How should one invest a sum of money in these clays of inflation (通貨膨脹)? Left in a bank it will hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate. Only a brave man, or a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the Stock Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways to protect your savings, and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects from the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks, which I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques.
I sometimes wonder what a being from another planet might report back about our way of life. "The planet Earth is ruled by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face with twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it fastens its young round people's wrists so that everywhere men go they are still under its control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves（奴隸）."
Whether or not we are slaves of time today depends on our culture and personality, but it is believed that many years ago kings kept special slaves to tell the time. Certain men were very clever at measuring（量） the time of clay according to the beating of their own hearts. They were made to stand in a fixed place and every hour or so would shout tire time. So it seems that the first clocks were human beings.
However, men quickly found more convenient and reliable（可靠的） ways of telling the time. They learned to use the shadows cast by the sun. They marked the hours on candles, used sand in hour- glasses, and invented water-clocks. Indeed, any serious student of antique should spend as much time as possible visiting palaces, stately homes and museums to see some of the finest examples of clocks from the past.
Antique clocks could be very expensive, but one of the joys of collecting clocks is that it is still possible to find quite cheap ones for your own home. After all, if you are going to be ruled by time, why not invest in air antique clock and perhaps make a future profit（收益）?
【小題1】According to the passage, collecting antique clocks____.

A．can hardly keep the value of your savings
B．will cost much of your savings
C．may increase your wealth
D．needs your bravery
【小題2】By quoting (引用) the remark of a being from another planet, the author intends to____.
A．suggest human beings are controlled by a clock
B．describe why clocks can rule the planet Earth
C．tell readers what clocks look like
D．compare chocks to human beings
【小題3】Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way to measure the time?
A．Counting the beating of one's own heart.
B．Making use of candles, sand and water.
C．Observing shadows cast by the sun.
D．Keeping slaves busy day and night.
【小題4】The underlined phrase stately homes in paragraph（段落）4 means_________.
A．state-owned houses
B．houses in very good condition
C．grand houses open to the public
D．houses where statesmen meet regularly
【小題5】The purpose of the passage is________.
A．to introduce the culture of antique clocks
B．to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks
C．to compare different ways to make a future profit
D．to explain convenient and reliable ways of telling time


【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】D
【小題4】C
【小題5】B

解析試題分析：對于通貨膨脹的今天，如何進(jìn)行投資？放入銀行將難以保持其價值。只有有錢的人，勇敢的人才會進(jìn)入股票市場。今天看來，一個最好的方法來保護(hù)你的儲蓄，甚至可能增加你的財富。那就是收集古董，我要對收集古董鐘表提出一些意見。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：根據(jù)短文，收集古董鐘表可能會如何？分析原文：Today it seems that one of the best ways to protect your savings, and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects from the past. 句意：今天，購買古董是保護(hù)你資金，甚至提高你的物品價值。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)第二項(xiàng)符合。故選C
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：通過引用來自另一個星球的話語，作者打算做什么？分析原文的中心句：After all, if you are going to be ruled by time, why not invest in air antique clock and perhaps make a future profit（收益）?句意：畢竟，如果你是要被時間統(tǒng)治，為什么不投資于古鐘，或許未來有收益？通過點(diǎn)題，說明作者建議人們被鐘表控制。故選 A
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題： 作為一種方法來測量時間，下列哪一項(xiàng)是沒有提到？分析原文提到了三種計量時間的方法，第一種測量自己的心跳；第二種是利用太陽產(chǎn)生的陰影；第三種是水鐘的發(fā)明。因此只有第四項(xiàng)（讓奴隸日夜忙碌）是不能測量出時間的。故選D
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題： 在第四自然段中，劃線詞組的意思是什么？分析原文：Indeed, any serious student of antique should spend as much time as possible visiting palaces, stately homes and museums to see some of the finest examples of clocks from the past.句意：事實(shí)上，任何喜歡古董嚴(yán)重的學(xué)生應(yīng)該花盡可能多的時間參觀宮殿，豪宅和博物館看到最好的鐘表代表。聯(lián)系實(shí)際一定是很好的住宅，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)只有第四項(xiàng)（政治家們經(jīng)常見面的房子，表示很好的住宅。）符合題意。故選C
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：短文的中心思想是什么？通過閱讀全文，作者主要是建議在通貨膨脹的今天，選擇收集古董鐘表投資是好的方式。因此在短文中提到了許多的具體建議。故選B
考點(diǎn)：日常生活類短文閱讀。

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