What time is it? There are many ways you can find out 46 . You may have a watch on your wrist(手腕). You can look at the clock on the wall. You can listen to 47 or call a number on the telephone to get the time.
It has not always been easy to know the time. A long time ago people looked at the
48 to tell the time. They could tell the time by looking at it in the sky:morning,noon or afternoon.
Around the year 1400, people began to use the hourglass(沙漏). It was made 49 glass with sand in it. It was wide at both ends, but 50 in the middle. The sand ran from one end to 51 in one hour. At the end of every hour people turned the glass over and 52 began to run again.
Hundreds of years later a machine called 53 was invented. After that people made small clocks so that they could bring them in their 54 . These pocket clocks were called watches. Then, during the First World War men 55 wearing their watches on their wrist. It was easier and faster to tell the time.
46. A. the people B. the time C. the man
47. A. teacher B. music C. radio
48. A. sun B. moon C. earth
49. A. of B. in C. by
50. A. wide B. short C. narrow
51. A. other B. the other C. another
52. A. the time B. the glass C. the sand
53. A. radio B. clock C. watch
54. A. pockets B. bags C. hands
55. A. hated B. stopped C. started
46-50 BCAAC 51-55 BCBAC