题文
British Summer Time runs from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. In the depths of winter the nights in the UK are anything from 15-19 hours long. Longer nights mean frost and fog are more likely to form.Twice a year the clocks change, forward in the spring and then back again in the autumn. But why? It happens twice a year. We all change our clocks and watches by one hour. In the spring, we add an hour, and go onto what is called British Summer Time, while in the autumn, we do the reverse, and return to Greenwich Mean Time.
Why bother?
It’s all to do with saving the hours of daylight, and was started by a guy called William Willett, a London builder, who lived in Petts Wood in Kent. Basically, he figured that you could improve the population’s health and happiness by putting forward the clocks by twenty minutes every Sunday in April and do the opposite in September.
Economics
His idea was not taken up, even though a “Daylight Saving Bill” was introduced some five years before the outbreak of World War One. But once the war started, it was considered wise to economics, to promote greater efficiency in using daylight hours, and in the use of artificial lighting. And so in 1916, “Daylight Saving Time” was introduced. Even though most countries abandoned this after that war, some eventually decided that it was a good idea, and most of these nations began to keep it throughout the year.
Experiment
Since 1972, Britain has decided to go with Greenwich Mean Time in winter, and British Summer Time in Summer.
But back in 1968, Britain tried a four-year experiment by advancing time one hour ahead of GMT throughout the year.
But those living further north, particularly in Scotland, found it most unsatisfactory, with dark mornings for much of the year, and the experiment was dropped.
But the arguments go on …and on.
小题1:Why some countries decide to change the clocks after World War One?A．To improve the people’s health and happiness. B．To do a certain experimentC．To save energy to develop economies. D．All of the above.小题2:What can you infer from the passage?A．The idea of changing the clocks suffered disagreement.B．The people in Scotland don’t change the clocks.C．The idea was first thought of by an educator.D．It’s unnecessary to change the clocks.小题3:What is the real meaning of the last sentence of the passage?A．Nobody in the UK likes the idea.B．All things need arguments.C．The British are fond of arguments.D．Different views of the idea still exist. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
解析
本文讲述了英国从三月的最后一个星期天到十月的最后一个星期天实行夏令时。文章分析了为什么这样做的原因和好处，及对“夏令时”的一些不同看法。
小题1:从第三段it was considered wise to economics, to promote greater efficiency in using daylight hours, and in the use of artificial lighting可知一战后一些国家采用“夏令时”目的是促进经济的发展，更有效的利用白天的时间同时减少人工灯光的使用，从而节约能源，故选C
小题2:从文章倒数第二段及最后一段可知，对于采用“夏令时”这一实验，有些地区的人们相当不满，因而争论在不断继续，故选答案A
小题3:文章最后一段的意思是有关夏令时”争论在不断继续。故选D答案。ＡＢ选项意义太绝对，故排除，Ｃ选项表述不对。
点评：本文讲述了英国从三月的最后一个星期天到十月的最后一个星期天实行夏令时。文章分析了为什么这样做的原因和好处，及对“夏令时”的一些不同看法。文章主要考查细节题和推理题。要求考生在阅读时体会字里行间的言外之意
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“British Summer Time .....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
