Charlie will be hit by the girl.
When Ben delivered (递送) milk to my home one morning before Christmas, he was not his _______ sunny self. He told me one of his _______ had left without paying the bill, $79, nor leaving her new address. So it meant that he had to cover the loss.
“She was a very pretty woman,” he said, “with six children and _______ on the way. She was _______ saying, ‘I’m going to pay you soon after my husband gets a second job.’ I believed her, but she left. Isn’t that annoying (令人生气的)?”
“Don’t be so angry. Just make it a Christmas present to the kids.” I said.
The holidays came and went. On a sunny January morning two weeks later, Ben was rushing to deliver milk when he saw a woman running down the street, waving some _______. He recognized (认出) her at once – the woman who didn’t _______ her bill.
“I’m so sorry,” she said, “but I really have been meaning to pay you.”
She _______ that her husband came home one night and said he found a _______ apartment. He also got a new job. As a result, she _______ to leave the new address. “But I’ve been saving,” she said. “Here’s the money towards the bill.”
“That’ s all right,” Ben ________. “It’s been paid.”
“Paid!” she exclaimed (惊叫). “What do you mean? Who paid it?”
“I did,” Ben said. “It went to the children as a Christmas present!”
1.A.old B.unusual C.usual D.past
2.A.children B.customers C.neighbours D.actresses
3.A.another B.other C.the others D.others
4.A.usually B.often C.always D.sometimes
5.A.head B.hands C.milk D.money
6.A.spend B.pay C.take D.cost
7.A.explained B.complained C.confirmed D.remembered
8.A.bigger B.worse C.farther D.cheaper
9.A.forgot B.remembered C.decided D.had
10.A.praised B.repeated C.cried D.replied
—How could I thank you enough?
—__________. Any other man would have done that.
A.As you like B.Don’t mention it C.It’s kind of you D.With pleasure
—Could you tell me __________?
—At the end of July.
A.how often he heard from his friend B.how soon will he be there
C.that he went on vacation D.when you will start your vacation
